Apex Developer Guide

Apex Developer Guide
Release Notes
Getting Started with Apex
Writing Apex
Data Types and Variables
Control Flow Statements
Classes, Objects, and Interfaces
Classes
Interfaces
Keywords
Annotations
AuraEnabled Annotation
Deprecated Annotation
Future Annotation
InvocableMethod Annotation
InvocableVariable Annotation
IsTest Annotation
JsonAccess Annotation
NamespaceAccessible Annotation
ReadOnly Annotation
RemoteAction Annotation
SuppressWarnings Annotation
TestSetup Annotation
TestVisible Annotation
Apex REST Annotations
RestResource Annotation
HttpDelete Annotation
HttpGet Annotation
HttpPatch Annotation
HttpPost Annotation
HttpPut Annotation
Classes and Casting
Differences Between Apex Classes and Java Classes
Class Definition Creation
Namespace Prefix
Apex Code Versions
Lists of Custom Types and Sorting
Using Custom Types in Map Keys and Sets
Working with Data in Apex
Running Apex
Debugging, Testing, and Deploying Apex
Apex Reference
Appendices
Glossary
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RestResource Annotation

The @RestResource annotation is used at the class level and enables you to expose an Apex class as a REST resource.

Some considerations when using this annotation:
  • The URL mapping is relative to https://instance.salesforce.com/services/apexrest/.
  • The URL mapping can contain a wildcard (*).
  • The URL mapping is case-sensitive. For example, a URL mapping for my_url matches a REST resource containing my_url and not My_Url.
  • To use this annotation, your Apex class must be defined as global.

URL Guidelines

URL path mappings are as follows:

  • The path must begin with a forward slash (/).
  • The path can be up to 255 characters long.
  • A wildcard (*) that appears in a path must be preceded by a forward slash (/). Additionally, unless the wildcard is the last character in the path, it must be followed by a forward slash (/).

The rules for mapping URLs are:

  • An exact match always wins.
  • If no exact match is found, find all the patterns with wildcards that match, and then select the longest (by string length) of those.
  • If no wildcard match is found, an HTTP response status code 404 is returned.

The URL for a namespaced class contains the namespace. For example, if your class is in namespace abc and the class is mapped to your_url, then the API URL is modified as follows: https://instance.salesforce.com/services/apexrest/abc/your_url/. In the case of a URL collision, the namespaced class is always used.