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Salesforce Sales Cloud Tooling SObject Describe API

Metadata about Tooling API sObjects

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GET /sobjects/{sObjectName}/describe Salesforce Sales Cloud Describe a Tooling sObject #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Salesforce Sales Cloud Salesforce Tooling Tooling SObject Describe API
  description: Build custom development tools for Salesforce applications by accessing metadata about Apex classes, triggers, Visualforce pages, and other development artifacts. Provides REST endpoints for querying, creating, updating, and deleting tooling objects such as ApexClass, ApexTrigger, ApexLog, ApexTestQueueItem, and MetadataContainer.
  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/tooling
  description: Salesforce Production or Developer Edition
  variables:
    instance:
      default: yourInstance
      description: Your Salesforce instance identifier
security:
- oauth2: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Tooling SObject Describe
  description: Metadata about Tooling API sObjects
paths:
  /sobjects/{sObjectName}/describe:
    get:
      operationId: describeToolingSObject
      summary: Salesforce Sales Cloud Describe a Tooling sObject
      description: Completely describes the individual metadata for the specified Tooling API sObject, including all fields, child relationships, and other metadata attributes.
      tags:
      - Tooling SObject Describe
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/sObjectName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successfully retrieved sObject describe
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication failed
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: array
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApiError'
    ApiError:
      type: object
      properties:
        statusCode:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        fields:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
  parameters:
    sObjectName:
      name: sObjectName
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The API name of the Tooling sObject (e.g., ApexClass, ApexTrigger)
      schema:
        type: string
  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: Tooling API Developer Guide
  url: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/intro_rest_overview.htm