Standard Lead Convert Action on custom Lightning Component

Question

Is there a way to call the existing standard action of Lead Convert inside a custom lighting component? I need to show a modal with some validations and if it seems correct by the user, click inside the modal the Convert standard action/button. Thank you!

Answer 1

There is no interface to convert a Lead directly through Lightning Components.

However you can use your Apex controller for that. Here's the example how to convert Lead programmatically (full reference in Apex Developer Guide: Converting Leads):

Lead myLead = new Lead(LastName = 'Fry', Company='Fry And Sons');
insert myLead;

Database.LeadConvert lc = new database.LeadConvert();
lc.setLeadId(myLead.id);

LeadStatus convertStatus = [SELECT Id, MasterLabel FROM LeadStatus WHERE IsConverted=true LIMIT 1];
lc.setConvertedStatus(convertStatus.MasterLabel);

Database.LeadConvertResult lcr = Database.convertLead(lc);
System.assert(lcr.isSuccess());