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    Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › What is the use of Metadata API in Salesforce?

    Tagged: Metadata API, Metadata API in Salesforce, Metadata WSDL, Salesforce Development

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      What is the use of Metadata API in Salesforce?

      Posted by saloni gupta on August 2, 2017 at 1:49 PM

      metadata API

      shariq replied 7 years, 2 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
      • Metadata API
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    • Aman

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      August 2, 2017 at 1:52 PM

      Hello saloni,

      Use Metadata API to retrieve, deploy, create, update or delete customization information, such as custom object definitions and page layouts, for your organization. This API is intended for managing customizations and for building tools that can manage the metadata model, not the data itself. To create, retrieve, update or delete records, such as accounts or leads, use data SOAP API or REST API.

      you should refer to this Link :

      https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/meta_intro.htm

    • Shaharyar

      Member
      September 6, 2017 at 5:49 AM

       

      Use of Metadata API in Salesforce:

      • You can read, create, update, delete following components in a Salesforce organization.
      1. Custom Objects/Fields.
      2. Visualforce pages.
      3. Page Layouts.
      4. Validation rules.
      5. Apex.
      6. Workflows.
      7. Approval processes.
      8. Profiles.
      9. Reports etc.
      10. Security.
        You can configure a Salesforce organization just by running a piece of code. It means that you can create Objects,Fields,Validation,Workflows, Profiles, Reports for a particular client organization just by running the piece of code so that you need not do all the customisation settings manually which will consume time if you have to do that several times for different clients for the same configuration settings. You can also take the backup of your organization customisation settings just by fetching the metadata WSDL from your Salesforce org. For this You need to click setup>type API-Click on API >Click Generate metadata WSDL and download the xml file.

      Hope this may help You.If yes ,then don't forget to click Like!!!

    • shariq

      Member
      September 19, 2018 at 12:28 PM

      Hi,

      Use Metadata API to retrieve, deploy, create, update or delete customization information, such as custom object definitions and page layouts, for your organization. This API is intended for managing customizations and for building tools that can manage the metadata model, not the data itself. To create, retrieve, update or delete records, such as accounts or leads, use data SOAP API or REST API.

      The easiest way to access the functionality in Metadata API is to use the Force.com IDE or Ant Migration Tool. Both tools are built on top of Metadata API and use the standard Eclipse and Ant tools, respectively, to simplify working with Metadata API.Force.com IDE is built on the Eclipse platform, for programmers familiar with integrated development environments. Code, compile, test, and deploy from within the IDE.
      The Ant Migration Tool is ideal if you use a script or the command line for moving metadata between a local directory and a Salesforce org.
      For more information about the Force.com IDE or Ant Migration Tool, see developer.salesforce.com.

      The underlying calls of Metadata API have been exposed for you to use directly, if you prefer to build your own client applications. This guide gives you more information about working directly with Metadata API.

      You can use the Metadata API to manage setup and customization information (metadata) for your organizations. For example:

      Export the customizations in your organization as XML metadata files. See Working with the Zip File and retrieve().
      Migrate configuration changes between organizations. See deploy() and retrieve().
      Modify existing customizations in your organization using XML metadata files. See deploy() and retrieve().
      Manage customizations in your organization programmatically. See CRUD-Based Metadata Development.
      You can modify metadata in test organizations on Developer Edition or sandbox, and then deploy tested changes to production organizations on Enterprise, Unlimited, or Performance Editions. You can also create scripts to populate a new organization with your custom objects, custom fields, and other components.
      Thanks

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