NamedCredential

Represents a named credential, which specifies the URL of a callout endpoint and its required authentication parameters in one definition. A named credential can be specified as an endpoint to simplify the setup of authenticated callouts.

This type extends Metadata and inherits its fields.

NamedCredential components have the suffix .namedCredential and are stored in the namedCredentials folder.

Introduced in API version 33.0.

As of Spring ’20 and later, only users with the View Setup and Configuration permission can access this type.

• Type: boolean
• Required: No
• Introduced: API version 41.0
• Description: Specifies whether Apex code can use merge fields to populate the HTTP request body with org data when a callout is made. Corresponds to Allow Merge Fields in HTTP Body in the user interface. Defaults to false.

• Type: boolean
• Required: No
• Introduced: API version 41.0
• Description: Specifies whether Apex code can use merge fields to populate the HTTP header with org data when a callout is made. Corresponds to Allow Merge Fields in HTTP Header in the user interface. Defaults to false.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: The authentication provider that the AuthProvider component represents.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  This field is deprecated in API version 56.0.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: The URL where JWTs are exchanged for access tokens.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  First available in API version 46.0, this field is deprecated in API version 56.0 and later.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: First part of the access key used to sign programmatic requests to AWS. Use when AWS Signature Version 4 is your authentication protocol.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  First available in API version 46.0, this field is deprecated in API version 56.0 and later.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: The second part of the access key that’s used to sign programmatic requests to AWS. Use when AWS Signature Version 4 is your authentication protocol.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  First available in API version 46.0, this field is deprecated in API version 56.0 and later.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: Specifies which AWS Region the named credential accesses.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  First available in API version 46.0, this field is deprecated in API version 56.0 and later.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: Specifies which AWS resource the named credential accesses.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  First available in API version 46.0, this field is deprecated in API version 56.0 and later.

• Type: CalloutStatus (enumeration of type string)
• Required: No
• Introduced: API version 59.0
• Description: Specifies whether the named credential is enabled for callouts.
• Possible values:
  • Disabled — The named credential is disabled for callouts.
  • Enabled — The named credential is enabled for callouts.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: If you specify a certificate, your Salesforce org supplies it when establishing each two-way SSL connection with the external system. The certificate is used for digital signatures, which verify that requests are coming from your Salesforce org.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  This field is deprecated in API version 56.0.

• Type: string
• Required: No
• Description: A meaningful description of the named credential.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: The URL or root URL of the callout endpoint. Corresponds to URL in the user interface.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  This field is deprecated in API version 56.0.

• Type: boolean
• Required: No
• Introduced: API version 41.0
• Description: Specifies whether Salesforce generates an authorization header and applies it to each callout that references the named credential. Corresponds to Generate Authorization Header in the user interface. Defaults to true.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: External service or other allowed recipients for the JWT. Written as JSON, with a quoted string for a single audience and an array of quoted strings for multiple audiences. Single audience example: “aud1” Multiple audiences example: [“aud1”, “aud2”, “aud3”].

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  This field is deprecated in API version 56.0.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: Formula string calculating the Subject of the JWT. API names and constant strings, in single quotes, can be included. Allows a dynamic Subject unique per user requesting the token. For example, 'User='+$User.Id. Use this field when principalType is set to PerUser. Corresponds to Per User Subject in the user interface.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  First available in API version 46.0, this field is deprecated in API version 56.0 and later.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: Specify who issued the JWT using a case-sensitive string.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  First available in API version 46.0, this field is deprecated in API version 56.0 and later.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: Certificate verifying the JWT’s authenticity to external sites.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  First available in API version 46.0, this field is deprecated in API version 56.0 and later.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: Static text, without quotes, that specifies the JWT Subject. Use this field when principalType is set to NamedUser. Corresponds to Named Principal Subject in the user interface.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  First available in API version 46.0, this field is deprecated in API version 56.0 and later.

• Type: int

• Required: No

• Description: Specify the number of seconds that the token is valid.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  First available in API version 46.0, this field is deprecated in API version 56.0 and later.

• Type: string

• Required: Yes

• Description: Required.

  A user-friendly name for the named credential that appears in the Salesforce user interface, such as in list views.

• Type: NamedCredentialParameter[]
• Required: No
• Introduced: API version 56.0
• Description: Reference to the (one or more) NamedCredentialParameter used to configure a named credential.

• Type: NamedCredentialType (enumeration of type string)
• Required: No
• Introduced: API version 56.0
• Description: Specifies the type or behavior of this named credential.
• Possible values:
  • Legacy — The named credential is a legacy type, which means that it doesn’t use the schema introduced in the Winter ‘23 release. Used for backward compatibility.
  • PrivateEndpoint — The named credential sends traffic through a private connection, bypassing the public internet. If the credential type is PrivateEndpoint, you must specify the value of OutboundNetworkConnection.
  • SecuredEndpoint — The named credential is extensible and uses external credentials to control authentication and permissions.
  • Standard — Reserved for internal use.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: The OAuth refresh token. Used to obtain a new access token for an end user when a token expires.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  This field is deprecated in API version 56.0.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: Specifies the scope of permissions to request for the access token. Corresponds to Scope in the user interface.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  This field is deprecated in API version 56.0.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: The access token that’s issued by your authorization server.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  This field is deprecated in API version 56.0.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: Specifies the outbound network connection that uses the named credential to send callouts to AWS.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  First available in API version 49.0, this field is deprecated in API version 56.0 and later.

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: The password to be used by your org to access the external system. Ensure that the credentials have adequate privileges to access the external system. Depending on how you set up access, you might need to provide the administrator password.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  This field is deprecated in API version 56.0.

