# `describeAvailableQuickActions()`

In API version 28.0, describes details about actions available for a specified parent. In API version 29.0 and greater, describes details about actions available for a specified context.

## Syntax

```nolang
DescribeAvailableQuickActionResult [] = connection.describeAvailableQuickActions(string parentOrContextType );
```

## Usage

Use `describeAvailableQuickActions()` to get the list of actions whose parent (API version 28.0) or context (API version 29.0 and greater) entity name is supplied as well as standard and global actions. The `describeAvailableQuickActions()` call uses the parent entity name, such as “Account”, or “null” for global actions, or in API version 29.0 and greater, the context, to return an array of DescribeAvailableQuickActionResult.

## Sample—Java

This sample retrieves and displays the available action information for the Account object.

```java
public void example() throws Exception {
    DescribeAvailableQuickActionResult[] aResult = 
        conn.describeAvailableQuickActions("Account");
    for(DescribeAvailableQuickActionResult ar : aResult) { 
        System.out.println("Action label: " + ar.getLabel());
        System.out.println("Action name: " + ar.getName());
        System.out.println("Action type: " + ar.getType());
    }
}
```

## Arguments

| Name                  | Type   | Description                                                                                                                                                                 |
| --------------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `parentOrContextType` | string | Either a standard or custom object. <ul><li>The `parentType` applies only to API version 28.0.</li><li>The `contextType` applies to API version 29.0 and greater.</li></ul> |

## Response

An array of [DescribeAvailableQuickActionResult](/docs/platform/api/guide/sforce-api-calls-describeavailablequickactionresult.md) objects.

## Faults

`connection.exception` errors