# Update a configuration profile

Updates a configuration profile's metadata, such as its name, description, platform, and applicable browsers.

## Endpoint

`PUT /bsp/api/v1/bmp/profiles/{profile_id}`

## Request

### Request URL

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

### Scope

`BrowserManager.UPDATE`

### Header

`Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

### Request Parameters

#### Request Headers

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

#### Path Parameters

- **profile_id** `string` — **Mandatory**

  Retrieve the configuration profile ID from the profileid key in the response returned by [List Configuration Profiles](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/onpremise/profiles-list-profiles.html)

#### Request Body

JSON body with updated profile metadata such as name and description

`application/json`

`JSON Object`

Request body for modifying profile metadata

- **profile_name** `string` — Optional

  Updated name. Max 50 chars

- **profile_description** `string` — Optional

  Updated description. Max 100 chars

### Sample Request

```curl
curl --request PUT \
  --url https://appdomain/bsp/api/v1/bmp/profiles/{profile_id} \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization:  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"profile_name":"Updated Policy Name","profile_description":"Updated description"}'
```

### Sample Request Body

Update profile name and description

```json
{
  "profile_name": "Updated Policy Name",
  "profile_description": "Updated description"
}
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 204

Response Body — `application/json`

`JSON Object`

### 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`

Resource not found error

- **errormsg** `string`

  Not found error message

### 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 response for profile operations

- **error_description** `string`

  Error message describing the server failure

- **error_code** `string`

  Error code for internal server errors

## Possible Response Codes

- **204** `HTTP code`

  Returns 204 No Content on success.

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

## Sample Responses

### HTTP 204

```text
204 Returns 204 No Content on success.
```

### HTTP 401

API key is missing or invalid

```json
{
  "errorCode": "IAM0001",
  "errorMsg": "Authentication key is invalid. Please regenerate the key and try again."
}
```

### HTTP 403

Forbidden

```json
{
  "errorCode": "FORBIDDEN",
  "errorMsg": "User does not have permission to perform this operation"
}
```

### HTTP 404

Profile to modify does not exist

```json
{
  "errormsg": "Profile not found"
}
```

### HTTP 429

Rate limit exceeded

```json
{
  "errorCode": "RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED",
  "errorMsg": "Too many requests. Please try again after 5 minutes"
}
```

### 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.