About This Guide

This guide walks you through an end-to-end Headless Identity implementation, from completing your Salesforce setup to calling Headless Identity API. The example implementation in this guide is designed for a single-page app or public client.

Required Editions
Available in: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning Experience
Available in: Enterprise, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

The guide takes you through these high-level tasks.

Complete prerequisites for Headless Identity.
Create an authentication provider.
Configure Experience Cloud settings.
Create an external client app.
Use Postman to call Headless Identity APIs.

The guide also includes some JavaScript examples for implementing Headless Identity with a single-page app.

To use this guide, you must have a Salesforce admin account. Complete these steps in a non-production environment, such as a sandbox or developer org. Use this guide as a starting point to customize and deploy your own solution in production.