Hi Everyone :)
 
I need to ping an external REST endpoint on certain events. I don't need to receive a response. I just need to send a reliable ping. The external system will use this as a trigger to perform some operations and update Salesforce using the standard inbound REST endpoints. 
 
What at is the best way to do this?
 
So far we've investigated:
 
1. APEX Triggers and HTTP call outs.
Pros: easy to ping a REST endpoint. Could be modified to parse a response if required later on. 
Cons: APEX development - with everything that comes along with it - unit testing and deployment etc. Code is rigid. Also not reliable as there are no inbuilt retries. 
 
2. Built-in outbound messaging. 
Pros: easy to implement on the Salesforce side. Built in retries. 
Cons: SOAP only so more development on the external system to accommodate the message. 
 
Am I missing something? Is there an easier way to ping an external REST endpoint on a given event? I literally only need to ping a URL with a GET request and the ID of the object that changed. I don't care about the response.
  

Hi Everyone :)
 
I need to ping an external REST endpoint on certain events. I don't need to receive a response. I just need to send a reliable ping. The external system will use this as a trigger to perform some operations and update Salesforce using the standard inbound REST endpoints. 
 
What at is the best way to do this?
 
So far we've investigated:
 
1. APEX Triggers and HTTP call outs.
Pros: easy to ping a REST endpoint. Could be modified to parse a response if required later on. 
Cons: APEX development - with everything that comes along with it - unit testing and deployment etc. Code is rigid. Also not reliable as there are no inbuilt retries. 
 
2. Built-in outbound messaging. 
Pros: easy to implement on the Salesforce side. Built in retries. 
Cons: SOAP only so more development on the external system to accommodate the message. 
 
Am I missing something? Is there an easier way to ping an external REST endpoint on a given event? I literally only need to ping a URL with a GET request and the ID of the object that changed. I don't care about the response.
  

Hello,
 
i am facing an error with a lightning component since this weekend. I can't figure out why this message occures

Uncaught Uncaught error in markup://aura:valueChange [Cannot read property 'config' of undefined]

CMP

<aura:component  controller="CtrlBtnCloseCase" implements="force:appHostable,flexipage:availableForAllPageTypes,flexipage:availableForRecordHome,force:hasRecordId,forceCommunity:availableForAllPageTypes,force:lightningQuickAction">
    <aura:attribute name="recordId" type="Id" />
    <aura:handler name="init" value="{!this}" action="{!c.doInit}"/>
    <aura:attribute name="recordTypeId" type="Id" />
    <aura:attribute name="case" type="Case" default="{ 'sobjectType': 'Case'}"/>
    <aura:attribute name="toMail" type="Boolean" default="false"/>
    <aura:attribute name="errorMessage" type="String"/>
    <aura:attribute name="listReason" type="String" default= "[]"/>
    <aura:attribute name="listSkillsOptions1" type="List" default="[]"/>
    <aura:attribute name="reason" type="String"/>
    
    <lightning:overlayLibrary aura:id="overlayLib"/>
    
    <div class="slds-form-element" aura:id="main">
        <lightning:recordEditForm aura:id="salesOpsRecordCreate"
                                  recordTypeId="{!v.recordTypeId}"
                                  objectApiName="Case">
        <div class="slds-form-element__row">
            <div class="slds-form-element">
                <ui:inputSelect label="{!$Label.c.CloseCaseModalStatus}" class="dynamic" aura:id="InputSelectDynamic" value="{!v.case.Status}" required="true"/>
            </div>
           <!--<div class="slds-form-element">
                <div class="slds-form-element__control">
                    <ui:inputSelect value="{!v.listReason}" class="dynamic" aura:id="caseReason" label="{!$Label.c.CloseCaseModalReason}" updateOn="change" />                    
                </div>
            
            </div>-->
            <div class="slds-form-element">
                <div class="slds-form-element__control">
                    <lightning:inputField fieldName="Reason" aura:id="caseReason" required="true" class="customRequired" onchange="{!c.getCaseValue}" value="{!v.reason}" selected="{!v.reason}"/>                    
                </div>
            
