# Get compliance status grouped by category for a specific profile

Returns compliant and non-compliant device counts grouped by rule category for the specified compliance profile.

## Endpoint

`GET /bsp/api/v1/bmp/compliance/{compliance_id}/category`

## Request URL

`https://{server-hostname}:8383/bsp/api/v1/bmp/compliance/{compliance_id}/category`

## Scope

`BrowserManager.READ`

## Header

`Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

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

### Path Parameters

- **compliance_id** `string` **Mandatory**: Compliance profile ID from [List Compliance Profiles](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/onpremise/compliance-list-compliance-profiles.html) response (`profileid` field)

## Sample Request

```curl
curl --request GET \
  --url https://appdomain/bsp/api/v1/bmp/compliance/{compliance_id}/category \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization:  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP code 200

Response Body — `application/json`

`JSON Object`

- **compliant** `string`: Count of devices compliant for this category
- **noncompliant** `string`: Count of devices noncompliant for this category

### HTTP code 401

Response Body — `application/json`

`JSON Object`

- **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`

`JSON Object`

- **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`

`JSON Object`

- **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`

`JSON Object`

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

## Possible Response Codes

- **200** HTTP code
- **401** HTTP code
- **403** HTTP code
- **429** HTTP code
- **500** HTTP code

## Sample Response: HTTP 200

Category breakdown for the specified profile

```json
{
  "Privacy": {
    "noncompliant": 20,
    "compliant": 140
  },
  "Security": {
    "noncompliant": 10,
    "compliant": 150
  }
}
```

Profile containing a single category

```json
{
  "Threat Prevention": {
    "noncompliant": 5,
    "compliant": 180
  }
}
```

Invalid or nonexistent `compliance_id`

```json
{}
```

## 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.