getCustomObjects

Retrieves one or more custom objects using a combination of criteria consisting of zero or one custom object key.

Returns a list of matching custom objects, all of a single type, up to 100 in a batch, and a stream position token for retrieving successive batches.

Request

Field Name
Required/Optional
Description
objTypeName
Required
Name of the Custom Object
customObjKeyLists->keyList->attribute
Required
The attribute is a key/value pair that is used to identify the custom objects you want to retrieve. You can specify multiple attributes in the customObjKeyLists
includeAttributes
Required
The list of custom object’s fields that you wish to retrieve. Passing none returns all values.
batchSize
Optional
The number of objects to be returned (max of 100)
streamPosition
Optional
Used to paginate through multiple results sets. The value passed is the value returned by the previous getCustomObjects call.

Request XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ns1="http://www.marketo.com/mktows/">
  <SOAP-ENV:Header>
    <ns1:AuthenticationHeader>
      <mktowsUserId>demo17_1_809934544BFABAE58E5D27</mktowsUserId>
      <requestSignature>974ad482f5625657d82f38ee1522b69f0d6bc715</requestSignature>
      <requestTimestamp>2013-08-20T11:18:12-07:00</requestTimestamp>
    </ns1:AuthenticationHeader>
  </SOAP-ENV:Header>
  <SOAP-ENV:Body>
    <ns1:paramsGetCustomObjects>
      <objTypeName>RoadShow</objTypeName>
      <customObjKeyList>
        <attribute>
          <attrName>MKTOID</attrName>
          <attrValue>1090177</attrValue>
        </attribute>
      </customObjKeyList>
      <includeAttributes />
    </ns1:paramsGetCustomObjects>
  </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

Response XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ns1="http://www.marketo.com/mktows/">
  <SOAP-ENV:Body>
    <ns1:successGetCustomObjects>
      <result>
        <objTypeName>Roadshow</objTypeName>
        <returnCount>6</returnCount>
        <remainingCount>0</remainingCount>
        <newStreamPosition>{"ky":["1090177"],"os":6}</newStreamPosition>
        <customObjList>
          <customObj>
            <customObjKeyList>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>MKTOID</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>1090177</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>rid</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>123456</attrValue>
              </attribute>
            </customObjKeyList>
            <customObjAttributeList>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>city</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>city4</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>state</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>state4</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>zip</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>zip4</attrValue>
              </attribute>
            </customObjAttributeList>
          </customObj>
          <customObj>
            <customObjKeyList>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>MKTOID</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>1090177</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>rid</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>rid0</attrValue>
              </attribute>
            </customObjKeyList>
            <customObjAttributeList>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>city</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>city0</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>state</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>state0</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>zip</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>zip0</attrValue>
              </attribute>
            </customObjAttributeList>
          </customObj>
          <customObj>
            <customObjKeyList>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>MKTOID</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>1090177</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>rid</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>rid1</attrValue>
              </attribute>
            </customObjKeyList>
            <customObjAttributeList>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>city</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>SanMateo</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>state</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>California</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>zip</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>94404</attrValue>
              </attribute>
            </customObjAttributeList>
          </customObj>
          <customObj>
            <customObjKeyList>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>MKTOID</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>1090177</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>rid</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>rid2</attrValue>
              </attribute>
            </customObjKeyList>
            <customObjAttributeList>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>city</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>city2</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>state</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>state2</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>zip</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>zip2</attrValue>
              </attribute>
            </customObjAttributeList>
          </customObj>
          <customObj>
            <customObjKeyList>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>MKTOID</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>1090177</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>rid</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>rid3</attrValue>
              </attribute>
            </customObjKeyList>
            <customObjAttributeList>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>city</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>city3</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>state</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>state3</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>zip</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>zip3</attrValue>
              </attribute>
            </customObjAttributeList>
          </customObj>
          <customObj>
            <customObjKeyList>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>MKTOID</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>1090177</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>rid</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>rid4</attrValue>
              </attribute>
            </customObjKeyList>
            <customObjAttributeList>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>city</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>city4</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>state</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>state4</attrValue>
              </attribute>
              <attribute>
                <attrName>zip</attrName>
                <attrType xsi:nil="true" />
                <attrValue>zip4</attrValue>
              </attribute>
            </customObjAttributeList>
          </customObj>
        </customObjList>
      </result>
    </ns1:successGetCustomObjects>
  </SOAP-ENV:Body>
</SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

