Salesforce REST Call with SessionID

Question

I've got a Chrome extension running while I'm signed in to Salesforce. I want to use my active SessionID from my session to query Opportunities using Javascript. I've tried passing the sessionID via Ajax but that is not working (getting 401 error).

Here's my code so far:

function processSessionID(sessionID) {
    console.log(sessionID);
    // Make the REST call here
}


chrome.cookies.getAll({
  "domain": "lightning.force.com", "name": "sid"
}, function(cookies) {
  for(i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
    console.log(cookies[i].value);
    var sessionID = cookies[i].value;
    processSessionID(sessionID)
  }
});

UPDATE: The answer to my question is on the right track. ForceTK does access the API via Javascript - which is what I'm loooking to do. However, it's failing to resolve names on a chrome extension.

How can I make a REST call with with the sessionID to return a list of opportunities?

Answer 1

Calling the REST API in javascript using forcetk is pretty straightforward in a content script:

function processSessionID(sessionID) {

    var client = new forcetk.Client();
    client.setSessionToken(sessionID);

    client.query("SELECT Id, Name FROM Opportunity", function(response){
        // do something with response, response is a list of Opportunities in this case
    });         
}

Using it from a popup seems a little more involved. Firstly, I think you would need to use a content script to setup the forcetk client and interact with Salesforce. Then, from your popup, you'd have to use messaging to communicate back and forth. For example, in your popup.js:

chrome.tabs.query({active: true, currentWindow: true}, function(tabs) {
  chrome.tabs.sendMessage(tabs[0].id, {method: "getOpportunities"}, function(response) {
    console.log(response.opps);
  });
});

Then, in your content script, add a listener:

var client = new forcetk.Client();
client.setSessionToken(sessionID);

chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function(request, sender, sendResponse) {
    if(request.method === 'getOpportunities') {
      client.query('SELECT Id, Name FROM Opportunity',function(response) {
        sendResponse({opps: response});
      }
    }
  });

PS. I haven't tried this but seems like it should work.