Create a Record

Use the sObject Basic Information resource to create new records. You supply the required field values in the request data, and then use the POST method of the resource. The response body will contain the ID of the created record if the call is successful.

The following example creates a new Account record, with the field values provided in newaccount.json.

Example for creating a new Account

1curl https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/data/v52.0/sobjects/Account/ -H "Authorization: Bearer token" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "@newaccount.json"

Example request body newaccount.json file for creating a new Account

1{
2  "Name" : "Express Logistics and Transport"
3}

Example response body after successfully creating a new Account

1{
2  "id" : "001D000000IqhSLIAZ",
3  "errors" : [ ],
4  "success" : true
5}

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Create a Record