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configuring-webapp-csp-trusted-sites Creates Salesforce CSP Trusted Site metadata when adding external domains. Use when the user adds an external API, CDN, image host, font provider, map tile server, or any third-party URL that the web application needs to load resources from — or when a browser console shows a CSP violation error.

CSP Trusted Sites

When to Use

Use this skill whenever the application references a new external domain that is not already registered as a CSP Trusted Site. This includes:

  • Adding images from a new CDN (Unsplash, Pexels, Cloudinary, etc.)
  • Loading fonts from an external provider (Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts)
  • Calling a third-party API (Open-Meteo, Nominatim, Mapbox, etc.)
  • Loading map tiles from a tile server (OpenStreetMap, Mapbox)
  • Embedding iframes from external services (YouTube, Vimeo)
  • Loading external stylesheets or scripts

Salesforce enforces Content Security Policy (CSP) headers on all web applications. Any external domain not registered as a CSP Trusted Site will be blocked by the browser, causing images to not load, API calls to fail, or fonts to be missing.

Reference: Salesforce CspTrustedSite Object Reference


Step 1 — Identify external domains

Scan the code for any URLs pointing to external domains. Common patterns:

  • fetch("https://api.example.com/...") — API calls
  • <img src="https://images.example.com/..." /> — images
  • <link href="https://fonts.example.com/..." /> — stylesheets
  • url="https://tiles.example.com/{z}/{x}/{y}.png" — map tiles
  • @import url("https://cdn.example.com/...") — CSS imports

Extract the origin (scheme + host) from each URL. For example:

  • https://api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecast?lat=...https://api.open-meteo.com
  • https://images.unsplash.com/photo-123?w=800https://images.unsplash.com

Step 2 — Check existing CSP Trusted Sites

Before creating a new file, check if the domain already has a CSP Trusted Site:

ls force-app/main/default/cspTrustedSites/

If the domain is already registered, no action is needed.


Step 3 — Determine the CSP directive(s)

Map the resource type to the correct CSP isApplicableTo*Src fields. Read implementation/metadata-format.md for the full reference.

Quick reference:

Resource type CSP directive field(s) to set true
Images (img, background-image) isApplicableToImgSrc
API calls (fetch, XMLHttpRequest) isApplicableToConnectSrc
Fonts (.woff, .woff2, .ttf) isApplicableToFontSrc
Stylesheets (CSS) isApplicableToStyleSrc
Video / audio isApplicableToMediaSrc
Iframes isApplicableToFrameSrc

Always also set isApplicableToConnectSrc to true — most resources also require connect-src for preflight/redirect handling.


Step 4 — Create the metadata file

Read implementation/metadata-format.md and follow the instructions to create the .cspTrustedSite-meta.xml file.


Step 5 — Verify

  1. Confirm the file is valid XML and matches the expected schema.
  2. Confirm the file is placed in force-app/main/default/cspTrustedSites/.
  3. Confirm only the necessary isApplicableTo*Src fields are set to true.
  4. Run from the web app directory:
cd force-app/main/default/webapplications/<appName> && npm run lint && npm run build
  • Lint: MUST result in 0 errors.
  • Build: MUST succeed.