Force Login

force login

Log into Salesforce and store a session token

Synopsis

Log into Salesforce and store a session token. By default, OAuth is used and a refresh token will be stored as well. The refresh token is used to get a new session token automatically when needed.

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Examples


    force login
    force login -i test
    force login -i example--dev.sandbox.my.salesforce.com
    force login -u user@example.com -p password
    force login -i test -u user@example.com -p password
    force login -i my-domain.my.salesforce.com -u username -p password
    force login -i my-domain.my.salesforce.com -s[kipLogin]
    force login --connected-app-client-id <my-consumer-key> -u user@example.com -key jwt.key
    force login --connected-app-client-id <my-consumer-key> --connected-app-client-secret <my-consumer-secret>
    force login -P 8080
    force login --device-flow
    force login scratch

Options

  -v, --api-version string                   API version to use
      --connected-app-client-id string       Client Id (aka Consumer Key) to use instead of default
      --connected-app-client-secret string   Client Secret (aka Consumer Secret) for Client Credentials flow
      --device-flow                          use OAuth Device Flow (for headless environments)
  -h, --help                                 help for login
  -i, --instance string                      Defaults to 'login' or last
                                             logged in system. non-production server to login to (values are 'pre',
                                             'test', or full instance url
  -k, --key string                           JWT signing key filename
  -p, --password string                      password for SOAP login
  -P, --port int                             port for local OAuth callback server (default 3835)
  -s, --skip                                 skip login if already authenticated and only save token (useful with SSO)
  -u, --user string                          username for SOAP login

Options inherited from parent commands

  -a, --account username    account username to use
  -V, --apiversion string   API version to use
      --config string       config directory to use (default: .force)

SEE ALSO

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