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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool success;

// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>";

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/list-info/:SOBJECT_API_NAME/:LIST_VIEW_API_NAME",sbResponseBody);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());

int respStatusCode = http.LastStatus;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");
    return;
}

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "cloneable": true,
//   "createable": true,
//   "deletable": true,
//   "displayColumns": [
//     {
//       "fieldApiName": "Name",
//       "label": "Account Name",
//       "lookupId": "Id",
//       "sortable": true
//     },
//     {
//       "fieldApiName": "Site",
//       "label": "Account Site",
//       "lookupId": null,
//       "sortable": true
//     },
//     {
//       "fieldApiName": "Phone",
//       "label": "Phone",
//       "lookupId": null,
//       "sortable": true
//     },
//     {
//       "fieldApiName": "Type",
//       "label": "Type",
//       "lookupId": null,
//       "sortable": true
//     },
//     {
//       "fieldApiName": "BillingCountry",
//       "label": "Billing Country",
//       "lookupId": null,
//       "sortable": true
//     },
//     {
//       "fieldApiName": "Owner.Alias",
//       "label": "Account Owner Alias",
//       "lookupId": "Owner.Id",
//       "sortable": true
//     }
//   ],
//   "eTag": "55ebdd0de6c2f1e17f63bf4581d64f76",
//   "filterLogicString": null,
//   "filteredByInfo": [
//   ],
//   "label": "All Accounts",
//   "listReference": {
//     "id": "00B58000002ssinEAA",
//     "listViewApiName": "AllAccounts",
//     "objectApiName": "Account",
//     "type": "listView"
//   },
//   "objectApiNames": [
//   ],
//   "orderedByInfo": [
//     {
//       "fieldApiName": "BillingCountry",
//       "isAscending": false,
//       "label": "Billing Country"
//     }
//   ],
//   "updateable": true,
//   "userPreferences": {
//     "columnWidths": {
//       "Site": -1,
//       "Type": -1,
//       "BillingCountry": -1,
//       "Owner.Alias": -1,
//       "Phone": -1,
//       "Name": -1
//     },
//     "columnWrap": {
//       "Site": false,
//       "Type": false,
//       "BillingCountry": false,
//       "Owner.Alias": false,
//       "Phone": false,
//       "Name": false
//     }
//   },
//   "visibility": "Public",
//   "visibilityEditable": true
// }

// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code

string fieldApiName;
string lookupId;
bool sortable;
bool isAscending;

bool cloneable = jResp.BoolOf("cloneable");
bool createable = jResp.BoolOf("createable");
bool deletable = jResp.BoolOf("deletable");
string eTag = jResp.StringOf("eTag");
string filterLogicString = jResp.StringOf("filterLogicString");
string label = jResp.StringOf("label");
string Id = jResp.StringOf("listReference.id");
string ListViewApiName = jResp.StringOf("listReference.listViewApiName");
string ObjectApiName = jResp.StringOf("listReference.objectApiName");
string v_Type = jResp.StringOf("listReference.type");
bool updateable = jResp.BoolOf("updateable");
int Site = jResp.IntOf("userPreferences.columnWidths.Site");
int ColumnWidthsType = jResp.IntOf("userPreferences.columnWidths.Type");
int BillingCountry = jResp.IntOf("userPreferences.columnWidths.BillingCountry");
int Owner_Alias = jResp.IntOf("userPreferences.columnWidths.\"Owner.Alias\"");
int Phone = jResp.IntOf("userPreferences.columnWidths.Phone");
int Name = jResp.IntOf("userPreferences.columnWidths.Name");
bool ColumnWrapSite = jResp.BoolOf("userPreferences.columnWrap.Site");
bool ColumnWrapType = jResp.BoolOf("userPreferences.columnWrap.Type");
bool ColumnWrapBillingCountry = jResp.BoolOf("userPreferences.columnWrap.BillingCountry");
bool ColumnWrapOwner_Alias = jResp.BoolOf("userPreferences.columnWrap.\"Owner.Alias\"");
bool ColumnWrapPhone = jResp.BoolOf("userPreferences.columnWrap.Phone");
bool ColumnWrapName = jResp.BoolOf("userPreferences.columnWrap.Name");
string visibility = jResp.StringOf("visibility");
bool visibilityEditable = jResp.BoolOf("visibilityEditable");
int i = 0;
int count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("displayColumns");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    fieldApiName = jResp.StringOf("displayColumns[i].fieldApiName");
    label = jResp.StringOf("displayColumns[i].label");
    lookupId = jResp.StringOf("displayColumns[i].lookupId");
    sortable = jResp.BoolOf("displayColumns[i].sortable");
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("filteredByInfo");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("objectApiNames");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("orderedByInfo");
while (i < count_i) {
    jResp.I = i;
    fieldApiName = jResp.StringOf("orderedByInfo[i].fieldApiName");
    isAscending = jResp.BoolOf("orderedByInfo[i].isAscending");
    label = jResp.StringOf("orderedByInfo[i].label");
    i = i + 1;
}

