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/ WWW::Salesforce

WWW::Salesforce - this class provides a simple abstraction layer between SOAP::Lite and Salesforce.com.

SYNOPSIS

    use WWW::Salesforce;
    my $sforce = WWW::Salesforce->login( username => 'foo', password => 'bar' )
        or die $!;

DESCRIPTION

This class provides a simple abstraction layer between SOAP::Lite and Salesforce.com. Because SOAP::Lite does not support complexTypes, and document/literal encoding is limited, this module works around those limitations and provides a more intuitive interface a developer can interact with.

METHODS

login( HASH )

The login method returns an object of type WWW::Salesforce if the login attempt was successful, and 0 otherwise. Upon a successful login, the sessionId is saved and the serverUrl set properly so that developers need not worry about setting these values manually. Upon failure, $! is set containing the error and a 0 is returned.

The following are the accepted input parameters:

username

A Salesforce.com username.

password

The password for the user indicated by username.

convertLead( HASH )

The convertLead method returns an object of type SOAP::SOM if the login attempt was successful, and 0 otherwise.

The following are the accepted input parameters:

%hash_of_array_references
    leadId => [ 2345, 5678, ],
    contactId => [ 9876, ],
create( HASH )

Adds one new individual objects to your organization's data. This takes as input a HASH containing the fields (the keys of the hash) and the values of the record you wish to add to your arganization. The hash must contain the 'Type' key in order to identify the type of the record to add.

delete( ARRAY )

Deletes one or more individual objects from your organization's data. This subroutine takes as input an array of SCALAR values, where each SCALAR is an sObjectId.

query( HASH )

Executes a query against the specified object and returns data that matches the specified criteria.

query

The query string to use for the query. The query string takes the form of a basic SQL statement. For example, "SELECT Id,Name FROM Account".

limit

This sets the batch size, or size of the result returned. This is helpful in producing paginated results, or fetch small sets of data at a time.

queryMore( HASH )

Retrieves the next batch of objects from a query.

queryLocator

The handle or string returned by query. This identifies the result set and cursor for fetching the next set of rows from a result set.

limit

This sets the batch size, or size of the result returned. This is helpful in producing paginated results, or fetch small sets of data at a time.

update(type => $type, HASHREF [, HASHREF ...])

Updates one or more existing objects in your organization's data. This subroutine takes as input a type value which names the type of object to update (e.g. Account, User) and one or more perl HASH references containing the fields (the keys of the hash) and the values of the record that will be updated.

The hash must contain the 'Id' key in order to identify the record to update.

upsert(type => $type, key => $key, HASHREF [, HASHREF ...])

Updates or inserts one or more objects in your organization's data. If the data doesn't exist on Salesforce, it will be inserted. If it already exists it will be updated.

This subroutine takes as input a type value which names the type of object to update (e.g. Account, User). It also takes a key value which specificies the unique key Salesforce should use to determine if it needs to update or insert. If key is not given it will default to 'Id' which is Salesforces own internal unique ID. This key can be any of Salesforces default fields or an custom field marked as an external key.

Finally, this method takes one or more perl HASH references containing the fields (the keys of the hash) and the values of the record that will be updated.

getServerTimestamp()

Retrieves the current system timestamp (GMT) from the sforce Web service.

getUserInfo( HASH )

Retrieves personal information for the user associated with the current session.

user

A user ID

getUpdated( HASH )

Retrieves the list of individual objects that have been updated (added or changed) within the given timespan for the specified object.

type

Identifies the type of the object you wish to find updates for.

start

A string identifying the start date/time for the query

end

A string identifying the end date/time for the query

getDeleted( HASH )

Retrieves the list of individual objects that have been deleted within the given timespan for the specified object.

type

Identifies the type of the object you wish to find deletions for.

start

A string identifying the start date/time for the query

end

A string identifying the end date/time for the query

describeSObject( HASH )

Describes metadata (field list and object properties) for the specified object.

type

The type of the object you wish to have described.

describeLayout( HASH )

Describes metadata about a given page layout, including layouts for edit and display-only views and record type mappings.

type

The type of the object you wish to have described.

describeGlobal()

Retrieves a list of available objects for your organization's data.

setPassword( HASH )

Sets the specified user's password to the specified value.

userId

A user Id.

password

The new password to assign to the user identified by userId.

resetPassword( HASH )

Changes a user's password to a server-generated value.

userId

A user Id.

retrieve( HASH )
fields

A comma delimitted list of field name you want retrieved.

type

The type of the object being queried.

ids

The ids (LIST) of the object you want returned.

search( HASH )
searchString

The search string to be used in the query. For example, "find {4159017000} in phone fields returning contact(id, phone, firstname, lastname), lead(id, phone, firstname, lastname), account(id, phone, name)"

EXAMPLES

login()

    use WWW::Salesforce;
    my $sforce = WWW::Salesforce->login( 'username' => $user,'password' => $pass )
        or die $!;

search()

    my $query = 'find {4159017000} in phone fields returning contact(id, phone, ';
    $query .= 'firstname, lastname), lead(id, phone, firstname, lastname), ';
    $query .= 'account(id, phone, name)';
    my $result = $sforce->search( 'searchString' => $query );

SUPPORT

Please visit Salesforce.com's user/developer forums online for assistance with this module. You are free to contact the author directly if you are unable to resolve your issue online.

CAVEATS

The describeSObjects and describeTabs API calls are not yet complete. These will be completed in future releases.

Not enough test cases built into the install yet. More to be added.

SEE ALSO

    L<DBD::Salesforce> by Jun Shimizu
    L<SOAP::Lite> by Byrne Reese

    Examples on Salesforce website:
    L<http://www.sforce.com/us/docs/sforce70/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm>

AUTHORS

Chase Whitener <cwhitener at gmail dot com>

Thanks to:

Michael Blanco - Finding and fixing some bugs.

Garth Webb - Finding and fixing bugs. Adding some additional features and more constant types.

Ron Hess - Finding and fixing bugs. Adding some additional features. Adding more tests to the build. Providing a lot of other help.

Tony Stubblebine - Finding a bug and providing a fix.

Jun Shimizu - Providing more to the WWW::Salesforce::Constants module and submitting fixes for various other bugs.

Byrne Reese - <byrne at majordojo dot com> - Byrne Reese wrote the original Salesforce module.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2003-2004 Byrne Reese, Chase Whitener. All rights reserved.

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