Retrieve Metadata
Data Cloud Metadata API response includes metadata about all entities,
including Calculated Insights, Engagement, Profile, and other entities, as well as their
relationships to other objects. For Data Lake Objects (DLOs) and Data Model Objects (DMOs), the
API response also includes information about key qualifier fields. For each DLO field and DMO
field, the name of the associated key qualifier field is included in the API
response.
GET /api/v1/metadata
Returns the metadata for Calculated Insights, Engagement, Profile, and other objects.
Syntax
- HTTP method
- GET
- Availability
- Data Cloud v1.0, Salesforce API version 51.0 and later
- Formats
- REST
- URI
- /api/v1/metadata/
Request Parameters
| Field Name | Field Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entityType | string | The requested metadata entity type. By default, this parameter includes all of the available types. Acceptable values: DataLakeObject, DataModelObject, and CalculatedInsight |
| entityCategory | string | The requested metadata entity category. By default, this parameter includes all of the available categories. It isn’t applicable for Calculated Insight entities. Acceptable values: Profile, Engagement, and Related |
| entityName | string | The name of the requested metadata entity. By default, this parameter includes all of the available categories an exhaustive list of entities. Example: UnifiedIndividual__dlm |
Examples
- Request
-
1http2://{TSE}.360a.salesforce.com/api/v1/metadata/ - Response
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1{ 2 "metadata": [ 3 { 4 "fields": [ 5 { 6 "name": "ssot__BirthDate__c", 7 "displayName": "Birth Date", 8 "type": "DATE_TIME" 9 }, 10 { 11 "name": "ssot__LastName__c", 12 "displayName": "Last Name", 13 "type": "STRING" 14 }, 15 { 16 "name": "KQ_Id__c", 17 "displayName": "Key Qualifier Individual Id", 18 "type": "STRING" 19 }, 20 { 21 "name": "ssot__Id__c", 22 "displayName": "Individual Id", 23 "type": "STRING", 24 "keyQualifier": "KQ_Id__c" 25 }, 26 { 27 "name": "ssot__DataSourceObjectId__c", 28 "displayName": "Data Source Object", 29 "type": "STRING" 30 }, 31 { 32 "name": "ssot__YearlyIncome__c", 33 "displayName": "Yearly Income", 34 "type": "NUMBER" 35 }, 36 { 37 "name": "ssot__FirstName__c", 38 "displayName": "First Name", 39 "type": "STRING" 40 } 41 ], 42 "indexes": [], 43 "category": "Profile", 44 "name": "ssot__Individual__dlm", 45 "displayName": "Individual", 46 "relationships": [ 47 { 48 "fromEntity": "ssot__Individual__dlm", 49 "toEntity": "IndividualIdentityLink__dlm", 50 "fromEntityAttribute": "ssot__Id__c", 51 "toEntityAttribute": "SourceRecordId__c", 52 "cardinality": "ONETOONE" 53 }, 54 { 55 "fromEntity": "ssot__ContactPointPhone__dlm", 56 "toEntity": "ssot__Individual__dlm", 57 "fromEntityAttribute": "ssot__PartyId__c", 58 "toEntityAttribute": "ssot__Id__c", 59 "cardinality": "NTOONE" 60 } 61 ], 62 "primaryKeys": [ 63 { 64 "name": "ssot__Id__c", 65 "displayName": "Individual Id", 66 "indexOrder": "1" 67 } 68 ] 69 }, 70 { 71 "fields": [ 72 { 73 "name": "ssot__DataSourceId__c", 74 "displayName": "Data Source", 75 "type": "STRING" 76 }, 77 { 78 "name": "ssot__DataSourceObjectId__c", 79 "displayName": "Data Source Object", 80 "type": "STRING" 81 }, 82 { 83 "name": "KQ_Id__c", 84 "displayName": "Key Qualifier Party Id", 85 "type": "STRING" 86 }, 87 { 88 "name": "ssot__Id__c", 89 "displayName": "Party Identification Id", 90 "type": "STRING", 91 "keyQualifier": "KQ_Id__c" 92 } 93 ], 94 "indexes": [], 95 "category": "Related", 96 "name": "ssot__PartyIdentification__dlm", 97 "displayName": "Party Identification", 98 "relationships": [], 99 "primaryKeys": [ 100 { 101 "name": "ssot__Id__c", 102 "displayName": "Party Identification Id", 103 "indexOrder": "1" 104 } 105 ] 106 }, 107 { 108 "name": "Avg_Spends__cio", 109 "displayName": "Avg Spends", 110 "dimensions": [ 111 { 112 "name": "Id__c", 113 "displayName": "Id", 114 "type": "STRING" 115 }, 116 { 117 "name": "FirstName__c", 118 "displayName": "First Name", 119 "type": "STRING" 120 } 121 ], 122 "measures": [ 123 { 124 "name": "Avg_Spend__c", 125 "displayName": "Avg Spend", 126 "type": "NUMBER", 127 "rollupable": true 128 } 129 ], 130 "relationships": [ 131 { 132 "fromEntity": "ssot__Individual__dlm", 133 "toEntity": "Avg_Spends__cio" 134 } 135 ], 136 "partitionBy": "Id__c" 137 } 138 ] 139}
HTTP Responses
| Response | Reason |
|---|---|
| 200 OK | Callback successfully verified |
| 400 Bad Request | Invalid request |
| 500 Server Error | Internal error |