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This class can be included by Salesforce applications to simplify interaction with the Cerb API.

Cerb.apxc


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public class CerbApiTest {
  public static String apiBaseUrl {get;set;}
  public static String apiAccessKey {get;set;}
  public static String apiSecretKey {get;set;}

  private static String md5(String text) {
    return EncodingUtil.convertToHex(Crypto.generateDigest('MD5', Blob.valueOf(text)));
  }

  public static HttpResponse get(String path) {
    return Cerb.connect('GET', path);
  }

  public static HttpResponse put(String path) {
    return Cerb.connect('PUT', path);
  }

  public static HttpResponse post(String path) {
    return Cerb.connect('POST', path);
  }

  public static HttpResponse del(String path) {
    return Cerb.connect('DELETE', path);
  }

  public static HttpResponse connect(String http_method, String url_path) {
    Http http = new Http();
    HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
  
    String http_date = DateTime.now().format('EEE, d MMM yyy HH:mm:ss Z');
  
    URL url = new URL(apiBaseUrl + url_path);
  
    req.setEndpoint(url.toExternalForm());
    req.setMethod(http_method);
    req.setHeader('Date', http_date);
  
    String url_query = url.getQuery();
  
    if(!String.isNotBlank(url_query))
      url_query = '';
  
    String string_to_sign =
      http_method + '\n'
      + http_date + '\n'
      + url.getPath() + '\n'
      + url_query + '\n'
      + '' + '\n'
      + md5(apiSecretKey) + '\n'
      ;
  
    //System.debug('String to sign: ' + string_to_sign);
  
    req.setHeader('Cerb-Auth', apiAccessKey + ':' + md5(string_to_sign));
  
    //System.debug('Cerb-Auth: ' + apiAccessKey + ':' + md5(string_to_sign));
  
    try {
      HTTPResponse res = http.send(req);
      return res;
    
    } catch(System.CalloutException e) {
      // Handle the error
    }
  
    return null;
  }
}

Usage

  • Include the Cerb.apxc file in your Salesforce application.
  • Set your API credentials.
  • Make API calls using Cerb.get(), Cerb.post(), etc.

Cerb.setApiBaseUrl('https://example.cerb.me/rest/');
Cerb.setApiAccessKey('xxxxxxxxxxxx');
Cerb.setApiSecretKey('xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx')

HttpResponse res = Cerb.post('tickets/search.json?q='
  + EncodingUtil.urlEncode(orgId, 'UTF-8')
  + '&show_meta=0&sortAsc=0&sortBy=updated')
  ;

if(null != res) {
  String http_body = res.getBody();
  
  JSONParser parser = JSON.createParser(http_body);
  
  Map<String,Object> results =
    Map<String,Object>) JSON.deserializeUntyped(http_body);
  
  Integer count = (Integer) results.get('count');
  List<Object> rows = (List<Object>) results.get('results');
}