# Retrieve a filtered list of browser plugins

Fetches a list of browser plugins detected on your managed devices. REQUIRED: Plugin filter type parameter must be one of:

- `recents` - Returns recently discovered plugins
- `dangerous` - Returns obsolete/untrusted plugins
- `recentlyUsedPlugins` - Returns recently used plugins

## Endpoint

`GET /bsp/api/v1/bmp/plugins`

## Request URL

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

### Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.BrowserManager.READ`

### Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

### Request Parameters

#### Request Headers

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

#### Query Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| type | string | Mandatory | Plugin filter type (required). Example: `'recents'`, `'dangerous'`, `'recentlyUsedPlugins'` |

### Sample Request

```curl
curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://appdomains/bsp/api/v1/bmp/plugins?type=SOME_STRING_VALUE' \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response Body: `application/json`

**JSON Object**

List of recently detected or recently used browser plugins.

| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| recent_plugins | JSON Array | Plugin details with endpoint install counts |

### HTTP Code 204

Response Body: `application/json`

**JSON Object**

### HTTP Code 400

Response Body: `application/json`

**JSON Object**

Bad request error when range parameter exceeds maximum allowed value.

| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| errorCode | string | Error code indicating a query parameter value is out of the allowed range |
| errorMsg | string | Message describing which parameter exceeded the allowed range |
| url | string | The request URL that triggered the error |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

### HTTP Code 500

Response Body: `application/json`

**JSON Object**

Internal server error for plugin API endpoints.

| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| error_description | string | Message describing the internal server error |
| error_code | string | Error code identifying the type of server error |

## Sample Responses

### HTTP 200

#### Recent plugins (type=recents)

```json
{
  "recent_plugins": [
    {
      "plugin_id": 101,
      "cls_id": "{D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000}",
      "name": "Adobe Flash Player",
      "type": "NPAPI",
      "resource_count": 24
    }
  ]
}
```

#### Dangerous plugins (type=dangerous)

```json
{
  "obselete_plugins": [
    {
      "untrusted_count": 15,
      "plugin_id": 104,
      "cls_id": "{CAFEEFAC-0016-0000-FFFF-ABCDEFFEDCBA}",
      "name": "Java Deployment Toolkit",
      "type": "ActiveX"
    }
  ]
}
```

#### Recently used plugins (type=recentlyUsedPlugins)

```json
{
  "recent_plugins": [
    {
      "plugin_id": 105,
      "cls_id": "{89820200-ECBD-11CF-8B85-00AA005B4383}",
      "name": "Silverlight Plug-In",
      "type": "PPAPI",
      "resource_count": 9
    }
  ]
}
```

### HTTP 204

```json
204 Returned when the type query parameter is missing.
```

### HTTP 400

#### Range exceeded

```json
{
  "errorCode": "ARRAY_SIZE_OUT_OF_RANGE",
  "url": "/bsp/api/v1/bmp/plugins",
  "errorMsg": "Range limit exceeded. Maximum allowed: 1000"
}
```

### HTTP 401

#### Unauthorized

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

### HTTP 403

#### Insufficient permissions

```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

**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.