Set up for Pardot API calling from Salesforce

June 15, 2023

In this blog post, we talk about pardot API calling from salesforce

After completing this unit, you’ll be able to:

Create Connected App in Salesforce
Manage Connected App in Salesforce
Generate Access Token Via Postman

Step 1: Create Connected App

To create a connected app search in the Quick Find box | App Manager

Then there is a button on the top right corner in your salesforce org.

Click on the button " New Connected App"
After the click, the button Form will be open | Fill that Form and Save.
Connected App Name = SF Query
API Name = SF_Query
Contact Email = <Mention your Gmail address>

CallBack URL: https://www.getpostman.com/oauth2/callback

Click the Checkbox | Require Secret for Web Server Flow

Click on Save.
Then a page will be displayed just like this which contains the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret.

Consumer Key and Consumer Secret will be used to generate the token.
Now your Connected App is ready.

Step 2: Manage Connected Apps

Search in Quick Find box | Manage Connected Apps and click
Edit your Connected App record which you have recently created and set the following values as shown in the image

Save the changes

Step 3: Generate Access Token Via Postman

We will Generate Access Token through Postman.

follow the below steps to generate a token:-

Token Name = Test Postman2
Grant Type = Authorization Code
Callback URL = Same as mentioned in Connected App
Auth URL = https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/authorize
Access Token URL = https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token
Client ID = Copy Consumer Key from Connected App and Fill in postman

Client Secret = Copy Consumer Secret from Connected App and Fill in postman
Client Authentication = Send client credentials in body

Click on the Get New Access Token button.

The above screen will appear when you click on the button.
Fill in the detail and log in.
After that, you will get the below screen.

Click on the Use Token button and the token will available in the field of the token.

The above token is available to use. you can use token in your apex code as well to call the Pardot API.

Apex Code to Call Pardot API from Salesforce.

This code is used to send the email through Pardot API.

public class PardotApiDemo {

public void getPardotData(){

HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();

req.setHeader(Content-Type, application/x-www-form-urlencoded);

req.setHeader(Authorization, Bearer <ACCESS TOKEN>); // mention your Access Token

req.setHeader(Pardot-Business-Unit-Id, <BUSINESS UNIT ID>);// mention your business unit id

req.setEndpoint( 'https://pi.demo.pardot.com/api/email/version/4/do/send/prospect_id/23123123');

req.setMethod( 'POST' );

req.setBody('campaign_id=5678&from_name=A Marketer&from_email=marketing@company.com&name=An Email&subject=A Subject&text_content=text email body %%unsubscribe%%&html_content=<html><head><head/><body>html email body %%unsubscribe%%</body></html>');

HttpResponse res = new Http().send( req );

System.debug( res.getStatus() );

System.debug( res.getBody() );

}

}

I hope this blog helped you!

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