Create and manage print servers

The sample requests on this page illustrate how to manage print servers with the Chrome Printer Management API.

All sample requests use the following variables:

  • $TOKEN : Your application's OAuth 2.0 token.
  • $CUSTOMER : The unique customer ID of the enterprise account, prepended with "C". (Example: C123abc4 ) You can also enter my_customer to denote your own organization's customer ID.

List or search for print servers

This sample requests a list of all print servers that are visible in the organization.

Request

 curl -X GET  \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/directory/v1/customers/$CUSTOMER/chrome/printServers" 

Response

  { 
  
 "printServers" 
 : 
  
 [ 
  
 { 
  
 "name" 
 : 
  
 "customers/C0202nabg/chrome/printServers/0gjdgxs2zla0y7" 
 , 
  
 "id" 
 : 
  
 "0gjdgxs2zla0y7" 
 , 
  
 "displayName" 
 : 
  
 "Marketing Print Server" 
 , 
  
 "description" 
 : 
  
 "Queue for corp marketing oversize jobs" 
 , 
  
 "uri" 
 : 
  
 "ipp://192.168.10.13" 
 , 
  
 "createTime" 
 : 
  
 "2021-03-11T21:41:34.779587Z" 
 , 
  
 "orgUnitId" 
 : 
  
 "04fatzly26exj7b" 
  
 }, 
  
 { 
  
 "name" 
 : 
  
 "customers/C0202nabg/chrome/printServers/0gjdgxs1eqkb32" 
 , 
  
 "id" 
 : 
  
 "0gjdgxs1eqkb32" 
 , 
  
 "displayName" 
 : 
  
 "Production" 
 , 
  
 "description" 
 : 
  
 "Production print server for user manuals" 
 , 
  
 "uri" 
 : 
  
 "ipp://192.168.10.11" 
 , 
  
 "createTime" 
 : 
  
 "2021-03-11T22:02:06.048469Z" 
 , 
  
 "orgUnitId" 
 : 
  
 "04fatzly4jbjho9" 
 , 
  
 } 
  
 ] 
 } 
 

Get a particular print server

This sample requests details for a print server with the ID 0gjdgxs2zla0y7 .

Request

 curl -X GET  \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/directory/v1/customers/$CUSTOMER/chrome/printServers/0gjdgxs2zla0y7" 

Response

  { 
  
 "name" 
 : 
  
 "customers/C0234nab1/chrome/printServers/0gjdgxs2zla0y7" 
 , 
  
 "id" 
 : 
  
 "0gjdgxs2zla0y7" 
 , 
  
 "displayName" 
 : 
  
 "Marketing Print Server" 
 , 
  
 "description" 
 : 
  
 "Queue for corp marketing oversize jobs" 
 , 
  
 "uri" 
 : 
  
 "ipp://192.168.10.13" 
 , 
  
 "createTime" 
 : 
  
 "2021-03-11T21:41:34.779587Z" 
 , 
  
 "orgUnitId" 
 : 
  
 "04fatzly26exj7b" 
 } 
 

Create a print server

This sample adds a new print server in an organizational unit that has ID 04fatzly26exj7b .

Request

 curl -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "displayName": "hr-dept",
    "description": "HR queue for sensitive documents",
    "uri": "ipp://192.168.10.14",
    "orgUnitId": "04fatzly26exj7b"
  }' \
  "https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/directory/v1/customers/$CUSTOMER/chrome/printServers" 

Response

  { 
  
 "name" 
 : 
  
 "customers/C0234nab1/chrome/printServers/0gjdgxs0o422uq" 
 , 
  
 "id" 
 : 
  
 "0gjdgxs0o422uq" 
 , 
  
 // Note: This is the ID of the newly created print server. 
  
 "displayName" 
 : 
  
 "hr-dept" 
 , 
  
 "description" 
 : 
  
 "HR queue for sensitive documents" 
 , 
  
 "uri" 
 : 
  
 "ipp://192.168.10.14" 
 , 
  
 "orgUnitId" 
 : 
  
 "04fatzly26exj7b" 
 , 
  
 "createTime" 
 : 
  
 "2021-03-11T23:19:27.180846Z" 
 , 
  
 "orgUnitId" 
 : 
  
 "04fatzly26exj7b" 
 } 
 

Update a print server

This sample updates the description of print server ID 0gjdgxs0o422uq .

