# Metadata API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-sales-cloud/metadata-api/  
**Provider:** Salesforce Sales Cloud — https://apis.io/providers/salesforce-sales-cloud/  
**Base URL:** https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/Soap/m/59.0  
**Documentation:** https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/

Metadata API is one of 52 APIs that [Salesforce Sales Cloud](https://apis.io/providers/salesforce-sales-cloud/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Configuration, Customization, Deployment, and Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a changelog.

API for retrieving, deploying, creating, updating, or deleting customization information such as custom object definitions and page layouts. Essential for managing org configuration and deployment workflows.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/meta_intro.htm
- **WSDL** — https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/wsdl/metadata
- **ChangeLog** — https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/meta_rns.htm

## Other Salesforce Sales Cloud APIs (12)

- [Salesforce SOAP API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-sales-cloud/salesforce-soap-api/)
- [Streaming API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-sales-cloud/streaming-api/)
- [Platform Events API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-sales-cloud/platform-events-api/)
- [Salesforce Composite API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-sales-cloud/salesforce-composite-api/)
- [Salesforce GraphQL API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-sales-cloud/salesforce-graphql-api/)
- [Salesforce Pub/Sub API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-sales-cloud/salesforce-pubsub-api/)
- [Salesforce Sales Cloud Change Events API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-sales-cloud/salesforce-sales-cloud-change-events-api/)
- [Salesforce Sales Cloud Communities API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-sales-cloud/salesforce-sales-cloud-communities-api/)
- [Salesforce Sales Cloud Completions API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-sales-cloud/salesforce-sales-cloud-completions-api/)
- [Salesforce Sales Cloud Composite Batch API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-sales-cloud/salesforce-sales-cloud-composite-batch-api/)
- [Salesforce Sales Cloud Composite Graph API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-sales-cloud/salesforce-sales-cloud-composite-graph-api/)
- [Salesforce Sales Cloud Custom Endpoints API](https://apis.io/apis/salesforce-sales-cloud/salesforce-sales-cloud-custom-endpoints-api/)

## Tags

Configuration, Customization, Deployment, Metadata

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