# Get Health Policy Settings

Retrieves the system health policy configuration that defines patch compliance thresholds.

## Endpoint

[GET /dcapi/patch/settings/healthPolicy](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/patch-get-health-policy.html)

## Request

### Request URL

https://[{serverurl}](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)/dcapi/patch/settings/healthPolicy

### Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.PatchMgmt.READ`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

### Sample Request

```curl
curl --request GET \
  --url https://appdomains/dcapi/patch/settings/healthPolicy \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

#### Response Body — application/json

JSON Object

- **healthyThreshold** `string`
  - Maximum number of missing patches for a system to be considered healthy
- **vulnerableThreshold** `string`
  - Missing patch count above which system is considered vulnerable
- **highlyVulnerableThreshold** `string`
  - Missing patch count above which system is considered highly vulnerable
- **criticalPatchWeight** `string`
  - Weight multiplier for critical severity patches in health calculation
- **importantPatchWeight** `string`
  - Weight multiplier for important severity patches
- **moderatePatchWeight** `string`
  - Weight multiplier for moderate severity patches
- **lowPatchWeight** `string`
  - Weight multiplier for low severity patches

## Possible Response Codes

- **200** — HTTP code

## Sample Response: HTTP 200

Default health policy settings

```json
{
  "highlyVulnerableThreshold": 10,
  "vulnerableThreshold": 5,
  "importantPatchWeight": 3,
  "moderatePatchWeight": 1,
  "lowPatchWeight": 0,
  "healthyThreshold": 0,
  "criticalPatchWeight": 5
}
```

## Rate Limit

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**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.