Metadata API: readMetadata

Question

I read metadata from use readMetadata via SOAP API

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<soapenv:Envelope
    xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
    xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <soapenv:Header
        xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
        <SessionHeader>
            <sessionId>XYZ</sessionId>
        </SessionHeader>
    </soapenv:Header>
    <soapenv:Body
        xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
        <readMetadata>
            <type>Profile</type>
            <fullNames>Admin</fullNames>
        </readMetadata>
    </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

What I got is a full details of the Profile. Is there any ways if I just want only applicationVisibilities field ?

Thanks

Answer 1

The readMetadata request is going to return the full profile object, you would need to parse out the applicationVisibilities elements explicitly in whatever code is handling the SOAP response.