# Get compliance status grouped by category for a specific profile

Returns compliant and non-compliant device counts grouped by rule category for the specified compliance profile.

## Endpoint

`GET /bsp/api/v1/bmp/compliance/{compliance_id}/category`

## Request URL

`https://{serverurl}/bsp/api/v1/bmp/compliance/{compliance_id}/category`

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.BrowserManager.READ`

## Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

- **Accept** (string, Mandatory): `application/json`

### Path Parameters

- **compliance_id** (string, Mandatory): Compliance profile ID from [List Compliance Profiles](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/compliance-list-compliance-profiles.html) response (`profileid` field)

## Sample Request

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

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response body: `application/json`

**JSON Object**

- **compliant** (string): Count of devices compliant for this category
- **noncompliant** (string): Count of devices noncompliant for this category

### HTTP Code 401

Response body: `application/json`

**JSON Object**

- **errorCode** (long): Unauthorized error code: credentials missing, expired, or invalid
- **errorMsg** (string): Authentication failure reason

### HTTP Code 403

Response body: `application/json`

**JSON Object**

- **errorCode** (long): Error code indicating insufficient permissions
- **errorMsg** (string): Message indicating insufficient privileges to access this resource

### HTTP Code 429

Response body: `application/json`

**JSON Object**

- **errorCode** (long): Rate limit error code returned when the API call reached threshold
- **errorMsg** (string): Rate limit exceeded message with retry guidance

### HTTP Code 500

Response body: `application/json`

**JSON Object**

- **error_description** (string): Message describing the server-side failure
- **error_code** (string): Internal server error code

## Possible Response Codes

- **200**: HTTP code
- **401**: HTTP code
- **403**: HTTP code
- **429**: HTTP code
- **500**: HTTP code

## Sample Responses

### HTTP 200

Category breakdown for the specified profile:

```json
{
  "Privacy": {
    "noncompliant": 20,
    "compliant": 140
  },
  "Security": {
    "noncompliant": 10,
    "compliant": 150
  }
}
```

Profile containing a single category:

```json
{
  "Threat Prevention": {
    "noncompliant": 5,
    "compliant": 180
  }
}
```

Invalid or nonexistent `compliance_id`:

```json
{}
```

### HTTP 401

Unauthorized:

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

### HTTP 403

Forbidden:

```json
{
  "errorCode": "FORBIDDEN",
  "errorMsg": "You do not have permission to access this resource"
}
```

### HTTP 429

Rate limit exceeded:

```json
{
  "errorCode": "RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
  "errorMsg": "You have exceeded the maximum number of API calls. Please try again later."
}
```

### HTTP 500

Server error:

```json
{
  "error_description": "Internal Server error, Please try again in a moment.",
  "error_code": "COM0004"
}
```

## Rate Limit

**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.