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elobdellelobdell 

REST API, how to enable POST, Method Not Allowed error

Some details:

  • We've added some custom objects to our org.
  • We are building a connected app to sync data on these objects between our databases and Salesforce.
  • We're using the User/Password OAuth flow, as there is no "user" to enter their credentails.
  • I've created a user with a password that does not expire, it uses a profile that has API Enabled checked, as well as full CRUD access enabled for the custom objects.
  • I am using this user's credentaials for the connected app we are creating. (.NET Console application...if that helps.)
  • This is all currently being done in a sandbox on developer.force.com, with a developer account, not our enterprise acount and credentials.


I can make all the GET requests I want, but when I try to create a new object via my connected app, I always get  the following:

[{"message":"HTTP Method 'POST' not allowed. Allowed are HEAD,GET","errorCode":"METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED"}]

I have searched high and low for a setting to enable this and the other methods, and I just can't find it.  Do I enable it on each object? Is it on the user, the user's profile, the user's permision set? Is the OAuth flow I'm using prohibitive?

Any help very much appreciated. 

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elobdellelobdell

This is resolved. Either there is a mistake in the REST API cheatsheet  or I just misunderstood it.

 

It indicates the Create/POST endpoint is /sobjects

when in fact it is /sobjects/my_custom_object__c

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elobdellelobdell

This is resolved. Either there is a mistake in the REST API cheatsheet  or I just misunderstood it.

 

It indicates the Create/POST endpoint is /sobjects

when in fact it is /sobjects/my_custom_object__c

This was selected as the best answer
Claus PoulsenClaus Poulsen
Hi,
I can't open the cheatsheet from the link. Is there anywhere I can find more detailed information on this issue? We seem to have the same problem, which is preventing us to export to PDF or to print through a Qlik application running in an iframe in salesforce.
Anoop K SharmaAnoop K Sharma
elobdell already described the issue. It should be full address of the object you're referring to.
For eg. for account it should be like /services/data/v43.0/sobjects/Account