Salesforce Metadata Refresh Using API

When there are changes in metadata, users must refresh it before executing the test plan to avoid failures. Users can now swiftly refresh metadata using API calls without logging into the Testsigma application or performing UI actions. This article discusses refreshing metadata using API calls.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that you have referred to:

1. Documentation on creating Salesforce Connected App.
2. Documentaion on creating Salesforce Metadata connected to Testsigma.
3. Documentation on refreshing Metadata.

Steps to Get Metadata Connection ID

1. From the Dashboard, click SF Connections.
2. In the Metadata Connection section, hover over the connection, click the kebab menu, and choose Copy Connection ID from the dropdown menu.

Trigger Refresh Metadata Using API

{
    "id": 70 
} 

{
    "id": 133,
    "metadataSyncResult": "NOT STARTED",
    "metadataSyncType": "UPDATE SYNC",
    "salesforceConnectionId": 70
} 

Request fields / Response fields

• id: Refresh Trigger ID.
  
• metadataSyncResult: Status of metadata sync process.
  
• metadataSyncType: Type of metadata sync.
  
• salesforceConnectionId: Salesforce Connection ID.
  

Get Metadata Refresh Status Using API

{
    "status": "IN_PROGRESS",
    "message": "Metadata refresh already in progress"
} 

Request fields / Response fields

• status: Status of metadata sync process.
  
• message: Additional information of sync process.