Remove a computer Deprecating soon

Removes the specified computers from Endpoint Central. The computers will no longer be managed by Endpoint Central

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This API endpoint will be permanently removed on January 2027, please migrate to the new endpoint.

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Endpoints

post /api/1.4/som/computers/removecomputer

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Request URL

https://{serverurl}/api/1.4/som/computers/removecomputer

Scope

DesktopCentralCloud.SOM.UPDATECopied!

Header

Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52

Request Parameters

- Query Parameters

resource_idstringOptional

Deprecated param not applicable

- Request Body

application/json

JSON Object

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resourceidsarrayOptional

Specify the resource IDs of the computers. You can obtain these IDs from the response of this Computers API, under the resource_id_string field.

Sample Request

Curl

Java

Python

Deluge

PowerShell

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curl --request POST \
  --url https://appdomains/api/1.4/som/computers/removecomputer \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'

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://appdomains/api/1.4/som/computers/removecomputer"))
        .header("content-type", "application/json")
        .header("Authorization", "Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52")
        .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{}"))
        .build();
    HttpResponse response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
    System.out.println(response.body());
  
  }
}

import http.client

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

payload = "{}"

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

conn.request("POST", "/api/1.4/som/computers/removecomputer", payload, headers)

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

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


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

    data=Map();

    response = invokeUrl
    [
        url: "https://appDomains/api/1.4/som/computers/removecomputer"
        type: POST
        headers: headersMap
        body: data
        connection: connection_name
    ]

    info response;

$headers=@{}
$headers.Add("content-type", "application/json")
$headers.Add("Authorization", "Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52")
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://appdomains/api/1.4/som/computers/removecomputer' -Method POST -Headers $headers -ContentType 'application/json' -Body '{}'

Sample Request Body

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  {
    "resourceids": [
      301
    ]
  }

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Response Parameters

- HTTP code 200

Response Body - application/json

JSON Object

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message_typestring

Name of the module

message_responseJSON Object

Response message containing computer's operation status

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computersJSON Object

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Statusstring

Indicates the status of the task initiated

message_versionstring

Version of the Api

statusstring

Status of the request

Possible Response Codes

200HTTP code

Request processed successfully

Sample Response: HTTP 200

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  {
    "message_type": "computers",
    "message_response": {
      "computers": {
        "Status": "Computer Removal initiated successfully"
      }
    },
    "message_version": "1.4",
    "status": "success"
  }

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Duration: 1 minute | Threshold: 120 | 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.