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/list-info/:SOBJECT_API_NAME/:LIST_VIEW_API_NAME

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Get List View Metadata per API Name",
  "event": [
    {
      "listen": "prerequest",
      "script": {
        "exec": [
          ""
        ],
        "type": "text/javascript"
      }
    }
  ],
  "protocolProfileBehavior": {
    "disableBodyPruning": true
  },
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/list-info/:SOBJECT_API_NAME/:LIST_VIEW_API_NAME",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "ui-api",
        "list-info",
        ":SOBJECT_API_NAME",
        ":LIST_VIEW_API_NAME"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "SOBJECT_API_NAME",
          "value": "",
          "description": "Object API name"
        },
        {
          "key": "LIST_VIEW_API_NAME",
          "value": "",
          "description": "List view API name"
        }
      ]
    },
    "description": "Returns list view metadata."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Get List View Metadata per API Name",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/ui-api/list-info/:SOBJECT_API_NAME/:LIST_VIEW_API_NAME",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "ui-api",
            "list-info",
            ":SOBJECT_API_NAME",
            ":LIST_VIEW_API_NAME"
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "SOBJECT_API_NAME",
              "value": "Account",
              "description": "Object API name"
            },
            {
              "key": "LIST_VIEW_API_NAME",
              "value": "AllAccounts",
              "description": "List view API name"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Fri, 06 Oct 2023 09:56:56 GMT"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Robots-Tag",
          "value": "none"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-cache,must-revalidate,max-age=0,no-store,private"
        },
        {
          "key": "ETag",
          "value": "\"55ebdd0de6c2f1e17f63bf4581d64f76--gzip\""
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json;charset=UTF-8"
        },
        {
          "key": "Vary",
          "value": "Accept-Encoding"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Encoding",
          "value": "gzip"
        },
        {
          "key": "Transfer-Encoding",
          "value": "chunked"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"cloneable\": true,\n    \"createable\": true,\n    \"deletable\": true,\n    \"displayColumns\": [\n        {\n            \"fieldApiName\": \"Name\",\n            \"label\": \"Account Name\",\n            \"lookupId\": \"Id\",\n            \"sortable\": true\n        },\n        {\n            \"fieldApiName\": \"Site\",\n            \"label\": \"Account Site\",\n            \"lookupId\": null,\n            \"sortable\": true\n        },\n        {\n            \"fieldApiName\": \"Phone\",\n            \"label\": \"Phone\",\n            \"lookupId\": null,\n            \"sortable\": true\n        },\n        {\n            \"fieldApiName\": \"Type\",\n            \"label\": \"Type\",\n            \"lookupId\": null,\n            \"sortable\": true\n        },\n        {\n            \"fieldApiName\": \"BillingCountry\",\n            \"label\": \"Billing Country\",\n            \"lookupId\": null,\n            \"sortable\": true\n        },\n        {\n            \"fieldApiName\": \"Owner.Alias\",\n            \"label\": \"Account Owner Alias\",\n            \"lookupId\": \"Owner.Id\",\n            \"sortable\": true\n        }\n    ],\n    \"eTag\": \"55ebdd0de6c2f1e17f63bf4581d64f76\",\n    \"filterLogicString\": null,\n    \"filteredByInfo\": [],\n    \"label\": \"All Accounts\",\n    \"listReference\": {\n        \"id\": \"00B58000002ssinEAA\",\n        \"listViewApiName\": \"AllAccounts\",\n        \"objectApiName\": \"Account\",\n        \"type\": \"listView\"\n    },\n    \"objectApiNames\": [],\n    \"orderedByInfo\": [\n        {\n            \"fieldApiName\": \"BillingCountry\",\n            \"isAscending\": false,\n            \"label\": \"Billing Country\"\n        }\n    ],\n    \"updateable\": true,\n    \"userPreferences\": {\n        \"columnWidths\": {\n            \"Site\": -1,\n            \"Type\": -1,\n            \"BillingCountry\": -1,\n            \"Owner.Alias\": -1,\n            \"Phone\": -1,\n            \"Name\": -1\n        },\n        \"columnWrap\": {\n            \"Site\": false,\n            \"Type\": false,\n            \"BillingCountry\": false,\n            \"Owner.Alias\": false,\n            \"Phone\": false,\n            \"Name\": false\n        }\n    },\n    \"visibility\": \"Public\",\n    \"visibilityEditable\": true\n}"
    }
  ]
}