Workday Extend Custom Object Definitions API
Operations for defining and managing custom object types including their schemas, attributes, and relationships to standard Workday objects.
Workday Extend Custom Object Definitions API is one of 16 APIs that Workday Extend publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Custom Object Definitions. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and an API reference.
This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v1.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{baseUrl}/api/customObjects/v1/{tenant}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Workday Extend Custom Object Definitions API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 2 scopes.
By default, every request must be authenticated.
Paths & Operations 5
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Operations for defining and managing custom object types including their schemas, attributes, and relationships to standard Workday objects.
Schemas 6
The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CustomObjectDefinition (11 properties), CustomObjectField (10 properties), CustomObjectFieldCreate (7 properties), CustomObjectDefinitionCreate (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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