# Create a new MDM profile

Create the profile based on the platform

## Endpoints

**POST** `/api/v1/mdm/profiles`

## Request

### Request URL

```
https://{serverurl}/api/v1/mdm/profiles
```

### Scope

```
MDMOnDemand.MDMDeviceMgmt.CREATE
```

### Header

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

### Request Body

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

#### Parameters

- **profile_name** (string) — Mandatory  
  Name of the profile (required)

- **profile_description** (string) — Optional  
  Description of the profile

- **platform_type** (integer) — Mandatory  
  Profile platform type:  
  - 1 - iOS  
  - 2 - Android  
  - 3 - Windows  
  - 4 - Chrome  
  - 5 - MAC  
  - 6 - Apple TV  

- **scope** (integer) — Optional  
  Scope of the profile (default - 0).  
  - **Android:** 0 - devices, 1 - knox container  
  - **Chrome:** 0 - devices, 2 - user  

## Sample Request

### Curl

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url https://appdomain/api/v1/mdm/profiles \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{"profile_name":"IOS Restrictions Policy","platform_type":1}'
```

### 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"))
        .header("content-type", "application/json")
        .header("Authorization", "Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52")
        .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"profile_name\":\"IOS Restrictions Policy\",\"platform_type\":1}"))
        .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 = "{\"profile_name\":\"IOS Restrictions Policy\",\"platform_type\":1}"

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

conn.request("POST", "/api/v1/mdm/profiles", 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();
data.put("profile_name","value");
data.put("platform_type","1");

response = invokeUrl
[
    url: "https://appDomain/api/v1/mdm/profiles"
    type: POST
    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' -Method POST -Headers $headers -ContentType 'application/json' -Body '{"profile_name":"IOS Restrictions Policy","platform_type":1}'
```

## Sample Request Body

### Create an iOS restrictions profile with default scope

```json
{
  "profile_name": "IOS Restrictions Policy",
  "platform_type": 1,
  "scope": 0,
  "profile_description": "Test IOS Restrictions Policy"
}
```

### Create an Android profile with Knox container scope

```json
{
  "profile_name": "Android Work Profile",
  "platform_type": 2,
  "scope": 1,
  "profile_description": "Android enterprise policy"
}
```

## Response

### HTTP 200

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

#### Parameters

- **profile_id** (long)  
  Unique identifier for the created profile

- **profile_name** (string)  
  Name of the profile

- **profile_description** (string)  
  Description of the profile

- **platform_type** (integer)  
  Profile platform type:  
  - 1 - iOS  
  - 2 - Android  
  - 3 - Windows  
  - 4 - Chrome  
  - 5 - MAC  
  - 6 - Apple TV  

- **scope** (integer)  
  Scope of the profile

- **profile_version** (integer)  
  Current version of the profile

- **profile_status** (string)  
  Status of the profile

- **profile_status_id** (integer)  
  Status ID:  
  - 1 - Yet to Deploy  
  - 110 - Published  

- **collection_id** (long)  
  Collection ID of the profile

- **payloads** (array)  
  List of payload type names in the profile

- **creation_time** (long)  
  Creation timestamp in milliseconds since epoch

- **last_modified_time** (long)  
  Last modified timestamp in milliseconds since epoch

- **created_by** (long)  
  User ID of the creator

- **last_modified_by** (long)  
  User ID of the last modifier

- **is_moved_to_trash** (boolean)  
  Whether the profile has been moved to trash

### Sample Response: HTTP 200

Profile successfully created with initial metadata

```json
{
  "creation_time": 12312321312312,
  "last_modified_time": 213123213123,
  "profile_version": 1,
  "payloads": [],
  "last_modified_by": 213900719925474100000,
  "profile_description": "Test IOS Restrictions Policy",
  "created_by": 21321312312,
  "collection_id": 2132131231241,
  "profile_name": "IOS Restrictions Policy",
  "profile_status": "Yet To Deploy",
  "platform_type": 1,
  "is_moved_to_trash": false,
  "profile_id": 12321312312,
  "scope": 0,
  "profile_status_id": 1
}
```

## Possible HTTP Status Codes

- **200** — HTTP code

## Rate Limiting

**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.