To create a JSON file in Apex and store it as a static resource, you can follow these steps:
Prerequisite:
MetadataService should be installed from here. Just hit the 'Deploy to Salesforce' button to install in your salesforce instance.
Create a JSON object or an object hierarchy that you want to serialize to a JSON file. In this example we are creating a JSON file with 4 fields queried from the Product2 object
Use the
JSON.serialize()
method to serialize the JSON object to a string.Create a new
StaticResource
object with theName
andBody
fields set to the desired values. TheBody
field should be set to a Blob value of the JSON string.Create the
StaticResource
using the MetadataService createMetadata method.
Here's an example of how to create a JSON file and store it as a static resource: