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# Prerequisites

Complete these prerequisites before you begin the quick start.

Become familiar with:

-   Either Workbench or cURL.

    Workbench is a tool that includes a REST explorer that allows you to make HTTP requests to Salesforce and receive responses through a Web browser interface.

    cURL is a command-line tool that serves as a client application that makes HTTP requests to Salesforce. cURL is an open-source tool and isn’t supported by Salesforce.

-   JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), which is the data format returned in this quick start.
-   OAuth 2.0, which is the framework Salesforce uses for authentication. The quick start provides the steps, but it would be helpful to familiarize yourself with OAuth terms and concepts.