Salesforce Chatter

alesforce Chatter uses OAuth 2.0 authentication. To authenticate to Salesforce Chatter via OAuth 2.0, you will need to obtain the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL by registering an app with Salesforce Chatter.

Create a Connected App

You can follow the procedure below to register an app and obtain the OAuth client credentials, the OAuthClientId and OAuthClientSecret:

  1. Log into Salesforce.com.

  2. From Setup, enter Apps in the Quick Find box and then click the link to create an app. In the Connected Apps section of the resulting page, click New.

  3. Enter a name to be displayed to users when they log in to grant permissions to your app, along with a contact email address.

  4. Click Enable OAuth Settings and enter a value in the Callback URL box.

    If you are making a desktop application, set the Callback URL to https://localhost:33333 or a different port number of your choice.

    If you are making a Web application, set the Callback URL to a page on your Web app you would like the user to be returned to after they have authorized your application. Note that you must redirect the user to an HTTPS URL.

  5. Select the scope of permissions that your app will request from the user, including Chatter.

  6. Once you have created the app, click your app name to open a page with information about your app. The OAuth client credentials, the consumer key and consumer secret, are displayed.

Authenticate to Salesforce Chatter :

After setting the following connection properties, you are ready to connect:

  • OAuthClientId: Set this to the Consumer Key in your app settings.

  • OAuthClientSecret: Set this to the Consumer Secret in your app settings.

  • CallbackURL: Set this to the Callback URL in your app settings, https://localhost:portNumber.

  • InitiateOAuth: Set this to GETANDREFRESH. You can use InitiateOAuth to avoid repeating the OAuth exchange and manually setting the OAuthAccessToken connection property.

When you connect the provider opens the OAuth endpoint in your default browser. Log in and grant permissions to the application. The provider then completes the OAuth process:

  1. Extracts the access token from the callback URL and authenticates requests.

  2. Refreshes the access token when it expires.

  3. Saves OAuth values in OAuthSettingsLocation to be persisted across connections.

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