A command-line interface to force.com
If the download does not work, download instead from the binaries folder in the repo.
$ go get -u github.com/heroku/force
Usage: force <command> [<args>]
Available commands:
login Log in to force.com
logout Log out from force.com
logins List force.com logins used
active Show or set the active force.com account
whoami Show information about the active account
sobject Manage standard & custom objects
field Manage sobject fields
record Create, modify, or view records
bulk Load csv file use Bulk API
fetch Export specified artifact(s) to a local directory
export Export metadata to a local directory
fetch Export specified artifact(s) to a local directory
import Import metadata from a local directory
query Execute a SOQL statement
apex Execute anonymous Apex code
oauth Manage ConnectedApp credentials
version Display current version
update Update to the latest version
push Deploy single artifact from a local directory
password See password status or reset password
help Show this help
Run 'force help [command]' for details.
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 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
force login -i=test -u=un -p=pw # log in using SOAP to sandbox org
force login -i=<instance> -u=un -p=pw # internal only
Logout will delete your authentication token and remove the saved record of that login.
force logout -u=user@example.org
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 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 dave@demo.1
Whoami will display detailed user information about the currently active logged in user. This is Force.com specific information.
force whomai
Sobject command gives you access to creating and deleting schema objects. The list argumenet 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 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
# 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/heroku/force
$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/heroku/force
# to compile and test modifications
$ go get .
$ force
