Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › What is a callout in Future Apex method and when do we use it? Tagged: Apex Callouts, Callouts in Salesforce, Future, Future Method, Salesforce Methods Salesforce® Discussions What is a callout in Future Apex method and when do we use it? Posted by Anurag algoworks on July 3, 2018 at 9:03 AM What is a callout in Future Apex method and when do we use it? shradha jain replied 7 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply Apex CalloutsCallouts in SalesforceFutureFuture MethodSalesforce Methods 1 Reply shradha jain Member August 3, 2018 at 5:17 AM Hello Anurag, A callout in Future Apex method is a callout to external Web services. If you are making callouts from a trigger or after performing a DML operation, you must use a future or queueable method. Thanks. Log In to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me