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BPOOR Trouble accessing named credentials with merge fields
I am on a task where I need to call an external webservice that takes the username and password in the request body, not as part of Authorization header. I did setup the username and password using Named Credentials, but I am having trouble accessing the actual username and password from the named credentials as merge fields.
Below is my setup
I tried various options, but nothing seems to work. When I access the named credential via code using the merge fields {!$Credential.Username} and {!$Credential.Password} and assigning them to string variables, the debug log is only printing {!$Credential.Username} and {!$Credential.Password} only and not the actual username and password.
Apparently, the HTTP send is throwing a ScriptThrownException when I make a callout to the external webservice with the above credentials.
Also, if I have multiple named credentials in my salesforce org, how do I access the correct one using merge fields?
Can someone help?
Below is my setup
Identity Type : Named Principal
Authentication Protocol : Password Authentication
Username : {Service Account Username}
Password : {Service Account Password}
Generate Authorization Header : Unchecked
Allow merge fields in HTTP Header : Unchecked
Allow merge fields in HTTP Body : Checked
I tried various options, but nothing seems to work. When I access the named credential via code using the merge fields {!$Credential.Username} and {!$Credential.Password} and assigning them to string variables, the debug log is only printing {!$Credential.Username} and {!$Credential.Password} only and not the actual username and password.
Apparently, the HTTP send is throwing a ScriptThrownException when I make a callout to the external webservice with the above credentials.
Also, if I have multiple named credentials in my salesforce org, how do I access the correct one using merge fields?
Can someone help?
I see you posted on https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/312268/access-named-credentials-with-merge-fields for which the fix you mentioned is
"The external service was setup in other system's QA/DEMO environment which can only be called from our salesforce QA/DEMO environment. Since I am still in the process of development, the service call from my individual sandbox did not work. I had to fake as if I am calling from Salesforce QA/DEMO environment and it is working now"
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