Add Devices to an Account:

POST /devices/actions/add

Adds up to 200 new devices to an account, without activating lines of service for them. Use this resource if you want to manage some device settings before you are ready to activate service for the devices.

NOTE: This is not a required or recommended step. You do not need to add devices to an account before activating them. Verizon recommends using /devices/actions/activate to add devices and activate service for them in a single step.

Add Devices to an Account:
POST /devices/actions/add

See also:
Activate Devices

Uses and Requirements

The devices that you want to add must already exist in the Verizon Device Management Database (DMD). After you add devices, they are in the “Pre-Active” provisioning state in the ThingSpace Platform. They do not appear in your Verizon Wireless billing account or in the My Business Account or Verizon Enterprise Center portals.

To activate lines of service for devices after you have added them, see /devices/actions/activate.

Request Components

HTTP Request

POST https://thingspace.verizon.com/api/m2m/v1/devices/actions/add

Query Parameters

None.

Header Parameters

The request header must contain a current ThingSpace authorization bearer token and a valid VZ-M2M session token, and must set the content-type to JSON.

Parameter Name	Data Type	Description
Authorization required	string	HTTP Authorization bearer token.
VZ-M2M-Token required	string	A valid session token returned by POST /session/login.
Content-Type required	string	Must be `application/json`.

Request Body

Parameter Name	Data Type	Description
devicesToAdd required	array of deviceIds objects	The devices that you want to add.
kind, id required for devices	strings	The type and value of the device identifier. For 2G or 3G devices: ESN (decimal, 11 digits) or MEID (hexadecimal, 14 digits) For 4G devices: IMEI (decimal, up to 16 digits) and ICCID (decimal, up to 20 digits), in that order For eUICC devices: IMEI and EID (the request must also include smsrOid) NOTE: If you are using a skuNumber to add 4G devices, you must provide only the ICCID identifier.
accountName optional *Recommended	string	The billing account to which the devices are added. If you have access to multiple billing accounts, then you must specify an account. If you have access to only one account, the devices are added to that account even if you don’t include this parameter. An account name is usually numeric, and must include any leading zeros. *By coding for the account number today, you prevent future code from breaking if you ever add a new sub-account.
state required	string	The initial service state for the devices. The only valid state is “Preactive.”
groupName optional	string	The name of a device group to add the devices to. They are added to the default device group if you don’t include this parameter.
customFields optional	list of customField objects	The names and values for any custom fields that you want set for the devices as they are added to the account.
key required for customFields	string	The name of the custom field. Valid names are CustomField1, CustomField2, CustomField3, CustomField4, and CustomField5.
value required for customFields	string	The value of the custom field.
skuNumber optional	string	The Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) number of a 4G device type with an embedded SIM. Can be used with ICCID device identifiers in lieu of an IMEI when adding 4G devices. The SkuNumber is used with all devices in the request, so all devices must be of the same type. NOTE: Only 4G devices with embedded SIMs can be added by SKU at this time.
smsrOid required for devices with EUICC	string	The Object ID of the SMSR system.

Example Request Body

Add two 4G devices:

{
      "accountName": "0868924207-00001",
      "customFields": [
        {
          "key": "CustomField2",
          "value": "SuperVend"
        }
      ],
       "devicesToAdd":[  
          {  
             "deviceIds":[  
                {  
                   "kind":"imei",
                   "id":"990013907835573"
                },
                {  
                   "kind":"iccid",
                   "id":"89141390780800784259"
                }
             ]
          },
          {  
             "deviceIds":[  
                {  
                   "kind":"imei",
                   "id":"990013907884259"
                },
                {  
                   "kind":"iccid",
                   "id":"89141390780800735573"
                }
             ]
          }
       ],
      "groupName": "West Region",
      "state": "preactive"
    }

Success Responses

Status 200

Contains the device identifiers and a success or failure response for each device in the request.

Parameter Name	Data Type	Description
deviceIds		Identifiers for the device.
kind	string	The type of the device identifier. Valid types of identifiers are: ESN (decimal) ICCID (up to 20 digits) IMEI (up to 16 digits) MEID (hexadecimal)
id	string	The value of the device identifier.
response	string	The success message or error message for the current device.

Example Success Response

[
      {
        "deviceIds": [
          {
            "id": "89148000000800784259",
            "kind": "iccid"
          }
        ],
        "response": "Success"
      }
    ]

Failure Responses

Status 400

All error messages are returned in this format:

{
      "errorCode": "error code string",
      "errorMessage": "error message string"
    }

Error codes and messages are listed on the Error Messages page, along with explanations and suggestions for corrective actions.

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