REST API Developer Guide

Introduction to REST API
Quick Start
Examples
Getting Information About My Organization
List Available REST API Versions
List Org Limits
List Available REST Resources
Get a List of Objects
Get a List of Objects If Metadata Has Changed
Working with Object Metadata
Working with Records
Delete Lightning Experience Event Series
Working with Searches and Queries
Get an Image from a Rich Text Area Field
Insert or Update Blob Data
Get Blob Data
Working with Recently Viewed Information
Managing User Passwords
Working with Approval Processes and Process Rules
Using Event Monitoring
Using Composite Resources
Generating an OpenAPI 3.0 Document for sObjects REST API (Beta)
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Get a List of Objects

Use the Describe Global resource to list the objects available in your org and available to the logged-in user. This resource also returns the org encoding, as well as maximum batch size permitted in queries.
Example usage
Example request body
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Example response body