Today, we are thrilled to announce the General Availability (GA) of the Heroku GitHub Enterprise Server Integration. For our Enterprise customers, the bridge between code and production must be more than just convenient. It must be resilient, secure, and governed at scale. While our legacy OAuth integration served us well, the modern security landscape demands […] The post Heroku and…
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11 Feb
31 Jul 2025
This blog series has taken you on a journey through the world of AppLink, from its foundational concepts and core components in Heroku AppLink: Extend Salesforce with Any Programming Language, to a deep dive into its key integration patterns in AppLink Fundamentals I: AppLink Integration Patterns – Connecting Salesforce to Heroku Applications, and then we […] The post AppLink Fundamentals…
30 Jul 2025
In our previous posts, we introduced Heroku AppLink and explored its foundational integration patterns for connecting Heroku applications with Salesforce. Now, we’ll delve into how AppLink truly expands Salesforce capabilities, focusing on advanced integrations with Data Cloud, Flow, Apex, and Agentforce. This blog will highlight how AppLink empowers you to infuse your Salesforce orgs with […] The post AppLink Fundamentals…
29 Jul 2025
AppLink Fundamentals I: AppLink Integration Patterns – Connecting Salesforce to Heroku Applications
HerokuIn our previous post, we introduced AppLink as a powerful new way to extend Salesforce with any programming language at any scale, detailing its core components and overarching benefits. Now, we’ll dive deeper into the practical application of AppLink by exploring its primary integration patterns. Understanding these patterns is key to leveraging AppLink effectively, as […] The post AppLink Fundamentals…
17 Jul 2025
The Salesforce platform offers a powerful array of tools for customization and building customer-centric experiences, from no-code automation with Flow, Prompt Builder, and Agent Builder, to robust Apex and Lightning Web Components. The art lies in choosing the right blend of these tools to achieve agility, optimize skill sets, and quickly adapt to business demands. […] The post Heroku AppLink:…
4 Mar 2025
Developers love Heroku for its elegance and simplicity to easily build and deploy any type of app or service in the languages they love. This flexibility enables developers to build robust custom applications or specialized capabilities like agent actions, complex pricing calculations, or real-time transformations and processing. These are often capabilities where Salesforce Admins and […] The post Heroku AppLink…
17 Oct 2024
Heroku is a powerful general-purpose PaaS offering, but when combined with the broader Salesforce portfolio, it excels in unlocking and unifying customer data, regardless of its age, location, size, or structure. Salesforce customers turn to Heroku when they need to leverage high data volumes from sources such as consumer web or mobile apps or when […] The post How to…
29 Jul 2024
In today’s fast-paced digital world, companies are looking for ways to expose their APIs and microservices to the internet while enhancing their overall API security. MuleSoft Anypoint Flex Gateway is a powerful solution that solves this problem. Let’s walk through deploying the Anypoint Flex Gateway on Heroku in a few straightforward steps. You’ll learn how […] The post Mastering API…
10 May 2024
Heroku Postgres is one of the world’s largest managed data stores. Our customers rely on Heroku Postgres to store valuable data, which powers a range of experiences and services they build on Heroku. Salesforce Data Cloud integrates all your company’s data into the Einstein 1 Platform, creating a comprehensive customer view for personalized engagements, analytics, […] The post Introducing the…
19 May 2022
[Update: May 25, 2022 – GitHub integration is now re-enabled. You can connect to GitHub immediately or wait for the enhanced integration as described below. To re-establish your GitHub connection now, please follow these instructions.] We know you are waiting for us to re-enable our integration with GitHub, and we’ve committed to you that we […] The post Plans to…
21 Mar 2018
Asynchronous provisioning allows add-ons to perform out-of-band provisioning in a first-class way. It’s intended for add-on services that need extended time to set up and help make automated app setup and orchestration easier and less error-prone. The customer will be billed as soon as the add-on starts provisioning. This means the time and cost of […] The post Updated Async…
26 Jan 2018
Need to quickly catch up on this past quarter's announcements? Here are the top three topics to tune in on: The Platform API for Partners provides many official endpoints that allow you to introspect security settings, discover other customer instances of the same add-on, and much more. With the Platform API, add-ons have an OAuth […] The post FY18 Q4…
24 Jan 2018
The Platform API for Partners provides many official endpoints that the App Info API doesn’t support. These endpoints let you introspect security settings, discover other customer instances of the same add-on, and much more. Platform API for Partners endpoints are also more consistent and “better traveled.” Heroku uses these endpoints internally, and customers also use […] The post Updated Platform…
26 Oct 2017
Today we are pleased to announce a significant update to Heroku Connect, one that is a culmination of two years of work to improve every aspect of the service. We’ve focused on three primary areas: improving write speed, geographically expanding the service, and intelligently guiding design and troubleshooting workflows. To that end, we’ve enabled bulk […] The post Heroku Connect…
25 May 2017
Heroku has always made it easy for you to extend your apps with add-ons. Starting today, partners can access the Platform API to build a more secure and cohesive developer experience between add-ons and Heroku. Advancing the Add-on User Experience Several add-ons are already using the new Platform API for Partners. Adept Scale, a long-time […] The post Announcing Platform…
15 Nov 2016
Today we are announcing a significant enhancement to Heroku External Objects: write support. Salesforce users can now create, read, update, and delete records that physically reside in any Heroku Postgres database from within their Salesforce deployment. Increasingly, developers need to build applications with the sophistication and user experience of the consumer Internet, coupled with the […] The post Now GA:…
24 Feb 2015
Nine months ago we released Heroku Connect, the bi-directional data synchronization service that enables developers to build Heroku apps that seamlessly interact with Salesforce data. Since then, we’ve seen developers use it to build all types of interesting apps for web and mobile, especially for eCommerce, loyalty, and Internet of Things use cases. We’ve also […] The post Heroku Connect…
13 Nov 2014
Today we are announcing a new data solution for combined users of the Heroku and Salesforce platform: Heroku External Objects. The newest feature of Heroku Connect, Heroku External Objects makes data from any Heroku Postgres database – like that from customer apps, transaction systems, or data warehouses- seamlessly available within a given Salesforce deployment. Leveraging […] The post Heroku External…