force CLI v1.0.8
A command-line interface to force.com
Installation
Precompiled Binaries
Can be downloaded from the Current Release Page or by visiting the CLI Home Page.
Compile from Source
$ go install github.com/ForceCLI/force@latest
Usage
See docs/force.md for all supported commands.
Tab completion simplifies use of the force CLI.
Enable bash completion or see force completion --help for other options.
$ source <(force completion bash)
Usage:
force [command]
Available Commands:
active Show or set the active force.com account
apex Execute anonymous Apex code
apiversion Display/Set current API version
bigobject Manage big objects
bulk Load csv file or query data using Bulk API
completion Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
create Creates a new, empty Apex Class, Trigger, Visualforce page, or Component.
datapipe Manage DataPipes
describe Describe the object or list of available objects
eventlogfile List and fetch event log file
export Export metadata to a local directory
fetch Export specified artifact(s) to a local directory
field Manage SObject fields
help Help about any command
import Import metadata from a local directory
limits Display current limits
log Fetch debug logs
login force login [-i=<instance>] [<-u=username> <-p=password>] [-scratch] [-s]
logins List force.com logins used
logout Log out from Force.com
notify Should notifications be used
oauth Manage ConnectedApp credentials
open Open a browser window, logged into an authenticated Salesforce org
package Manage installed packages
password See password status or reset password
push Deploy metadata from a local directory
query Execute a SOQL statement
quickdeploy Quick deploy validation id
record Create, modify, or view records
rest Execute a REST request
security Displays the OLS and FLS for a given SObject
sobject Manage standard & custom objects
test Run apex tests
trace Manage trace flags
usedxauth Authenticate with SFDX Scratch Org User
version Display current version
whoami Show information about the active account
Flags:
-a, --account username account username to use
-h, --help help for force
Use "force [command] --help" for more information about a command.
login
When you login using the CLI a record of the login is saved. Eventually your token will expire requiring re-authentication. The default login is for all production instances of salesforce.com. Two predefined non-production instances are available using the test and pre aliases. You can set an arbitrary instance to log in to by specifying the instance url in the form of subdomain.domain. For example login-blitz.soma.salesforce.com.
force login # log in to last environment
force login -i=login # log in to production or developer org
force login -i=test # log in to sandbox org
force login -i=pre # log in to prerelease org
force login -u=un [-p=pw] # log in using SOAP. Password is optional
force login -i=test -u=un -p=pw # log in using SOAP to sandbox org. Password is optional
force login -i=<instance> -u=un -p=pw # internal only
logout
Logout will delete your authentication token and remove the saved record of that login.
force logout -u=user@example.org
logins
Logins will list all the user names that you have used to authenticate with the instance URL associated with each one. The active login will be indicated behind the login name in red.
force logins
active
Active without any arguments will display the currently acctive login that you are using. You can also supply a username argument that will set the active login to the one corresponding to the username argument. Note, just because you set a login as active, does not mean that the token is necessarily valid.
force active
force active -a dave@demo.1
whoami
Whoami will display detailed user information about the currently active logged in user. This is Force.com specific information.
force whoami
sobject
Sobject command gives you access to creating and deleting schema objects. The list argument will list ALL of the objects, both standard and custom, in your org.
force sobject list
force sobject create <object> [<field>:<type>]...
force sobject delete <object>
field
Field gives you the ability to create, list and delete the fields on an object. Fields need to be created one at a time. You can also set required and optional attributes for the type of field. All defaultable field attributes will be defaulted based on the defaults in the web UI.
force field list Todo__c
force field create Todo__c Due:DateTime required:true
force field delete Todo__c Due
push
Push gives you the ability to push specified resources to force.com. The resource will be pulled from ./metatdata/{type}/
force push -t(ype) StaticResource -n(ame) MyResource.resource
force -type ApexClass -name MyClass.cls
force -t ApexPage -n MyPage.page
You can also push all of a specific type of resource from a given folder.
force push -t StaticResource -f metadata/staticresources/
force push -t ApexClass -f metadata/classes/
force push -t ApexPage -f metadata/pages/
import
Import allows you to import code from local directory. This makes a lot of senses when you want to import code from local directory to a brand new org. This import method import codes from metadata folder not from your src folder
Make sure you have the metadata folder, in case you only have src folder, simply replicate it
force import
Sample folder structure
|-metadata
| |-aura
| |-corsWhitelistOrigins
| |-remoteSiteSettings
| |-staticresources
| |package.xml
export
Export allows you to fetch all codes from your org to local machine. This command will export all the codes to a local folder called src
force export
|-src
| |-aura
| |-corsWhitelistOrigins
| |-remoteSiteSettings
| |-staticresources
| |package.xml
notify
Includes notification library, gotifier, that will display notifications for using either Using terminal-notifier on OSX or notify-send on Ubuntu. Currently, only the push and test methods are displaying notifications.
limits
Limits will display limits information for your organization.
- Max is the limit total for the organization
- Remaining is the total number of calls or events left for the organization
The list is limited to those exposed by the REST API.
force limits
apiversion
Set the API version to be used when interacting with the Salesforce org.
force apiversion nn.0
Hacking
# set these environment variables in your startup scripts
export GOPATH=~/go
export PATH="$GOPATH/bin:$PATH"
# download the source and all dependencies
$ go get -u github.com/ForceCLI/force
$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ForceCLI/force
# to compile and test modifications
$ go get .
$ force
Windows Subsystem Linux (aka Bash on Windows)
Starting from Windows 10 Creator Update (version 1703), you now can use force cli within Windows Bash. To access force cli from WSL, you can call force.exe
For ease of use you can add the following simple alias
alias force=force.exe