            </div>
            <div class="slds-form-element">
                <div class="slds-form-element__control">
                    <ui:inputText value="{!v.case.Comments}" aura:id="caseComment" label="{!$Label.c.CloseCaseModalComment}" updateOn="change"/>                    
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="slds-form-element">
                <div class="slds-form-element__control">
                    <ui:inputCheckbox value="{!v.case.Send_Closure_Email__c}" aura:id="caseSendMail" label="{!$Label.c.CloseCaseModalSendmail}"/>                    
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="slds-form-element">
                <br/>
                <lightning:button class="slds-button slds-button_brand" aura:id="editDataButton" label="{!$Label.c.CloseCaseModalSaveBtn}" onclick="{!c.doSaveCase}"/>
                <lightning:button class="slds-button slds-button_neutral" aura:id="cancelButton" label="{!$Label.c.CloseCaseModalCancelBtnl}" onclick="{!c.doCancel}"/>
            </div>
            <br/>
            <div class="slds-form-element">
                <div class="slds-notify slds-notify_alert slds-theme_alert-texture slds-theme_info slds-hide" role="alert" aura:id="alertContainer">
                    <ui:outputText value="{!v.errorMessage}" aura:id="caseError" class="none" />                    
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        </lightning:recordEditForm>
    </div>
</aura:component>

CONTROLLER
 

({
    doInit : function(component, event, helper) {
        try{
            console.log(event);
            console.log(component);
            var action = component.get("c.getStatus");
            var inputsel = component.find("InputSelectDynamic");
            var reasonSel = component.find("caseReason");
            var optsStatus=[];
            var optsReason=[];
            optsReason.push({"class": "optionClass", label: '', value: ''});
            var getCase = component.get("c.getCurrentCase");
            console.log(component.get("v.recordId"));
            getCase.setParams({CaseId : component.get("v.recordId")});
            getCase.setCallback(this, function(ab) {
                component.set("v.case", ab.getReturnValue());
                
                if(ab.getReturnValue()['Status'] == 'Closed'){
                    var modal = component.find('main');
                    $A.util.toggleClass(modal,'slds-hide');
                }
                
                else{
                    action.setCallback(this, function(a) {
                        for(var i=0;i< a.getReturnValue().length;i++){
                            
                            if(ab.getReturnValue()['RecordType']['DeveloperName'].search("AC_Engine") > -1 && (a.getReturnValue()[i].search("Approved") > -1 || a.getReturnValue()[i].search("Rejected") > -1)){
                                optsStatus.push({"class": "optionClass", label: a.getReturnValue()[i], value: a.getReturnValue()[i]});
                            }
                            else if (ab.getReturnValue()['RecordType']['DeveloperName'].search("AC_Engine") < 0 && a.getReturnValue()[i].search("Closed") > -1 && (a.getReturnValue()[i].search("Approved") < 0 && a.getReturnValue()[i].search("Rejected") < 0&& a.getReturnValue()[i].search("Pending") < 0)){
                                optsStatus.push({"class": "optionClass", label: a.getReturnValue()[i], value: a.getReturnValue()[i]});
                            }
                            
                            /*else if(ab.getReturnValue()['RecordType']['DeveloperName'].search("Support") > -1 && (a.getReturnValue()[i].search("Approved") < 0 || a.getReturnValue()[i].search("Rejected") < 0)){
                            opts.push({"class": "optionClass", label: a.getReturnValue()[i], value: a.getReturnValue()[i]});
                        }
                            else if(ab.getReturnValue()['RecordType']['DeveloperName'].search("Support") > -1 && (a.getReturnValue()[i].search("Approved") < 0 || a.getReturnValue()[i].search("Rejected") < 0)){
                                opts.push({"class": "optionClass", label: a.getReturnValue()[i], value: a.getReturnValue()[i]});
                            }*/
                            
                            inputsel.set("v.options", optsStatus);
                            
                        }
                        var reason = component.get("c.getReason");
                        console.log("22", component.get('v.recordTypeId'));
                        component.get('v.recordTypeId');
                        //reason.setParams({eId: component.get('v.recordId')});
                        reason.setCallback(this, function(reason) {
                            
                            for(var j=0;j< reason.getReturnValue().length;j++){
                                optsReason.push({"class": "optionClass", label: reason.getReturnValue()[j], value: reason.getReturnValue()[j]});
                            }
                            component.set("v.listReason", optsReason);
                            //reasonSel.set("v.options", optsReason);
                            console.log(optsReason);
                        });
                        $A.enqueueAction(reason);
                        //$A.enqueueAction(getCase);
                        console.log(optsStatus);
                    });
                    
                    $A.enqueueAction(action);
                }
                console.log(optsStatus);
            });
            $A.enqueueAction(getCase);
            
        }catch (e){
            console.log(e);
        }
    },
    doSaveCase : function(component, event, helper) {
        var reasonOk = false;
        
        var saveAction = component.get("c.saveCurrentCase");
        
