What are the possibilities to compile and create apex code through api

Question

I have an app that creates apex classes for some purposes, right now we are using Tooling Api, but some objects are not entirely accessible with it (e.g. developerName in RecordType Object). So my question is is there a way to overcome this limitation (e.g. REST API or SOAP API etc.)

Answer 1

Generally speaking, for non-production orgs, you have several options available.

Tooling

Create

POST /services/data/vXX.X/tooling/sobjects/ApexClass

Update

PATCH /services/data/vXX.X/tooling/sobjects/ApexClass/:Id
PATCH /services/data/vXX.X/tooling/sobjects/ApexClass/Name/:Name

Delete

DELETE /services/data/vXX.X/tooling/sobjects/ApexClass/:Id
DELETE /services/data/vXX.X/tooling/sobjects/ApexClass/Name/:Name

Metadata Container

For deploying multiple ApexClass objects (and other code) in a single deployment. See the documentation for this, it is relatively complex.

REST

Create

POST /services/data/vXX.X/sobjects/ApexClass

Update

PATCH /services/data/vXX.X/sobjects/ApexClass/:Id
PATCH /services/data/vXX.X/sobjects/ApexClass/Name/:Name

Delete

DELETE /services/data/vXX.X/sobjects/ApexClass/:Id
DELETE /services/data/vXX.X/sobjects/ApexClass/Name/:Name

SOAP

Create

create(ApexClass)

Delete

delete(ApexClass)

Metadata API

Create/Update

deployMetadata(ApexClass)

Delete

deleteMetadata(ApexClass)