How to make a REST callout/integration from Salesforce to Github REST API

Usually to integrate with an external system that supports REST API, you need to make REST callouts from Salesforce. This blog demonstrates how to make a REST callout from Salesforce to Github.

Demo

Code Sample

Steps

• Add remote site settings
• Create GithubApi class with a method to make API call
• Copy code from code snippets and save class
• Execute the class in developer console using System.debug(GithubApi.getGithubUserDetails('SalesforceCodes'));