✨ Add type field to Task resource (Salesforce) (#2171)

* added Type field in Task resource of salesforce

* ⚡ Improvements to #2110

Co-authored-by: Ketan Somvanshi <ketan.somvanshi@plivo.com>

packages/nodes-base/nodes/Salesforce/Salesforce.node.ts

@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ import {
 import {
 	LoggerProxy as Logger,
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
-import { query } from '../Elasticsearch/descriptions/placeholders';
 
 export class Salesforce implements INodeType {
 	description: INodeTypeDescription = {
@@ -691,6 +690,27 @@ export class Salesforce implements INodeType {
 				sortOptions(returnData);
 				return returnData;
 			},
+			// Get all the task types to display them to user so that he can
+			// select them easily
+			async getTaskTypes(this: ILoadOptionsFunctions): Promise<INodePropertyOptions[]> {
+				const returnData: INodePropertyOptions[] = [];
+				// TODO: find a way to filter this object to get just the lead sources instead of the whole object
+				const { fields } = await salesforceApiRequest.call(this, 'GET', '/sobjects/task/describe');
+				for (const field of fields) {
+					if (field.name === 'TaskSubtype') {
+						for (const pickValue of field.picklistValues) {
+							const pickValueName = pickValue.label;
+							const pickValueId = pickValue.value;
+							returnData.push({
+								name: pickValueName,
+								value: pickValueId,
+							});
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				sortOptions(returnData);
+				return returnData;
+			},
 			// Get all the task subjects to display them to user so that he can
 			// select them easily
 			async getTaskSubjects(this: ILoadOptionsFunctions): Promise<INodePropertyOptions[]> {
@@ -2332,6 +2352,9 @@ export class Salesforce implements INodeType {
 						const body: ITask = {
 							Status: status,
 						};
+						if (additionalFields.type !== undefined) {
+							body.TaskSubtype = additionalFields.type as string;
+						}
 						if (additionalFields.whoId !== undefined) {
 							body.WhoId = additionalFields.whoId as string;
 						}
@@ -2417,6 +2440,9 @@ export class Salesforce implements INodeType {
 						const taskId = this.getNodeParameter('taskId', i) as string;
 						const updateFields = this.getNodeParameter('updateFields', i) as IDataObject;
 						const body: ITask = {};
+						if (updateFields.type !== undefined) {
+							body.TaskSubtype = updateFields.type as string;
+						}
 						if (updateFields.whoId !== undefined) {
 							body.WhoId = updateFields.whoId as string;
 						}

packages/nodes-base/nodes/Salesforce/TaskDescription.ts

@@ -388,6 +388,16 @@ export const taskFields = [
 				},
 				description: 'The subject line of the task, such as “Call” or “Send Quote.” Limit: 255 characters.',
 			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Type',
+				name: 'type',
+				type: 'options',
+				default: '',
+				typeOptions: {
+					loadOptionsMethod: 'getTaskTypes',
+				},
+				description: `Represents Type of the task, such as Call or Meeting.`,
+			},
 			{
 				displayName: 'What Id',
 				name: 'whatId',
@@ -750,6 +760,16 @@ export const taskFields = [
 				 user may have deselected the reminder checkbox in the Salesforce user interface,<br/>
 				 or the reminder has already fired at the time indicated by the value.`,
 			},
+			{
+				displayName: 'Type',
+				name: 'type',
+				type: 'options',
+				default: '',
+				typeOptions: {
+					loadOptionsMethod: 'getTaskTypes',
+				},
+				description: `Represents Type of the task, such as Call or Meeting.`,
+			},
 			{
 				displayName: 'What Id',
 				name: 'whatId',

packages/nodes-base/nodes/Salesforce/TaskInterface.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export interface ITask {
+	TaskSubtype?: string;
 	WhoId?: string;
 	Status?: string;
 	WhatId?: string;