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PDQ provides a suite of management tools to automate software deployment, manage patches, and track inventory across a company’s networks. Use the PDQ component to manage deployments, devices, groups, and packages.

Connections

API Key

Connection to the PDQ API

Follow these steps to generate a new API key in PDQ:

1. Login to your PDQ Connect account and select the settings icon represented by a cog located in the lower left corner.
2. Navigate to the API keys section and select Create API Key.
3. Provide a unique name for the API key and select Create.
4. Copy and save the generated API key as it will not be shown again.
5. Enter the generated API key into the connection configuration of your integration.

Input	Comments	Default
API Key	The PDQ API Key

Actions

Create Deployment

Deploy a package version to target devices or groups

Input	Comments	Default
Package	The package id to deploy.
Targets	Comma-delimitted Device IDs or Group IDs.
Connection
Debug Request	Enabling this flag will log out the current request.	false

Get Device

Retrieve a device by ID

Input	Comments	Default
Device ID	The ID of the device to retrieve.
Connection
Debug Request	Enabling this flag will log out the current request.	false

Get Package

Retrieve a package by ID

Input	Comments	Default
Package ID	The ID of the package
Connection
Debug Request	Enabling this flag will log out the current request.	false

List Devices

Retrieve a list of devices

Input	Comments	Default
Fetch All	If true, fetch all data.	false
Page Size	The number of records to return per page. Maximum is 100.
Page	The page number to return.
Sort	Sort by a field in camel case. By default a field name sorts with 'Asc'. Add the suffix 'Desc' to sort by that field in descending order.
Filter	String filter values will filter on exact values unless a supported operator is provided.
Custom Query Params	Custom fields filter
Includes	Include related resources.
Group	The id of the group to filter by.
Connection
Debug Request	Enabling this flag will log out the current request.	false

List Groups

Retrieve a list of groups

Input	Comments	Default
Fetch All	If true, fetch all data.	false
Page Size	The number of records to return per page. Maximum is 100.
Page	The page number to return.
Sort	Sort by a field in camel case. By default a field name sorts with 'Asc'. Add the suffix 'Desc' to sort by that field in descending order.
Filter	String filter values will filter on exact values unless a supported operator is provided.
Custom Query Params	Custom fields filter
Connection
Debug Request	Enabling this flag will log out the current request.	false

List Packages

Retrieve a list of packages

Input	Comments	Default
Fetch All	If true, fetch all data.	false
Page Size	The number of records to return per page. Maximum is 100.
Page	The page number to return.
Sort	Sort by a field in camel case. By default a field name sorts with 'Asc'. Add the suffix 'Desc' to sort by that field in descending order.
Filter	String filter values will filter on exact values unless a supported operator is provided.
Custom Query Params	Custom fields filter
Connection
Debug Request	Enabling this flag will log out the current request.	false

Raw Request

Send raw HTTP request to the PDQ API

Input	Comments	Default
Connection
URL	Input the path only (/deployments), The base URL is already included (https://app.pdq.com/v1/api). For example, to connect to https://app.pdq.com/v1/api/deployments, only /deployments is entered in this field. e.g. /deployments
Method	The HTTP method to use.
Data	The HTTP body payload to send to the URL.
Form Data	The Form Data to be sent as a multipart form upload.
File Data	File Data to be sent as a multipart form upload.
File Data File Names	File names to apply to the file data inputs. Keys must match the file data keys above.
Query Parameter	A list of query parameters to send with the request. This is the portion at the end of the URL similar to ?key1=value1&key2=value2.
Header	A list of headers to send with the request.
Response Type	The type of data you expect in the response. You can request json, text, or binary data.	json
Timeout	The maximum time that a client will await a response to its request
Debug Request	Enable this to log the request and response	false
Retry Delay (ms)	The delay in milliseconds between retries. This is used when 'Use Exponential Backoff' is disabled.	0
Retry On All Errors	If true, retries on all erroneous responses regardless of type. This is helpful when retrying after HTTP 429 or other 3xx or 4xx errors. Otherwise, only retries on HTTP 5xx and network errors.	false
Max Retry Count	The maximum number of retries to attempt. Specify 0 for no retries.	0
Use Exponential Backoff	Specifies whether to use a pre-defined exponential backoff strategy for retries. When enabled, 'Retry Delay (ms)' is ignored.	false