jsforce-metadata-tools

Tools for deploying/retrieving package files using Salesforce Metadata API via JSforce.

Provides command line interface (CLI) to easily deploy/retrieve packages.

Install

$ npm install jsforce-metadata-tools -g

Usage

Deploy

Deploy package from local directory

$ jsforce-deploy -u username@example.org -p ${SF_PASSWORD} -D ./path/to/packageDir

Deploy package from ZIP archive file

$ jsforce-deploy -u username@example.org -p ${SF_PASSWORD} -Z ./path/to/package.zip

Retrieve

Retrieve package files and write them under the directory

(Assuming that ./path/to/packageDir directory has a package.xml file inside)

$ jsforce-retrieve -u username@example.org -p ${SF_PASSWORD} -D ./path/to/packageDir

Retrieve package files by specifying metadata types/members to retrieve

$ jsforce-retrieve -u username@example.org -p ${SF_PASSWORD} --memberTypes "ApexClass:Class1,Class2;ApexPage:*" -D ./path/to/distDir

Retrieve package files by specifying package names to retrieve

$ jsforce-retrieve -u username@example.org -p ${SF_PASSWORD} --packageNames "Package1,Package2" -D "./path/to/distDir1,./path/to/distDir2"

Retrieve package files by specifying package.xml file

$ jsforce-retrieve -u username@example.org -p ${SF_PASSWORD} -P ./path/to/package.xml -D ./path/to/distDir

Retrieve package and output as a ZIP archive file

$ jsforce-retrieve -u username@example.org -p ${SF_PASSWORD} --packageName Package1 -Z ./path/to/package.zip

OAuth-based Authorization

Once the authorization is done in JSforce REPL, the same connection is also valid here (no password required)

$ jsforce
> .authorize

...
(OAuth authorization flow)
...

Received authorization code. Please close the opened browser window.
Authorized. Fetching user info...
Logged in as : username@example.org
> .exit

$ jsforce-deploy -c username@example.org -D ./path/to/packageDir