Invoking Actions

All actions are invoked using the same JSON body format. The following example request shows two Chatter posts made with a single Post to Chatter action.

1{ "inputs" :
2  [
3  {
4    "subjectNameOrId" : "jsmith@salesforce.com",
5    "type" : "user",
6    "text" : "first chatter post!"
7  },
8  {
9    "subjectNameOrId" : "hsmith@salesforce.com",
10    "type" : "user",
11    "text" : "second chatter post!"
12  }
13  ]
14}

Here is the response.

1[ {
2  "actionName" : "chatterPost",
3  "errors" : null,
4  "isSuccess" : true,
5  "outputValues" : {
6    "feedItemId" : "0D5D0000000kynqKBA"
7  }
8}, {
9  "actionName" : "chatterPost",
10  "errors" : null,
11  "isSuccess" : true,
12  "outputValues" : {
13    "feedItemId" : "0D5D0000000kynrKBz"
14  }
15} ]

Standard actions return their name in actionName. The value of actionName varies for custom actions.

Action	`actionName` value
Flow	The flow name
Apex	The class’s invocable method name
Quick action	`<object name>.<quick action name>` For a global quick action, there’s no `<object name>.` prefix.
Email alert	`<object name>.<email alert name>`

Force.com Actions Developer Guide

Invoking Actions