Retrieve Object Field Metadata

GET/api/{version}/metadata/vobjects/{object_name}/fields/{object_field_name}

Headers

Name	Description
`Accept`	`application/json` (default) or `application/xml`

URI Path Parameters

Name	Description
`{object_name}`	The object `name__v` field value (`product__v`, `country__v`, `custom_object__c`, etc.).
`{object_field_name}`	The object field `name` value (`id`, `name__v`, `external_id__v`, etc.).

Query Parameters

Name	Description
`loc`	Set to `true` to retrieve the `localized_data` array, which contains the localized (translated) strings for the `label` and `label_plural` object fields. If omitted, defaults to `false` and localized Strings are not included.

Request

curl -X GET -H "Authorization: {SESSION_ID}" \
https://myvault.veevavault.com/api/v24.3/metadata/vobjects/product__v/fields/name__v

Response

{
    "responseStatus": "SUCCESS",
    "field": {
        "lookup_relationship_name": null,
        "description": "Do not remove from layout.",
        "start_number": null,
        "source": "standard",
        "type": "String",
        "required": true,
        "list_column": true,
        "facetable": false,
        "format_mask": null,
        "max_length": 128,
        "order": 1,
        "help_content": "The primary name of the product as you wish to see it referenced throughout the system; this may be a brand name or a generic name, but will be visible globally.",
        "editable": true,
        "label": "Product Name",
        "modified_date": "2024-05-15T21:20:44.000Z",
        "created_by": 1,
        "no_copy": false,
        "encrypted": false,
        "system_managed_name": false,
        "value_format": null,
        "unique": true,
        "name": "name__v",
        "modified_by": 133999,
        "created_date": "2023-01-20T19:05:46.000Z",
        "sequential_naming": false,
        "lookup_source_field": null,
        "status": [
            "active__v"
        ]
    }
}

Response Details

The response lists all metadata configured on the specified Vault object field. Note the following field metadata: