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/v23.2/metadata/vobjects/product__v/fields/name__v

Response

{
  "responseStatus": "SUCCESS",
  "field": {
    "lookup_relationship_name": null,
    "start_number": null,
    "source": "standard",
    "type": "String",
    "required": true,
    "list_column": true,
    "facetable": false,
    "max_length": 128,
    "order": 1,
    "help_content": "The primary name of the product.",
    "editable": true,
    "label": "Product Name",
    "modified_date": "2021-09-22T22:57:11.000Z",
    "created_by": 1,
    "no_copy": false,
    "encrypted": false,
    "system_managed_name": false,
    "value_format": null,
    "unique": true,
    "name": "name__v",
    "modified_by": 1,
    "created_date": "2021-09-22T22:57:11.000Z",
    "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: