Salesforce Sales Cloud
Bulk API 2.0

Optimized API for loading, updating, or deleting large data sets asynchronously with better performance than REST API. Supports CSV, JSON, and XML data formats.
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openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Salesforce Sales Cloud Salesforce Bulk API 2.0
  description: >-
    Optimized API for loading, updating, or deleting large data sets
    asynchronously with better performance than REST API. Supports ingest
    (insert, update, upsert, delete) and query operations on large volumes of
    records using CSV data format. Designed for ETL workflows and mass data
    operations.
  version: 59.0.0
  termsOfService: https://www.salesforce.com/company/legal/agreements/
  contact:
    name: Salesforce Developer Support
    url: https://developer.salesforce.com/
  license:
    name: Salesforce Master Subscription Agreement
    url: https://www.salesforce.com/company/legal/agreements/
externalDocs:
  description: Bulk API 2.0 and Bulk API Developer Guide
  url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_asynch.meta/api_asynch/asynch_api_intro.htm
servers:
  - url: https://{instance}.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0
    description: Salesforce Production or Developer Edition
    variables:
      instance:
        default: yourInstance
        description: Your Salesforce instance identifier
  - url: https://{instance}.sandbox.my.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0
    description: Salesforce Sandbox
    variables:
      instance:
        default: yourInstance
        description: Your Salesforce sandbox instance identifier
security:
  - oauth2: []
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Ingest Data
    description: Upload CSV data to ingest jobs and retrieve results
  - name: Ingest Jobs
    description: Create and manage bulk ingest jobs for insert, update, upsert, and delete operations
  - name: Query Jobs
    description: Create and manage bulk query jobs for extracting large data sets
  - name: Query Results
    description: Retrieve results from completed query jobs
paths:
  /jobs/ingest:
    get:
      operationId: listIngestJobs
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud List all ingest jobs
      description: >-
        Retrieves all ingest jobs in the org. Results include jobs that have
        been opened, those in progress, and completed jobs in all states.
      tags:
        - Ingest Jobs
      parameters:
        - name: isPkChunkingEnabled
          in: query
          description: Filter by PK Chunking enabled status
          required: false
          schema:
            type: boolean
        - name: jobType
          in: query
          description: Filter by job type
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - BigObjectIngest
              - Classic
              - V2Ingest
        - name: concurrencyMode
          in: query
          description: Filter by concurrency mode
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - parallel
        - name: queryLocator
          in: query
          description: Query locator for paginating through results
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved list of ingest jobs
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  done:
                    type: boolean
                    description: Indicates if all results have been returned
                  nextRecordsUrl:
                    type: string
                    description: URL for the next set of results
                  records:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/IngestJobInfo'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createIngestJob
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Create an ingest job
      description: >-
        Creates a new ingest job for bulk insert, update, upsert, or delete
        operations. After creating the job, upload CSV data using the job ID,
        then close the job to begin processing.
      tags:
        - Ingest Jobs
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateIngestJobRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Ingest job created successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IngestJobInfo'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /jobs/ingest/{jobId}:
    get:
      operationId: getIngestJobInfo
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Get ingest job information
      description: >-
        Retrieves detailed information about an ingest job, including its
        current state, number of records processed, and any errors.
      tags:
        - Ingest Jobs
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/jobId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved ingest job information
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IngestJobInfo'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    patch:
      operationId: updateIngestJobState
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Close, abort, or delete an ingest job
      description: >-
        Updates the state of an ingest job. Set the state to UploadComplete to
        close the job and begin processing, or Aborted to abort the job.
        A job must be closed before Salesforce processes the uploaded data.
      tags:
        - Ingest Jobs
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/jobId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - state
              properties:
                state:
                  type: string
                  description: The new state for the job
                  enum:
                    - UploadComplete
                    - Aborted
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Job state updated successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IngestJobInfo'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteIngestJob
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Delete an ingest job
      description: >-
        Deletes an ingest job. The job must be in a terminal state (JobComplete,
        Aborted, or Failed) before it can be deleted.
      tags:
        - Ingest Jobs
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/jobId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Job deleted successfully
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /jobs/ingest/{jobId}/batches:
    put:
      operationId: uploadIngestJobData
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Upload data for an ingest job
      description: >-
        Uploads CSV data for an ingest job. The job must be in the Open state.
