API version	3.1
Last Update	07/16/2019
Authentication	YES
HTTP Method	POST
Content Type	application/json
Rate limited	YES
Requests per rate limit	10/min
Response Format	JSON
Change History	07/16/2019: updated agent version which supports fetch_log command 01/22/2019: add one more action type, fetch_agent_log, to support retrieve OPSWAT Client log

Use to do an action on multiple devices on your account

API URL

https://gears.opswat.com/o/api/v3.1/devices/action

Request Parameters

Key	Datatype	Parameter Type	Required	Description	Default
access_token	string	URL	Yes	access token which archived from OAuth authentication step
types	string	Body	Yes	Action Type: exempt: exempt devices. Apply: all devices exclude Unknown, Ignored, Out-of-license-usage devices unexempt: unexempt devices Apply: all devices exclude Unknown, Ignored, Out-of-license-usage devices ignore: ignore unknown devices Apply: unknown devices unignore: undo ignore action. Apply: ignored devices delete: delete devices Apply: all devices dhcprenew: force agents call a DHCP request Apply: devices which installed a persistent agent re-identify: force agents to request end-users re-enter their custom information Apply: all devices exclude Unknown, Ignored, Out-of-license-usage devices assign_to_group: assign devices to a group Apply: all devices exclude devices with domain controller agent installed fetch_agent_log : retrieve OPSWAT Client log on devices Apply: devices which installed a persistent agent version 7.6.231.0+/ 10.4.225.0+
ids	array<string>	Body	Optional	Device IDs of devices to be applied the action. The request body must have ids parameter or macs parameter, but not both.
macs	array<string>	Body	Optional	MAC addresses of devices to be applied the action The request body must have ids parameter or macs parameter, but not both.
params	object	Body	Optional	Required parameters for a specific action.
params.exempt_time	int	Body	Optional	Specify how long you want to exempt devices in hour. Value should be less than 65000 if this parameter equals 0, MetaAccess will exempt devices forever	0
params.group_id	string	Body	Optional	Specify which group (group id) you want to assign devices to This parameter should be specified when action type is assign_to_group	default

Response HTTP Code

See 1.2. OAuth APIs

Response Parameters

Key	DataType	Description
id	string	Device ID or MAC address of a device
status	integer	action status. Value can be -1: not support 0: apply action failed 1: apply action successfully
command_id	string	Only apply for fetch_agent_log action Command ID of the action. This will be used in Get Report v3.0+. This parameter will be empty if the action is failed/not supported (status is 01/0) or the action type is not fetch_agent_log

Example

Example Request: using Device ID

https://gears.opswat.com/o/api/v3.1/devices/action?access_token=TEST7P9ZMJ2LBF8AMOMJLFNPMMLO953AVQ4C9YFF52R61234
{
    "types" : "exempt",
    "ids" : ["device123","device456", "device789"],
    "params" : { 
        "exempt_time": 60
    }
}

Example Response

[	
	{
		"id": "device123",
		"status": 1,
		"command_id": ""
	},
	{
		"id": "device456",
		"status": 0,
		"command_id": ""
	},
	{
		"id": "device789",
		"status": -1,
		"command_id": ""
	}
]

Example Request: using Device MAC address

https://gears.opswat.com/o/api/v3.1/devices/action?access_token=TEST7P9ZMJ2LBF8AMOMJLFNPMMLO953AVQ4C9YFF52R61234
{
    "types" : "fetch_agent_log",
    "ids" : ["1A:2A:3A:4A:5A:6A","1B:2B:3B:4B:5B:6B", "1C:2C:3C:4C:5C:6C"],
    "params" : { 
        "exempt_time": 60
    }
}