# Send a command to devices

Sends a command to the specified devices to trigger an inventory scan or retry a failed policy deployment.

## Endpoint

`POST /bsp/api/v1/bmp/devices/notify`

## Request

### Request URL

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

### Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.BrowserManager.CREATE`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

### Request Parameters

#### Request Headers

- **Accept** `string` — Mandatory: `application/json`
- **Content-Type** `string` — Mandatory: `application/json`

#### Request Body

`application/json`

`JSON Object`

Request body for sending notification commands to devices.

- **resource_ids** `array` — Optional  
  Device resource ID from [List Devices](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/inventory-list-devices.html) response (`device_id` field).
- **command** `string` — Optional  
  Notification command: `scan` or `retryPolicyDeployment`

### Sample Request

```curl
curl --request POST \
  --url https://appdomains/bsp/api/v1/bmp/devices/notify \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'
```

### Sample Request Body

#### Scan notification

```json
{
  "resource_ids": [
    100,
    101
  ],
  "command": "scan"
}
```

#### Retry deployment

```json
{
  "resource_ids": [
    104
  ],
  "command": "retryPolicyDeployment"
}
```

## Response

### Response Parameters

#### HTTP code 204

Response Body — `application/json`

`JSON Object`

#### 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`

Internal server error during device operations.

- **error_description** `string`  
  Message describing the server-side failure.
- **error_code** `string`  
  Internal server error code.

### Possible Response Codes

- **204** `HTTP code` — Returns 204 No Content on success.
- **401** `HTTP code`
- **403** `HTTP code`
- **429** `HTTP code`
- **500** `HTTP code`

### Sample Response: HTTP 204

```text
204 Returns 204 No Content on success. .
```

### Sample Response: HTTP 401

#### Unauthorized

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

### Sample Response: HTTP 403

#### Forbidden

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

### Sample Response: HTTP 429

#### Rate limit exceeded

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

### Sample Response: HTTP 500

#### Server error

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

## Rate Limits

![](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.