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Daniel B ProbertDaniel B Probert 

http call out working but xml import doesn't seem to work.

hi all,

 

i've been triyng to pull data from a remote service and have managed to get connected and can see in the logs that my child items are being read - my only issue is that the new records that I want creating aren't being created.

 

here is my code can anyone see what this isn't created montioring forms - the apex is triggered when we create a new form, basically it will then go off and check the remote service for any new forms on the server.

 

cheers

dan

 

public class MonitoringFormsUpdater {
  //Future annotation to mark the method as async.
  @Future(callout=true)
  public static void updateMF() {
    //construct an HTTP request
    Http http = new Http();
    HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
    req.setEndpoint('https://magpi.com/api/surveys?username=myusername&accesstoken=myaccesstoken');
    req.setMethod('POST'); 
    //send the request
     HTTPResponse res = http.send(req);
     System.debug(res.getBody());
    // list object ready for insert 
    List<Monitoring_Form__c> newforms = new List<Monitoring_Form__c> ();
    string s = res.getBody();
    Dom.Document docx = new Dom.Document();
        docx.load(s);
        dom.XmlNode xroot = docx.getrootelement();
        dom.XmlNode [] xrec = xroot.getchildelements(); //Get all Record Elements
        for(Dom.XMLNode child : xrec) //Loop Through Records
            {
            Monitoring_Form__c mf = new Monitoring_Form__c();
        for(dom.XmlNode magpi : child.getchildren() ) {
           if (magpi.getname() == 'SurveyId') {
                   mf.form_id__c = magpi.gettext();
             }
           if (magpi.getname() == 'SurveyName') {
                   mf.name = magpi.gettext();
             }  
         }
        newforms.add(mf);
        }
  }
}

 the remote service returns this xml file.

 

<Surveys>
<Survey>
<SurveyId>7471</SurveyId>
<SurveyName>Bole_ASD_JHS</SurveyName>
<Owner>episurveyor@camfed.org</Owner>
</Survey>
<Survey>
<SurveyId>7450</SurveyId>
<SurveyName>Bole_ASD_Pri</SurveyName>
<Owner>episurveyor@camfed.org</Owner>
</Survey>
<Survey>
<SurveyId>7493</SurveyId>
<SurveyName>Bole_ASD_SHS</SurveyName>
<Owner>episurveyor@camfed.org</Owner>
</Survey>
<Survey>
<SurveyId>7474</SurveyId>
<SurveyName>Bongo_ASD_JHS</SurveyName>
<Owner>episurveyor@camfed.org</Owner>
</Survey>
<Survey>
<SurveyId>7494</SurveyId>
<SurveyName>Bongo_ASD_SHS</SurveyName>
<Owner>episurveyor@camfed.org</Owner>
</Survey>
</Surveys>
Best Answer chosen by Admin (Salesforce Developers) 
jungleeejungleee

THe problem is you're not inserting the records, i.e., there is no DML statements.

 

So to insert the records add a line after you have added all the objects in the newForms list.

 

insert newforms;

 Make sure that this statement is outside the for loop to avoid hitting the governer limits.

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jungleeejungleee

THe problem is you're not inserting the records, i.e., there is no DML statements.

 

So to insert the records add a line after you have added all the objects in the newForms list.

 

insert newforms;

 Make sure that this statement is outside the for loop to avoid hitting the governer limits.

This was selected as the best answer
Daniel B ProbertDaniel B Probert
i checked and double checked as well can't believe i missed something so simple.

how would i bring in an if exist statement within this.

i.e. if the surveyid already exists skip to the next.

i'm guessing i need to include a map of the current form_id__c field and the id of the record so:

Map<ID, Monitoring_Form__c> m = new Map<ID, Monitoring_Form__c>([SELECT Id, Form_id__c FROM Monitoring_Form__c]);

this in theory should be a complete list of all ids, form_id__c from within the monitoring form object.

now how would i include an if form_id__c = surveyid don't insert statement.

i thought it should be an if statement around my newforms.add(); but that gives me an error:


Error: Compile Error: Initial term of field expression must be a concrete SObject: MAP<Id,Monitoring_Form__c> at line 30 column 30

again i'm sure this is just something i've got the wrong way around.
jungleeejungleee

I have added a set and then used this set to check the duplicacy. I hope you can build on it. :)

 

 List<Monitoring_Form__c> newforms = new List<Monitoring_Form__c> ();
 set<id> existingmFormSetId = new set<id>();
 //iterate thru the existing mforms and add allthe form_id__c in a set. And then use this set to later check for duplicates
 for(monitoring_form__c mform: [SELECT Id, Form_id__c FROM Monitoring_Form__c]){
	existingmFormSetId.add(Form_id__c);
 }
    string s = res.getBody();
    Dom.Document docx = new Dom.Document();
        docx.load(s);
        dom.XmlNode xroot = docx.getrootelement();
        dom.XmlNode [] xrec = xroot.getchildelements(); //Get all Record Elements
        for(Dom.XMLNode child : xrec) //Loop Through Records
            {
            Monitoring_Form__c mf = new Monitoring_Form__c();
			for(dom.XmlNode magpi : child.getchildren() ) {
			   if (magpi.getname() == 'SurveyId') {
					 mf.form_id__c = magpi.gettext();
				 }
			   if (magpi.getname() == 'SurveyName') {
					   mf.name = magpi.gettext();
				}
			}
			if(!existingmFormSetId.contains(mf.form_id__c)){
				newforms.add(mf);
			}
        }
  }

 

 

Daniel B ProbertDaniel B Probert

hi, thanks for the quick response. i think i've got it working but am now getting an error:

 

First error: Invalid id: 7471

 

This is the first survey form id that is already in salesforce - am i right that to get round this I need to edit:

 

 

if(!existingmFormSetId.contains(mf.form_id__c)){
				newforms.add(mf);

 

to be something like

 

if(!existingmFormSetId.contains(mf.form_id__c)){}
else{
				newforms.add(mf);}

 which should be saying if it's there do nothing if it's not there add it and then insert it?

 

or is there a better way of doing this.

 

basically i need it to say

 

1. ok it's there ignore

2. this one is new insert

 

thanks for your help this is helping me to understand this.

 

cheers

dan

 

 

 

Daniel B ProbertDaniel B Probert

hurrah i've figured out why i was getting the error sorted now i had to change the set<id> to set<string>

 

as the form_id__c is a string not a salesforce id.

 

final code looks like this and seems to be working well.

 

 List<Monitoring_Form__c> newforms = new List<Monitoring_Form__c> ();
 set<string> existingmFormSetId = new set<string>();
 //iterate thru the existing mforms and add allthe form_id__c in a set. And then use this set to later check for duplicates
 for(monitoring_form__c mform: [SELECT Id, Form_id__c FROM Monitoring_Form__c]){
	existingmFormSetId.add(Form_id__c);
 }
    string s = res.getBody();
    Dom.Document docx = new Dom.Document();
        docx.load(s);
        dom.XmlNode xroot = docx.getrootelement();
        dom.XmlNode [] xrec = xroot.getchildelements(); //Get all Record Elements
        for(Dom.XMLNode child : xrec) //Loop Through Records
            {
            Monitoring_Form__c mf = new Monitoring_Form__c();
			for(dom.XmlNode magpi : child.getchildren() ) {
			   if (magpi.getname() == 'SurveyId') {
					 mf.form_id__c = magpi.gettext();
				 }
			   if (magpi.getname() == 'SurveyName') {
					   mf.name = magpi.gettext();
				}
			}
			if(!existingmFormSetId.contains(mf.form_id__c)){
				newforms.add(mf);
			}
        }
  }