How to disable/deactivate a SalesForce User through SOAP API? - api

Question

I want to disable a User programmetically by using SOAP API. How can I do that? I am using Partner API and I have Developer edition. I have manage users persmissions set. I have gone through this link. I am looking for code which can help me disable/deactivate a User.
This is my code:
import com.sforce.soap.partner.Connector;
import com.sforce.soap.partner.PartnerConnection;
import com.sforce.soap.partner.QueryResult;
import com.sforce.soap.partner.sobject.SObject;
import com.sforce.ws.ConnectionException;
import com.sforce.ws.ConnectorConfig;
public class DeactivateUser {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ConnectorConfig config = new ConnectorConfig();
config.setUsername("waprau#waprau.com");
config.setPassword("sjjhggrhgfhgffjdgj");
PartnerConnection connection = null;
try {
connection = Connector.newConnection(config);
QueryResult queryResults = connection.query("SELECT Username, IsActive from User");
if (queryResults.getSize() > 0) {
for (SObject s : queryResults.getRecords()) {
if(s.getField("Username").equals("abcd#pqrs.com")){
System.out.println("Username: " + s.getField("Username"));
s.setField("IsActive", false);
}
System.out.println("Username: " + s.getField("Username") + " IsActive: " + s.getField("IsActive"));
}
}
} catch (ConnectionException ce) {
ce.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
This is output:
Username: waprau#waprau.com IsActive: true
Username: jsmith#ymail.net IsActive: false
Username: abcd#pqrs.com
Username: abcd#pqrs.com IsActive: false
However in UI when I go to My Name > Setup > Manage Users > Users, it always show 'Active' check box for user abcd#pqrs.com selected :-(

Answer 1

It doesn't look like you're actually sending the update back to Salesforce - you're just setting IsActive to false locally. You will need to use a call to PartnerConnection.update(SObject[] sObjects) in order for Salesforce to reflect your changes, like so:
try {
connection = Connector.newConnection(config);
QueryResult queryResults = connection.query("SELECT Id, Username, IsActive from User");
if ( queryResults.getSize() > 0 ) {
// keep track of which records you want to update with an ArrayList
ArrayList<SObject> updateObjects = new ArrayList<SObject>();
for (SObject s : queryResults.getRecords()) {
if ( s.getField("Username").equals("abcd#pqrs.com") ){
System.out.println("Username: " + s.getField("Username"));
s.setField("Id", null);
s.setField("IsActive", false);
}
updateObjects.add(s); // if you want to update all records...if not, put this in a conditional statement
System.out.println("Username: " + s.getField("Username") + " IsActive: " + s.getField("IsActive"));
}
// make the update call to Salesforce and then process the SaveResults returned
SaveResult[] saveResults = connection.update(updateObjects.toArray(new SObject[updateObjects.size()]));
for ( int i = 0; i < saveResults.length; i++ ) {
if ( saveResults[i].isSuccess() )
System.out.println("record " + saveResults[i].getId() + " was updated successfully");
else {
// There were errors during the update call, so loop through and print them out
System.out.println("record " + saveResults[i].getId() + " failed to save");
for ( int j = 0; j < saveResults[i].getErrors().length; j++ ) {
Error err = saveResults[i].getErrors()[j];
System.out.println("error code: " + err.getStatusCode().toString());
System.out.println("error message: " + err.getMessage());
}
}
}
}
} catch (ConnectionException ce) {
ce.printStackTrace();
}

Answer 2

It is possible to directly work with the user record without the SOQL query if you already know the Id.
SalesforceSession session = ...;
sObject userSObject = new sObject();
userSObject.Id = "00570000001V9NA";
userSObject.type = "User";
userSObject.Any = new System.Xml.XmlElement[1];
XmlDocument xmlDocument = new XmlDocument();
XmlElement fieldXmlElement = xmlDocument.CreateElement("IsActive");
fieldXmlElement.InnerText = bool.FalseString;
userSObject.Any[0] = fieldXmlElement;
SaveResult[] result = session.Binding.update(new sObject[] { userSObject });
foreach(SaveResult sr in result)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(sr.success + " " + sr.id);
if(!sr.success)
{
foreach(Error error in sr.errors)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(error.statusCode + " " + error.message);
}
}
}