Syntax

sfdcCreateAccount(sfdcConnection, sfdcAccount, [sfdcAPIVersion])

Description

Creates an account in the Salesforce environment.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
sfdcConnection	SFDCConnection	Yes	Salesforce Connection - it is the object resulted from the call to the connectToSalesforce routine.
sfdcAccount	SFDCAccount	Yes	Structure containing the fields of the account that will be created. This is a predefined structure type described below. When creating an account, only the Name field is required.
sfdcAPIVersion	string	No	The Salesforce API version to be called when creating the account, it should have the following form: "vXX.X" - eg: "v43.0", "v42.0". It is not required and if empty, the latest available version will be used.

SFDCAccount fields

Note

The Name field is required, the rest of the fields are optional.

Name	Field	Type
SFDCAccount	Name "Name" is required on creation. See sfdcCreateAccount	string
	AccountNumber	string
	AnnualRevenue	string
	BillingCity	string
	BillingCountry	string
	BillingPostalCode	string
	BillingState	string
	BillingStreet	string
	Description	string
	Fax	string
	Industry	string
	NumberOfEmployees	number
	Ownership	string
	Phone	string
	Rating	string
	ShippingCity	string
	ShippingCountry	string
	ShippingPostalCode	string
	ShippingState	string
	ShippingStreet	string
	Sic	string
	Site	string
	TickerSymbol	string
	Type	string
	Website	string

Return type

string - Salesforce Account ID

Example

The following example will create an account in Salesforce with the specified fields.

SFDCConnection conn = connectToSalesforce("SFDC_test");

logPrint("WARN", "Connected to SF: " + conn.instance_url + " - " + conn.access_token);

SFDCAccount newAccount;
newAccount.Name = "Created with routine";
newAccount.Description = "This is my new account";
newAccount.NumberOfEmployees = 312;
newAccount.Industry = "Phone production";

string accId = sfdcCreateAccount(conn, newAccount);
logPrint("WARN",  "Created account with id: " + accId);

sfdcCreateAccount