# Get a browser's details

Retrieves the details of a browser across managed devices.

## Endpoint

`GET /bsp/api/v1/bmp/browsers/{browser_id}`

## Request

### Request URL

`https://[{serverurl}](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)/bsp/api/v1/bmp/browsers/{browser_id}`

### Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.BrowserManager.READ`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

### Request Parameters

#### Request Headers

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

#### Path Parameters

- **browser_id** `string` — **Mandatory**
  - Browser type ID from [List Browsers](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/inventory-list-browsers.html) response (`browser_type` field)

### Sample Request

```curl
curl --request GET \
  --url https://appdomains/bsp/api/v1/bmp/browsers/{browser_id} \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP 200

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **browser_name** `string`
    - Display name of the browser
  - **installed_extensions** `integer`
    - Number of distinct extensions installed for this browser
  - **installed_plugins** `integer`
    - Number of distinct plugins installed for this browser
  - **latest_version** `string`
    - Latest browser version detected across devices
  - **installed_count** `integer`
    - Total number of devices with this browser installed
  - **latest_not_installed_count** `integer`
    - Number of devices not running the latest version
  - **versions** `JSON Array`
    - Version distribution with installation counts per version

### Sample Response: HTTP 200

#### Browser details

```json
{
  "installed_extensions": 42,
  "browser_name": "Google Chrome",
  "latest_not_installed_count": 42,
  "latest_version": "120.0.6099.129",
  "versions": [
    {
      "id": 512,
      "installed_count": 114,
      "version": "120.0.6099.129"
    },
    {
      "id": 511,
      "installed_count": 42,
      "version": "119.0.6045.199"
    }
  ],
  "installed_count": 156,
  "installed_plugins": 15
}
```

#### No version data

```json
{
  "installed_extensions": 0,
  "browser_name": "Mozilla Firefox",
  "latest_not_installed_count": 0,
  "latest_version": "--",
  "versions": [],
  "installed_count": 0,
  "installed_plugins": 0
}
```

#### Invalid browser ID

```json
{
  "latest_not_installed_count": "0",
  "versions": [],
  "installed_count": "0"
}
```

### HTTP 401

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **errorCode** `long`
    - Unauthorized error code returned when authentication credentials are missing, expired, or invalid (authentication=required)
  - **errorMsg** `string`
    - Authentication failure reason

### Sample Response: HTTP 401

#### Unauthorized

```json
{
  "errorCode": "UNAUTHORIZED",
  "errorMsg": "You are not authorized to perform this action"
}
```

### HTTP 403

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **errorCode** `long`
    - Forbidden error code returned when the authenticated user does not have the required uem-roles (e.g., DataEncryption_Admin or DataEncryptionRecoveryKey_Admin)
  - **errorMsg** `string`
    - Message indicating insufficient privileges to access this resource

### Sample Response: HTTP 403

#### Forbidden

```json
{
  "errorCode": "FORBIDDEN",
  "errorMsg": "User does not have permission to perform this operation"
}
```

### HTTP 417

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **error_description** `string`
    - Message indicating an unexpected condition occurred while retrieving browser details

### Sample Response: HTTP 417

#### Expectation failed

```json
{
  "error_description": "Expectation Failed"
}
```

### HTTP 429

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **errorCode** `long`
    - Rate limit error code returned when the API call threshold (configured via threshold/duration in security XML) is exceeded; client is locked out for lock-period minutes
  - **errorMsg** `string`
    - Rate limit exceeded message with retry guidance

### Sample Response: HTTP 429

#### Rate limit exceeded

```json
{
  "errorCode": "RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
  "errorMsg": "Too many requests. Please try again after 5 minutes"
}
```

## Rate Limit

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

**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.