Part 1: Data Cloud + MuleSoft integration - Connected App, Ingestion API & Data Stream settings in Salesforce

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A little bird told me that deleting records in Data Cloud is actually not that easy to do. So, I did my research and came up with a Mule application for you all to reuse to (hopefully) make your lives easier when dealing with Data Cloud!

In this first part, we'll go through the Salesforce/Data Cloud settings that we need to set up before even calling Data Cloud through the Mule app.

I want to thank Mohammad Arsha for creating this useful article that got me started on the Data Cloud/Salesforce configuration. Keep creating content!

The first thing we're going to do is to create a Connected App in Salesforce to authenticate to Data Cloud. To do this, first enter the Setup from the top-right of the screen.

Search for App Manager using the Quick Find input from the left and click on New Connected App on the top-right of the screen.

Fill in the following fields and click Save and Continue once you're done.

In the created Connected App detail page, click on Manage Consumer Details

Enter the code sent to your email and click on Verify. Once inside the Consumer Details page, click on Generate and copy the newly generated Staged Consumer Key and Staged Consumer Secret. You will use these credentials for your Mule integration. After that, click on Apply and Apply again. Your staged consumer details should be now your main consumer details.

⚠️ Important
 
 These credentials will be used as cdp.consumer.key and cdp.consumer.secret in your Mule application's settings in Anypoint Platform (the properties in Runtime Manager).

You can close this window after you've copied the credentials.

Still inside the Setup page, search for OAuth and OpenID Connect Settings in the Quick Find input box and click on it. Make sure the Allow OAuth Username-Password Flows option is On.

If you already have an Ingestion API with a YAML schema, just take note of the name of the Ingestion API you created. Otherwise, follow the next steps to create one.

Still inside the Setup page, search for Ingestion API in the Quick Find input box and click on it. Click on New.

Add a Connector Name like MuleSoft Ingestion API and click on Save.

⚠️ Important
 
 Take note of the Source API Name. This name will be used as the sourceApiName query parameter to call the Mule application. In this case, the correct value would be MuleSoft_Ingestion_API.

If you already have a YAML schema, upload it here and take note of the name of the object(s). If not, upload the following example schema (the names of the objects are runner_profiles and exercises).

Click on Save.

⚠️ Important
 
 Whichever object you wish to insert/delete records to, will be used as the objectName query parameter to call the Mule application. In this case, the correct value(s) would be runner_profiles or exercises.

Exit the Setup page or go back to the main page after logging in to Salesforce. Click on the apps button at the top-left of the screen and search for Data Cloud. Click on the app.

Select the Data Streams tab from the top. Click New.

Select Ingestion API and click Next.

Select your MuleSoft Ingestion API from the dropdown. Select all the objects and click on Next.

Click Next. Select the default Data Space and click Deploy.

If you used the example YAML schema, you should have ended up with something like the following.

ℹ️ Note
 
 In this Data Stream, we selected maid as the Primary Key. This is the field we're going to need per record to delete them using the Mule app.

After finishing this configuration in Salesforce/Data Cloud, you should now have the following data that you will use later when calling the integration.

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