mulesoft salesforce connector - basic authentication

MULESOFT SALESFORCE CONNECTOR

- BASIC AUTHENTICATION

Vince Jason Soliza

Integrate salesforce using Salesforce Connector - Basic Authentication

Prerequisites:• Install Salesforce Connector in Mulesoft - http://www.slideshare.net/VinceSoliza/mulesoft-salesforce-connector-intallation

• Create Salesforce Developer Account

Create Simple FlowHTTP:inbound -> Salesforce Connector -> Dataweave

Salesforce ConfigurationCreate new Basic Authentication salesforce configuration.

• Double click the salesforce connector.• In the properties, click ‘+’ .• Select Salesforce Basic Authentication.• Select operation Get ServerTimestamp

Salesforce Configuration• Enter username, password and security token. The security

token is emailed to you when you click the reset security token from your salesforce/salesforce developer account.

• Validated configuration should be successful.

Test the Application• Run & test the application by invoking the http endpoint using

postman or any client you're used to, like soapui or plain browsers.

• We should have a successful response with the server timestamp from salesforce.

Summary

Basic authentication is the easiest to implement amongst salesforce authentication. All you need to do is provide your credentials in a global configuration, then reference the global configuration in any Salesforce Connector in your application. Basic authentication is generally recommended for internal applications

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