Developers love Heroku for its elegance and simplicity, but integrating Heroku applications with Salesforce has historically been a complex and time-consuming process. To address this, we’ve introduced Heroku AppLink, a powerful new tool designed to streamline the integration process.
Taming the Complexity of Salesforce <-> Heroku Connections
Without a native integration solution, developers and admins face several key challenges:
- Lack of visibility - No centralized place for admin/developer to view and manage all existing connections.
- Limited discoverability - Salesforce Admins and Developers struggle to discover Heroku resources in their implementations.
- Fragmented management - No centralized way for Heroku admins to manage access and connection settings.
- Security & compliance challenges - Ensuring that Heroku services meet Salesforce’s security requirements.
These challenges slowed down development, created inefficiencies between teams, and made it harder to build applications that fully leveraged the power of Heroku and Salesforce combined.
That’s why we built Heroku AppLink.
Simplifying Integration with Heroku AppLink
Heroku AppLink, now available in pilot, makes it effortless to securely connect your Heroku applications to Salesforce and Data Cloud. AppLink is designed with long term manageability, visibility, and ease of use in mind.
Now, with a single command, teams can:
- Accelerate development by eliminating manual setup and integration tasks.
- Enhance security with a standardized integration approach and managed connections that meet Salesforce security standards.
- Boost operational efficiency with more granular environment and connection definitions.
- Enhance visibility & governance by providing a single source of truth for Heroku - Salesforce integrations and single UX for managing credentials and connections.
Key Features of Heroku AppLink
- Seamless integration: Automatically connect Heroku apps with Salesforce and Data Cloud for near real-time interactions.
- Managed security: Supports three interaction modes while enforcing Salesforce user permissions for data access.
- Flows and Apex-based invocation: Call Heroku-hosted services directly from Salesforce Flows and Apex.
- SDK templates: Use predefined SDK templates to perform DML operations on Salesforce and Data Cloud data.
- Built-in discoverability: Centralized access to Heroku services and resources.
📺 To see Heroku AppLink (formerly Heroku Integration) in action, check out our overview video.
Join the Heroku AppLink Pilot
Heroku AppLink is now available in pilot, and we’re looking for developers to try it out and share feedback. By joining the pilot, you’ll get early access to AppLink features, and your input will help shape the future of Heroku integrations tools.
🚀 Sign up for the pilot today.
Heroku AppLink and Eventing: Better Together, Like Pair Programing
We’re also piloting Heroku Eventing, which works alongside AppLink to provide real-time event streaming between Heroku and Salesforce.
- Heroku AppLink -> Best for secure, managed integrations.
- Heroku Eventing -> Best for event-driven architectures, allowing real time data flow across systems.
Together, these two pilots can allow developers to build more responsive and interactive applications.
We’re excited to bring a more connected Heroku experience to developers. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue improving the Heroku AppLink and Eventing experience based on pilot feedback.