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Can you see your login credentials in a URL?
A few things that you should be aware of: Anybody who has this url can login to the site. You may want to update the password periodically. If you use http instead of https for the url then the url will be sent unencrypted. If someone is sniffing your traffic they would be able to see the username and password in the url.
Is there an API for the urlfor function?
There’s a function/API, and the function/API is expected to work regardless of whether the UI experience is Classis or Lightning.
Why do we need urlfor function in Salesforce?
The fact that Salesforce should be able to develop new UIX’s without breaking peoples environments is an excellent reason for this to exist in the first place, to provide a layer of abstraction between us as developers/analysts and implementation details such as the specific URL path’s for that UIX.
Where can I find my username and password?
It means that every time, you specify the URL including the username and password in a command line (e.g. as a parameter to curl ). All local processes, irregardless if the user they run at can see the URL in the system’s processlist and gather them (e.g. via ps aux ).
How to add a query string to a named credential url?
A named credential URL contains the scheme callout:, the name of the named credential, and an optional path. For example: callout:My_Named_Credential/some_path. You can append a query string to a named credential URL. Use a question mark (?) as the separator between the named credential URL and the query string.
How to reference a named credential in a callout?
To reference a named credential from a callout definition, use the named credential URL. A named credential URL contains the scheme callout:, the name of the named credential, and an optional path. For example: callout:My_Named_Credential/some_path. You can append a query string to a named credential URL.