Request

 curl -X PATCH \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "description": "General HR dept print server",
  }' \
  "https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/directory/v1/customers/$CUSTOMER/chrome/printServers/0gjdgxs0o422uq?updateMask=description" 

Response

  { 
  
 "name" 
 : 
  
 "customers/C0234nab1/chrome/printServers/0gjdgxs0o422uq" 
 , 
  
 "id" 
 : 
  
 "0gjdgxs0o422uq" 
 , 
  
 "displayName" 
 : 
  
 "hr-dept" 
 , 
  
 "description" 
 : 
  
 "General HR dept print server" 
 , 
  
 "uri" 
 : 
  
 "ipp://192.168.10.14" 
 , 
  
 "createTime" 
 : 
  
 "2021-03-11T23:19:27.180846Z" 
 , 
  
 "orgUnitId" 
 : 
  
 "04fatzly26exj7b" 
 } 
 

Delete a print server

This sample deletes the print server with ID 0gjdgxs0o422uq .

Request

 curl -X DELETE \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  "https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/directory/v1/customers/$CUSTOMER/chrome/printServers/0gjdgxs0o422uq" 

Response

A successful response is empty.

Create multiple print servers in one request

This sample creates multiple print servers, using the batchCreatePrintServers method.

Request

 curl -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "requests": [
      {
        "parent": "customers/$CUSTOMER",
        "printServer": {
          "displayName": "General print server",
          "description": "Org-wide print queue",
          "uri": "ipp://192.168.10.15",
          "orgUnitId": "04fatzly26exj7b"
        }
    },
    {
        "parent": "customers/$CUSTOMER",
        "printServer": {
          "displayName": "Eng print server",
          "description": "Print server for Eng use only",
          "uri": "ipp://192.168.10.16",
          "orgUnitId": "04fatzly26exj7b"
        }
    }
  ]
  }' \
  "https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/directory/v1/customers/$CUSTOMER/chrome/printServers:batchCreatePrintServers" 

Response

  { 
  
 "printServers" 
 : 
  
 [ 
  
 { 
  
 "name" 
 : 
  
 "customers/C0234nab1/chrome/printServers/0gjdgxs0sbbh87" 
 , 
  
 "id" 
 : 
  
 "0gjdgxs0sbbh87" 
 , 
  
 "displayName" 
 : 
  
 "General print server" 
 , 
  
 "description" 
 : 
  
 "Org-wide print queue" 
 , 
  
 "uri" 
 : 
  
 "ipp://192.168.10.15" 
 , 
  
 "createTime" 
 : 
  
 "2021-03-12T01:10:32.957084Z" 
 , 
  
 "orgUnitId" 
 : 
  
 "04fatzly26exj7b" 
  
 }, 
  
 { 
  
 "name" 
 : 
  
 "customers/C0234nab1/chrome/printServers/0gjdgxs2d6170e" 
 , 
  
 "id" 
 : 
  
 "0gjdgxs2d6170e" 
 , 
  
 "displayName" 
 : 
  
 "Eng print server" 
 , 
  
 "description" 
 : 
  
 "Print server for Eng use only" 
 , 
  
 "uri" 
 : 
  
 "ipp://192.168.10.16" 
 , 
  
 "createTime" 
 : 
  
 "2021-03-12T01:10:32.956735Z" 
 , 
  
 "orgUnitId" 
 : 
  
 "04fatzly26exj7b" 
  
 } 
  
 ] 
 } 
 

Delete multiple print servers in one request

This sample deletes multiple print servers in a single request, using the batchDeletePrintServers method.

Request

 curl -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "printServerIds": ["0gjdgxs0sbbh87", "0gjdgxs2d6170e"]
  }' \
  "https://admin.googleapis.com/admin/directory/v1/customers/$CUSTOMER/chrome/printServers:batchDeletePrintServers" 

Response

  { 
  
 "printServerIds" 
 : 
  
 [ 
  
 // Successfully deleted print servers. 
  
 "0gjdgxs2d6170e" 
 , 
  
 "0gjdgxs0sbbh87" 
  
 ] 
 } 
 
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