SObject Basic Information

Describes the individual metadata for the specified object. Can also be used to create a new record for a given object. For example, this can be used to retrieve the metadata for the Account object using the GET method, or create a new Account object using the POST method.

URI

/vXX.X/sobjects/SObjectName/

Formats

JSON, XML

HTTP Method

GET, POST

Authentication

Authorization: Bearer token

Parameters

none required

Examples

• For an example of retrieving metadata for an object, see Retrieve Metadata for an Object.
• For an example of creating a new record using POST, see Create a Record.
• For an example of create a new record along with providing blob data for the record, see Insert or Update Blob Data.