Force.com REST API Developer Guide

Introducing Force.com REST API
Quick Start
Examples
Getting Information About My Organization
Working with Object Metadata
Retrieve Metadata for an Object
Get Field and Other Metadata for an Object
Get Object Metadata Changes
Working with Records
Working with Searches and Queries
Working with Recently Viewed Information
Managing User Passwords
Working with Approval Processes and Process Rules
Using Event Monitoring
Using Composite Resources
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Retrieve Metadata for an Object

Use the SObject Basic Information resource to retrieve metadata for an object.
Example for retrieving Account metadata
Example request body for retrieving Account metadata
none required
Example response body for retrieving Account metadata

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