# Get a browser's plugin count

Retrieves the number of plugins installed in a browser across managed devices.

## Endpoint

`GET /bsp/api/v1/bmp/browsers/{browser_id}/plugins`

## Request URL

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

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.BrowserManager.READ`

## Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

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

### Path Parameters

- **browser_id** `string` — Mandatory
  - Browser type ID from [List Browsers](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/inventory-list-browsers.html) response (`browser_type` field)

### Query Parameters

- **type** `string` — Optional
  - Plugin filter type. Example: 'all', 'signed', 'unsigned'

## Sample Request

```curl
curl --request GET \
  --url https://appdomains/bsp/api/v1/bmp/browsers/{browser_id}/plugins \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response body: `application/json`

- `JSON Object`
  - **browsers** `JSON Object`
    - Plugin count for the specified browser

### 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`
  - **error_description** `string`
    - Message describing the server-side failure
  - **error_code** `string`
    - Internal server error code

## Sample Response: HTTP 200

### Plugin count

```json
{
  "browsers": {
    "plugin_count": 15
  }
}
```

### No plugins

```json
{
  "browsers": {
    "plugin_count": 0
  }
}
```

### Invalid browser ID

```json
{
  "browsers": {
    "plugin_count": "0"
  }
}
```

## Sample Response: HTTP 401

### Unauthorized

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

## Sample Response: HTTP 403

### Forbidden

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

## Sample Response: HTTP 429

### Rate limit exceeded

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

## Sample Response: HTTP 500

### Server error

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

## Rate Limits

**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.