def describe_object(self, obj):
conn = self.get_conn()<EOL>return conn.__getattr__(obj).describe()<EOL>
Get the description of an object from Salesforce.
This description is the object's schema and
some extra metadata that Salesforce stores for each object.

:param obj: The name of the Salesforce object that we are getting a description of.
:type obj: str
:return: the description of the Salesforce object.
:rtype: dict