GitHub Custom Adapter for Salesforce Connect
This example illustrates how to support indirect lookup relationships. An indirect
lookup relationship links a child external object to a parent standard or custom
object.
For this example to work, create a custom field on the Contact standard object. Name the custom field github_username, make it a text field of length 39, and select the External ID and Unique attributes. Also, add https://api.github.com to your remote site settings.
GitHubDataSourceConnection Class
/**
* Defines the connection to GitHub REST API v3 to support
* querying of GitHub profiles.
* Extends the DataSource.Connection class to enable
* Salesforce to sync the external system’s schema
* and to handle queries and searches of the external data.
**/
global class GitHubDataSourceConnection extends
DataSource.Connection {
private DataSource.ConnectionParams connectionInfo;
/**
* Constructor for GitHubDataSourceConnection
**/
global GitHubDataSourceConnection(
DataSource.ConnectionParams connectionInfo) {
this.connectionInfo = connectionInfo;
}
/**
* Called to query and get results from the external
* system for SOQL queries, list views, and detail pages
* for an external object that’s associated with the
* external data source.
*
* The queryContext argument represents the query to run
* against a table in the external system.
*
* Returns a list of rows as the query results.
**/
override global DataSource.TableResult query(
DataSource.QueryContext context) {
DataSource.Filter filter = context.tableSelection.filter;
String url;
if (filter != null) {
String thisColumnName = filter.columnName;
if (thisColumnName != null &&
(thisColumnName.equals('ExternalId') ||
thisColumnName.equals('login')))
url = 'https://api.github.com/users/'
+ filter.columnValue;
else
url = 'https://api.github.com/users';
} else {
url = 'https://api.github.com/users';
}
/**
* Filters, sorts, and applies limit and offset clauses.
**/
List<Map<String, Object>> rows =
DataSource.QueryUtils.process(context, getData(url));
return DataSource.TableResult.get(true, null,
context.tableSelection.tableSelected, rows);
}
/**
* Defines the schema for the external system.
* Called when the administrator clicks “Validate and Sync”
* in the user interface for the external data source.
**/
override global List<DataSource.Table> sync() {
List<DataSource.Table> tables =
new List<DataSource.Table>();
List<DataSource.Column> columns;
columns = new List<DataSource.Column>();
// Defines the indirect lookup field. (For this to work,
// make sure your Contact standard object has a
// custom unique, external ID field called github_username.)
columns.add(DataSource.Column.indirectLookup(
'login', 'Contact', 'github_username__c'));
columns.add(DataSource.Column.text('id', 255));
columns.add(DataSource.Column.text('name',255));
columns.add(DataSource.Column.text('company',255));
columns.add(DataSource.Column.text('bio',255));
columns.add(DataSource.Column.text('followers',255));
columns.add(DataSource.Column.text('following',255));
columns.add(DataSource.Column.url('html_url'));
columns.add(DataSource.Column.url('DisplayUrl'));
columns.add(DataSource.Column.text('ExternalId',255));
tables.add(DataSource.Table.get('githubProfile','login',
columns));
return tables;
}
/**
* Called to do a full text search and get results from
* the external system for SOSL queries and Salesforce
* global searches.
*
* The SearchContext argument represents the query to run
* against a table in the external system.
*
* Returns results for each table that the SearchContext
* requested to be searched.
**/
override global List<DataSource.TableResult> search(
DataSource.SearchContext context) {
List<DataSource.TableResult> results =
new List<DataSource.TableResult>();
for (Integer i =0;i< context.tableSelections.size();i++) {
String entity = context.tableSelections[i].tableSelected;
// Search usernames
String url = 'https://api.github.com/users/'
+ context.searchPhrase;
results.add(DataSource.TableResult.get(
true, null, entity, getData(url)));
}
return results;
}
/**
* Helper method to parse the data.
* The url argument is the URL of the external system.
* Returns a list of rows from the external system.
**/
public List<Map<String, Object>> getData(String url) {
String response = getResponse(url);
// Standardize response string
if (!response.contains('"items":')) {
if (response.substring(0,1).equals('{')) {
response = '[' + response + ']';
}
response = '{"items": ' + response + '}';
}
List<Map<String, Object>> rows =
new List<Map<String, Object>>();
Map<String, Object> responseBodyMap = (Map<String, Object>)
JSON.deserializeUntyped(response);
/**
* Checks errors.
**/
Map<String, Object> error =
(Map<String, Object>)responseBodyMap.get('error');
if (error!=null) {
List<Object> errorsList =
(List<Object>)error.get('errors');
Map<String, Object> errors =
(Map<String, Object>)errorsList[0];
String errorMessage = (String)errors.get('message');
throw new
DataSource.OAuthTokenExpiredException(errorMessage);
}
List<Object> fileItems =
(List<Object>)responseBodyMap.get('items');
if (fileItems != null) {
for (Integer i=0; i < fileItems.size(); i++) {
Map<String, Object> item =
(Map<String, Object>)fileItems[i];
rows.add(createRow(item));
}
} else {
rows.add(createRow(responseBodyMap));
}
return rows;
}
/**
* Helper method to populate the External ID and Display
* URL fields on external object records based on the 'id'
* value that’s sent by the external system.
*
* The Map<String, Object> item parameter maps to the data
* that represents a row.
*
* Returns an updated map with the External ID and
* Display URL values.
**/
public Map<String, Object> createRow(
Map<String, Object> item){
Map<String, Object> row = new Map<String, Object>();
for ( String key : item.keySet() ) {
if (key == 'login') {
row.put('ExternalId', item.get(key));
} else if (key=='html_url') {
row.put('DisplayUrl', item.get(key));
}
row.put(key, item.get(key));
}
return row;
}
/**
* Helper method to make the HTTP GET call.
* The url argument is the URL of the external system.
* Returns the response from the external system.
**/
public String getResponse(String url) {
// Perform callouts for production (non-test) results.
Http httpProtocol = new Http();
HttpRequest request = new HttpRequest();
request.setEndPoint(url);
request.setMethod('GET');
HttpResponse response = httpProtocol.send(request);
return response.getBody();
}
}
GitHubDataSourceProvider Class
/**
* Extends the DataSource.Provider base class to create a
* custom adapter for Salesforce Connect. The class informs
* Salesforce of the functional and authentication
* capabilities that are supported by or required to connect
* to an external system.
**/
global class GitHubDataSourceProvider
extends DataSource.Provider {
/**
* For simplicity, this example declares that the external
* system doesn’t require authentication by returning
* AuthenticationCapability.ANONYMOUS as the sole entry
* in the list of authentication capabilities.
**/
override global List<DataSource.AuthenticationCapability>
getAuthenticationCapabilities() {
List<DataSource.AuthenticationCapability> capabilities =
new List<DataSource.AuthenticationCapability>();
capabilities.add(
DataSource.AuthenticationCapability.ANONYMOUS);
return capabilities;
}
/**
* Declares the functional capabilities that the
* external system supports, in this case
* only SOQL queries.
**/
override global List<DataSource.Capability>
getCapabilities() {
List<DataSource.Capability> capabilities =
new List<DataSource.Capability>();
capabilities.add(DataSource.Capability.ROW_QUERY);
return capabilities;
}
/**
* Declares the associated DataSource.Connection class.
**/
override global DataSource.Connection getConnection(
DataSource.ConnectionParams connectionParams) {
return new GitHubDataSourceConnection(connectionParams);
}
}