Describe Object

Completely describes the individual metadata at all levels for the specified object. For example, this can be used to retrieve the fields, URLs, and child relationships for the Account object. For more information about the metadata that is retrieved, see DescribesObjectResult in the SOAP API Developers Guide.

Basic Parameters

Parameter	Description
Object Name	The name of the object. For example: Account.

Advanced Parameters

Parameter	Description
If Modified Since	An optional parameter specifying a date and time. The request returns records that have been modified after the specified date and time.

Example Output

{
	"actionOverrides": [],
	"activateable": false,
	"associateEntityType": null,
	"associateParentEntity": null,
	"childRelationships": [
		{
			"cascadeDelete": true,
			"childSObject": "<string>",
			"deprecatedAndHidden": false,
			"field": "<string>",
			"junctionIdListNames": [],
			"junctionReferenceTo": [],
			"relationshipName": null,
			"restrictedDelete": false
		},
		{
			"cascadeDelete": false,
			"childSObject": "<string>",
			"deprecatedAndHidden": false,
			"field": "<string>",
			"junctionIdListNames": [],
			"junctionReferenceTo": [],
			"relationshipName": null,
			"restrictedDelete": false
		}
	],
	"compactLayoutable": true,
	"createable": true,
	"custom": false,
	"customSetting": false,
	"deepCloneable": false,
	"defaultImplementation": null,
	"deletable": true,
	"deprecatedAndHidden": false,
	"extendedBy": null,
	"extendsInterfaces": null,
	"feedEnabled": true,
	"fields": [
		{
			"aggregatable": true,
			"aiPredictionField": false,
			"autoNumber": false,
			"byteLength": 16,
			"calculated": false,
			"calculatedFormula": null,
			"cascadeDelete": false,
			"caseSensitive": false,
			"compoundFieldName": null,
			"controllerName": null,
			"createable": false,
			"custom": false,
			"defaultValue": null,
			"defaultValueFormula": null,
			"defaultedOnCreate": true,
			"dependentPicklist": false,
			"deprecatedAndHidden": false,
			"digits": 2,
			"displayLocationInDecimal": false,
			"encrypted": false,
			"externalId": false,
			"extraTypeInfo": null,
			"filterable": true,
			"filteredLookupInfo": null,
			"formulaTreatNullNumberAsZero": false,
			"groupable": true,
			"highScaleNumber": false,
			"htmlFormatted": false,
			"idLookup": true,
			"inlineHelpText": null,
			"label": "<string>",
			"length": 7,
			"mask": null,
			"maskType": null,
			"name": "<string>",
			"nameField": false,
			"namePointing": false,
			"nillable": false,
			"permissionable": false,
			"picklistValues": [],
			"polymorphicForeignKey": false,
			"precision": 1,
			"queryByDistance": false,
			"referenceTargetField": null,
			"referenceTo": [],
			"relationshipName": null,
			"relationshipOrder": null,
			"restrictedDelete": false,
			"restrictedPicklist": false,
			"scale": 1,
			"searchPrefilterable": false,
			"soapType": "<string>",
			"sortable": true,
			"type": "<string>",
			"unique": false,
			"updateable": false,
			"writeRequiresMasterRead": false
		},
		{
			"aggregatable": false,
			"aiPredictionField": false,
			"autoNumber": false,
			"byteLength": 0,
			"calculated": false,
			"calculatedFormula": null,
			"cascadeDelete": false,
			"caseSensitive": false,
			"compoundFieldName": null,
			"controllerName": null,
			"createable": false,
			"custom": false,
			"defaultValue": false,
			"defaultValueFormula": null,
			"defaultedOnCreate": true,
			"dependentPicklist": false,
			"deprecatedAndHidden": false,
			"digits": 1,
			"displayLocationInDecimal": false,
			"encrypted": false,
			"externalId": false,
			"extraTypeInfo": null,
			"filterable": true,
			"filteredLookupInfo": null,
			"formulaTreatNullNumberAsZero": false,
			"groupable": true,
			"highScaleNumber": false,
			"htmlFormatted": false,
			"idLookup": false,
			"inlineHelpText": null,
			"label": "<string>",
			"length": 2,
			"mask": null,
			"maskType": null,
			"name": "<string>",
			"nameField": false,
			"namePointing": false,
			"nillable": false,
			"permissionable": false,
			"picklistValues": [],
			"polymorphicForeignKey": false,
			"precision": 0,
			"queryByDistance": false,
			"referenceTargetField": null,
			"referenceTo": [],
			"relationshipName": null,
			"relationshipOrder": null,
			"restrictedDelete": false,
			"restrictedPicklist": false,
			"scale": 1,
			"searchPrefilterable": false,
			"soapType": "<string>",
			"sortable": true,
			"type": "<string>",
			"unique": false,
			"updateable": false,
			"writeRequiresMasterRead": false
		}
	],
	"hasSubtypes": false,
	"implementedBy": null,
	"implementsInterfaces": null,
	"isInterface": false,
	"isSubtype": false,
	"keyPrefix": "<string>",
	"label": "<string>",
	"labelPlural": "<string>",
	"layoutable": true,
	"listviewable": null,
	"lookupLayoutable": null,
	"mergeable": true,
	"mruEnabled": true,
	"name": "<string>",
	"namedLayoutInfos": [],
	"networkScopeFieldName": null,
	"queryable": true,
	"recordTypeInfos": [
		{
			"active": true,
			"available": true,
			"defaultRecordTypeMapping": true,
			"developerName": "<string>",
			"master": true,
			"name": "<string>",
			"recordTypeId": "<string>",
			"urls": {
				"layout": "<string>"
			}
		}
	],
	"replicateable": true,
	"retrieveable": true,
	"searchLayoutable": true,
	"searchable": true,
	"sobjectDescribeOption": "<string>",
	"supportedScopes": [
		{
			"label": "<string>",
			"name": "<string>"
		},
		{
			"label": "<string>",
			"name": "<string>"
		}
	],
	"triggerable": true,
	"undeletable": true,
	"updateable": true,
	"urls": {
		"compactLayouts": "<string>",
		"rowTemplate": "2025-04-02T05:15:19.000+0000",
		"approvalLayouts": "<string>",
		"uiDetailTemplate": "2025-04-02T05:15:19.000+0000",
		"uiEditTemplate": "2025-04-02T05:15:19.000+0000",
		"listviews": "<string>",
		"describe": "<string>",
		"uiNewRecord": "<string>",
		"quickActions": "<string>",
		"layouts": "<string>",
		"sobject": "<string>"
	}
}

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