Force.com Tooling API

Introducing Tooling API
When to Use Tooling API
Use Tooling API with REST
Use Tooling API with SOAP
Objects, Namespaces, and Tooling API
Tooling API Objects
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Introducing Tooling API

Tooling API provides SOAP and REST interfaces that allow you to build custom development tools for Force.com applications.
For example, you can:
  • Add features and functionality to your existing Force.com tools.
  • Build dynamic modules for Force.com development into your enterprise integration tools.
  • Build specialized development tools for a specific application or service.

Tooling API exposes metadata used in developer tooling that you can access through REST or SOAP. Use Tooling API like the Salesforce REST API and SOAP API with one of the Tooling WSDLs.

For detailed descriptions of Tooling API objects and the REST resources and SOAP calls that each object supports, see Tooling API Objects.