# Retrieve a filtered list of browser plugins

Fetches a list of browser plugins detected on your managed devices. REQUIRED: Plugin filter type parameter must be one of:

- `recents` - Returns recently discovered plugins
- `dangerous` - Returns obsolete/untrusted plugins
- `recentlyUsedPlugins` - Returns recently used plugins

## Endpoints

`GET /bsp/api/v1/bmp/plugins`

## Request URL

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

### Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.BrowserManager.READ`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

### Request Parameters

#### Request Headers

- **Accept** `string` **Mandatory**: `application/json`

#### Query Parameters

- **type** `string` **Mandatory**: Plugin filter type (required). Example: `'recents'`, `'dangerous'`, `'recentlyUsedPlugins'`

### Sample Request

```curl
curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://appdomains/bsp/api/v1/bmp/plugins?type=SOME_STRING_VALUE' \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON Object`

List of recently detected or recently used browser plugins

- **recent_plugins** `JSON Array`: Plugin details with endpoint install counts

### HTTP Code 204

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON Object`

### HTTP Code 400

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON Object`

Bad request error when range parameter exceeds maximum allowed value

- **errorCode** `string`: Error code indicating a query parameter value is out of the allowed range
- **errorMsg** `string`: Message describing which parameter exceeded the allowed range
- **url** `string`: The request URL that triggered the error

### 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 for plugin API endpoints

- **error_description** `string`: Message describing the internal server error
- **error_code** `string`: Error code identifying the type of server error

## Possible Response Codes

- **200** `HTTP code`
- **204** `HTTP code`: Returned when the type query parameter is missing.
- **400** `HTTP code`
- **401** `HTTP code`
- **403** `HTTP code`
- **429** `HTTP code`
- **500** `HTTP code`

## Sample Responses

### HTTP 200

#### Recent plugins (`type=recents`)

```json
{
  "recent_plugins": [
    {
      "plugin_id": 101,
      "cls_id": "{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000}",
      "name": "Adobe Flash Player",
      "type": "NPAPI",
      "resource_count": 24
    }
  ]
}
```

#### Dangerous plugins (`type=dangerous`)

```json
{
  "obselete_plugins": [
    {
      "untrusted_count": 15,
      "plugin_id": 104,
      "cls_id": "{CAFEEFAC-0016-0000-FFFF-ABCDEFFEDCBA}",
      "name": "Java Deployment Toolkit",
      "type": "ActiveX"
    }
  ]
}
```

#### Recently used plugins (`type=recentlyUsedPlugins`)

```json
{
  "recent_plugins": [
    {
      "plugin_id": 105,
      "cls_id": "{89820200-ECBD-11CF-8B85-00AA005B4383}",
      "name": "Silverlight Plug-In",
      "type": "PPAPI",
      "resource_count": 9
    }
  ]
}
```

### HTTP 204

```json
204 Returned when the type query parameter is missing.
```

### HTTP 400

#### Range exceeded

```json
{
  "errorCode": "ARRAY_SIZE_OUT_OF_RANGE",
  "url": "/bsp/api/v1/bmp/plugins",
  "errorMsg": "Range limit exceeded. Maximum allowed: 1000"
}
```

### HTTP 401

#### Unauthorized

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

### HTTP 403

#### Insufficient permissions

```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"
}
```

## API 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.