Here’s a simple snippet for creating a new custom object in Salesforce in Python.
from simple_salesforce import Salesforce
sf = Salesforce(
username='',
password='',
security_token='',
domain='login'
)
try:
mdapi = sf.mdapi
custom_object = mdapi.CustomObject(
fullName="Object11__c",
label="Custom Object 1",
pluralLabel="Custom Objects",
nameField=mdapi.CustomField(
label="Name__c",
type=mdapi.FieldType("Text")
),
deploymentStatus=mdapi.DeploymentStatus("Deployed"),
sharingModel=mdapi.SharingModel("Read")
)
mdapi.CustomObject.create(custom_object)
except Exception as e:
print(e)
Written by
Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
Chef
Python author of 7+ years having worked for Python companies around the world
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