How can I retrieve Actions by Apex?

Question

I have a custom object and under Buttons, Links and Actions section I have several Actions created. Now I would like to retrieve somehow the Actions related to my custom object via code.

I was looking for an object that I can query like ApexPage but I didn't find anything with the word Action. Also I tried through the SObjectType.getDescribe(), but no luck either.

Any advice?

Answer 1

You can query the rather misleadingly named WebLink SObject to find all of the information you need about a custom button:

Select Width, Url, SystemModstamp, ShowsStatus, ShowsLocation, ScontrolId, 
RequireRowSelection, Position, PageOrSobjectType, OpenType, NamespacePrefix, Name,
MasterLabel, LinkType, LastModifiedDate, LastModifiedById, IsResizable, 
IsProtected, Id, Height, HasToolbar, HasScrollbars, HasMenubar, EncodingKey, 
DisplayType, Description, CreatedDate, CreatedById 
From WebLink
Where PageOrSObjectType = 'ObjectOfInterest__c';

Edit: these aren't the droids you are looking for....this will only return information about Buttons and Links, but alas not Actions. :(

Answer 2

After raising a case, Salesforce confirms that for now, it is not possible to do it via Apex. I have posted an idea, so maybe in the future we can find it on WebLink or any other place.

Answer 3

You can do this with the QuickAction.describeAvailableQuickActions() method:

// Called for Account object
List<QuickAction.DescribeAvailableQuickActionResult> result1 = QuickAction.DescribeAvailableQuickActions('Account');  

// Global actions (as they appear on the Chatter or Home tab)
List<QuickAction.DescribeAvailableQuickActionResult> result2 = QuickAction.DescribeAvailableQuickActions('Global');  

Here's the documentation for the QuickAction class.

Note it returns actions that are available in the Publisher Actions section of the page layout based on the profile/record type, not all possible actions.