Quick Start: SOAP API
Use this quick start to create a sample application in your development environment.
Before you begin building an integration or other client application:
- Install your development platform according to its product documentation.
- Read through all the steps before beginning this quick start. You may also wish to review the rest of this document to familiarize yourself with terms and concepts.
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Step 1: Sign up for Salesforce Developer Edition
Use Salesforce Developer Edition to develop, stage, and test your API code against sample data.
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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.
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Step 4: Walk Through the Sample Code
Once you have imported your WSDL file, you can begin building client applications that use the API.