Using SFDX CLI Command to Insert User to Org

## Prerequisites Before getting started, make sure you have the following: - Salesforce DX CLI installed on your system. You can download it from the [official Salesforce website](https://developer.salesforce.com/tools/sfdxcli). - A Salesforce DX project set up on your system. - An authenticated Salesforce Org where you want to insert the user. ## Steps to Insert a User ### Step 1: Create a JSON file with User details First, you need to create a JSON file with the details of the user you want to insert. Here's an example: ```json { "Username": "test@example.com", "LastName": "Test", "FirstName": "User", "Email": "test@example.com", "Alias": "tuser", "TimeZoneSidKey": "America/New_York", "LocaleSidKey": "en_US", "EmailEncodingKey": "UTF-8", "ProfileName": "Standard User", "LanguageLocaleKey": "en_US" } ``` Save this file as `user.json`. ### Step 2: Use the SFDX CLI to Insert the User To insert the user, run the following command in your terminal: ```bash sfdx force:data:record:create -s User -v $(jq -r '. | to_entries | map("\(.key)=\(.value|tostring)") | join(" ")' user.json) --json ``` This command uses the `force:data:record:create` SFDX command to insert a new user record. The `-s User` flag specifies that the record is for the User sObject. The `-v` flag followed by the `jq` command reads the values from the `user.json` file and formats them as `key=value` pairs. ### Step 3: Verify the User Insertion To verify that the user was inserted correctly, you can use the `force:data:soql:query` command: ```bash sfdx force:data:soql:query -q "SELECT Id, Username FROM User WHERE Email = 'test@example.com'" ``` This command should return the Id and Username of the new user, confirming that the user was inserted successfully. ## Wrapping up. With the Salesforce DX CLI, inserting a user into an organization becomes a straightforward task. This command line tool is a powerful asset for Salesforce developers, providing flexibility and control over data manipulation tasks. Cheers! 🍺

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{
    "Username": "test@example.com",
    "LastName": "Test",
    "FirstName": "User",
    "Email": "test@example.com",
    "Alias": "tuser",
    "TimeZoneSidKey": "America/New_York",
    "LocaleSidKey": "en_US",
    "EmailEncodingKey": "UTF-8",
    "ProfileName": "Standard User",
    "LanguageLocaleKey": "en_US"
}

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sfdx force:data:record:create -s User -v $(jq -r '. | to_entries | map("\(.key)=\(.value|tostring)") | join(" ")' user.json) --json

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sfdx force:data:soql:query -q "SELECT Id, Username FROM User WHERE Email = 'test@example.com'"