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Why do I need JSON for Apex Rest callout challenge?
The main reason is, in the challenge it is asked to pass id as the variable in endpoint URL. which is a keyword. To parse the json I creaed a class as below using json to apex and some editing. Then in the AnimalLocator class I used the above class to parse it as below.
How to create an apex class that calls a rest endpoint?
@Harsh Dodia, just replace your endpoint with this https://th-apex-http-callout.herokuapp.com/animals/’+x, in your code are not using method Parameter at the end of the endpoint string that’s why you were getting null pointer exception. Executing the ‘getAnimalNameById’ method on ‘AnimalLocator’ failed.
How to make Salesforce callout to external API?
To make an HTTP callout to an external API, we need to add an entry to the Remote Site Settings in Salesforce where we need to store the base URL of the api. We need to do this to tell Salesforce that we trust this external API/Endpoint URL and thereby, allowing salesforce to use this endpoint to interact with the external system.
Which is the endpoint of the HTTP callout unit?
In the example in the “HTTP and Callout Basics” unit, the endpoint is https://th-apex-http-callout.herokuapp.com/animals. When the server processes the request, it sends a status code in the response.
How to change the code for Apex Rest?
I changed the code a little bit.You can try the below code. Executing the ‘getAnimalNameById’ method on ‘AnimalLocator’ failed. Make sure the method exists with the name ‘getAnimalNameById’, is public and static, accepts an Integer and returns a String.
What was the error in the Apex Challenge?
Challenge threw error – ‘The Apex test class AnimalLocatorTest does not appear to be using the AnimalLocatorMock class correctly’. First Register the url in the Remote site settings. // from the class that implements HttpCalloutMock.
What does system.nullpointer do in Apex Rest?
There was an unexpected error in your org which is preventing this assessment check from completing: System.NullPointerException: Attempt to de-reference a null object” What has fixed the null pointer exception please? Please post your code here so that we can take a look at the issue.
Why is apex status bad on REST API call?
Also if you are trying to access webservice from a different salesforce org, you would need to authenticate against second org using Oauth Also your end point looks wrong. Generally it will be like ” https://rd-mevion.cs22.force.com/services/apexrest/emailservices ” without support in between.
What does Bad Request mean in Salesforce Stack Exchange?
The results that came back in the debug logs were very vague that simple “bad request” I used SoapUI to post the request without apex and the results were much more detailed allowing me to figure out why it was a bad request Thanks for contributing an answer to Salesforce Stack Exchange! Please be sure to answer the question.
Are you expecting a get call or post call?
Question is are they expecting a GET call or POST call. Most probably a GET call. But suppose integet pass to the method getAnimalNameById is “45678”. How are we to formulate the URL.