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# Extracting Data from the API

|Goal|Best Practice|
|----|-------------|
|Using the most efficient operations|<ul><li>Use the `getUpdated()` and `getDeleted()` SOAP API to sync an external system with Salesforce at intervals greater than 5 minutes. Use the outbound messaging feature for more frequent syncing.</li><li>When using a query that can return more than one million results, consider using the query capability of the Bulk API 2.0, which might be more suitable.</li></ul>|