# Modify the configuration of a Passcode payload item within a profile

To modify Passcode policy payload item

## Endpoint

**PUT** `/api/v1/mdm/profiles/{profile_id}/payloads/passcodepolicy/payloaditems/{payload_id}`

## Request URL

```
https://{serverurl}/api/v1/mdm/profiles/{profile_id}/payloads/passcodepolicy/payloaditems/{payload_id}
```

- `{serverurl}`: Refer to your OAuth authentication endpoint domain.

## Scope

```
MDMOnDemand.MDMDeviceMgmt.UPDATE
```

## Header

```
Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52
```

## Request Parameters

### Path Parameters

- **profile_id** (string, Mandatory)  
  Unique identifier of the profile. Obtain from the [Create Profile](https://www.manageengine.com/mobile-device-management/help/api/cloud/profiles-create-profile.html) or [Get Profiles](https://www.manageengine.com/mobile-device-management/help/api/cloud/profiles-get-profile.html) response.

- **payload_id** (string, Mandatory)  
  Unique identifier of the payload item. Obtain from the GET request on this payload's parent endpoint.

### Query Parameters

- **t** (long, Optional)
- **ignoreHeader** (boolean, Optional)
- **qlt** (long, Optional)
- **previousTab** (string, Optional)
- **service** (string, Optional)
- **search** (string, Optional)  
  Free-text search string applied to the default searchable fields of the resource.
- **all** (boolean, Optional)
- **dc_customerid** (long, Optional)
- **mdm_instance** (string, Optional)
- **signupsrc** (string, Optional)
- **zaaid** (string, Optional)
- **command** (string, Optional)
- **orderby** (string, Optional)
- **sortorder** (string, Optional)
- **select_all** (boolean, Optional)  
  When true, applies the operation to every record matching the current filter rather than to specific IDs. Default: false
- **zoho-internal** (boolean, Optional)
- **dc_instance** (string, Optional)
- **SUBREQUEST** (string, Optional)
- **source** (string, Optional)
- **nocache** (long, Optional)  
  Param to avoid being served from cache.
- **wms_csrparam** (string, Optional)  
  CSRF Token

### Request Body

**Content-Type:** `application/json`  
**Type:** JSON object

#### Body Parameters

- **max_passcode_age** (integer, Optional)  
  Maximum Passcode Age in days. Allowed values: 1–170

- **require_alphanumeric** (boolean, Optional)  
  Mandates the use of alphanumeric values as passcode

- **max_failed_attempts** (integer, Optional)  
  Maximum number of failed attempts before factory reset. Allowed values: 3–9

- **min_passcode_length** (integer, Optional)  
  Minimum passcode length. Allowed values: 1–16

- **min_complex_chars** (integer, Optional)  
  Minimum number of special characters in the passcode. Allowed values: 1–4

- **no_of_passcode_maintained** (integer, Optional)  
  Number of passcodes maintained in history. Allowed values: 1–50

- **allow_simple_value** (boolean, Optional)  
  Allow numerical values to be configured as passcode

- **auto_lock_idle_for** (integer, Optional)  
  Maximum idle time (minutes) before auto-lock. Allowed values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15

- **max_grace_period** (integer, Optional)  
  Maximum time (minutes) to unlock device without passcode prompt. Allowed values: 0–240

## Sample Request

### Curl

```bash
curl --request PUT \
  --url https://appdomain/api/v1/mdm/profiles/{profile_id}/payloads/passcodepolicy/payloaditems/{payload_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'
```

### Java

```java
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.http.HttpTimeoutException;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {

    HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
        .uri(URI.create("https://appdomain/api/v1/mdm/profiles/{profile_id}/payloads/passcodepolicy/payloaditems/{payload_id}"))
        .header("content-type", "application/json")
        .header("Authorization", "Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52")
        .method("PUT", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{}"))
        .build();
    HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
    System.out.println(response.body());

  }
}
```

### Python

```python
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("appdomain")

payload = "{}"

headers = {
    'content-type': "application/json",
    'Authorization': "Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52"
    }

conn.request("PUT", "/api/v1/mdm/profiles/{profile_id}/payloads/passcodepolicy/payloaditems/{payload_id}", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))
```

### Deluge

```javascript
headersMap = Map();
headersMap.put("Content-Type", "application/json");
headersMap.put("Accept", "application/json");

data = Map();

response = invokeUrl
[
    url: "https://appDomain/api/v1/mdm/profiles/{profile_id}/payloads/passcodepolicy/payloaditems/{payload_id}"
    type: PUT
    headers: headersMap
    body: data
    connection: connection_name
]

info response;
```

### PowerShell

```powershell
$headers=@{}
$headers.Add("content-type", "application/json")
$headers.Add("Authorization", "Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52")
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://appdomain/api/v1/mdm/profiles/{profile_id}/payloads/passcodepolicy/payloaditems/{payload_id}' -Method PUT -Headers $headers -ContentType 'application/json' -Body '{}'
```

## Sample Request Body

Modify an iOS passcode policy payload item:

```json
{
  "max_passcode_age": 120,
  "min_passcode_length": 8,
  "require_alphanumeric": true,
  "min_complex_chars": 3,
  "no_of_passcode_maintained": 30,
  "allow_simple_value": false,
  "auto_lock_idle_for": 5,
  "max_grace_period": 10,
  "max_failed_attempts": 5
}
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP 200

**Response Body:** `application/json`  
**Type:** JSON object

- **payload_id** (long)  
  Unique identifier of the payload item

- **max_passcode_age** (integer)  
  Maximum Passcode Age in days

- **require_alphanumeric** (boolean)  
  Whether alphanumeric passcode is required

- **max_failed_attempts** (integer)  
  Maximum failed attempts before factory reset

- **min_passcode_length** (integer)  
  Minimum passcode length

- **min_complex_chars** (integer)  
  Minimum special characters in passcode

- **no_of_passcode_maintained** (integer)  
  Number of passcodes maintained in history

- **allow_simple_value** (boolean)  
  Whether simple (numeric) passcode is allowed

- **auto_lock_idle_for** (integer)  
  Auto-lock idle time in minutes

- **max_grace_period** (integer)  
  Grace period in minutes before passcode prompt

## Sample Response: HTTP 200

Payload item successfully modified:

```json
{
  "max_passcode_age": 120,
  "min_passcode_length": 8,
  "payload_id": 9007199254741000,
  "require_alphanumeric": true,
  "min_complex_chars": 3,
  "no_of_passcode_maintained": 30,
  "allow_simple_value": false,
  "auto_lock_idle_for": 5,
  "max_grace_period": 10,
  "max_failed_attempts": 5
}
```

## Possible Response Codes

- **200** — HTTP code

## Rate Limiting

**Duration:** 1 minute  
**Threshold:** 60  
**Lock period:** 5 minutes  

- **Duration** – Time window for the threshold.  
- **Threshold** – Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.  
- **Lock Period** – Wait time before consecutive API requests.