REST API Developer Guide
jUpsert an Account and Create a Contact
The following example uses the Composite resource to upsert an account and create a
contact that is linked to the account. All these requests are executed in a single call. The
composite.json file contains the composite request and subrequest
data.
Upsert an account and create a contact
1curl https://MyDomainName.my.salesforce.com/services/data/v67.0/composite/ -H "Authorization: Bearer token -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "@composite.json"Request body composite.json file
1{
2 "allOrNone" : true,
3 "compositeRequest": [{
4 "method": "PATCH",
5 "url": "/services/data/v67.0/sobjects/Account/ExternalAcctId__c/ID12345",
6 "referenceId": "NewAccount",
7 "body": {
8 "Name": "Acme"
9 }
10 },{
11 "method" : "POST",
12 "url" : "/services/data/v67.0/sobjects/Contact",
13 "referenceId" : "newContact",
14 "body" : {
15 "LastName" : "Harrison",
16 "AccountId" : "@{NewAccount.id}"
17 }
18 }]
19}Response body after successfully executing the composite request
1{
2 "compositeResponse" : [{
3 "body" : {
4 "id" : "0016g00000Wqu1EAAR",
5 "success" : true,
6 "errors" : [ ],
7 "created" : true
8 },
9 "httpHeaders" : {
10 "Location" : "/services/data/v67.0/sobjects/Account/0016g00000Wqu1EAAR"
11 },
12 "httpStatusCode" : 201,
13 "referenceId" : "NewAccount"
14 },{
15 "body" : {
16 "id" : "0036g00000WKnfLAAT",
17 "success" : true,
18 "errors" : [ ]
19 },
20 "httpHeaders" : {
21 "Location" : "/services/data/v67.0/sobjects/Contact/0036g00000WKnfLAAT"
22 },
23 "httpStatusCode" : 201,
24 "referenceId" : "newContact"
25 }]
26}