# Retrieve command history for a managed device

gets the command history for the device

## Endpoints

`GET /api/v1/mdm/devices/{device_id}/commandhistory`

## Request URL

```text
https://{server-hostname}:8383/api/v1/mdm/devices/{device_id}/commandhistory
```

## Scope

```text
MDMInventory.READ
```

## Header

```text
Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52
```

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

- **Accept** (`string`, Mandatory): `application/json`

### Path Parameters

- **device_id** (`string`, Mandatory): Unique identifier of the device. Obtain from the [Get Device List](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/onpremise/devices-get-device-list.html) response

### Query Parameters

- **limit** (`integer`, Optional): Maximum number of records to return in a single response. Used together with offset for pagination
- **skip-token** (`string`, Optional): Pagination continuation token returned by a previous response. Pass it to fetch the next page of results
- **offset** (`integer`, Optional): Zero-based index of the first record to return. Used together with limit for pagination
- **delta-token** (`string`, Optional): Token used for delta/incremental fetches. Pass the token returned from a previous response to retrieve only items modified since that point
- **days** (`integer`, Optional): Number of days to look back from the current time when filtering results
- **start_time** (`string`, Optional): Start of the time range to filter by (epoch milliseconds, inclusive)
- **end_time** (`string`, Optional): End of the time range to filter by (epoch milliseconds, inclusive)

## Sample Request

### Curl

```curl
curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://appdomain/api/v1/mdm/devices/{device_id}/commandhistory?limit=SOME_INTEGER_VALUE&skip-token=SOME_STRING_VALUE&offset=SOME_INTEGER_VALUE&delta-token=SOME_STRING_VALUE&days=SOME_INTEGER_VALUE&start_time=SOME_STRING_VALUE&end_time=SOME_STRING_VALUE' \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization:  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **metadata** (`JSON Object`): Metadata about the result set
  - **paging** (`JSON Object`): Pagination links for navigating results
  - **delta-token** (`string`): Delta token for incremental queries
  - **commands** (`JSON Array`): Array of commands sent to the device

## Possible Response Codes

- **200** (`HTTP code`)

## Sample Response: HTTP 200

Paginated command history with lifecycle details

```json
{
  "metadata": {
    "total_record_count": 4
  },
  "delta-token": "aHR0cDovL2xvY2FsaG9zdDo5MDIwL2FwaS92MS9tZG0vcHJvZmlsZXMvc2NlcHNldHRpbmdzOjoxNTQyOTU0OTEzOTI0",
  "paging": {
    "next": "https://appDomain/api/v1/mdm/devices/9007199254741001/commandhistory?skip-token=MjozOjE6MTU0Mjk1NDkxMzkxOA%3D%3D",
    "previous": "https://appDomain/api/v1/mdm/devices/9007199254741001/commandhistory?skip-token=Aexzsjk6nkL1psqmWdKigzGxOA%3D%3D"
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "command_status": 2,
      "managed_status": 2,
      "command_id": 9007199254741304,
      "added_time": "1523370360750",
      "device_id": "9007199254741001",
      "added_by": 9007199254740996,
      "command_history_id": 9007199254740996,
      "command_life": [
        {
          "updated_time": 1560141503246,
          "status_description": "Command Success",
          "command_id": 9007199254741304,
          "status_code": 2,
          "added_by": 9007199254740996,
          "command_name": "AssetScan",
          "added_by_name": "admin",
          "remarks": "--"
        }
      ],
      "remarks_args": null,
      "command_name": "AssetScan",
      "added_by_name": "admin",
      "remarks": "--"
    }
  ]
}
```

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**Duration:** 1 minute | **Threshold:** 250 | **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.