Bulk API 2.0 and Bulk API Developer Guide

Introduction to Bulk API 2.0
Getting Started
Set Up a Salesforce Developer Edition Organization
Authentication
Walkthrough for Bulk Insert
Walkthrough for Bulk Insert With A Multipart Request
Walkthrough for Bulk Upsert
Walkthrough for Query Jobs
Bulk API 2.0
Bulk API
Glossary
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Authentication

The first step in an API-based integration is authenticating your calls.

Bulk API 2.0 is a REST-based API that supports all OAuth 2.0 flows supported by other Salesforce REST APIs.

Bulk API uses a session ID obtained with a special X-SFDC-Session header fetched with SOAP API's login() call. For an example, see Step 1: Log In Using the SOAP API