API Access

Configure remote site settings and named credentials to control and secure API callouts, and understand the purpose of the Platform Integration User.

• Configure Remote Site Settings
  Configure settings for a remote site.
• Named Credentials
  Intended to secure and simplify authenticated API callouts to external systems, a named credential specifies the URL of a callout endpoint and its required authentication parameters in one definition. To streamline your Apex code and simplify the setup of authenticated callouts, specify a named credential as the callout endpoint.
• Platform Integration User
  The Platform Integration User, sometimes called the System User, is an internal, API-only user that integrates features across Salesforce. This user allows Salesforce applications to securely access data on different properties.