Using Force.com Integration APIs to Connect Your Applications

Learn how to choose and use the right Salesforce integration API (SOAP | REST | Batch | Streaming | Outbound Messaging | Apex Callouts) to connect your applications to the cloud.

Salesforce.com is the world's leading CRM provider with billions of transactions per day. It also has one of the broadest set of integration services available with options for query, batch, and streaming. How does a developer choose the right one for their situation? In this course, we'll explore all the major integration APIs that Salesforce has to offer, and see when each one is the right fit for a given situation. You'll learn how to use each API to get data in and out of Salesforce effectively, and make Salesforce a first-class, integrated component of your application portfolio.

• Course Overview 1min
• Touring the Force.com Integration APIs 51mins
• Using the Force.com SOAP API to Integrate with Enterprise Apps 51mins
• Creating Lightweight Integrations with the Force.com REST API 59mins
• Interacting with Bulk Data in Force.com 46mins
• Using Force.com Outbound Messaging for Real-time Push Integration 29mins
• Doing Push Integration Anywhere with the Force.com Streaming API 36mins
• Consuming External Services with Force.com Apex Callouts 37mins