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I'm able to achieve a rest api request using this url.

na35.visual.force.com/services/data/v38.0/sobjects/custom_object__c/describe

the problem I have is it returns a ton of data. I just need a few fields from the sObject and the picklist values of those fields. The meta data. I'm creating a form to create new records.

How is it done?

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  • Will querying data work for you? if so try /services/data/v38.0/query?q=select "fieldstoquery" from object__c where "Your_Criteria" developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/…
    – Rao
    Commented Feb 2, 2017 at 18:07
  • @Rao I don't think so. I believe the query url is for the records themselves. I need the meta data for the picklists
    – Tyler Zika
    Commented Feb 2, 2017 at 18:09
  • You can also query CustomField for custom fields, but there's a limitation that you can only query one field at a time, which is likely to be far less efficient, and only custom fields, not standard fields. That's part of the Tooling API.
    – sfdcfox ♦
    Commented Feb 2, 2017 at 18:15

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You can only describe the entire object, including all fields. Fortunately, you can cache the data and use the If-Modified-Since header to avoid wasting bandwidth between each call. See Get Object Metadata Changes.

Example SObject Describe request

/services/data/v29.0/sobjects/Merchandise__c/describe

Example If-Modified-Since header used with request

If-Modified-Since: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 19:43:31 GMT

Example response body

No response body returned

Example response status code

HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 05:03:24 GMT
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