Bulk API Developer's Guide

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Step 1: Logging In Using the SOAP API

The Bulk API doesn't provide a login operation, so you must use SOAP API to log in.

To log in to Salesforce using cURL:

  1. Create a text file called login.txt containing the following text:
  2. Replace your_username and your_password with your Salesforce user name and password.
  3. Using a command-line window, execute the following cURL command:

    The Soap/u/ portion of the URI specifies the partner WSDL. You can use Soap/c/ to specify the enterprise WSDL.

  4. Salesforce returns an XML response that includes <sessionId> and <serverUrl> elements. Note the values of the <sessionId> element and the first part of the host name (instance), such as na1-api, from the <serverUrl> element. Use these values in subsequent requests to the Bulk API.