• Type: ExternalPrincipalType (enumeration of type string)

• Required: No

• Description: Determines whether you’re using one set or multiple sets of credentials to access the external system. Corresponds to Identity Type in the user interface. Values are:

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  This field is deprecated in API version 56.0.

• Possible values:

  • Anonymous
  • NamedUser
  • PerUser

• Type: AuthenticationProtocol (enumeration of type string)

• Required: No

• Description: The authentication protocol that’s required to access the external system.

  For connections to Amazon Web Services using Signature Version 4, use AwsSv4.

  For connections using a direct token system, select Jwt. If using an intermediary authorization provider to process JWTs and return access tokens, use JwtExchange.

  For Simple URL data sources, select NoAuthentication.

  For cloud-based Files Connect external systems, select Oauth. For on-premises systems, select Password.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  This field is deprecated in API version 56.0.

• Possible values:

  • AwsSv4
  • Jwt
  • JwtExchange
  • NoAuthentication
  • Oauth
  • Password

• Type: string

• Required: No

• Description: The username to be used by your org to access the external system. Ensure that the credentials have adequate privileges for performing callouts to the external system. Depending on how you set up access, you might need to provide the administrator username.

  This field is valid only when NamedCredentialType is set to Legacy.

  This field is deprecated in API version 56.0.

Represents the parameters that configure a named credential. Named credential parameters are used to configure Named Credential callouts through a combination of the type, name, and value/lookup fields. These parameters are used internally to provide a flexible architecture and are exposed here for packaging reasons.

Introduced in API version 56.0.

• Type: string
• Required: No
• Description: If the value of the parameterType field is ClientCertificate then this field references the certificate.

• Type: string
• Required: No
• Description: A human-readable description of this named credential parameter.

• Type: string
• Required: No
• Description: If the value of the parameterType field is Authentication, then this field references an external credential that in turn references a set of authenticated user credentials.

• Type: boolean
• Required: No
• Description: Reserved for internal use.

• Type: boolean
• Required: No
• Description: Reserved for internal use.

• Type: string
• Required: No
• Description: The lookup field for the OutboundNetworkConnection parameter type. Used when namedCredentialType is PrivateEndpoint.

• Type: string

• Required: Yes

• Description: Required.

  The name of the named credential parameter.

• Type: NamedCredentialParamType (enumeration of type string)

• Required: Yes

• Description: Required.

  The type of the named credential parameter.

• Possible values:

  • AllowedManagedPackageNamespaces — Allows managed packages identified by specified namespaces to use the named credential and make callouts through it.
  • Authentication — Specifies that this parameter configures authentication using the credentials specified in the external credential, referenced by the externalCredential field.
  • ClientCertificate — Specifies that this parameter configures a client certificate, referenced by the certificate field.
  • ConnectionStatus — Reserved for internal use.
  • CreatedByNamespace — Reserved for internal use.
  • CustomParameter — Reserved for internal use.
  • HttpHeader — Allows the user to specify custom headers to be added to the callout at run time. When using HttpHeader, the parameterName field must be the header name as a string, and parameterValue must be a formula of a header value that is evaluated at run time.
  • ManagedByComponent — Reserved for internal use.
  • ManagedByFeature — Reserved for internal use.
  • ManagedByNamespace — Specifies the manageability capabilities for a packaged named credential. The parameterValue indicates whether the named credential uses subscriber-controlled or developer-controlled manageability.
  • NamedCredentialOptions — Reserved for internal use.
  • OutboundNetworkConnection — Specifies a lookup to an outbound network connection. When using this parameter type, the outboundNetworkConnection field is a string representing the lookup. Used when namedCredentialType is PrivateEndpoint.
  • SfHttpRequestExtensionName — Reserved for internal use.
  • StandardNamedCredentialType — Reserved for internal use.
  • Url — Specifies that this parameter configures the URL of the endpoint. Store the actual URL in the parameterValue field.

• Type: string
• Required: No
• Description: If the parameterType field describes a literal value, such as Url, then the literal value is stored in this field, such as https://iam.amazonaws.com/.

• Type: boolean
• Required: No
• Description: Reserved for internal use.

• Type: int
• Required: No
• Description: Used to order HttpHeader parameters.

• Type: boolean
• Required: No
• Description: Reserved for internal use.

The following is an example of a NamedCredential component.

1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<NamedCredential xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
3    <label>SampleNamedCredential</label>
4    <namedCredentialType>SecuredEndpoint</namedCredentialType>
5    <namedCredentialParameters>
6        <description>IAM Endpoint</description>
7        <parameterName>DefaultEndpoint</parameterName>
8        <parameterType>Url</parameterType>
9        <parameterValue>https://iam.amazonaws.com/</parameterValue>
10    </namedCredentialParameters>
11    <namedCredentialParameters>
12        <description>AWS Auth</description>
13        <parameterName>DefaultAuth</parameterName>
14        <parameterType>Authentication</parameterType>
15        <externalCredential>SampleExternalCredential</externalCredential>
16    </namedCredentialParameters>
17    <namedCredentialParameters>
18        <description>Cert</description>
19        <parameterName>DefaultCert</parameterName>
20        <parameterType>ClientCertificate</parameterType>
21        <certificate>MyCertificate</certificate>
22    </namedCredentialParameters>
23    <allowMergeFieldsInBody>true</allowMergeFieldsInBody>
24    <allowMergeFieldsInHeader>true</allowMergeFieldsInHeader>
25    <generateAuthorizationHeader>true</generateAuthorizationHeader>
26</NamedCredential>

The following is an example package.xml that references the previous definition.

1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
3    <types>
4        <members>*</members>
5        <name>NamedCredential</name>
6    </types>
7    <version>56.0</version>
8</Package>

This metadata type supports the wildcard character * (asterisk) in the package.xml manifest file. For information about using the manifest file, see Deploying and Retrieving Metadata with the Zip File.