When to use SOAP API in Salesforce?

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When to use SOAP API in Salesforce?

Posted by shradha jain on July 12, 2018 at 12:00 pm

When to use SOAP API in Salesforce?

Aditya replied 5 years ago 6 Members · 5 Replies
5 Replies

suniti

Member
July 12, 2018 at 12:37 pm

Hello Shradha

You can use SOAP API when you need to create, retrieve, update, or delete records. You can also use SOAP API to perform searches and much more. Use SOAP API in any language that supports web services. For example, you can use SOAP API to integrate Salesforce with your org's ERP and finance systems.
shariq

Member
September 19, 2018 at 1:02 am

Hi,

SOAP defines a standard communication protocol (set of rules) specification for XML-based message exchange. SOAP uses different transport protocols, such as HTTP and SMTP.

Hope this helps.
Parul

Member
September 19, 2018 at 5:37 pm

Adding some points:

SOAP :The Force.com SOAP API (formerly known as the Force.com Web Services API) lets you integrate Force.com applications that can create, retrieve, update, or delete records managed by Salesforce, Force.com, and Database.com, records such as accounts, leads, and custom objects. With more than 20 different calls, SOAP API also lets you maintain passwords, perform searches, and much more. You can use the SOAP API with any programming language that supports Web services.

Thanks
Avnish

Member
September 30, 2018 at 12:35 pm

hi,

You can use SOAP API when you need to create, retrieve, update, or delete records. You can also use SOAP API to perform searches and much more.
Aditya

Member
February 28, 2020 at 2:46 pm

Hi,

You can use SOAP API to create, retrieve, update, or delete records. You can also use SOAP API to perform searches and much more. Use SOAP API in any language that supports web services. For example, you can use SOAP API to integrate Salesforce with your org's ERP and finance systems.