Prerequisites

Complete these prerequisites before you begin the quick start.

Become familiar with:

• cURL, which is a command-line tool the quick start uses as the client application that makes HTTP requests to Salesforce.
• JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), which is the data format returned in this quick start.
• OAuth 2.0, which is the framework Salesforce uses for authentication. The quick start provides the steps, but it would be helpful to familiarize yourself with OAuth terms and concepts.