Convert Lead through code

Lead myLead = new Lead(LastName = 'Fry', Company='Fry And Sons');
insert myLead;

Database.LeadConvert lc = new Database.LeadConvert();
lc.setLeadId(myLead.id);

LeadStatus convertStatus = [SELECT Id, MasterLabel FROM LeadStatus WHERE IsConverted=true LIMIT 1];
lc.setConvertedStatus(convertStatus.MasterLabel);

//or  lc.convertedStatus = 'Qualified - Enrolled';

Database.LeadConvertResult lcr = Database.convertLead(lc);
System.assert(lcr.isSuccess());

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LeadConvert Constructors



The following are constructors for LeadConvert.




LeadConvert()
Creates a new instance of the Database.LeadConvert class.




LeadConvert()


Creates a new instance of the Database.LeadConvert class.


Signature

public LeadConvert()






LeadConvert Methods



The following are methods for LeadConvert. All are instance methods.




getAccountId()
Gets the ID of the account into which the lead will be merged.
getContactId()
Gets the ID of the contact into which the lead will be merged.
getConvertedStatus()
Gets the lead status value for a converted lead.
getLeadID()
Gets the ID of the lead to convert.
getOpportunityName()
Gets the name of the opportunity to create.
getOwnerID()
Gets the ID of the person to own any newly created account, contact, and opportunity.
isDoNotCreateOpportunity()
Indicates whether an Opportunity is created during lead conversion (false, the default) or not (true).
isOverWriteLeadSource()
Indicates whether the LeadSource field on the target Contact object is overwritten with the contents of the LeadSourcefield in the source Lead object (true), or not (false, the default).
isSendNotificationEmail()
Indicates whether a notification email is sent to the owner specified by setOwnerId (true) or not (false, the default).
setAccountId(accountId)
Sets the ID of the account into which the lead will be merged. This value is required only when updating an existing account, including person accounts. Otherwise, if setAccountId is specified, a new account is created.
setContactId(contactId)
Sets the ID of the contact into which the lead will be merged (this contact must be associated with the account specified with setAccountId, and setAccountId must be specified). This value is required only when updating an existing contact.
setConvertedStatus(status)
Sets the lead status value for a converted lead. This field is required.
setDoNotCreateOpportunity(createOpportunity)
Specifies whether to create an opportunity during lead conversion. The default value is false: opportunities are created by default. Set this flag to true only if you do not want to create an opportunity from the lead.
setLeadId(leadId)
Sets the ID of the lead to convert. This field is required.
setOpportunityName(opportunityName)
Sets the name of the opportunity to create. If no name is specified, this value defaults to the company name of the lead.
setOverwriteLeadSource(overwriteLeadSource)
Specifies whether to overwrite the LeadSource field on the target contact object with the contents of the LeadSourcefield in the source lead object. The default value is false, to not overwrite the field. If you specify this as true, you must also specify setContactId for the target contact.
setOwnerId(ownerId)
Specifies the ID of the person to own any newly created account, contact, and opportunity. If the application does not specify this value, the owner of the new object will be the owner of the lead.
setSendNotificationEmail(sendEmail)
Specifies whether to send a notification email to the owner specified by setOwnerId. The default value is false, that is, to not send email.