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REST API

Register or update device

POST https://mbj-api.com/v1/identify

Creates or updates a device for the resolved app user. Send a nonblank Identity-Device-ID header OR device_id in JSON or query parameters; the header takes precedence. Device metadata comes only from headers; omitted metadata is cleared. Identity may be created/merged before missing device data returns 400. Successful response has no body.

Request

curl --include --request POST 'https://mbj-api.com/v1/identify' \
  --header 'Authorization: Token token=YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Identity-Anonymous-ID: $MBJAnonymousID:aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa' \
  --header 'Identity-Device-ID: $MBJDeviceID:cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc'

Parameters

Name / locationRequired / typeDetails
Identity-Device-ID / header No / string Required unless device_id is supplied in JSON or query. Nonblank device identifier, persisted across requests. Takes precedence over device_id. Example: "$MBJDeviceID:cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc"
App-Build-Version / header No / string Application build number Example: "8796845"
Device-Model / header No / string Device model name Example: "iPhone 15 Pro"
Framework-Version / header No / string Mobile Joe SDK version Example: "2.1.0"
device_id / query No / string Alternative to Identity-Device-ID or the JSON property; provide at least one device ID.

Headers: Identity-Anonymous-ID (required), Identity-External-ID, App-Version, OS-Name, OS-Version, Preferred-Languages, Language-Code. See Headers.

Request body

Optional alternative device ID. Other device metadata is read only from headers.

application/json

{
  "device_id": "$MBJDeviceID:cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc"
}

Responses

204 — Device registered/updated successfully

No response body.

Errors: 400, 401, 403, 422, and 429. See Errors.