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Push Device Registration (PUT)

Updates an existing device registration for the push service.

Description

The push device registration is updated with the new user ID or the token specified. In most use cases this call is used to update the userId only.

Method

PUT

Path

/apps/applicationId/devices/deviceId

Example

https://example.com:443/imfpush/v1/apps/myapp/devices/12345-6789

Path Parameters

deviceId

The device identifier

applicationId

The name or identifier of the application

Header Parameters

Some header parameters are optional.

Accept-Language

(Optional) The preferred language to use for error messages. Default:en-US

Authorization

The token with the scope "devices.write" and "push.application.<applicationId>" obtained using the confidential client in the format Bearer token.. This parameter has to be mandatorily set.

Content-Type

Specify the JSON content type. For example: application/json. This parameter has to be mandatorily set.

Consumes

application/json

Produces

application/json

Payload

The details of the device registration will be updated.

JSON Example

{
  "deviceId" : "12345-6789",
  "phoneNumber" : "123456789",
  "token" : "xyz",
  "userId" : "admin",
}

Payload Properties

The payload has the following properties:

deviceId

The unique id of the device.

phoneNumber

Phone number to be used for SMS based notification.

token

The token of the device. Its optional to set this.

userId

The userId of the device. Its optional to set this.

Response

The details of the device registration that is updated.

JSON Example

{
  "createdMode" : "API",
  "createdTime" : "2015-05-20T11:42:11Z",
  "deviceId" : "12345-6789",
  "lastUpdatedTime" : "2015-05-20T11:42:11Z",
  "phoneNumber" : "123456789",
  "platform" : "A",
  "token" : "xyz",
  "userId" : "admin",
}

Response Properties

The response has the following properties:

createdMode

The mode of creation.

createdTime

The date and time when the push device registration was created on the server in ISO 8601 format.

deviceId

The unique id of the device.

lastUpdatedTime

The date and time when the push device registration was last updated on the server in ISO 8601 format.

phoneNumber

Phone number to be used for SMS based notification.

platform

The device platform.

token

The unique push token of the device.

userId

The userId of the device.

Errors

400

A device registration has userId longer than 254 characters.

401

Unauthorized - The caller is either not authenticated or not authorized to make this request.

404

A device registration with the specified deviceId is not found.

405

Unsupported Content type - The content type specified in Content-Type header is not application/json.

406

Unsupported Accept type - The content type specified in Accept header is not application/json.

500

An internal error occurred.

Parent topic: REST API for the MobileFirst Server push service