Retrieve Metadata

Data Cloud Metadata API response includes metadata about all entities, including Calculated Insights, Engagement, Profile, and other entities, and 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 API response includes the name of the associated key qualifier field.

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	Description
entityType	Field Type string Description The requested metadata entity type. By default, this parameter includes all of the available types. Acceptable values: DataLakeObject, DataModelObject, and CalculatedInsight
entityCategory	Field Type string Description 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	Field Type string Description The name of the requested metadata entity. By default, this parameter includes all of the available categories and an exhaustive list of entities. Example: UnifiedIndividual__dlm

Examples

Request

1https://{TSE}.360a.salesforce.com/api/v1/metadata/

Response

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