This function takes a list of Metadata components and sends them to Salesforce to update an object that already exists
sf_update_metadata(
metadata_type,
metadata,
control = list(...),
...,
all_or_none = deprecated(),
verbose = FALSE
)
character
; string on what type of metadata to create.
list
; metadata components to be created formatted as
XML before being sent via API.
list
; a list of parameters for controlling the behavior of
the API call being used. For more information of what parameters are available
look at the documentation for sf_control
.
arguments passed to sf_control
logical
; allows a call to roll back all changes unless all
records are processed successfully.
logical
; an indicator of whether to print additional
detail for each API call, which is useful for debugging. More specifically, when
set to TRUE
the URL, header, and body will be printed for each request,
along with additional diagnostic information where available.
A tbl_df
containing the creation result for each submitted metadata component
The update key is based on the fullName parameter of the metadata, so updates are triggered when an existing Salesforce element matches the metadata type and fullName.
if (FALSE) {
# create an object that we can update
base_obj_name <- "Custom_Account1"
custom_object <- list()
custom_object$fullName <- paste0(base_obj_name, "__c")
custom_object$label <- paste0(gsub("_", " ", base_obj_name))
custom_object$pluralLabel <- paste0(base_obj_name, "s")
custom_object$nameField <- list(displayFormat = 'AN-{0000}',
label = paste0(base_obj_name, ' Number'),
type = 'AutoNumber')
custom_object$deploymentStatus <- 'Deployed'
custom_object$sharingModel <- 'ReadWrite'
custom_object$enableActivities <- 'true'
custom_object$description <- paste0(base_obj_name, " created by the Metadata API")
custom_object_result <- sf_create_metadata(metadata_type = 'CustomObject',
metadata = custom_object)
# now update the object that was created
update_metadata <- custom_object
update_metadata$fullName <- 'Custom_Account1__c'
update_metadata$label <- 'New Label Custom_Account1'
update_metadata$pluralLabel <- 'Custom_Account1s_new'
updated_custom_object_result <- sf_update_metadata(metadata_type = 'CustomObject',
metadata = update_metadata)
}