Get device

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Get the properties and relationships of a device object.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	Device.Read.All	Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	Device.Read.All	Device.ReadWrite.All, Directory.Read.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

You can address the device using either its id or deviceId.

GET /devices/{id}
GET /devices(deviceId='{deviceId}')

Optional query parameters

This method supports the $select OData query parameter to help customize the response.

Request headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string	Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and device object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Get a device

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/devices/000005c3-b7a6-4c61-89fc-80bf5ccfc366

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Devices["{device-id}"].GetAsync();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc devices get --device-id {device-id}

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)



devices, err := graphClient.Devices().ByDeviceId("device-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Device result = graphClient.devices().byDeviceId("{device-id}").get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let device = await client.api('/devices/000005c3-b7a6-4c61-89fc-80bf5ccfc366')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);


$result = $graphServiceClient->devices()->byDeviceId('device-id')->get()->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Identity.DirectoryManagement

Get-MgDevice -DeviceId $deviceId

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)


result = await graph_client.devices.by_device_id('device-id').get()

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#devices/$entity",
  "@odata.id": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v2/72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47/directoryObjects/000005c3-b7a6-4c61-89fc-80bf5ccfc366/Microsoft.DirectoryServices.Device",
  "accountEnabled":false,
  "deviceId":"6fa60d52-01e7-4b18-8055-4759461fc16b",
  "displayName":"DESKTOP-858MANH",
  "id": "000005c3-b7a6-4c61-89fc-80bf5ccfc366",
  "operatingSystem":"Windows",
  "operatingSystemVersion":"10.0.19043.1165"
}

Example 2: Get a device and return only its id and extensionAttributes properties

Request

The following request retrieves the id and extensionAttributes property of a device.

HTTP

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/devices/6a59ea83-02bd-468f-a40b-f2c3d1821983?$select=id,extensionAttributes

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Devices["{device-id}"].GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.QueryParameters.Select = new string []{ "id","extensionAttributes" };
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc-beta devices get --device-id {device-id} --select "id,extensionAttributes"

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphdevices "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/devices"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestParameters := &graphdevices.DeviceItemRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters{
	Select: [] string {"id","extensionAttributes"},
}
configuration := &graphdevices.DeviceItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	QueryParameters: requestParameters,
}

devices, err := graphClient.Devices().ByDeviceId("device-id").Get(context.Background(), configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Device result = graphClient.devices().byDeviceId("{device-id}").get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.queryParameters.select = new String []{"id", "extensionAttributes"};
});

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

let device = await client.api('/devices/6a59ea83-02bd-468f-a40b-f2c3d1821983')
	.version('beta')
	.select('id,extensionAttributes')
	.get();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Devices\Item\DeviceItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestConfiguration = new DeviceItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$queryParameters = DeviceItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration::createQueryParameters();
$queryParameters->select = ["id","extensionAttributes"];
$requestConfiguration->queryParameters = $queryParameters;


$result = $graphServiceClient->devices()->byDeviceId('device-id')->get($requestConfiguration)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Identity.DirectoryManagement

Get-MgBetaDevice -DeviceId $deviceId -Property "id,extensionAttributes" 

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.devices.item.device_item_request_builder import DeviceItemRequestBuilder

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

query_params = DeviceItemRequestBuilder.DeviceItemRequestBuilderGetQueryParameters(
		select = ["id","extensionAttributes"],
)

request_configuration = DeviceItemRequestBuilder.DeviceItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration(
query_parameters = query_params,
)

result = await graph_client.devices.by_device_id('device-id').get(request_configuration = request_configuration)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#devices(id,extensionAttributes)/$entity",
    "id": "6a59ea83-02bd-468f-a40b-f2c3d1821983",
    "extensionAttributes": {
        "extensionAttribute1": "BYOD-Device",
        "extensionAttribute2": null,
        "extensionAttribute3": null,
        "extensionAttribute4": null,
        "extensionAttribute5": null,
        "extensionAttribute6": null,
        "extensionAttribute7": null,
        "extensionAttribute8": null,
        "extensionAttribute9": null,
        "extensionAttribute10": null,
        "extensionAttribute11": null,
        "extensionAttribute12": null,
        "extensionAttribute13": null,
        "extensionAttribute14": null,
        "extensionAttribute15": null
    }
}