How to use Python to access Salesforce REST API?
The Python script will consume the request token and get a proper access token in return. From there I can use simple-salesforce to access the REST API. If you wanted to try something like this out on OSX, it turns out that it is very easy to add Python scripts to Apache once you know where to look.
Who are the Python developers for Salesforce.com?
If you like simple-salesforce, give Nick Catalano a shoutout on twitter. You can also check out his OAuth2 implementation for Salesforce and Python.
Is there Python demo for Force.com REST API?
It was a great little example, updated later by Mr. Pat Patterson and eventually evolved into a longer script that I used for demonstrations. Due to bad source control and a new laptop build, I recently lost the code to said longer script – but I still wanted a similar demo.
Can a python script be used in Salesforce?
Many, many, many moons ago I posted about writing an Insanely Simple Python Script that used the Salesforce REST API’s. It was a great little example, updated later by Mr. Pat Patterson and eventually evolved into a longer script that I used for demonstrations.
Is there a Python module for accessing Salesforce?
Even better there is a great python module, beatbox which lets you make calls via the API and run queries. Some of the stuff I post about here is in their documentation already and I’m just repeating it here for completeness. The first thing a developer will ask when accessing Salesforce is – how can I query directly against the database?
How to use specific version of Salesforce API?
If you want to use a specific version of the Salesforce API, you can specify this: Wokring with records is easy. All SObject-related methods are exposed through the sobjects -property on the client. The data returned from the different calls is the decoded data from the raw response.