# Retrieve detailed information about a specific extension

Retrieves detailed information about a specific extension including permissions, metadata, install source, homepage URL, update URL, and extension type.

## Endpoint

`GET /bsp/api/v1/bmp/extensions/{extension_id}/details`

## Request

### Request URL

`https://{server-hostname}:8383/bsp/api/v1/bmp/extensions/{extension_id}/details`

### Scope

`BrowserManager.READ`

### Header

`Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

### Request Parameters

#### Request Headers

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

#### Path Parameters

- **extension_id** `string` — **Mandatory**
  - Extension Profile ID from [List Extensions](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/onpremise/extension-management-add-extension.html) response (`extension_id` field)

### Sample Request

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

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response Body — `application/json`

`JSON Object`

Detailed extension information.

- **installsource** `string`
  - Numeric install source code
- **browser_type** `string`
  - Browser type as string
- **img_file** `string`
  - Extension icon/logo filename
- **description** `string`
  - Extension description
- **extn_type** `string`
  - Extension source type
- **shortname** `string`
  - Short identifier name
- **version** `string`
  - Extension version string
- **extensionname** `string`
  - Extension name
- **homepageurl** `string`
  - Extension homepage URL
- **crx_path** `string`
  - Path to the CRX extension package
- **permissions** `array`
  - All permission names
- **updateurl** `string`
  - Extension update check URL
- **id** `string`
  - Webstore or internal extension ID
- **extension_logo_id** `string`
  - Logo asset identifier
- **allowed_permissions** `array`
  - Allowed permission names

### 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`

Internal server error during extension operations.

- **error_description** `string`
  - Error message describing the server failure
- **error_code** `string`
  - Error code for internal server errors

## Possible Response Codes

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

## Sample Responses

### HTTP 200

#### Extension details

```json
{
  "installsource": "1",
  "browser_type": "9",
  "img_file": "NormalState-48.png",
  "description": "Now everyone on the team can own quality. Capture findings, create issues, and collaborate with the team, directly from the browser.",
  "extn_type": "web_store",
  "shortname": "XT, exploratory tesing, feedback, TF",
  "version": "1.0.271.1",
  "extensionname": "Test  Feedback",
  "homepageurl": "https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms.vss-exploratorytesting-web",
  "crx_path": "..\\webapps\\DesktopCentral\\bsp\\client-data\\1\\ManagedExtensions\\6",
  "permissions": [
    "Active tab",
    "Clipboard read",
    "Tabs",
    "Storage",
    "Desktop capture",
    "Unlimited storage",
    "CPU metadata",
    "Memory metadata",
    "Display metadata",
    "Web navigation",
    "Background",
    "Tab capture",
    "Alarms"
  ],
  "updateurl": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx",
  "id": "gnldpbnocfnlkkicnaplmkaphfdnlplb",
  "extension_logo_id": "606",
  "allowed_permissions": []
}
```

#### Invalid extension ID

```json
{}
```

### 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 Limiting

![](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.