📦 Salesforce Package XML Generator – Metadata Explorer & Deployment Tool

Tagline: Explore Salesforce metadata and generate accurate package.xml files — visually, securely, and effortlessly.

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✨ Overview

Salesforce Package XML Generator is a modern, developer-focused Chrome Extension that helps you browse Salesforce org metadata and generate deployment-ready package.xml files without writing XML manually.

Built for Salesforce developers who frequently work with:

• Metadata deployments
• Partial deployments
• CI/CD preparation
• Sandbox → Production releases
• Multi-org environments

The extension focuses on accuracy, speed, and clarity, using Salesforce Tooling API and Metadata API directly — no scraping, no middleware.

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🚀 Key Features

🔐 Salesforce Org Detection & Authentication

• Automatically detects the currently active Salesforce org

• Supports:

  • Production
  • Sandbox
  • Developer Edition
  • Scratch Orgs

• Uses existing Salesforce browser session

• No OAuth setup

• No credentials stored

• Real-time connection status indicator

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🧩 Metadata Type Explorer

• Displays a searchable list of Salesforce metadata types

• Dynamically loads metadata types from the connected org

• Intelligent fallback to default metadata list if API discovery fails

• Commonly supported types include:

  • ApexClass
  • ApexTrigger
  • ApexPage
  • ApexComponent
  • CustomObject
  • CustomField
  • Layout
  • Profile
  • PermissionSet
  • Flow
  • CustomMetadata
  • CustomLabel
  • Workflow
  • ValidationRule
  • RecordType

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📂 Metadata Component Viewer

• Click any metadata type to view actual components present in the org

• Uses the correct Salesforce API per metadata type:

  • Tooling API for Apex metadata
  • Metadata API (listMetadata) for configuration metadata

• Displays real-time component count

• Gracefully handles:

  • Empty metadata
  • Unsupported metadata types
  • API errors

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☑️ Fine-Grained Selection

• Select individual metadata components
• “Select All” support per metadata type
• Search within metadata components
• Selections persist across sessions using Chrome Storage

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📦 Smart package.xml Generator

• Generates valid Salesforce package.xml

• Supports:

  • Full wildcard deployment (<members>*</members>)
  • Partial deployments (specific components only)

• Live package.xml preview

• Automatically updates as selections change

• Configurable Salesforce API version

• One-click download

• Copy-to-clipboard support

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🎨 Clean & Developer-Friendly UI

• Three-panel layout:

  • Metadata Types
  • Metadata Components
  • Package XML Preview

• Responsive design

• Dark / Light mode support

• Toast notifications for actions and errors

• Designed for daily Salesforce development workflows

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🧼 Clear & Reset

• Clear all selections instantly
• Reset metadata and preview state
• Safely switch between Salesforce orgs

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🖥️ UI Philosophy

Salesforce Package XML Generator is designed with:

• Zero unnecessary complexity
• Clear visual hierarchy
• Fast navigation between metadata
• Readable XML preview
• Developer-first usability

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📸 Screenshots

🔷 Light Mode

🌑 Dark Mode

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🛠 Built With

• HTML, CSS, JavaScript (Vanilla)
• Chrome Extensions API (Manifest V3)
• Salesforce Tooling API
• Salesforce Metadata API
• Modular, message-driven architecture

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📦 Installation

🔧 Load Extension Manually (Developer Mode)

1. Clone or Download this Repository

   git clone https://github.com/Kartikpatkar/salesforce-package-xml-generator.git

2. Open Chrome Extensions Page

   chrome://extensions/
   

3. Enable Developer Mode

   • Toggle Developer mode (top-right)

4. Click “Load unpacked”

   • Select the project root folder (contains manifest.json)

5. Done 🎉

   • Open Salesforce and click the extension icon

✅ Works with existing Salesforce login ✅ No external servers ✅ No data stored outside the browser

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🧪 Current Capabilities

✔ Salesforce org auto-detection ✔ Metadata type discovery ✔ Metadata component listing ✔ Tooling API & Metadata API support ✔ Partial & full package.xml generation ✔ Live XML preview ✔ Persistent selections ✔ Dark / light themes

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🛣️ Roadmap (Planned Enhancements)

• 📦 Metadata ZIP retrieve support
• 🧨 destructiveChanges.xml generation
• 👤 Profile & PermissionSet sub-component selection
• 🔍 Metadata search across types
• 🔄 Org-to-org metadata comparison
• 💾 Saved package presets

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions, bug reports, and feature requests are welcome!

• Fork the repository
• Create a feature branch
• Submit a pull request

Please keep changes modular and follow the existing code structure.

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🧠 Author

Built by Kartik Patkar Salesforce Developer • Chrome Extension Builder

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📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License — free to use, modify, and distribute.

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Salesforce Package XML Generator — because deployments should be precise, fast, and stress-free 🚀

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