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Get Device Group Information

get

/rest/{versionId}/inventory/deviceMgmt/deviceGroups/{groupId}

Use this (GET) method to retrieve information about a specific device group.

Request

Path Parameters

• groupId: string
• versionId: string

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Response

Supported Media Types

• application/xml
• application/json

200 Response

successful operation

Body ()

Root Schema : deviceGroup

Type: object

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• fullName(optional): string
• id(optional): string
• isHidden(optional): string
• name(optional): string
• parameters(optional): array parameters
• parentGroupFullName(optional): string
• parentGroupId(optional): string
• type(optional): string

{
    "properties":{
        "fullName":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "id":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "isHidden":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "name":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "parameters":{
            "items":{
                "$ref":"#/definitions/RestParameter",
                "xml":{
                    "name":"parameter"
                }
            },
            "type":"array",
            "xml":{
                "wrapped":true
            }
        },
        "parentGroupFullName":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "parentGroupId":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "type":{
            "type":"string"
        }
    },
    "type":"object",
    "xml":{
        "name":"deviceGroup"
    }
}

Nested Schema : parameters

Type: array

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• Array of: object parameter

{
    "items":{
        "$ref":"#/definitions/RestParameter",
        "xml":{
            "name":"parameter"
        }
    },
    "type":"array",
    "xml":{
        "wrapped":true
    }
}

Nested Schema : parameter

Type: object

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• description(optional): string
• label(optional): string
• maxValue(optional): integer(int64)
• minValue(optional): integer(int64)
• name(optional): string
• readOnly(optional): boolean
• validValues(optional): array validValues
• value(optional): string
• valueList(optional): array validLists
• valueType(optional): string

{
    "properties":{
        "description":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "label":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "maxValue":{
            "format":"int64",
            "type":"integer"
        },
        "minValue":{
            "format":"int64",
            "type":"integer"
        },
        "name":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "readOnly":{
            "type":"boolean"
        },
        "validValues":{
            "items":{
                "type":"string",
                "xml":{
                    "name":"validValue"
                }
            },
            "type":"array",
            "xml":{
                "wrapped":true
            }
        },
        "value":{
            "type":"string"
        },
        "valueList":{
            "items":{
                "type":"string",
                "xml":{
                    "name":"valueList"
                }
            },
            "type":"array",
            "xml":{
                "name":"validLists",
                "wrapped":true
            }
        },
        "valueType":{
            "type":"string"
        }
    },
    "type":"object",
    "xml":{
        "name":"parameter"
    }
}

Nested Schema : validValues

Type: array

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• Array of: string

{
    "items":{
        "type":"string",
        "xml":{
            "name":"validValue"
        }
    },
    "type":"array",
    "xml":{
        "wrapped":true
    }
}

Nested Schema : validLists

Type: array

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• Array of: string

{
    "items":{
        "type":"string",
        "xml":{
            "name":"valueList"
        }
    },
    "type":"array",
    "xml":{
        "name":"validLists",
        "wrapped":true
    }
}

400 Response

The user input is invalid.

401 Response

The session ID is invalid.

404 Response

The object (resource URI, device, and so on) of your input request cannot be found.

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Examples

Example of Accessing the API with cURL

The following example shows how to get device group information by submitting a GET request on the REST resource using cURL. For more information about cURL, see Use cURL.

curl -X GET -b sessionid.txt \
    --header "Accept: application/xml" \
    "https://example.com:8443/rest/v1.3/inventory/deviceMgmt/deviceGroups/ID24"

Example of Accessing the API with Python

The following example shows how to get device group information by submitting a GET request on the REST resource using Python. This example assumes the cookie variable contains a valid authentication cookie. For an example of authenticating with Python, see Authenticate.

import requests
url = "https://example.com:8443/rest/v1.3/inventory/deviceMgmt/deviceGroups/ID24"
headers = { "Accept":"application/xml", "Cookie":cookie }
resp = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

Example of the Response Headers

The following shows an example of the response headers.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 20:05:27 GMT
Server: Apache
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
Content-Length: 277
Vary: Accept-Encoding
Content-Type: application/xml

Example of the Response Body

The following example shows the contents of the response body in XML format.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<deviceGroup>
  <fullName>HG1/HG2/testDeviceGroup</fullName>
  <id>ID24</id>
  <isHidden>false</isHidden>
  <name>testDeviceGroup</name>
  <parentGroupFullName>HG1/HG2</parentGroupFullName>
  <parentGroupId>ID4</parentGroupId>
</deviceGroup>

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