Fetching records and collections with OData version 2

As shown in the following table, use the plural entity name with the GET method to fetch metadata, a single entity, an entity's property, or a collection of entities. When using a data source group, prepend the entity name with the appropriate data source prefix. See URI conventions for addressing resources, entities, and related entities in Section 3 of the OData specification.

To fetch:	Method:	URI:
A single record	GET	<service_root>/<data_source_name>/<entity_singlar_name>('<primary_key_value>')
	Example: https://myserver:8080/api/odata/MySFDataSource/ACCOUNTS('1')
The value of a single field from a single record	GET	<service_root>/<data_source_name>/<entity_singlar_name>('<primary_key_value>')/<column_name>/$value
	Example: https://myserver:8080/api/odata/MySFDataSource/ACCOUNTS('1')/NAME/$value
A collection of records*	GET	<service_root>/<data_source_name>/<entity_plural_name>
	Example: https://myserver:8080/api/odata/MySFDataSource/ACCOUNTS
A count of the records in a collection	GET	<service_root>/<data_source_name>/<entity_plural_name>/$count
	Example: https://myserver:8080/api/odata/MySFDataSource/ACCOUNTS/$count