Salesforce Download

In this article

Overview

You can use this Snap to download a file attached to a Salesforce object record by passing an Attachment ID or Content Data ID.

Prerequisites

A valid Salesforce account with the required permissions.

Support for Ultra Pipelines  

Works in Ultra Pipelines.

Limitations and Known Issues

Snap Views

Type

Format

Number of Views

Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps

Description

Type

Format

Number of Views

Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps

Description

Input 

Document

  • Min: 0

  • Max: 1

  • Mapper

  • Salesforce Read or Salesforce SOQL Snap with Mapper Snap to prepare a document stream of Attachment ID's.

A stream of documents which supply values to evaluate the ID expression.

Output

Document

 

  • Min: 1

  • Max: 1

  • Mapper Snap

Document data with a byte array value for the "content" key and  also with a "ContentType" key-value pair.

Error

The error view contains error, reason, resolution and stack trace. For more information, see .

Snap Settings

Field Name

Field Type

Description

Field Name

Field Type

Description

Label*

String

Specify a unique and meaningful name for the Snap.

Default Value: Salesforce Download
ExampleSalesforce Download

Service Version*

String/Suggestion

Specify the version number associated with the Salesforce service that you want to connect to. Alternatively, click the Suggestion icon to fetch the list of versions and select the desired version.

Default Value: 52.0 
Example: 52.0

File Type*

String/Expression/Suggestion

Specify the type of file you want to download. Alternatively, click the Suggestion icon to fetch the list of associated files.

You can also specify an expression that will be evaluated into an attachment ID or content data ID, from each input document. The ID is found at the end of the URL of the file.

The available options are:

  • Attachment: Downloads the file as an attachment.

  • Content Version: Downloads the version of the content.

  • Document: Downloads the file as a document.

Default Value: Attachment
Example: Document

ID*

String/Expression

Specify the ID of the object that you want to download.

Default Value: N/A
Example: $id

Snap Execution

Dropdown list

Select one of the three modes in which the Snap executes. Available options are:

  • Validate & Execute: Performs limited execution of the Snap, and generates a data preview during Pipeline validation. Subsequently, performs full execution of the Snap (unlimited records) during Pipeline runtime.

  • Execute only: Performs full execution of the Snap during Pipeline execution without generating preview data.

  • Disabled: Disables the Snap and all Snaps that are downstream from it.

Default Value: Validate & Execute
Example: Execute only

Troubleshooting

Error

Reason

Resolution

Error

Reason

Resolution

404 Error: The requested resource could not be found.

The ID field does not exist or is not accessible.

The input data should be valid. Check if your input data is valid.

Example

Downloading a Document from Salesforce and Converting into Binary Format

We can download an attachment and convert them into binary format. This example demonstrates how we can use the Salesforce Download Snap to accomplish this task.

First, we configure the Salesforce Download Snap to download the attachment bearing the Attachment ID 00P2i000002JKFcEAO.

Upon validation, we see the following output in the Snap’s preview.

Next, we configure the Document to Binary Snap to convert the content value in the input document (attachment) to binary data at the output view.

Upon validation, we see the binary data in the Snap’s preview.

Download this Pipeline.    

Downloads

  1. Download and import the Pipeline into SnapLogic.

  2. Configure Snap accounts as applicable.

  3. Provide Pipeline parameters as applicable.

  File Modified

File Example_Salesforce_Download.slp