## 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! 🍺
Prerequisites
Before getting started, make sure you have the following:
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:
1
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.