I have a flow that is using the SalesForce connector to establish a connection and perform standard operations through the API. I have a new requirement for Mule to act as a web service proxy for an Apex class exposed as a service. Mule will need to insert or create a session Id before executing the Apex service. Since the other Mule flow will likely have a valid session Id, I did not want to create one needlessly. Is there anyway to retrieve the session Id that the SalesForce connector is creating and holding so that I can use it in my other flow?
Or is there a more simple way to call the Apex service which could make use of the SalesForce connector?
So for this project I was trying to build a web-service-proxy pattern to front a Apex Web Service, manage the login to Salesforce, and pass the Soap payload with the session Id to the Salesforce endpoint.
I ended up building a transformer that extended the AbstractMessageTransformer, and another class that extended Mule's SalesforceConnector module. The transformer used its existing instance of the SalesforceConnector or created a new one which created/got the sessionId and server Url from the LoginResult. The transformer then manipulates the XML to set the sessionId and return the message.
I couldn't find a way to get the Connector's pool, but this method only makes one login call as long as the session is active and will reconnect if it is not.
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I have a logic app which triggers my HTTP endpoint every 15 minutes. Then the endpoint connects to SharePoint using Rest API and gets the data from specific list which is then added to my db.
But to get the data from SharePoint, i need access token. Do i need to write logic to get access token in the endpoint itself? or is there any to pass access token from my logic app while triggering my endpoint ?
As first answer. Yes, implement logic to get access token in HTTP Endpoint using SharePoint Online REST API.
Through such guides may be 1, 2, 3, 4. I think not exists any ways to pass access token from Azure logic app to your endpoint.
As second answer I can suggest to use SharePoint CSOM object model. To using it just install SharePoint Online Client Components SDK on computer where is your HTTP endpoint located and add Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll libraries as references. There exists good SharepointOnlineCredentials class to give credentials to requests.
Or other ways - you can re-architecture your solution:
Azure Logic Apps if I understood correctly must ask you to set connection to SharePoint by out-of-box features. See this article. I think you can get list items from SharePoint by actions in Azure Logic App and pass data to your HTTP endpoint without any additional access token requests just as method arguments.
If you have access to HTTP Endpoint from SharePoint then you can send data from SharePoint to your endpoint directly, not from Azure logic apps. You can do it from list items form pages, from site workflows or may be some Flow templates.
If you don't have access to HTTP Endpoint from SharePoint then you can create Azure hosted web service and call its methods from SharePoint by any ways. This web service will pass data to your HTTP endpoint as method arguments without any additional authentication. Web service call will be done from JavaScript on list item form save, from SharePoint workflow. May be here to get access token to this Azure web service will be easier then from your HTTP Endpoint to SP.
Are you using Azure SQL Database ? If yes then create connection between SharePoint Online and Azure SQL Database through Business Connectivity Services BCS. Like here or here or here. This allow user get, create, update items in your database inline in SharePoint list by out-of-box features.
Create periodically running code (Console App, PowerShell script, Windows Service). Schedule it on some server in your company. That code will use CSOM SharePoint object model and connect to SharePoint more easier through SharepointOnlineCredentials class, get data and connect to your HTTP Endpoint directly or to your database.
If your database is MS SQL Server located on-premise then you can use this guide to create Business Connectivity Services content types between SharePoint Online and on-premise SQL Server.
You can go some extravagant ways: =)
SharePoint by some ways can send emails with data from list items to some inbox and your HTTP endpoint can get these emails, parse data and perform following steps.
May be you can create Sql Server Integration Service (SSIS) package on some company local MS SQL Server that will send data from SharePoint on periodically basis to your database directly or to your HTTP endpoint directly.
Other ways...
"But to get the data from SharePoint, i need access token. Do i need to write logic to get access token in the endpoint itself?"
Correct, you do need a bearer access token. Where are you hosting the code for your HTTP endpoint? If you can put it in Azure as a Function or web API, then you can implement app-only permissions which will give you the necessary access token.
There are 2 options for doing so:
Granting access via Azure AD App-Only
Granting access using SharePoint App-Only
The first one is a bit more involved, because it requires a client secret AND a self-signed security certificate, but it will allow you permissions to any O365 API. The 2nd one is simpler and will only require the app/client ID and secret, but only allows permissions to the SharePoint Rest API.
