name: Salesforce Sales Cloud
description: Enterprise CRM platform providing sales automation, customer relationship management, and business intelligence capabilities through REST and SOAP APIs.
image: https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/images/salesforce-logo.svg
url: https://www.salesforce.com/products/sales-cloud/overview/
created: '2024-01-15'
modified: '2026-03-04'
specificationVersion: '0.18'
tags:
  - Cloud
  - CRM
  - Customer Management
  - Enterprise
  - Sales
apis:
  - name: Salesforce REST API
    description: Primary REST API for accessing Salesforce data including accounts, contacts, leads, opportunities, and custom objects. Supports JSON and XML formats with a lightweight request and response framework.
    image: https://www.salesforce.com/content/dam/web/en_us/www/images/salesforce-logo.svg
    humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/
    baseURL: https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0
    tags:
      - CRUD
      - Data
      - Objects
      - Records
      - REST
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      - type: Change Log
        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/rest_rns.htm
  - name: Salesforce SOAP API
    description: Comprehensive SOAP-based API for enterprise integrations with full CRUD operations on Salesforce objects. Uses WSDL files to define parameters for accessing data through the API.
    humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api.meta/api/
    baseURL: https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/Soap/u/59.0
    tags:
      - Enterprise
      - Integration
      - SOAP
      - XML
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      - type: Getting Started
        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api.meta/api/sforce_api_quickstart_steps.htm
  - name: Bulk API 2.0
    description: Optimized API for loading, updating, or deleting large data sets asynchronously with better performance than REST API. Supports CSV, JSON, and XML data formats.
    humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_asynch.meta/api_asynch/
    baseURL: https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0/jobs/ingest
    tags:
      - Async
      - Bulk
      - Data Loading
      - ETL
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      - type: Examples
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      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-bulk-api-openapi.yml
  - name: Metadata API
    description: API for retrieving, deploying, creating, updating, or deleting customization information such as custom object definitions and page layouts. Essential for managing org configuration and deployment workflows.
    humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/
    baseURL: https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/Soap/m/59.0
    tags:
      - Configuration
      - Customization
      - Deployment
      - Metadata
    properties:
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        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/meta_intro.htm
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      - type: Change Log
        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/meta_rns.htm
  - name: Streaming API
    description: Push notification API using Bayeux protocol to receive near real-time updates when data changes in Salesforce. Enables event-driven integrations without polling.
    humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_streaming.meta/api_streaming/
    baseURL: https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/cometd/59.0
    tags:
      - Events
      - Push Notifications
      - Real-Time
      - Streaming
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      - type: Examples
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  - name: Platform Events API
    description: Event-driven architecture API for publishing and subscribing to custom events for app integration. Supports defining custom event channels with schema for loosely coupled systems.
    humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.platform_events.meta/platform_events/
    baseURL: https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0/sobjects
    tags:
      - Events
      - Integration
      - Messaging
      - Pub/Sub
    properties:
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        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.platform_events.meta/platform_events/platform_events_intro.htm
      - type: Guide
        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.platform_events.meta/platform_events/platform_events_publish_api.htm
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-platform-events-api-openapi.yml
  - name: Analytics REST API
    description: Access Salesforce reports, dashboards, and analytics data programmatically. Enables embedding analytics into custom applications and automating report generation.
    humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_analytics.meta/api_analytics/
    baseURL: https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0/analytics
    tags:
      - Analytics
      - Business Intelligence
      - Dashboards
      - Reports
    properties:
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        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_analytics.meta/api_analytics/sforce_analytics_rest_api_intro.htm
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-analytics-api-openapi.yml
  - name: Salesforce Composite API
    description: Executes a series of REST API requests in a single call, reducing round trips between client and server. Supports composite batches, composite requests, and composite graphs for complex multi-step operations.
    humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/using_composite_resources.htm
    baseURL: https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0/composite
    tags:
      - Batch
      - Composite
      - Integration
      - Performance
    properties:
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        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/using_composite_resources.htm
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      - type: Guide
        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/resources_composite_graph_introduction.htm
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-composite-api-openapi.yml
  - name: Salesforce GraphQL API
    description: Query Salesforce data using GraphQL, allowing clients to request exactly the fields they need in a single request. Reduces payload size and supports aggregation across object relationships.
    humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/graphql/overview
    baseURL: https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0/graphql
    tags:
      - Data Access
      - GraphQL
      - Query
      - Schema
    properties:
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        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/graphql/guide/intro-graphql-api.html
      - type: Getting Started
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      - type: Reference
        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/graphql/guide/requests-and-responses.html
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-graphql-api-openapi.yml
  - name: Salesforce Tooling API
    description: Build custom development tools for Salesforce applications by accessing metadata about Apex classes, triggers, Visualforce pages, and other development artifacts. Supports both REST and SOAP interfaces.
    humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling
    baseURL: https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0/tooling
    tags:
      - Apex
      - Development
      - Metadata
      - Tooling
    properties:
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        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/intro_rest_overview.htm
      - type: Reference
        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/intro_rest_resources.htm
      - type: Examples
        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/intro_rest_resource_examples.htm
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-tooling-api-openapi.yml
  - name: Salesforce Pub/Sub API
    description: gRPC-based API for publishing and subscribing to platform events, change data capture events, and real-time event monitoring events. Uses Apache Avro format for efficient binary event message delivery over HTTP/2.
    humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/pub-sub-api/guide/intro.html
    baseURL: https://yourInstance.salesforce.com
    tags:
      - Events
      - gRPC
      - Pub/Sub
      - Real-Time
    properties:
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      - type: Getting Started
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      - type: Reference
        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/pub-sub-api/guide/pub-sub-endpoints.html
  - name: Salesforce Change Data Capture API
    description: Receive near-real-time notifications of changes to Salesforce records including creates, updates, deletes, and undeletes. Enables synchronization of external data stores with Salesforce data.
    humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.change_data_capture.meta/change_data_capture/cdc_intro.htm
    baseURL: https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0
    tags:
      - Change Data Capture
      - Events
      - Real-Time
      - Synchronization
    properties:
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      - type: Reference
        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.change_data_capture.meta/change_data_capture/cdc_message_structure.htm
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/salesforce-sales-cloud-change-data-capture-api-openapi.yml
  - name: Salesforce Connect REST API
    description: Integrate mobile apps, intranet sites, and third-party web applications with Salesforce, including access to Chatter feeds, groups, users, and collaboration features.
    humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/intro_what_is_chatter_connect.htm
    baseURL: https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0/connect
    tags:
      - Chatter
      - Collaboration
      - Connect
      - Social
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        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/intro_what_is_chatter_connect.htm
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      - type: Examples
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        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/intro_release_notes.htm
      - type: OpenAPI
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  - name: Salesforce User Interface API
    description: Build custom user interfaces for Salesforce data using the same API that powers Lightning Experience. Returns data and metadata in a single response with layout, picklist, and field-level security awareness.
    humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.uiapi.meta/uiapi
    baseURL: https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0/ui-api
    tags:
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      - Lightning
      - Records
      - User Interface
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        url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.uiapi.meta/uiapi/ui_api_get_started.htm
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      - type: OpenAPI
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  - name: Salesforce Apex REST API
    description: Create custom REST endpoints in Salesforce using Apex classes annotated with REST resource annotations. Supports OAuth 2.0 authentication and JSON and XML request and response formats.
    humanURL: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_rest.htm
    baseURL: https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/apexrest
    tags:
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      - Custom Endpoints
      - Development
      - REST
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      - type: OpenAPI
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  - type: GitHub Organization
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  - type: Community
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  - type: Website
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  - type: JSON-LD Context
    url: json-ld/salesforce-sales-cloud-context.jsonld
  - type: Spectral Rules
    url: rules/salesforce-sales-cloud-rules.yml
  - type: Capabilities
    url: capabilities/sales-pipeline-management.yaml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/salesforce-sales-cloud-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSON Schema
    url: json-schema/salesforce-sales-cloud-account-schema.json
    title: Account Schema
  - type: JSON Schema
    url: json-schema/salesforce-sales-cloud-contact-schema.json
    title: Contact Schema
  - type: JSON Schema
    url: json-schema/salesforce-sales-cloud-lead-schema.json
    title: Lead Schema
  - type: JSON Schema
    url: json-schema/salesforce-sales-cloud-opportunity-schema.json
    title: Opportunity Schema
  - type: JSON Schema
    url: json-schema/salesforce-sales-cloud-task-schema.json
    title: Task Schema
  - type: JSON Schema
    url: json-schema/salesforce-sales-cloud-case-schema.json
    title: Case Schema
  - type: JSON Schema
    url: json-schema/salesforce-sales-cloud-campaign-schema.json
    title: Campaign Schema
maintainer:
  name: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com