OData

OData $Metadata API

The $Metadata API from OData — 1 operation(s) for $metadata.

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GET /$metadata OData Get Metadata Document #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: OData Service $Metadata $Metadata API
  description: OpenAPI specification for the OData (Open Data Protocol) standard service endpoints. OData is an OASIS standard that defines best practices for building and consuming RESTful APIs. It enables the creation of query-based data services over HTTP using standard conventions for resource identification, URL construction, and payload formats.
  version: '4.01'
  contact:
    name: OASIS OData Technical Committee
    url: https://www.odata.org/
  license:
    name: OASIS Open
    url: https://www.oasis-open.org/policies-guidelines/ipr/
servers:
- url: https://services.odata.org/V4/TripPinService
  description: OData TripPin Reference Service
- url: '{serviceRoot}'
  description: Custom OData Service Root
  variables:
    serviceRoot:
      default: https://localhost/odata
      description: The root URL of the OData service
tags:
- name: $Metadata
paths:
  /$metadata:
    get:
      operationId: getMetadataDocument
      summary: OData Get Metadata Document
      description: Returns the OData metadata document (CSDL) describing the entity data model exposed by the service, including entity types, complex types, enumerations, actions, and functions.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ODataVersion'
      - name: Accept
        in: header
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - application/xml
          - application/json
          default: application/xml
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Metadata document returned successfully
          content:
            application/xml:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: CSDL XML metadata document
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                description: CSDL JSON metadata document
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      tags:
      - $Metadata
components:
  parameters:
    ODataVersion:
      name: OData-Version
      in: header
      description: OData protocol version
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - '4.0'
        - '4.01'
        default: '4.01'
  responses:
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ODataError'
  schemas:
    ODataError:
      type: object
      required:
      - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
          - code
          - message
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              description: Service-defined error code
            message:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable error message
            target:
              type: string
              description: Target of the error (e.g., property name)
            details:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                required:
                - code
                - message
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                  target:
                    type: string
            innererror:
              type: object
              description: Service-defined inner error details
              additionalProperties: true
externalDocs:
  description: OData Version 4.01 Specification
  url: https://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/odata/v4.01/odata-v4.01-part1-protocol.html