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  • What is the difference between the Tooling API and Metadata in Salesforce?

    Posted by Shweta on September 8, 2020 at 7:49 pm

    What is the difference between the Tooling API and Metadata in Salesforce?

    Anuj replied 4 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Anuj

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    September 9, 2020 at 12:28 pm

    Use Tooling API when you need fine-grained access to an org's metadata. Tooling API's SOQL capabilities for many metadata types allow you to retrieve smaller pieces of metadata. ... Because Tooling API allows you to change just one element within a complex type, it can be easier to use than Metadata API.

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