# Create a new compliance profile

Creates a new compliance profile with the specified rules.

## Endpoint

`POST /bsp/api/v1/bmp/compliance/profiles`

## Request URL

`https://{serverurl}/bsp/api/v1/bmp/compliance/profiles`

Server URL: [{serverurl}](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.BrowserManager.CREATE`

## Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

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

### Request Body

`application/json`

- **profile_name** (`string`, Optional): Name of the compliance profile. Maximum 50 characters.
- **profile_description** (`string`, Optional): Description of the compliance profile. Maximum 100 characters.
- **rule_ids** (`array`, Optional): Compliance rule IDs from [List All Compliance Rules](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/compliance-list-all-compliance-rules.html) response (`rule_id` field) to attach to the profile. Accepts 1 to 50 rule IDs.

## Sample Request

```curl
curl --request POST \
  --url https://appdomains/bsp/api/v1/bmp/compliance/profiles \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'
```

### Sample Request Body

Create baseline profile with rule IDs from [List All Compliance Rules](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/Compliance_listAllComplianceRules) response (`rule_id` field).

```json
{
  "profile_name": "Chrome Security Baseline",
  "rule_ids": [
    351,
    357,
    362,
    367
  ],
  "profile_description": "Baseline compliance for Chrome browsers"
}
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response body: `application/json`

- **profile_collection_status** (`string`): Collection status of the profile. 1 indicates active.
- **profile_type** (`string`): Profile type code. 64500=Custom.
- **last_modified_by** (`string`): User ID of the last modifier.
- **profile_description** (`string`): Description of the compliance profile.
- **created_by** (`string`): User ID of the profile creator.
- **collection_id** (`string`): Collection ID associated with this profile version.
- **profile_name** (`string`): Name of the compliance profile.
- **rule_ids** (`array`): Compliance rule IDs from [List All Compliance Rules](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/compliance-list-all-compliance-rules.html) response (`rule_id` field) attached to this profile.
- **user_id** (`string`): ID of the user who performed the operation.
- **profile_id** (`string`): Unique identifier of the compliance profile.
- **scope** (`string`): Scope of the profile. 0 indicates organization-wide.
- **customer_id** (`string`): Customer ID associated with this profile.
- **compliance_id** (`string`): Internal compliance ID associated with this profile.
- **security_type** (`string`): Security type indicator. -1 indicates default.

### HTTP Code 400

Response body: `application/json`

- **errorCode** (`string`): Error code indicating a required parameter is missing or invalid.
- **errorMsg** (`string`): Message specifying which parameter failed validation.
- **url** (`string`): Request URL that triggered the error.

### HTTP Code 401

Response body: `application/json`

- **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`

- **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`

- **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`

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

## Sample Responses

### HTTP 200

Profile created.

```json
{
  "profile_collection_status": "1",
  "profile_type": "64500",
  "last_modified_by": "1",
  "profile_description": "Baseline compliance for Chrome browsers",
  "created_by": "1",
  "collection_id": "222",
  "profile_name": "Chrome Security Baseline",
  "rule_ids": [
    351,
    357,
    362,
    367
  ],
  "user_id": "1",
  "profile_id": "111",
  "scope": "0",
  "customer_id": "1",
  "compliance_id": "301",
  "security_type": "-1"
}
```

### HTTP 400

Invalid request body.

```json
{
  "errorCode": "IAM0021",
  "url": "/bsp/api/v1/bmp/compliance/profiles",
  "errorMsg": "The number of times the parameter profile_name used is below the minimum requirement."
}
```

### 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 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.