Changing the Lock Code on Android Devices via the REST API

Description Change the lock code on Android devices.

Resource Path /change-lock-code

URL /mdm-android-agent/operation/change-lock-code

HTTP Method POST

Request/Response Format application/json

cURL command

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer <EMM_API_TOKEN>" -d @'<JSON_PAYLOAD>' -k -v https://<EMM_HOST>:<EMM_HTTPS_PORT>/mdm-android-agent/operation/change-lock-code

For more information on how to generate the EMM API token, see Generating the OAuth 2.0 Access Token.
Define the path to the JSON file, which lists the devices that this operation is applied on and the corresponding lock code, as the <JSON_PAYLOAD> value. For more information, see the Sample JSON Definition.
By default, <EMM_HOST> is localhost. However, if you are using a public IP, the respective IP address or domain needs to be specified.
By default, <EMM_HTTPS_PORT> has been set to 9443. However, if the port offset has been incremented by n, the default port value needs to be incremented by n.

Example:

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer f409r4c55924rt4af9a44tts15y9d6cd56h1047d" -d @'operation.json' -k -v https://localhost:9443/mdm-android-agent/operation/change-lock-code

Sample output

> POST /mdm-android-agent/operation/change-lock-code HTTP/1.1
> User-Agent: curl/7.24.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin12.0) libcurl/7.24.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8| zlib/1.2.5
> Host: localhost:9443
> Accept: */*
> Content-Type: application/json
> Authorization: Bearer f409r4c55924rt4af9a44tts15y9d6cd56h1047d
> Content-Length: 86
< HTTP/1.1 201 Created
< Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 09:37:28 GMT
< Content-Length: 0
< Server: WSO2 Carbon Server

Sample JSON Output
Definition

{
  "operation": {
    "lockCode": "1234"
  },
  "deviceIDs": [
    "d8:50:e6:2f:6a:8b",
    "a5:60:e6:2g:6a:5b"
  ]
}

Property Value	Description	Type
`operation`	This specifies the operation that is to be applied on the Android device.	Yes
`lockCode`	The lock code that will replace the current lock code on Android devices. If a passcode policy has been set in EMM, the lock code should comply to the passcode policy.	Yes
`deviceIDS`	ID of the Android device. Multiple device IDs can be added by using comma separated values. For more information on retrieving the device ID, see Retrieving the ID of an Android device.	String