Factory Resetting an Android Device via the REST API

Description

Factory rest or erases all the data stored in the Android devices to restore them back to the original system.

Resource Path /wipe-data

URL /mdm-android-agent/operation/wipe-data

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/wipe-data

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 includes the required properties to carry out the operation, 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 e56974e8bf5df15748f89c6c5da9835d" -d @'operation.json' -k -v https://localhost:9443/mdm-android-agent/operation/wipe-data

Sample output

> POST /mdm-android-agent/operation/wipe-data 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 e56974e8bf5df15748f89c6c5da9835d
> Content-Length: 21
< HTTP/1.1 201 Created
< Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 09:20:44 GMT
< Content-Length: 0
< Server: WSO2 Carbon Server

Sample JSON Definition

{  
   "operation":{  
      "pin":"4566"
   },
   "deviceIDs":[  
      "d8:50:e6:2f:6a:8b"
   ]
}

Property Value	Description	Data Type
operation	This specifies the operation that is to be applied on the Android device.	-
`pin`	The passcode to enable the factory reset operation. This is the passcode that the Android agent prompts the device owner to set at the time of device enrollment.	Integer
`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