        //console.log(component.get('v.case'));
        if(component.get('v.case.Comments') === undefined){
            component.set('v.case.Comments', '');
        }else{
            //console.log('comment ok', component.get('v.case.Comments'));
        }
        
        var reasonSel = component.find("caseReason");
        
        if(component.get("v.reason") === undefined || component.get("v.reason") == null || component.get("v.reason") == ''){
            $A.util.removeClass(component.find("caseError"), "none");
            var cmpTarget = component.find('alertContainer');
            $A.util.removeClass(cmpTarget, 'slds-hide');
            component.set('v.errorMessage', $A.get('$Label.c.LtngCloseCaseBtnNoReason')); 
        }else{
            reasonOk= true;
        }
        if(component.get('v.case.Send_Closure_Email__c') === undefined){
            //console.log("Send_Closure_Email__c", component.get('v.case.Send_Closure_Email__c'));
            component.set('v.case.Send_Closure_Email__c', false);
        }else{
            //console.log('Send_Closure_Email__c ok', component.get('v.case.Send_Closure_Email__c'));
        }
        
        if(reasonOk == true){
            saveAction.setParams({ CaseId : component.get("v.recordId"), comment: component.get('v.case.Comments'), status: component.find('InputSelectDynamic').get('v.value'), sendMail: component.get('v.case.Send_Closure_Email__c'), reason: reasonSel.get('v.value')});
            saveAction.setCallback(this, function(ab) {
                if(ab.getState() === "SUCCESS") {
                    //console.log("Case ", ab.getReturnValue());
                    component.find("overlayLib").notifyClose();
                    $A.get('e.force:refreshView').fire();
                    
                }
                else if(ab.getState() === "ERROR"){
                    
                    //let errorData = JSON.parse(error.message);
                    var errors = saveAction.getError();
                    var errorField = component.find('caseError');
                    //console.log(errors[0].pageErrors[0].message);
                    var cmpTarget = component.find('alertContainer');
                    $A.util.removeClass(cmpTarget, 'slds-hide');
                    component.set('v.errorMessage', errors[0].pageErrors[0].message);
                }
            });
            //console.log("click");
            $A.enqueueAction(saveAction);
        }
    },
    
    doSetStatus : function(component, event, helper){
        try{
        var getCase = component.get("c.getCase");
        getCase.setParams({ CaseId : cmp.get("v.recordId")});
        getCase.setCallback(this, function(a) {
            component.set("v.case", a.getReturnValue());
            
        });
        
        $A.enqueueAction(getCase);
        
        }catch (e){
            console.log(e);
        }
    },
    doCancel : function(component, event, helper){
        
        component.find("overlayLib").notifyClose();
        $A.get('e.force:refreshView').fire();
        $A.get("e.force:closeQuickAction").fire();
    },
    
    getCaseValue: function(component, event, helper) {
        
        console.log(event.getParam('value'));
        try{
            if(event.getParam('value') != undefined || event.getParam('value') =='' || event.getParam('value') ==null){
                component.set("v.reason", event.getParam('value'));
                component.set("v.case.Reason", event.getParam('value'));
            }
        }
        catch (e){
            console.log(e);
        }
    }
    
})

I do call this property anywhere.

Can someone help me?

thanks!
Peter


 

Hey everyone. Quick question: I have a custom object named "Projects". I would like to add stages, similar to opportunity stages, and have these stages show up as a ribbon above, (same as opportunities in lightning). How would I replicate this stage "ribbon" in custom object?

Thanks!

I am trying to post a simple text comment to FeedItem. The comment has line breaks.

Following is my code:
 

String comment = 'Test1\r\n\r\nTest2';

String access_token = AuthController.getJIRAOAuthToken();

String authVal = 'OAuth '+access_token;
HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
String endpoint = system.label.JIRA_OAuth_SFDC_REST_API_Endpoint+'/services/data/v35.0/chatter/feed-elements/';


System.debug(endpoint); 
req.setEndpoint(endpoint);
req.setMethod('POST');
req.setHeader('Content-Type','application/json; charset=UTF-8');

req.setHeader('Authorization', authVal);




req.setBody('{"body":{"messageSegments":[{"type":"Text","text":"'+comment+'"}]},"feedElementType":"FeedItem","subjectId":"a3gm0000000066S"}');


Http http = new Http();
//System.debug(req);
HTTPResponse res = http.send(req);
System.debug('**'+res);

I am getting below response.

System.HttpResponse[Status=Bad Request, StatusCode=400]

If I am trying the same code without "\r\n" then it works perfectly fine. Any suggestions please ?

I tried replacing "\r\n" with " " as per the rich text feed item https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.chatterapi.meta/chatterapi/quickreference_post_feed_element_rich_text.htm but even that didn't help. The comment is posted along with " " in text.