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Saleforce Create Field on Custom Object Using REST API

Posted by Sravya on May 9, 2022 at 6:24 am

So I want to create a new field on a custom object using the Salesforce REST API. Is this possible? After a lot searching in documentation and on Google I couldn't find an answer. It seems like maybe Salesforce has other API's which can accomplish this like the metadata API. I'm interested in hearing those answers as well.
Thanks for the help!So I want to create a new field on a custom object using the Salesforce REST API. Is this possible? After a lot searching in documentation and on Google I couldn't find an answer. It seems like maybe Salesforce has other API's which can accomplish this like the metadata API. I'm interested in hearing those answers as well.

Thanks for the help!

Rahul replied 1 year, 6 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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Daniel

Member
June 7, 2022 at 9:59 pm

Yes, you can create a field via Metadata API. See the bottom section of this article for the XML definition:

https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/customfield.htm
CRMJetty

Member
July 8, 2022 at 5:57 am

Hello Sravya,Refer this link:https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/20763/creating-a-custom-object-using-rest-apihttps://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_meta.meta/api_meta/meta_intro.htmThanks.
Rahul

Member
October 11, 2022 at 12:09 pm

When you are looking to create field on Custom Object Using REST API, you need to firstly check the code for creating Custom Object. https://developer.salesforce.com/forums/?id=9062I000000IUphQAG

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