# Salesforce Integration
By connecting [Salesforce](https://www.salesforce.com/) with ilert, technical signals are sent to on-call teams immediately. This allows rapid investigation of disruptions in CRM processes or data flows, ensuring fast mitigation.
## In ilert: Create a Salesforce alert source
1. Go to **Alert sources** --> **Alert sources** and click on **Create new alert source**
2. Search for **Salesforce** in the search field, click on the Salesforce tile and click on **Next**.
3. Give your alert source a name, optionally assign teams and click **Next**.
4. Select an **escalation policy** by creating a new one or assigning an existing one.
5. Select you [Alert grouping](https://docs.ilert.com/alerting/configure-alerting/alert-sources#alert-grouping) preference and click **Continue setup**. You may click **Do not group alerts** for now and change it later.
6. The next page show additional settings such as customer alert templates or notification prioritiy. Click on **Finish setup** for now.
7. On the final page, an API key and / or webhook URL will be generated that you will need later in this guide.
## In Salesforce
*This Documentation is based on the new Salesforce Lightning, new UI from Salesforce*
Navigate to Developer Console by clicking the **Settings** icon and then click the **Developer Console**.
In Developer Console page select **File** -> **New** -> **Apex Class** and copy the following and save it as **`ilertClass.apxc`**, then click Save.
```java
global class ilertClass {
@future(callout=true)
WebService static void xRESTCall(String endpoint, String payload){
HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
req.setEndpoint(endpoint);
req.setMethod('POST');
req.setBody(payload);
req.setHeader( 'Content-Type', 'application/json' );
req.setHeader( 'Accept', 'application/json' );
Http http = new Http();
HTTPResponse res = http.send(req);
System.debug(' Response: ' + res.getBody());
}
global static string getPayloadStringByHandlingNull(String value){
return value==null?null:'"'+value.replaceAll('[^a-zA-Z0-9\\s]', '').replaceAll('\\s+', ' ')+'"';
}
global static string getPayloadStringByHandlingNull(DateTime value){
return value==null?null:'"'+value+'"';
}
global static string getPayloadStringByHandlingNull(Decimal value){
return value==null?null:'"'+value+'"';
}
global static string getPayloadStringByHandlingNull(Boolean value){
return value==null?null:'"'+value+'"';
}
}
```
Create a trigger by clicking **File** -> **New** -> **Apex Trigger** and copy the following and save it as **`ilertTrigger.apxt`**. Please make sure that the `API_KEY` and the `URL` is replaced based on the relevant `API_KEY` and `URL` that were received from ilert side.
```java
trigger ilertCaseTrigger on Case (after insert, after update) {
string endpoint = 'URL';
string apiKey = 'API_KEY';
Case obj = Trigger.new[0];
System.debug('ilertCaseTrigger Fired');
string caseNumber = obj.CaseNumber;
string subject = obj.Subject;
string description = obj.Description;
string eventType = 'ALERT';
if (obj.IsClosed) {
eventType = 'RESOLVE';
}
string payload= '{'+
'\"eventType\" :' + ilertClass.getPayloadStringByHandlingNull(eventType)+ ',' +
'\"apiKey\" :' + ilertClass.getPayloadStringByHandlingNull(apiKey)+ ',' +
'\"incidentKey\" :' + ilertClass.getPayloadStringByHandlingNull(caseNumber)+ ',' +
'\"summary\" :' + ilertClass.getPayloadStringByHandlingNull(subject)+ ',' +
'\"details\" :' + ilertClass.getPayloadStringByHandlingNull(description) +
'}';
System.debug('Payload: ' + payload);
ilertClass.xRESTCall(endpoint, payload);
}
```
In order to send to ilert, the domain needs to be allowlisted, back to the Salesforce page and select Setup from settings and go to **Setup** -> **Security** -> **Remote Site** Settings page.
Add a new remote site name it "iLert" and then paste the URL copied **`https://api.ilert.com`** to the "Remote Site URL" field and Save.
To test this, simply create a **Case** in Salesforce.
## FAQ
1. How to Debug in case something is not working?\
\
In order to Debug this, you need to add `System.debug()` either on the trigger or the class. To view this just navigate to **Gear Icon -> Setup -> Environment -> Logs -> Debug Logs**\\
2. I don't see my logs, why?\
\
Make sure that the **Expiration Date** settings in the Debug Logs settings are set in the future, just edit it if it was done in the past, and create Case again.
