# Get compliance status grouped by category (default profile)

Returns compliant and non-compliant device counts grouped by rule category.

## Endpoint

`GET /bsp/api/v1/bmp/compliance/category`

## Request URL

`https://[{serverurl}](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)/bsp/api/v1/bmp/compliance/category`

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.BrowserManager.READ`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

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

### Sample Request

```curl
curl --request GET \
  --url https://appdomains/bsp/api/v1/bmp/compliance/category \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **compliant** `string`: Count of devices compliant for this category
  - **noncompliant** `string`: Count of devices noncompliant for this category

#### Sample Response: HTTP 200

Category breakdown for the default profile

```json
{
  "Privacy": {
    "noncompliant": 20,
    "compliant": 140
  },
  "Security": {
    "noncompliant": 10,
    "compliant": 150
  }
}
```

### 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

#### Sample Response: HTTP 401

Unauthorized

```json
{
  "errorCode": "UNAUTHORIZED",
  "errorMsg": "You are not authorized to perform this action"
}
```

### 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

#### Sample Response: HTTP 403

Forbidden

```json
{
  "errorCode": "FORBIDDEN",
  "errorMsg": "You do not have permission 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

#### Sample Response: 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 Code 500

Response Body — `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **error_description** `string`: Message describing the server-side failure
  - **error_code** `string`: Internal server error code

#### Sample Response: HTTP 500

Server error

```json
{
  "error_description": "Internal Server error, Please try again in a moment.",
  "error_code": "COM0004"
}
```

## Rate Limit

![](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.