Named Credential API Links

You can create named credentials through the UI or programmatically. Follow these links to programmatically create and manage named credentials and external credentials.

Named Credentials 

• NamedCredentials Class | Apex Reference Guide

  Create, get, update, and delete credentials. Get external credentials. Get the URL for the OAuth token flow for an external credential.

• ConnectApi.NamedCredential | Apex Reference Guide

  Named credential associated with an external credential.

• Named Credentials Resources | Connect REST API Developer Guide

  Get, create, refresh, replace, update, and delete a credential. Get the URL for the OAuth token flow for an external credential. Get, create, update, and delete external credentials. Get, create, update, and delete named credentials.

• Metadata API, Tooling API, and Object Reference:

  • NamedCredential | Metadata API

  • NamedCredential | Tooling API

  • NamedCredential | Object Reference

  Represents a named credential, which specifies the URL of a callout endpoint and its required authentication parameters in one definition. A named credential can be specified as an endpoint to simplify the setup of authenticated callouts.

  Available in the Metadata API and the Object Reference in API version 33.0 and later. Available in the Tooling API in API version 51.0 and later.

External Credentials 

• ConnectApi.ExternalCredential | Apex Reference Guide

  External credential, including the named credentials and principals associated with it and the type and status of each principal.

• ConnectApi.ExternalCredentialParameter | Apex Reference Guide

  External credential parameters.

• Metadata API and Tooling API:

  • ExternalCredential | Metadata API
  • ExternalCredential | Tooling API

  Represents the details of how Salesforce authenticates to the external system.

  Available in the Metadata API and the Tooling API in API version 56.0 and later.