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

Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean

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

Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/tooling/sobjects/:SOBJECT_API_NAME",sbResponseBody)
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False

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

Dim respStatusCode As Integer = http.LastStatus
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastHeader)
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
    Exit Sub
End If


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

' {
'   "objectDescribe": {
'     "activateable": false,
'     "associateEntityType": null,
'     "associateParentEntity": null,
'     "createable": true,
'     "custom": false,
'     "customSetting": false,
'     "deepCloneable": false,
'     "deletable": true,
'     "deprecatedAndHidden": false,
'     "feedEnabled": false,
'     "hasSubtypes": false,
'     "isInterface": false,
'     "isSubtype": false,
'     "keyPrefix": "01p",
'     "label": "Apex Class",
'     "labelPlural": "Apex Classes",
'     "layoutable": true,
'     "mergeable": false,
'     "mruEnabled": true,
'     "name": "ApexClass",
'     "queryable": true,
'     "replicateable": true,
'     "retrieveable": true,
'     "searchable": true,
'     "triggerable": false,
'     "undeletable": false,
'     "updateable": true,
'     "urls": {
'       "compactLayouts": "/services/data/v59.0/tooling/sobjects/ApexClass/describe/compactLayouts",
'       "rowTemplate": "/services/data/v59.0/tooling/sobjects/ApexClass/{ID}",
'       "describe": "/services/data/v59.0/tooling/sobjects/ApexClass/describe",
'       "layouts": "/services/data/v59.0/tooling/sobjects/ApexClass/describe/layouts",
'       "sobject": "/services/data/v59.0/tooling/sobjects/ApexClass"
'     }
'   },
'   "recentItems": [
'   ]
' }

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




Dim Activateable As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.activateable")
Dim AssociateEntityType As String = jResp.StringOf("objectDescribe.associateEntityType")
Dim AssociateParentEntity As String = jResp.StringOf("objectDescribe.associateParentEntity")
Dim Createable As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.createable")
Dim Custom As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.custom")
Dim CustomSetting As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.customSetting")
Dim DeepCloneable As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.deepCloneable")
Dim Deletable As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.deletable")
Dim DeprecatedAndHidden As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.deprecatedAndHidden")
Dim FeedEnabled As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.feedEnabled")
Dim HasSubtypes As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.hasSubtypes")
Dim IsInterface As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.isInterface")
Dim IsSubtype As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.isSubtype")
Dim KeyPrefix As String = jResp.StringOf("objectDescribe.keyPrefix")
Dim Label As String = jResp.StringOf("objectDescribe.label")
Dim LabelPlural As String = jResp.StringOf("objectDescribe.labelPlural")
Dim Layoutable As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.layoutable")
Dim Mergeable As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.mergeable")
Dim MruEnabled As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.mruEnabled")
Dim Name As String = jResp.StringOf("objectDescribe.name")
Dim Queryable As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.queryable")
Dim Replicateable As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.replicateable")
Dim Retrieveable As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.retrieveable")
Dim Searchable As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.searchable")
Dim Triggerable As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.triggerable")
Dim Undeletable As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.undeletable")
Dim Updateable As Boolean = jResp.BoolOf("objectDescribe.updateable")
Dim CompactLayouts As String = jResp.StringOf("objectDescribe.urls.compactLayouts")
Dim RowTemplate As String = jResp.StringOf("objectDescribe.urls.rowTemplate")
Dim Describe As String = jResp.StringOf("objectDescribe.urls.describe")
Dim Layouts As String = jResp.StringOf("objectDescribe.urls.layouts")
Dim Sobject As String = jResp.StringOf("objectDescribe.urls.sobject")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("recentItems")
While i < count_i
    jResp.I = i
    i = i + 1
End While

Curl Command

curl -X GET
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://domain.com/services/data/v{{version}}/tooling/sobjects/:SOBJECT_API_NAME

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Get Tooling Metadata SObject",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "header": [
    ],
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/tooling/sobjects/:SOBJECT_API_NAME",
      "host": [
        "{{_endpoint}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "services",
        "data",
        "v{{version}}",
        "tooling",
        "sobjects",
        ":SOBJECT_API_NAME"
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "SOBJECT_API_NAME",
          "value": ""
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Get Tooling Metadata SObject",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "GET",
        "header": [
        ],
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{_endpoint}}/services/data/v{{version}}/tooling/sobjects/:SOBJECT_API_NAME",
          "host": [
            "{{_endpoint}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "services",
            "data",
            "v{{version}}",
            "tooling",
            "sobjects",
            ":SOBJECT_API_NAME"
          ],
          "variable": [
            {
              "key": "SOBJECT_API_NAME",
              "value": "ApexClass"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 11 Dec 2023 10:36:20 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": "Sforce-Limit-Info",
          "value": "api-usage=298/15000"
        },
        {
          "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    \"objectDescribe\": {\n        \"activateable\": false,\n        \"associateEntityType\": null,\n        \"associateParentEntity\": null,\n        \"createable\": true,\n        \"custom\": false,\n        \"customSetting\": false,\n        \"deepCloneable\": false,\n        \"deletable\": true,\n        \"deprecatedAndHidden\": false,\n        \"feedEnabled\": false,\n        \"hasSubtypes\": false,\n        \"isInterface\": false,\n        \"isSubtype\": false,\n        \"keyPrefix\": \"01p\",\n        \"label\": \"Apex Class\",\n        \"labelPlural\": \"Apex Classes\",\n        \"layoutable\": true,\n        \"mergeable\": false,\n        \"mruEnabled\": true,\n        \"name\": \"ApexClass\",\n        \"queryable\": true,\n        \"replicateable\": true,\n        \"retrieveable\": true,\n        \"searchable\": true,\n        \"triggerable\": false,\n        \"undeletable\": false,\n        \"updateable\": true,\n        \"urls\": {\n            \"compactLayouts\": \"/services/data/v59.0/tooling/sobjects/ApexClass/describe/compactLayouts\",\n            \"rowTemplate\": \"/services/data/v59.0/tooling/sobjects/ApexClass/{ID}\",\n            \"describe\": \"/services/data/v59.0/tooling/sobjects/ApexClass/describe\",\n            \"layouts\": \"/services/data/v59.0/tooling/sobjects/ApexClass/describe/layouts\",\n            \"sobject\": \"/services/data/v59.0/tooling/sobjects/ApexClass\"\n        }\n    },\n    \"recentItems\": []\n}"
    }
  ]
}