SalesforceExporter

This gem can be used to export salesforce objects to an SQLite database. Datatypes and indexes will be preserved.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'salesforce_exporter'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install salesforce_exporter

Usage

Authentication

The SalesforceExporter client just passes on the credentials to the underlying client restforce. You can use exactly the same parameters as specified in the README of Restforce

client = SalesforceExporter.new(
  oauth_token:      'access_token',
  refresh_token:    'refresh token',
  instance_url:     'instance url',
  client_id:        'client_id',
  client_secret:    'client_secret',
)

Export

In order to start the export, you need to specify the objects and and SQLite connection string. The exporter will return the database object after finish.

db = client.export(objects: ["Contact", "Account"], to: "sqlite://test.db")

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/salesforce_exporter. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.