        You can upload data in multiple requests, each up to 150 MB. The CSV
        data must include a header row with field API names.
      tags:
        - Ingest Data
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/jobId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          text/csv:
            schema:
              type: string
              description: CSV data with header row containing field API names
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Data uploaded successfully
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /jobs/ingest/{jobId}/successfulResults:
    get:
      operationId: getIngestJobSuccessfulResults
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Get successful results for an ingest job
      description: >-
        Retrieves a list of successfully processed records for a completed
        ingest job. Results are returned in CSV format.
      tags:
        - Ingest Data
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/jobId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved successful results
          content:
            text/csv:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: CSV data of successfully processed records
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /jobs/ingest/{jobId}/failedResults:
    get:
      operationId: getIngestJobFailedResults
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Get failed results for an ingest job
      description: >-
        Retrieves a list of failed records for a completed ingest job. Results
        are returned in CSV format and include error information for each
        failed record.
      tags:
        - Ingest Data
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/jobId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved failed results
          content:
            text/csv:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: CSV data of failed records with error details
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /jobs/ingest/{jobId}/unprocessedrecords:
    get:
      operationId: getIngestJobUnprocessedRecords
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Get unprocessed records for an ingest job
      description: >-
        Retrieves a list of unprocessed records for a completed ingest job.
        These are records that were not processed due to the job being aborted
        or hitting limits.
      tags:
        - Ingest Data
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/jobId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved unprocessed records
          content:
            text/csv:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: CSV data of unprocessed records
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /jobs/query:
    get:
      operationId: listQueryJobs
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud List all query jobs
      description: >-
        Retrieves all query jobs in the org. Results include jobs in all
        states including completed, failed, and aborted jobs.
      tags:
        - Query Jobs
      parameters:
        - name: isPkChunkingEnabled
          in: query
          description: Filter by PK Chunking enabled status
          required: false
          schema:
            type: boolean
        - name: jobType
          in: query
          description: Filter by job type
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
            enum:
              - BigObjectIngest
              - Classic
              - V2Query
        - name: queryLocator
          in: query
          description: Query locator for paginating through results
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved list of query jobs
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  done:
                    type: boolean
                  nextRecordsUrl:
                    type: string
                  records:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryJobInfo'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createQueryJob
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Create a query job
      description: >-
        Creates a new query job to extract data from Salesforce using SOQL.
        The query runs asynchronously and results can be retrieved when the
        job completes.
      tags:
        - Query Jobs
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateQueryJobRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Query job created successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryJobInfo'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /jobs/query/{jobId}:
    get:
      operationId: getQueryJobInfo
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Get query job information
      description: >-
        Retrieves detailed information about a query job including its current
        state, number of records processed, and the SOQL query.
      tags:
        - Query Jobs
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/jobId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved query job information
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryJobInfo'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    patch:
      operationId: abortQueryJob
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Abort a query job
      description: >-
        Aborts a query job. Only jobs that have not yet completed can be aborted.
      tags:
        - Query Jobs
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/jobId'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - state
              properties:
                state:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                    - Aborted
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Query job aborted successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueryJobInfo'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteQueryJob
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Delete a query job
      description: >-
        Deletes a query job. The job must be in a terminal state before it
        can be deleted.
      tags:
        - Query Jobs
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/jobId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Query job deleted successfully
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /jobs/query/{jobId}/results:
    get:
      operationId: getQueryJobResults
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Get query job results
      description: >-
        Retrieves the results of a completed query job in CSV format. Use the
        locator and maxRecords parameters to paginate through large result sets.
