# Create a new compliance profile

Creates a new compliance profile with the specified rules.

## Endpoint

**POST** `/bsp/api/v1/bmp/compliance/profiles`

## Request URL

```text
https://{server-hostname}:8383/bsp/api/v1/bmp/compliance/profiles
```

## Scope

```text
BrowserManager.CREATE
```

## Header

```text
Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52
```

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

| Parameter | Type | Required | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content-Type | string | Mandatory | application/json |
| Accept | string | Mandatory | application/json |

### Request Body

`application/json`

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| profile_name | string | Optional | Name of the compliance profile. Maximum 50 characters. |
| profile_description | string | Optional | Description of the compliance profile. Maximum 100 characters. |
| rule_ids | array | Optional | Compliance rule IDs from [List All Compliance Rules](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/onpremise/compliance-list-all-compliance-rules.html) response (`rule_id` field) to attach to the profile. Accepts 1 to 50 rule IDs. |

## Sample Request

```curl
curl --request POST \
  --url https://appdomain/bsp/api/v1/bmp/compliance/profiles \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization:  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"profile_name":"Chrome Security Baseline","rule_ids":[351,357,362,367],"profile_description":"Baseline compliance for Chrome browsers"}'
```

## Sample Request Body

Create baseline profile with rule IDs from [List All Compliance Rules](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/onpremise/Compliance_listAllComplianceRules) response (`rule_id` field).

```json
{
  "profile_name": "Chrome Security Baseline",
  "rule_ids": [
    351,
    357,
    362,
    367
  ],
  "profile_description": "Baseline compliance for Chrome browsers"
}
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response Body — `application/json`

| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| profile_collection_status | string | Collection status of the profile. 1 indicates active |
| profile_type | string | Profile type code. 64500=Custom |
| last_modified_by | string | User ID of the last modifier |
| profile_description | string | Description of the compliance profile |
| created_by | string | User ID of the profile creator |
| collection_id | string | Collection ID associated with this profile version |
| profile_name | string | Name of the compliance profile |
| rule_ids | array | Compliance rule IDs from [List All Compliance Rules](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/onpremise/compliance-list-all-compliance-rules.html) response (`rule_id` field) attached to this profile |
| user_id | string | ID of the user who performed the operation |
| profile_id | string | Unique identifier of the compliance profile |
| scope | string | Scope of the profile. 0 indicates organization-wide |
| customer_id | string | Customer ID associated with this profile |
| compliance_id | string | Internal compliance ID associated with this profile |
| security_type | string | Security type indicator. -1 indicates default |

### HTTP Code 400

Response Body — `application/json`

| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| errorCode | string | Error code indicating a required parameter is missing or invalid |
| errorMsg | string | Message specifying which parameter failed validation |
| url | string | Request URL that triggered the error |

### HTTP Code 401

Response Body — `application/json`

| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| errorCode | long | Unauthorized error code returned when authentication credentials are missing, expired, or invalid (authentication=required) |
| errorMsg | string | Authentication failure reason |

### HTTP Code 403

Response Body — `application/json`

| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| errorCode | long | Forbidden error code returned when the authenticated user does not have the required uem-roles (e.g., DataEncryption_Admin or DataEncryptionRecoveryKey_Admin) |
| errorMsg | string | Message indicating insufficient privileges to access this resource |

### HTTP Code 429

Response Body — `application/json`

| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| errorCode | long | Rate limit error code returned when the API call threshold (configured via threshold/duration in security XML) is exceeded; client is locked out for lock-period minutes |
| errorMsg | string | Rate limit exceeded message with retry guidance |

### HTTP Code 500

Response Body — `application/json`

| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| error_description | string | Message describing the server-side failure |
| error_code | string | Internal server error code |

## Possible Response Codes

- `200` HTTP code
- `400` HTTP code
- `401` HTTP code
- `403` HTTP code
- `429` HTTP code
- `500` HTTP code

## Sample Responses

### HTTP 200

Profile created.

```json
{
  "profile_collection_status": "1",
  "profile_type": "64500",
  "last_modified_by": "1",
  "profile_description": "Baseline compliance for Chrome browsers",
  "created_by": "1",
  "collection_id": "222",
  "profile_name": "Chrome Security Baseline",
  "rule_ids": [
    351,
    357,
    362,
    367
  ],
  "user_id": "1",
  "profile_id": "111",
  "scope": "0",
  "customer_id": "1",
  "compliance_id": "301",
  "security_type": "-1"
}
```

### HTTP 400

Invalid request body.

```json
{
  "errorCode": "IAM0021",
  "url": "/bsp/api/v1/bmp/compliance/profiles",
  "errorMsg": "The number of times the parameter profile_name used is below the minimum requirement."
}
```

### 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 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.