Get an endpointID for a specific endpoint

I note that the client does report an endpointID, which is also accessible in a configuration file on the Mac.  However, for some reason, this is not the same endpointID used for that endpoint in the API.  This should be the same.

Are you using Mac clients exclusively?

Not exclusively, no.  But they are the majority.

Hi Mike Dowler, 

As you mentioned the endpoint does report an endpoint ID in its configuration and also in the central console. in Central if you go to a device summary page and you look at the url, there is an ID in between computers/ and /summary. This should match the endpoint ID found in the configuration file. 

On a windows machine, the config file is located at C:\ProgramData\Sophos\Management Communications System\Endpoint\Persist\endpointIdentity.txt

Now the trick is that you can match this to the ID obtained by the API by inverting the characters in pairs, for example, let's say the first 8 characters in my API returned ID are ac00b58c, this would translate to ca005bc8. I can confirm this for Windows devices, but the same should apply for Mac. 

Hope this helps. 

Thanks

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Hi Mike Dowler, 

As you mentioned the endpoint does report an endpoint ID in its configuration and also in the central console. in Central if you go to a device summary page and you look at the url, there is an ID in between computers/ and /summary. This should match the endpoint ID found in the configuration file. 

On a windows machine, the config file is located at C:\ProgramData\Sophos\Management Communications System\Endpoint\Persist\endpointIdentity.txt

Now the trick is that you can match this to the ID obtained by the API by inverting the characters in pairs, for example, let's say the first 8 characters in my API returned ID are ac00b58c, this would translate to ca005bc8. I can confirm this for Windows devices, but the same should apply for Mac. 

Hope this helps. 

Thanks

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Thank you.  Yes, that works for Mac as well.  I have to say though, this was a really bizarre design decision.  Why not just use the same ID?