License Deactivation

6min
Deactivation of a product license for a specific device identified by its hardware ID
POST
Params
Header Parameters
Date
required
String
eq. Thu, 17 Nov 2022 20:51:35 GMT
Authorization
required
String
See signing of the License API calls article.
Body Parameters
hardware_id
required
String
Unique hardware ID generated for some device
product
required
String
Product short code
license_key
optional
String
Required if product is key_based. Attach the license key (eq. 1111-2222-3333-4444)
username
optional
String
Required if product is user based. Attach the assigned license user email (eq. user@example.com)
password
optional
String
Required if product is user based. Attach the assigned license user password (eq. somepassword)
id_token
optional
String
Required if using SSO. Attach the id_token received from the SSO if Implicit grant authorization method is being used.
code
optional
String
Required if using SSO. Attach the code received from the SSO if Authorization code grant method is being used.
customer_account_code
optional
String
Required if using SSO. Attach the customer_account_code to which SSO provider is configured. 
is_vm
optional
Boolean
Set as true if using virtual machine.
vm_info
optional
String
Optional virtual machine informations.
os_ver
optional
String
Version of the operating system.
hostname
optional
String
Device hostname
os_hostname
optional
String
Hostname of the OS ( check this before publishing! )
ip
optional
String
IP address
ip_local
optional
String
Local IP address ( check this before publishing! )
app_ver
optional
String
Version of the product application used with this license.
sdk_ver
optional
String
Version of the SDK used.
mac_address
optional
String
Device MAC address
Curl
Node.js
JS
Python
Ruby
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var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Accept", "application/json");
myHeaders.append("Date", "string");
myHeaders.append("Authorization", "string");

var raw = "{\"hardware_id\":\"String\",\"product\":\"string\",\"license_key\":\"string\",\"username\":\"string\",\"password\":\"string\",\"id_token\":\"string\",\"code\":\"string\",\"customer_account_code\":\"string\",\"is_vm\":\"Boolean\",\"vm_info\":\"string\",\"os_ver\":\"string\",\"hostname\":\"string\",\"os_hostname\":\"string\",\"ip\":\"string\",\"ip_local\":\"string\",\"app_ver\":\"string\",\"sdk_ver\":\"string\",\"mac_address\":\"string\"}";

var requestOptions = {
   method: 'POST',
   headers: myHeaders,
   body: raw,
   redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("/api/v4/deactivate_license", requestOptions)
   .then(response => response.text())
   .then(result => console.log(result))
   .catch(error => console.log('error', error));
var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Accept", "application/json");
myHeaders.append("Date", "string");
myHeaders.append("Authorization", "string");

var raw = "{\"hardware_id\":\"String\",\"product\":\"string\",\"license_key\":\"string\",\"username\":\"string\",\"password\":\"string\",\"id_token\":\"string\",\"code\":\"string\",\"customer_account_code\":\"string\",\"is_vm\":\"Boolean\",\"vm_info\":\"string\",\"os_ver\":\"string\",\"hostname\":\"string\",\"os_hostname\":\"string\",\"ip\":\"string\",\"ip_local\":\"string\",\"app_ver\":\"string\",\"sdk_ver\":\"string\",\"mac_address\":\"string\"}";

var requestOptions = {
   method: 'POST',
   headers: myHeaders,
   body: raw,
   redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("/api/v4/deactivate_license", requestOptions)
   .then(response => response.text())
   .then(result => console.log(result))
   .catch(error => console.log('error', error));
RESPONSES
200
400
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{
    "unknown_product": "Provided product was not found",
    "license_not_found": "License with the provided license user not found",
    "license_not_enabled": "The license is not enabled",
    "vm_not_allowed": "Virtual machine not allowed",
    "offline_floating_cloud_not_supported": " Floating cloud licenses cannot be activated offline.",
    "license_start_date_error": "This license cannot be activated before start date: {date}",
    "blacklisted": "This device is blacklisted",
    "license_activated_max_times": "This license  has already been activated the maximum number of times",
    "license_user_activated_max_times": "License user has activated this license max times",
    "license_expired": "License validity period has expired.",
    "license_transferred_max_times": "This license has already been transferred the maximum number of times",
    "license_device_exists": "A device matching this hardware_id is already created on the license"
}
{
    "unknown_product": "Provided product was not found",
    "license_not_found": "License with the provided license user not found",
    "license_not_enabled": "The license is not enabled",
    "vm_not_allowed": "Virtual machine not allowed",
    "offline_floating_cloud_not_supported": " Floating cloud licenses cannot be activated offline.",
    "license_start_date_error": "This license cannot be activated before start date: {date}",
    "blacklisted": "This device is blacklisted",
    "license_activated_max_times": "This license  has already been activated the maximum number of times",
    "license_user_activated_max_times": "License user has activated this license max times",
    "license_expired": "License validity period has expired.",
    "license_transferred_max_times": "This license has already been transferred the maximum number of times",
    "license_device_exists": "A device matching this hardware_id is already created on the license"
}
﻿
User-Based License Activation
Curl
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curl --location --request POST 'https://api.licensespring.com/api/v4/deactivate_license' \
--header 'Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 13:14:18 GMT' \
--header 'Authorization: algorithm="hmac-sha256",headers="date",signature="{generated_signature}",apikey="{your_api_key}"' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "username": "test@example.com",
    "password": "some_password123",
    "hardware_id": "some-unique-id",
    "product": "XY"
}'
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.licensespring.com/api/v4/deactivate_license' \
--header 'Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 13:14:18 GMT' \
--header 'Authorization: algorithm="hmac-sha256",headers="date",signature="{generated_signature}",apikey="{your_api_key}"' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "username": "test@example.com",
    "password": "some_password123",
    "hardware_id": "some-unique-id",
    "product": "XY"
}'
﻿
List of exceptions
unknown_product (400): Provided product was not found
license_not_found (400): License with the provided license user not found
license_not_active (400): The license is not active
device_not_found (400): An active device matching the hardware_id not found
missing_headers (400): Some headers are missing
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Updated 22 Sep 2023
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