# Retrieves a paginated list of recent tool activities for the current technician

Returns a paginated list of recently performed tool activities (remote control, chat, shutdown, WOL, announcements) for the logged-in technician. Supports pagination via 'offset' and 'limit' and navigation control via 'navigateNext' and 'navigationClick' parameters.

## Endpoint

`GET /dcapi/tools/recentActivity`

## Request URL

`https://{serverurl}/dcapi/tools/recentActivity`

[Server URL](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.Tools.READ`

## Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

- **Accept** `string` — **Mandatory**
  - `application/json`

### Query Parameters

- **offset** `integer` — **Mandatory**
  - Zero-based page offset for pagination
- **limit** `integer` — **Mandatory**
  - Maximum number of recent activity records to return per page. Range: 1-25

## Sample Request

```curl
curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://appdomains/dcapi/tools/recentActivity?offset=SOME_INTEGER_VALUE&limit=SOME_INTEGER_VALUE' \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON Object`

- **total** `integer`
  - Total count of recent activity records
- **activities** `array`
  - Array of activity objects with activityType, computerName, resourceId, performedAt, and technician

## Sample Response: HTTP 200

```json
{
  "total": 50,
  "activities": [
    {
      "resourceId": 101,
      "computerName": "WIN-DESKTOP-01",
      "performedAt": 1711350000000,
      "technician": "admin",
      "activityType": "RemoteControl"
    },
    {
      "resourceId": 202,
      "computerName": "WIN-LAP-05",
      "performedAt": 1711340000000,
      "technician": "admin",
      "activityType": "Chat"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Rate Limit

![](https://www.zohowebstatic.com/sites/zweb/images/people/ico-help.png)

**Duration:** 1 minute | **Threshold:** 30 | **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.