# Retrieve summary details for a specific group

Fetches summary details of a computer group including name, type, creator, last modified time, and counts. Supports static and dynamic groups.

## Endpoint

`GET /bsp/api/v1/bmp/groups/{group_id}/summary`

## Request

### Request URL

`https://{server-hostname}:8383/bsp/api/v1/bmp/groups/{group_id}/summary`

### Scope

`BrowserManager.READ`

### Header

`Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

### Request Parameters

#### Request Headers

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

#### Path Parameters

- **group_id** (string, Mandatory): Computer group ID from [List Computer Groups](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/onpremise/custom-groups-get-cglist.html) response (`group_id` field).

### Sample Request

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

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

#### Response Body — application/json

**JSON Object**

Top-level response containing the group summary.

- **group_summary** (JSON Object): Object containing the summary details of the requested group.

### 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 404

#### Response Body — application/json

**JSON Object**

Returned when the specified group is not found.

- **error_description** (string): Error message indicating the specified group does not exist.

### 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**

Returned when an unexpected server error occurs.

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

## Sample Responses

### HTTP 200

#### Static group with profiles and extensions assigned

```json
{
  "group_summary": {
    "modified_time": "Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:30:00 AM",
    "group_name": "Marketing Browsers",
    "group_type": "1",
    "profile_count": "3",
    "created_by": "admin",
    "device_count": "25",
    "extension_distributed_count": "2"
  }
}
```

#### Static group with no profiles or extensions yet

```json
{
  "group_summary": {
    "modified_time": "Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:28:11 PM",
    "group_name": "stati",
    "group_type": "1",
    "created_by": "admin",
    "device_count": "1"
  }
}
```

#### Dynamic group with device_count as 'NA'

```json
{
  "group_summary": {
    "modified_time": "Mon, 10 Mar 2026 02:15:00 PM",
    "group_name": "Dynamic Group 1",
    "group_type": "7",
    "profile_count": "5",
    "created_by": "admin",
    "device_count": "NA",
    "extension_distributed_count": "1"
  }
}
```

### 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 404

#### Group not found

```json
{
  "error_description": "Group ID not found"
}
```

### 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.