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jpollack REST API uses the PATCH verb, which isn't supported by httpcomponents. Any way around this?
Apparently, to do an upsert from the REST API, one must make a PATCH request. PATCH is not one of the common HTTP verbs and thus is not supported by Apache httpcomponents. Is there any way to do an upsert without making a PATCH request?
I really wish they stuck to the standard verbs when making this API. This does not make my life easier.
PATCH is a standard verb (fairly recent, but a standard). However if your tooling doesn't support it, you can make a POST request with ?_httpMethod=PATCH on the URL.
Thanks for the help!
Sadly, it looks like I can't use upsert for this. I wanted to upsert Lead objects based on email address, but it looks like only custom fields can be external ids, and Email is a standard field :(
Actually I think you should be able to upsert on Lead email, the describe says Email has the IdLookup property, which means it can be a key for upsert.
Thanks again for the quick response. I did try this URL and got a 404 :
https://na12.salesforce.com/services/data/v20.0/sobjects/Lead/Email/email_czdtcnlrzx@czdtcnlrzx.com?_httpMethod=PATCH
Am I doing it wrong?
Okay, just an update. Turns out the PATCH workaround SimonF suggested works, HOWEVER, _HttpMethod is case sensitive, so you must capitalize the H.