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Application

The Application object is a JSON-formatted object returned by the signed request in the Context object. The Application object contains specific canvas app information obtained after you’ve added your app as a connected app in Salesforce from Setup by clicking Create | Apps | Connected Apps.

Field Description
applicationId The ID of the canvas app.
authType The access method of the canvas app. You specify this value when you expose the canvas app by creating a connected app.
canvasUrl The URL of the canvas app, for example: http://instance.salesforce.com:8080/canvas_app_path/canvas_app.jsp.
developerName The internal name of the canvas app. You specify this value in the API Name field when you expose the canvas app by creating a connected app.
name The name of the canvas app.
namespace The Salesforce namespace prefix associated with the canvas app.
referenceId The unique ID of the canvas app definition. Used internally.
version The version of the canvas app. This value changes after you update and re-publish a canvas app in an organization.

The following code snippet shows an example of the Application object.

1"application": 
2{
3    "applicationId":"06Px000000003ed", 
4    "authType":"SIGNED_REQUEST", 
5    "canvasUrl":"http://instance.salesforce.com:8080/canvas_app_path/canvas_app.jsp", 
6    "developerName":"my_java_app", 
7    "name":"My Java App", 
8    "namespace":"org_namespace", 
9    "referenceId":"09HD00000000AUM", 
10    "version":"1.0.0"}