# Send a command to devices

Sends a command to the specified devices to trigger an inventory scan or retry a failed policy deployment.

## Endpoint

`POST /bsp/api/v1/bmp/devices/notify`

## Request URL

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

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.BrowserManager.CREATE`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

| Parameter | Type | Required | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accept | string | Mandatory | application/json |
| Content-Type | string | Mandatory | application/json |

### Request Body

`application/json`

**JSON Object**

Request body for sending notification commands to devices.

| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| resource_ids | array | Optional | Device resource ID from [List Devices](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/inventory-list-devices.html) response (`device_id` field) |
| command | string | Optional | Notification command: `scan` or `retryPolicyDeployment` |

### Sample Request

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

### Sample Request Body

#### Scan notification

```json
{
  "resource_ids": [
    100,
    101
  ],
  "command": "scan"
}
```

#### Retry deployment

```json
{
  "resource_ids": [
    104
  ],
  "command": "retryPolicyDeployment"
}
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 204

Response body: `application/json`

**JSON Object**

### Sample Response: HTTP 204

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

### HTTP Code 401

Response body: `application/json`

**JSON Object**

| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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**

| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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**

| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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**

Internal server error during device operations.

| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 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.