How to know the API Name of Standard or Custom Salesforce Objects?

Hi Mark,

You can use following code sample to get API Name of any objects.

`
for ( Schema.SObjectType obj : Schema.getGlobalDescribe().values() )
{
Schema.DescribeSObjectResult objDescription = obj.getDescribe();
if(objDescription.getLabel() == '##Your Object Name##'){
system.debug( 'API Name: ' + objDescription.getName() );
}
}
`

You have to replace object name with "##Your Object Name##". This will work for both Standard objects and Custom objects.

Thanks,
Prafull

Hi @mann-meet,

You have to swap just condition in the code like below :-

for ( Schema.SObjectType obj : Schema.getGlobalDescribe().values() )
{
Schema.DescribeSObjectResult objDescription = obj.getDescribe();
if(objDescription.getName() == '##Your API Name##'){
system.debug( 'Object Name: ' + objDescription.getLabel() );
}
}

Regards,
Prafull

• This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by  Prafull.

Hey Mark,

you can use ‘Salesforce API Fieldnames’ chrome extension to achieve this in record detail page.

Hope it helps