Submit an API Spec With a Relative URL

Provide a relative URL to the spec.

Required Editions

Available in: Lightning Experience
Available in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions
User Permissions Needed
To manage connections: Customize Application

To register an API spec using a relative URL:

  1. From Setup in Lightning Experience, enter External Services in the Quick Find box, and select External Services.
  2. Click New External Service.
  3. On the Select an API Source page, select whether you’re importing an API spec From Mulesoft Anypoint Platform, or From API Specification. Since we're using our own spec in this example, select From API Specification.
  4. For External Service Name, enter a unique service name.
  5. Enter an optional description.
    A good, short description can help distinguish one service from another in a long list of services.
  6. Click under Select a Named Credential and select a named credential from the list.
  7. Under Service Schema, select Relative URL.
  8. Enter a relative URL path to the schema (endpoint) under URL.
    It must begin with “/” and be a relative path. For example, /accountSchema.json.
  9. If one or more errors are found during the validation process, a message (or series of messages) gives specific details about the error. You make corrections to the schema by editing it directly in the text editor and clicking Validate to revalidate your changes, or by modifying an offline copy and re-registering it. There are two types of errors:
    • Syntax or logical errors—Must be fixed to complete the registration process. To resolve an error, use the error message to discover the type and location of the error. Make corrections, and click Validate. Syntax error messages provide line and column number location.
    • Syntax or logical warnings—You don’t need to fix warnings to complete a registration. But the respective schema components are ignored by the External Services and aren’t registered. To fix warnings, use the guidance in the warning message, make corrections, and click Validate.
  10. Click Save & Next.
    Note
    Note If your schema includes non-supported media types, the system displays the Associate operations with supported media types page. Select a valid mapping for each non-supported type, as described in Mapping Media Types During Registration.
  11. Select the operations you want to import into your external service registration. You can select up to 3,000 operations per org, and up to 3,000 active objects per org. If you exceed either of these limits, divide the operations in your schema across separate registrations. For information about limits, see External Services Considerations. For information about “objects” in Open API schemas, see Basic Structure (OpenAPI 2.0) and Basic Structure (OpenAPI 3.0)
  12. Click Next.
  13. Click Done.