SOAP API Developer Guide

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Introduction to SOAP API
About SOAP API
Release Notes
Quick Start: SOAP API
Step 1: Sign up for Salesforce Developer Edition
Step 2: Generate or Obtain the Web Service WSDL
Step 3: Import the WSDL File Into Your Development Platform
Step 4: Walk Through the Sample Code
Core Data Types Used in API Calls
Tooling API Objects in the Enterprise WSDL
API Call Basics
Error Handling
Security and the API
API End-of-Life Policy
Using the Partner WSDL
Reference
Using the API with Salesforce Features
Glossary
PDF

Step 2: Generate or Obtain the Web Service WSDL

To access the Lightning Platform Web service, you need a Web Service Description Language (WSDL) file. The WSDL file defines the Web service that is available to you.

Your development platform uses this WSDL to generate an API to access the Lightning Platform Web service it defines. You can either obtain the WSDL file from your organization’s Salesforce administrator or you can generate it yourself if you have access to the WSDL download page in the Salesforce user interface. You can navigate to the most recent WSDL for your organization from Setup by entering API in the Quick Find box, then selecting API.

For more information about WSDL, see http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl.

Generating the WSDL File for Your Organization

Any user with the Modify All Data permission can download the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file to integrate and extend Salesforce using the API. (The System Administrator profile has this permission.)

The WSDL file is dynamically generated based on which type of WSDL file (enterprise or partner) you download. The generated WSDL defines all of the API calls, objects (including standard and custom objects), and fields that are available for API access for your organization.

To generate the WSDL file for your organization:

  1. Log in to your Enterprise, Unlimited, Performance, or Developer Edition Salesforce account. You must log in as an administrator or as a user who has the “Modify All Data” permission. Logins are checked to ensure they are from a known IP address. For more information, see Security and the API.
  2. From Setup, enter API in the Quick Find box, then select API to display the WSDL download page.
  3. Download the appropriate WSDL: see Download API WSDL and Client Certificates.