      tags:
        - Query Results
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/jobId'
        - name: locator
          in: query
          description: Locator value for retrieving the next set of results
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: maxRecords
          in: query
          description: Maximum number of records to return per request
          required: false
          schema:
            type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved query results
          headers:
            Sforce-Locator:
              description: Locator value for the next set of results (null if no more)
              schema:
                type: string
            Sforce-NumberOfRecords:
              description: Number of records in this result set
              schema:
                type: integer
          content:
            text/csv:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: CSV data of query results
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Salesforce OAuth 2.0 authentication
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token
          scopes:
            api: Access and manage your Salesforce data
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: OAuth 2.0 Access Token
  parameters:
    jobId:
      name: jobId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The ID of the bulk job
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    CreateIngestJobRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request body for creating a new ingest job
      required:
        - object
        - operation
      properties:
        assignmentRuleId:
          type: string
          description: The ID of an assignment rule to apply during the operation
        columnDelimiter:
          type: string
          description: The column delimiter used in the CSV data
          enum:
            - BACKQUOTE
            - CARET
            - COMMA
            - PIPE
            - SEMICOLON
            - TAB
          default: COMMA
        contentType:
          type: string
          description: The content type of the data
          enum:
            - CSV
          default: CSV
        externalIdFieldName:
          type: string
          description: The external ID field name for upsert operations
        lineEnding:
          type: string
          description: The line ending used in the CSV data
          enum:
            - LF
            - CRLF
          default: LF
        object:
          type: string
          description: The sObject type for the job (e.g., Account, Contact)
        operation:
          type: string
          description: The operation to perform
          enum:
            - insert
            - delete
            - hardDelete
            - update
            - upsert
    CreateQueryJobRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request body for creating a new query job
      required:
        - operation
        - query
      properties:
        operation:
          type: string
          description: The operation type
          enum:
            - query
            - queryAll
        query:
          type: string
          description: The SOQL query string
        columnDelimiter:
          type: string
          description: The column delimiter for the result CSV
          enum:
            - BACKQUOTE
            - CARET
            - COMMA
            - PIPE
            - SEMICOLON
            - TAB
          default: COMMA
        lineEnding:
          type: string
          description: The line ending for the result CSV
          enum:
            - LF
            - CRLF
          default: LF
    IngestJobInfo:
      type: object
      description: Detailed information about an ingest job
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The unique ID for the job
        operation:
          type: string
          enum:
            - insert
            - delete
            - hardDelete
            - update
            - upsert
        object:
          type: string
          description: The sObject type
        createdById:
          type: string
          description: The ID of the user who created the job
        createdDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        systemModstamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        state:
          type: string
          description: The current state of the job
          enum:
            - Open
            - UploadComplete
            - InProgress
            - JobComplete
            - Aborted
            - Failed
        externalIdFieldName:
          type: string
          description: The external ID field for upsert operations
        concurrencyMode:
          type: string
          enum:
            - parallel
        contentType:
          type: string
          enum:
            - CSV
        apiVersion:
          type: number
          description: The API version for the job
        jobType:
          type: string
          enum:
            - BigObjectIngest
            - Classic
            - V2Ingest
        contentUrl:
          type: string
          description: URL for uploading data
        lineEnding:
          type: string
        columnDelimiter:
          type: string
        numberRecordsProcessed:
          type: integer
          description: Number of records processed
        numberRecordsFailed:
          type: integer
          description: Number of records that failed
        retries:
          type: integer
        totalProcessingTime:
          type: integer
          description: Total processing time in milliseconds
        apiActiveProcessingTime:
          type: integer
        apexProcessingTime:
          type: integer
    QueryJobInfo:
      type: object
      description: Detailed information about a query job
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        operation:
          type: string
          enum:
            - query
            - queryAll
        object:
          type: string
        createdById:
          type: string
        createdDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        systemModstamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        state:
          type: string
          enum:
            - UploadComplete
            - InProgress
            - JobComplete
            - Aborted
            - Failed
        concurrencyMode:
          type: string
        contentType:
          type: string
        apiVersion:
          type: number
        jobType:
          type: string
        lineEnding:
          type: string
        columnDelimiter:
          type: string
        numberRecordsProcessed:
          type: integer
        retries:
          type: integer
        totalProcessingTime:
          type: integer
    ApiError:
      type: object
      properties:
        errorCode:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
    ErrorResponse:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Invalid request parameters or malformed request body
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication failed or access token is invalid
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    NotFound:
      description: The specified job was not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
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