Retrieve Metadata for an Object

Use the SObject Basic Information resource to retrieve metadata for an object.

Example for retrieving Account metadata

1curl https://na1.salesforce.com/services/data/v20.0/sobjects/Account/ -H "Authorization: Bearer token"

Example request body for retrieving Account metadata

none required

Example response body for retrieving Account metadata

1{
2    "objectDescribe" : 
3    {  
4        "name" : "Account",  
5        "updateable" : true,  
6        "label" : "Account",  
7        "keyPrefix" : "001",  
8        
9        ...
10        
11        "replicateable" : true,  
12        "retrieveable" : true,  
13        "undeletable" : true,  
14        "triggerable" : true
15    },
16    "recentItems" : 
17    [ 
18        {  
19            "attributes" : 
20            {    
21                "type" : "Account",    
22                "url" : "/services/data/v20.0/sobjects/Account/001D000000INjVeIAL"  
23            },  
24            "Id" : "001D000000INjVeIAL",  
25            "Name" : "asdasdasd"
26        }, 
27
28        ...
29
30    ]
31}

To get a complete description of an object, including field names and their metadata, see Get a List of Objects.