This document discusses integrating Salesforce with Mule ESB using the Mule Anypoint Salesforce connector. It provides prerequisites of a Salesforce account and credentials. It explains that the connector establishes connections to Salesforce using the SOAP API and supports customized and custom objects. It also describes configuring the connector at the root of a Mule application with connection pooling and reconnection strategies. Steps are outlined to create a Mule project and flow, configure the global Salesforce connector element, and use an HTTP outbound endpoint with the Salesforce endpoint to create an Account object.

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Integration with Salesforce using Mule ESB

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Overview
- MuleSoft provides the most widely used integration platform to connect any application, data
service or API, across the cloud and on-premise continuum.
- The Salesforce connector establishes connection to Salesforce system using SOAP web service
(provided by Salesforce). Almost every operation that can be done via the Salesforce's API can be
done thru this connector. This connector will also work if your Salesforce objects are customized
with additional fields or even you are working with custom objects. The connector supports the
option to configure Salesforce connection details, connection pooling and max limit of active
connections.
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Prerequisites
• Salesforce Account
• Salesforce User Name , Password and Security Token
• Mule Anypoint Salesforce Cloud Connector
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Mule Anypoint Salesforce Connector
Configuration: This element must be placed outside
of your flows and at the root of your Mule
application. You can create as many
configurations as you deem necessary as long
as each carries its own name.
Connection Pool : Salesforce connector offers
automatic connection management via the use
of a connection pool. The pool will act a storage
mechanism for all the connections that are in-
use by the user of this connector.
Reconnection Strategies : Reconnection Strategies
specify how a connector behaves when its
connection fails. You can control how Mule
attempts to reconnect by specifying a number
of criteria
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Mule flow
• Steps to be followed for integrating ‘Salesforce' with MuleSoft Applications:
• Create a new Anypoint Studio Project and Flow.
• Before using the Salesforce Connector in the Mule Flows, create a global element for
Salesforce configuration which can be reused in all other flows across the Mule project -
wherever the objects are created & deleted to & from Salesforce cloud server.
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Mule Flow (cont.)
• Configure the Salesforce connector by providing the following information for the global
element
– User Name
– Password
– Security Token
• Use HTTP outbound endpoint to pass the input details to the Salesforce connector
• Configure the Salesforce endpoint by providing the following to create the Account under
Salesforce
– link to the ‘global Connector Configuration’
– Operation
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Mule Flow (cont.)
Mule XML -
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