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Winter '13 Force.com Platform Release
Force.com Canvas (Pilot)

Force.com Canvas enables you to easily integrate a third-party application in Salesforce. Force.com Canvas is a set of tools and JavaScript APIs that you can use to expose an application as a canvas app. This means you can take your new or existing applications and make them available to your users as part of their Salesforce experience.

Instead of redesigning and reintegrating your external applications, you can now use these tools to integrate your technology within Force.com Canvas. Force.com Canvas includes tools that handle:

  • Authentication—If your application requires authorization, you can implement it by using a signed request or OAuth 2.0.
  • Cross-Domain XHR—JavaScript support for cross-domain XML HTTP requests back to the Salesforce domain.
  • Context—API support that enables you to retrieve context information about the environment in which the canvas app is running.
The third-party app that you want to expose as a canvas app can be written in any language. The only requirement is that the app has a secure URL (HTTPS).