{"id":720,"date":"2014-09-24T11:29:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T11:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/?p=720"},"modified":"2025-05-29T09:18:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T09:18:06","slug":"consuming-external-web-service-in-apex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/2014\/09\/24\/consuming-external-web-service-in-apex\/","title":{"rendered":"Consuming External Web Service in Apex"},"content":{"rendered":"

While developing applications in force.com, there may be a requirement where we will need to consume external web service. There are many external websites which provide service and which can be consumed from our applications. One of the features we have in Salesforce is that we can easily consume External Web Services.<\/p>\n

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The first thing you need is the Web Services Description Language (WSDL)\u00a0file. You will need to download the WSDL of the web service and save on local drive.\"01\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now go to Salesforce and navigate to\u00a0\u201cSetup | Develop | Apex Classes\u201d<\/strong>.\u00a0 On right hand side, you will find button named as \u201cGenerate from WSDL\u201d<\/strong>. This button will generate equivalent Apex class to support Web service call. In some Programming languages, these classes are known as Proxy classes or Stubs. When we click on \u201cGenerate from WSDL\u201d button, it will prompt for WSDL File.\u00a0\"02\"<\/a>Select WSDL file downloaded previously and click on \u201cParse WSDL\u201d button.\u00a0\"03\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And then enter the name by which your class needs to be created. Click on Generate Apex Code, which will create an apex class to support web service call and then click on done.\"04\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now that the class has been created, we will need to consume it, so before consuming an external web service we have to inform Salesforce that our code will try to get some Data from External source (i.e. it will interact with external system). So, you will need to create a new setting in Remote Site Settings.<\/p>\n

In order to do this, navigate to \u201cSetup | Security Control | Remote Site Settings<\/strong>\u201c. \u00a0And then create new Site setting for your web service.<\/p>\n

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