The MSDN documentation linked above uses a PowerShell script to generate the security cert, but I prefer Bob German's instructions for manually creating/exporting one. He also includes instructions for registering an Azure AD application for your Azure function in his tutorial.
I am using wso2 ESB to secure my service. service is available through wsdl, and this service is insecured. My scenario is as follows: A system expose some apis or services, and they are insecured. I want to create proxy services to these services. If client invokes the proxy service, ESB should first check if the request contains the session ID, if yes, client can invoke the backend service. if no, client is redirect to a log in page. I think ESB can do this by adding a session ID or user ID header to the request, but I am lack of docs. can someone help?
and I have read [1], and conclude ESB will meet my demand.
[1] http://www.ws02.net/library/knowledge-base/convert-http-basic-authentication-ws-security-username-token/
I think you are expecting a custom header field from user request. Since you are creating proxies with the associated WSDL, you can add SOAP Header requirement in your wsdl and associate that WSDL to the proxy (using publishWSDL option). So, when user send request to your proxy he might need to add that particular header.
Other routing logic you can handle within proxy configuration
I have a custom salesfoce webservice, but to access that webservice we need to login from salesforce enterprise wsdl. but i dont want to add that wsdl file. Is there any way to add login function on custom webservice or login with out that wsdl webservice???
Yes, see SOAP request to APEX webservice without requiring authentication.
go into the site detail page in setup, click Public Access Settings,
and then add the Apex Class there. This is effectively granting your
anonymous running user account (guest license) the ability to directly
access this class.
There are more detailed instructions at Public Web Services via Apex and Force.com Sites.
Note that your data exposed via this web service will no longer be secure.
As you mention, you need to authenticate, the login method is not included in the custom apex WSDL, you have lots of choices, depending on exactly what sort of app you're building.
Add either the enterprise or partner WSDL to your app and call login from there.
Use an interactive OAuth flow which will result in you getting an access token & instance Url, which you can then use with the apex WSDL.
Use a programamtic OAuth flow (username/password), again resulting in an access token * instance Url which you can then use with the apex WSDL.
if you have a web based app, you can create a custom link/tab in salesforce to pass you an existing serverUrl/sessionId info.
For the OAuth flows, you would pass the received access token in your apex requests as the sessionId (just like if you got it from login), and you would combine the host name from the instance URL with the path from the apex WSDL to set the endpoint URL of your stub.
I implemented a batch job which makes a webservice call within the same salesforce instance, which then is supposed to send emails with a pdf attachment,
since you cannot send pdf attachments directly from a batch job. My webservice call looks like this:
public static void callOut(List ids){
InvoiceAttachmentConnector.InvoiceAttachmentService ws = new InvoiceAttachmentConnector.InvoiceAttachmentService();
ws.SessionHeader = new InvoiceAttachmentConnector.SessionHeader_element();
ws.SessionHeader.sessionId = UserInfo.getSessionId();
ws.handleInvoicePdfAttachment(ids);
}
However in batch jobs UserInfo.getSessionId() returns null, therefore i get a INVALID_SESSION_ID exception.
How can i log in to get a SessionId? So far I found no solution to login from salesforce to salesforce. If u can help I would appreciate it! Thanks!
You cannot get a session Id like this in batch apex as it runs under the system context and so has no specific user info for retrieval.
UPDATE:
You have the following options:
Try running the web services wsdl from your Salesforce org through the wsdl to apex generator in your org to generate some classes that may allow you to login. You are only allowed one web service request per execute call.
You could create a sites page that you make a HTTP get request to in your batch apex. This needs to retrieve the Ids of the items you want to send the PDFs for and a particular user to run as for you to use the System.runAs(user) method. You could pass these parameters in the HTTPRequest header or in a custom setting.
Note that neither of these solutions are ideal, you may want to reconsider why you are using Batch apex first of all and see whether you could reimplement it in a different way.
i'm developping a mobile application in Android and blackberry, I want that Users can connect from their Smartphones to Webservice witch will verify their login and password in an Oracle Database, I should maintain connection between Client and server within Sessions.
my webservice should be under apache Tomcat using Axis2.
how can I implement this Session via Soap Messages ???
Thanks in advance :)
its best if you could get this without having to maintain sessions. if maintaining session is a must, you'll have to pass authentication details with each soap request along with a token or a session status object where at each end you'll be manually updating with status.