REST API call to import fixed hard device group

Use this REST API call to send a request to create or override an existing fixed hard device group.

POST request URL

https://<epo_server_name:port>/rest/dlp/definitions/fixedHardDrive/importGroup

Where, epo_server_name:port is the server IP address and port number.

Request Parameters

Parameter name	Description	Required	Values
Authorization	User credentials for ePO - On-prem.	Required

Parameter name	Description	Required	Values
override	If true: overrides the existing definition. If false: If the definition name exists, the operation fails.	Required	Boolean
name	The definition name or name of group, if the definition does not exist a new definition will be created	Required	String
description	Description of the definition	Required	String
appliesTo	Defines the operating system on which this device template can be used. Values are: "WIN" for device templates that are used to detect devices on Windows systems. "MAC" for device templates that are used to detect devices on Mac OS X systems.	Required	String
body	CSV file containing records to be imported. Records must have the column name `ITEM`.	Required	File

Sample POST request URL

https://172.27.108.53:8443/rest/dlp/definitions/fixedHardDrive/importGroup

Sample cURL command

curl -k -v -X POST 'https://172.27.108.53:8443/rest/dlp/definitions/fixedHardDrive/importGroup' -u '<user>:<password>' -F 'override="false"' -F 'body=@"/path/to/file/DlpImportGroupSample.csv"' -F 'name="itemgroup"' -F 'appliesTo="WIN"' -F description="The description "'

Sample response

Import completed

Status and error codes

List of HTTP status codes returned for the query.

Code	Description
200 OK	The response returns a string.
400 Bad Request	Returns a bad request if: Override value is missing or empty. Body is missing or empty. CSV Headers do not match or are incorrect. Number of records in the CSV file are greater than 20000. Device template name field is empty. Device template name length is greater than 100. Device template name already exists or is not unique. Failed to import fixed hard device group.
404 Not Found	Incorrect ePO - On-prem URL.
500 Internal Server Error	An error on the server side that failed the request. See the ePO - On-prem `orion.log` file for more details about the error.