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Create a Batch of Records

Create multiple records. You can create, update, and delete up to 200 records in a single request.

Resource

1/ui-api/records/batch

Available Version

59.0

HTTP Method

POST

Example

This example creates an account and a contact, and updates a record.

1POST /ui-api/records/batch

1{
2  "allOrNone": false,
3  "operations": [
4    {
5      "type": "CREATE",
6      "records": [
7        {
8          "apiName": "Account",
9          "fields": {
10            "Name": "Global Media"
11          }
12        },
13        {
14          "apiName": "Contact",
15          "fields": {
16            "LastName": "Smith"
17          }
18        }
19      ]
20    },
21    {
22      "type": "Update",
23      "records": [
24        {
25          "fields": {
26            "Id": "001xx000003Gaf9AAC",
27            "NumberOfEmployees": 1000
28          }
29        }
30      ]
31    }
32  ]
33}

Request Body

Name	Type	Description	Required or Optional	Available Version
`recordInput`	Batch Record Input	The batch of record input.	Required	59.0

Request Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required or Optional	Available Version
`useDefaultRule`	Boolean	For a Case or Lead, specifies whether to use the default (`active`) assignment rule. If you specify `useDefaultRule`, don’t specify an `assignmentRuleId`. For an Account, specifies whether to apply the default territory assignment rules. The default value is `false`. See AssignmentRuleHeader in SOAP API Developer Guide.	Optional	64.0

Name

Type

Description

Required or Optional

Available Version

useDefaultRule

Boolean

For a Case or Lead, specifies whether to use the default (active) assignment rule. If you specify useDefaultRule, don’t specify an assignmentRuleId.

For an Account, specifies whether to apply the default territory assignment rules.

The default value is false.

See AssignmentRuleHeader in SOAP API Developer Guide.

Optional

64.0

Response Body

Batch Results

Usage

When creating a batch of records, you must include the required apiName field in Batch Operation Input. Don’t include the Id field. Otherwise, a 400 HTTP status code with an INVALID_BATCH_REQUEST error is returned.

Receiving a 400 HTTP status code with an INVALID_INPUT error can be caused by one of these reasons.

The operations field is missing or empty.
The operation type is missing.
The operations field doesn’t contain a records field or the records field is empty.

User Interface API Developer Guide

Create a Batch of Records

See Also