Salesforce Sales Cloud

Salesforce Sales Cloud Lookups API

Lookup field search

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GET /lookups/{objectApiName}/{fieldApiName}/{targetApiName} Salesforce Sales Cloud Search for lookup field values #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Salesforce Sales Cloud Salesforce User Interface Lookups API
  description: Build custom user interfaces for Salesforce data using the same API that powers Lightning Experience. Returns data and metadata in a single response with layout, picklist, and field-level security awareness. Provides record CRUD operations, layout metadata, picklist values, and object information optimized for UI rendering.
  version: 59.0.0
  termsOfService: https://www.salesforce.com/company/legal/agreements/
  contact:
    name: Salesforce Developer Support
    url: https://developer.salesforce.com/
  license:
    name: Salesforce Master Subscription Agreement
    url: https://www.salesforce.com/company/legal/agreements/
servers:
- url: https://{instance}.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0/ui-api
  description: Salesforce Production or Developer Edition
  variables:
    instance:
      default: yourInstance
      description: Your Salesforce instance identifier
security:
- oauth2: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Lookups
  description: Lookup field search
paths:
  /lookups/{objectApiName}/{fieldApiName}/{targetApiName}:
    get:
      operationId: lookupFieldSearch
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Search for lookup field values
      description: Searches for records to populate a lookup field, filtered by the lookup filter criteria configured for the field.
      tags:
      - Lookups
      parameters:
      - name: objectApiName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: fieldApiName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: targetApiName
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: q
        in: query
        description: Search string
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: searchType
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Recent
          - Search
          - TypeAhead
      - name: pageSize
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved lookup results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  count:
                    type: integer
                  records:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/RecordRepresentation'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    RecordRepresentation:
      type: object
      description: A record with field values and UI metadata
      properties:
        apiName:
          type: string
          description: The sObject API name
        childRelationships:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        eTag:
          type: string
        fields:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: object
            properties:
              displayValue:
                type: string
                nullable: true
              value:
                nullable: true
        id:
          type: string
        lastModifiedById:
          type: string
        lastModifiedDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        recordTypeId:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        recordTypeInfo:
          type: object
          nullable: true
          properties:
            available:
              type: boolean
            defaultRecordTypeMapping:
              type: boolean
            master:
              type: boolean
            name:
              type: string
            recordTypeId:
              type: string
        systemModstamp:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        weakEtag:
          type: integer
    ApiError:
      type: object
      properties:
        errorCode:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
    ErrorResponse:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication failed
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Salesforce OAuth 2.0 authentication
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://login.salesforce.com/services/oauth2/token
          scopes:
            api: Access and manage your Salesforce data
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: OAuth 2.0 Access Token
externalDocs:
  description: User Interface API Developer Guide
  url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.uiapi.meta/uiapi/ui_api_get_started.htm