GET /v1/describe/{object}

Provides a reference listing of each object that is available in your Zuora tenant.

The information returned by this call is useful if you are using CRUD: Create Export or the AQuA API to create a data source export. See Export ZOQL for more information.

Response

The response contains an XML document that lists the fields of the specified object. Each of the object's fields is represented by a <field> element in the XML document.

Each <field> element contains the following elements:

Element	Description
`<name>`	API name of the field.
`<label>`	Name of the field in the Zuora user interface.
`<type>`	Data type of the field. The possible data types are: `boolean`, `date`, `datetime`, `decimal`, `integer`, `picklist`, `text`, `timestamp`, and `ZOQL`. If the data type is `picklist`, the `<field>` element contains an `<options>` element that lists the possible values of the field.
`<contexts>`	Specifies the availability of the field. If the `<contexts>` element lists the `export` context, the field is available for use in data source exports.

The <field> element contains other elements that provide legacy information about the field. This information is not directly related to the REST API.

Response sample:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<object>
  <name>ProductRatePlanCharge</name>
  <label>Product Rate Plan Charge</label>
  <fields>
    ...
    <field>
      <name>TaxMode</name>
      <label>Tax Mode</label>
      <type>picklist</type>
      <options>
        <option>TaxExclusive</option>
        <option>TaxInclusive</option>
      </options>
      <contexts>
        <context>export</context>
      </contexts>
      ...
    </field>
    ...
  </fields>
</object>

It is strongly recommended that your integration checks <contexts> elements in the response. If your integration does not check <contexts> elements, your integration may process fields that are not available for use in data source exports. See Changes to the Describe API for more information.

Servers

https://rest.test.zuora.com
https://rest.sandbox.na.zuora.com
https://rest.apisandbox.zuora.com
https://rest.na.zuora.com
https://rest.zuora.com
https://rest.test.eu.zuora.com
https://rest.sandbox.eu.zuora.com
https://rest.eu.zuora.com

Path parameters

Name Type Required Description

Name	Type	Required	Description
`object`	String	Yes	API name of an object in your Zuora tenant. For example, `InvoiceItem`. See Zuora Object Model for the list of valid object names. Depending on the features enabled in your Zuora tenant, you may not be able to list the fields of some objects.

object

String

Yes

API name of an object in your Zuora tenant. For example, InvoiceItem. See Zuora Object Model for the list of valid object names.

Depending on the features enabled in your Zuora tenant, you may not be able to list the fields of some objects.

Request headers

Name	Type	Required	Description
`Content-Encoding`	String	No	Include the `Content-Encoding: gzip` header to compress a request. With this header specified, you should upload a gzipped file for the request payload instead of sending the JSON payload.
`Zuora-Track-Id`	String	No	A custom identifier for tracing the API call. If you set a value for this header, Zuora returns the same value in the response headers. This header enables you to associate your system process identifiers with Zuora API calls, to assist with troubleshooting in the event of an issue. The value of this field must use the US-ASCII character set and must not include any of the following characters: colon (`:`), semicolon (`;`), double quote (`"`), and quote (`'`).
`Authorization`	String	No	The value is in the `Bearer {token}` format where {token} is a valid OAuth token generated by calling Create an OAuth token.
`Zuora-Entity-Ids`	String	No	An entity ID. If you have Zuora Multi-entity enabled and the OAuth token is valid for more than one entity, you must use this header to specify which entity to perform the operation in. If the OAuth token is only valid for a single entity, or you do not have Zuora Multi-entity enabled, you do not need to set this header.
`Zuora-Org-Ids`	String	No	Comma separated IDs. If you have Zuora Multi-Org enabled, you can use this header to specify which orgs to perform the operation in. If you do not have Zuora Multi-Org enabled, you should not set this header. The IDs must be a sub-set of the user's accessible orgs. If you specify an org that the user does not have access to, the operation fails. If the header is not set, the operation is performed in scope of the user's accessible orgs.
`Accept-Encoding`	String	No	Include the `Accept-Encoding: gzip` header to compress responses as a gzipped file. It can significantly reduce the bandwidth required for a response. If specified, Zuora automatically compresses responses that contain over 1000 bytes of data, and the response contains a `Content-Encoding` header with the compression algorithm so that your client can decompress it.

Query parameters

Name Type Required Description

Name	Type	Required	Description
`showCurrencyConversionInformation`	String	No	Set the value to `yes` to get additional currency conversion information in the result. Notes: When Automatically include additional Currency Conversion information in currency conversion settings is checked, you can pass `yes` to get additional fields in the result. See Configure Foreign Currency Conversion to check the Automatically include additional Currency Conversion information. By default if you need additional Currency Conversion information, submit a request at Zuora Global Support. Set this parameter value to `no` to not include the additional currency conversion information in the result.

showCurrencyConversionInformation

String

Set the value to yes to get additional currency conversion information in the result. Notes:

When Automatically include additional Currency Conversion information in currency conversion settings is checked, you can pass yes to get additional fields in the result. See Configure Foreign Currency Conversion to check the Automatically include additional Currency Conversion information.
By default if you need additional Currency Conversion information, submit a request at Zuora Global Support. Set this parameter value to no to not include the additional currency conversion information in the result.

How to start integrating

Add HTTP Task to your workflow definition.
Search for the API you want to integrate with and click on the name.
- This loads the API reference documentation and prepares the Http request settings.
Click Test request to test run your request to the API and see the API's response.