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# Get Field Values from an External Object Record by Using the Salesforce ID

You use the sObject Rows resource to retrieve field values from a record. Specify the fields you want to retrieve in the `fields` parameter and use the GET method of the resource.

In the following example, the `Country__c` custom field is retrieved from an external object that’s associated with a non-high-data-volume external data source.

## Example for retrieving values from fields on the Customer external object

```nolang
curl https://MyDomainName.my.salesforce.com/services/data/v68.0/sobjects/Customer__x/x01D0000000002RIAQ?fields=Country__c -H "Authorization: Bearer token"
```

## Example request body

None required

## Example response body

```nolang
{
  "attributes" : {
    "type" : "Customer__x",
    "url" : "/services/data/v68.0/sobjects/Customer__x/x01D0000000002RIAQ"
  },
  "Country__c" : "Argentina",
  "Id" : "x01D0000000002RIAQ"
}
```