Sample Code - PHP

<?php
$debug = true;
$marketoSoapEndPoint     = "";  // CHANGE ME
$marketoUserId           = "";  // CHANGE ME
$marketoSecretKey        = "";  // CHANGE ME
$marketoNameSpace        = "http://www.marketo.com/mktows/";
// Create Signature
$dtzObj = new DateTimeZone("America/Los_Angeles");
$dtObj  = new DateTime('now', $dtzObj);
$timeStamp = $dtObj->format(DATE_W3C);
$encryptString = $timeStamp . $marketoUserId;
$signature = hash_hmac('sha1', $encryptString, $marketoSecretKey);
// Create SOAP Header
$attrs = new stdClass();
$attrs->mktowsUserId = $marketoUserId;
$attrs->requestSignature = $signature;
$attrs->requestTimestamp = $timeStamp;
$authHdr = new SoapHeader($marketoNameSpace, 'AuthenticationHeader', $attrs);
$options = array("connection_timeout" => 15, "location" => $marketoSoapEndPoint);
if ($debug) {
  $options["trace"] = 1;
}
// Create Request
$keyAttrib1 = new stdClass();
$keyAttrib1->attrName = 'MKTOID';
$keyAttrib1->attrValue = '1090177';
$keyAttrList = array($keyAttrib1);
$keyList = new stdClass();
$keyList->attribute = $keyAttrList;
$params = new stdClass();
$params->objTypeName = 'RoadShow';
$params->customObjKeyList = $keyList;
$params->includeAttributes = null;
$soapClient = new SoapClient($marketoSoapEndPoint ."?WSDL", $options);
try {
  $leads = $soapClient->__soapCall('getCustomObjects', array($params), $options, $authHdr);
  //      print_r($leads);
}
catch(Exception $ex) {
  var_dump($ex);
}
if ($debug) {
  print "RAW request:\n" .$soapClient->__getLastRequest() ."\n";
  print "RAW response:\n" .$soapClient->__getLastResponse() ."\n";
}
?>

Sample Code - Java

import com.marketo.mktows.*;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.crypto.Mac;
import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
import javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement;
import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;


public class GetCustomObjects {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("Executing Get Custom Objects");
        try {
            URL marketoSoapEndPoint = new URL("CHANGE ME" + "?WSDL");
            String marketoUserId = "CHANGE ME";
            String marketoSecretKey = "CHANGE ME";

            QName serviceName = new QName("http://www.marketo.com/mktows/", "MktMktowsApiService");
            MktMktowsApiService service = new MktMktowsApiService(marketoSoapEndPoint, serviceName);
            MktowsPort port = service.getMktowsApiSoapPort();

            // Create Signature
            DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ");
            String text = df.format(new Date());
            String requestTimestamp = text.substring(0, 22) + ":" + text.substring(22);
            String encryptString = requestTimestamp + marketoUserId ;

            SecretKeySpec secretKey = new SecretKeySpec(marketoSecretKey.getBytes(), "HmacSHA1");
            Mac mac = Mac.getInstance("HmacSHA1");
            mac.init(secretKey);
            byte[] rawHmac = mac.doFinal(encryptString.getBytes());
            char[] hexChars = Hex.encodeHex(rawHmac);
            String signature = new String(hexChars);

            // Set Authentication Header
            AuthenticationHeader header = new AuthenticationHeader();
            header.setMktowsUserId(marketoUserId);
            header.setRequestTimestamp(requestTimestamp);
            header.setRequestSignature(signature);

            // Create Request
            ParamsGetCustomObjects request = new ParamsGetCustomObjects();
            request.setObjTypeName("RoadShow");

            ArrayOfAttribute arrayOfAttribute = new ArrayOfAttribute();

            Attribute attr = new Attribute();
            attr.setAttrName("MKTOID");
            attr.setAttrValue("1090177");
            arrayOfAttribute.getAttributes().add(attr);

            JAXBElement<ArrayOfAttribute> attributes = new ObjectFactory().createParamsGetCustomObjectsCustomObjKeyList(arrayOfAttribute);
            request.setCustomObjKeyList(attributes);

            SuccessGetCustomObjects result = port.getCustomObjects(request, header);
            JAXBContext context = JAXBContext.newInstance(SuccessGetCustomObjects.class);
            Marshaller m = context.createMarshaller();
            m.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
            m.marshal(result, System.out);

        }
        catch(Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Sample Code - Ruby

require 'savon' # Use version 2.0 Savon gem
require 'date'

mktowsUserId = "" # CHANGE ME
marketoSecretKey = "" # CHANGE ME
marketoSoapEndPoint = "" # CHANGE ME
marketoNameSpace = "http://www.marketo.com/mktows/"

#Create Signature
Timestamp = DateTime.now
requestTimestamp = Timestamp.to_s
encryptString = requestTimestamp + mktowsUserId
digest = OpenSSL::Digest.new('sha1')
hashedsignature = OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest(digest, marketoSecretKey, encryptString)
requestSignature = hashedsignature.to_s

#Create SOAP Header
headers = {
    'ns1:AuthenticationHeader' => { "mktowsUserId" => mktowsUserId, "requestSignature" => requestSignature,
    "requestTimestamp"  => requestTimestamp
    }
}

client = Savon.client(wsdl: 'http://app.marketo.com/soap/mktows/2_3?WSDL', soap_header: headers, endpoint: marketoSoapEndPoint, namespaces: namespaces, open_timeout: 90, read_timeout: 90, namespace_identifier: :ns1, env_namespace: 'SOAP-ENV')

#Create Request
request = {
    :obj_type_name => "RoadShow",
    :custom_obj_key_list => {
        :attribute => {
            :attr_name => "MKTOID",
            :attr_value => "1090177" }
    },
    :"include_attributes/" => ""
}

response = client.call(:get_custom_objects, message: request)

puts response
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