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Retrieve a custom object

get

/api/bulk/2.0/customObjects/{parentId}

Retrieves a custom object that matches the criteria specified in the URL parameters.

Request

Supported Media Types

• application/json
• text/csv

Path Parameters

• parentId(required): integer
  The custom object's resource identification number.

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Response

Supported Media Types

• application/json

200 Response

OK.

Body ()

Root Schema : CustomObjectIndividualResponse

Type: object

Title: CustomObjectIndividualResponse

The response body contains information about the custom object definition.

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• createdAt: string(date-time)
  Title: createdAt

  The date and time the entity was created, expressed using the ISO-8601 standard. This is a read-only property.
• createdBy: string
  Title: createdBy

  The login id of the user who created the entity. This is a read-only property.
• displayNameFieldUri: string
  Title: displayNameFieldUri

  The relative uri used to reference the custom object field that represents the display field, for this custom object.
• emailAddressFieldUri: string
  Title: emailAddressFieldUri

  The relative uri used to reference the custom object field that represents an email address, for this custom object.
• name: string
  Title: name

  The name of the custom object definition.
• uniqueFieldUri: string
  Title: uniqueFieldUri

  The relative uri used to reference the custom object field that has a uniqueness constraint on it, for this custom object.
• updatedAt: string(date-time)
  Title: updatedAt

  The date and time the entity was last updated, expressed using the ISO-8601 standard. This is a read-only property.
• updatedBy: string
  Title: updatedBy

  The login id of the user that last updated the entity. This is a read-only property.
• uri: string
  Title: uri

  System-generated unique resource identifier that defines the definition for future referencing. This is a read-only property.

{
    "title":"CustomObjectIndividualResponse",
    "description":"The response body contains information about the custom object definition.",
    "properties":{
        "createdAt":{
            "format":"date-time",
            "title":"createdAt",
            "description":"The date and time the entity was created, expressed using the ISO-8601 standard. This is a read-only property.",
            "type":"string"
        },
        "createdBy":{
            "title":"createdBy",
            "description":"The login id of the user who created the entity. This is a read-only property.",
            "type":"string"
        },
        "displayNameFieldUri":{
            "title":"displayNameFieldUri",
            "description":"The relative uri used to reference the custom object field that represents the display field, for this custom object.",
            "type":"string"
        },
        "emailAddressFieldUri":{
            "title":"emailAddressFieldUri",
            "description":"The relative uri used to reference the custom object field that represents an email address, for this custom object.",
            "type":"string"
        },
        "name":{
            "title":"name",
            "description":"The name of the custom object definition.",
            "type":"string"
        },
        "uniqueFieldUri":{
            "title":"uniqueFieldUri",
            "description":"The relative uri used to reference the custom object field that has a uniqueness constraint on it, for this custom object.",
            "type":"string"
        },
        "updatedAt":{
            "format":"date-time",
            "title":"updatedAt",
            "description":"The date and time the entity was last updated, expressed using the ISO-8601 standard. This is a read-only property.",
            "type":"string"
        },
        "updatedBy":{
            "title":"updatedBy",
            "description":"The login id of the user that last updated the entity. This is a read-only property.",
            "type":"string"
        },
        "uri":{
            "title":"uri",
            "description":"System-generated unique resource identifier that defines the definition for future referencing. This is a read-only property.",
            "type":"string"
        }
    }
}

400 Response

Bad request. See Status Codes for information about other possible HTTP status codes.

401 Response

Unauthorized. See Status Codes for information about other possible HTTP status codes.

403 Response

Forbidden. See Status Codes for information about other possible HTTP status codes.

404 Response

The requested resource was not found. See Status Codes for information about other possible HTTP status codes.

409 Response

There was a conflict. See Status Codes for information about other possible HTTP status codes.

410 Response

The requested resource is no longer available. See Status Codes for information about other possible HTTP status codes.

412 Response

The resource you are attempting to delete has dependencies, and cannot be deleted. See Status Codes for information about other possible HTTP status codes.

413 Response

Storage space exceeded. See Status Codes for information about other possible HTTP status codes.

500 Response

The service has encountered an internal server error. See Status Codes for information about other possible HTTP status codes.

503 Response

There was a timeout processing the request. See Status Codes for information about other possible HTTP status codes.

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Examples

The following examples demonstrate how to retrieve a custom object using an HTTP request and cURL. For more information on requests, see API requests.

HTTP Request Example

Retrieve the custom object with id #6:

GET /customObjects/6
			

Response:

{
    "name":"Purchase History",
    "uniqueFieldUri":"/customObjects/6/fields/91",
    "uri":"/customObjects/6",
    "createdBy":"EloquaSystem",
    "createdAt":"2014-06-16T14:43:46.8670000Z",
    "updatedBy":"EloquaSystem",
    "updatedAt":"2014-06-16T14:43:47.0230000Z"
}
			

cURL Example

Here is the same example in cURL given an instance with the name APITest, username API.User, and POD of 3.

curl --user "APITest\API.User" --request GET https://secure.p03.eloqua.com/api/bulk/2.0/customObjects/6
			

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