{"type":"api","title":"Get Device Appliance Performance","meta":{"id":"/apps/pubhub/media/Meraki-Dashboard-API-v1-Documentation/9d30a16886a116eb6fb996e5d66f67d0df0da886/28b52581-f438-3451-9ea2-e3d65df40b84","info":{"title":"Meraki Dashboard API","description":"A RESTful API to programmatically manage and monitor Cisco Meraki networks at scale.\n\n\u003e Date: 16 October, 2026\n\u003e\n\u003e [Recent Updates](https://meraki.io/whats-new/)\n\n---\n\n[API Documentation](https://meraki.io/api)\n\n[Community Support](https://meraki.io/community)\n\n[Meraki Homepage](https://www.meraki.com)\n","contact":{"name":"Meraki Developer Community","url":"https://meraki.io/community"},"version":"v1.75.1"},"security":[{"meraki_api_key":[]},{"bearerAuth":[]}],"tags":[{"name":"organizations"},{"name":"networks"},{"name":"devices"},{"name":"insight"},{"name":"wireless"},{"name":"camera"},{"name":"appliance"},{"name":"switch"},{"name":"cellularGateway"},{"name":"sm"},{"name":"sensor"},{"name":"administered"},{"name":"campusGateway"},{"name":"wirelessController"},{"name":"spaces"},{"name":"accessControlLists"},{"name":"accessPolicies"},{"name":"account"},{"name":"accounts"},{"name":"acls"},{"name":"actionBatches"},{"name":"adaptivePolicy"},{"name":"adaptivePolicyGroups"},{"name":"addresses"},{"name":"admins"},{"name":"aggregated"},{"name":"airMarshal"},{"name":"alertTypes"},{"name":"alerts"},{"name":"allowlist"},{"name":"alternateManagementInterface"},{"name":"analytics"},{"name":"api"},{"name":"apiRequests"},{"name":"apnsCert"},{"name":"appliances"},{"name":"applicationCategories"},{"name":"applicationUsage"},{"name":"applications"},{"name":"areas"},{"name":"arpInspection"},{"name":"arpTable"},{"name":"artifacts"},{"name":"assets"},{"name":"assignments"},{"name":"authenticationToken"},{"name":"authorities"},{"name":"autoLocate"},{"name":"autoRf"},{"name":"availabilities"},{"name":"bands"},{"name":"bandwidthUsageHistory"},{"name":"bgp"},{"name":"billing"},{"name":"blink"},{"name":"bluetooth"},{"name":"bluetoothClients"},{"name":"bonjourForwarding"},{"name":"boundaries"},{"name":"brandingPolicies"},{"name":"bulk"},{"name":"bulkCreate"},{"name":"bulkDelete"},{"name":"bulkUpdate"},{"name":"byBoundary"},{"name":"byClient"},{"name":"byCluster"},{"name":"byDevice"},{"name":"byEnergyUsage"},{"name":"byGroup"},{"name":"byInterval"},{"name":"byMetric"},{"name":"byModel"},{"name":"byNetwork"},{"name":"byPipeline"},{"name":"bySite"},{"name":"bySsid"},{"name":"byStatus"},{"name":"bySwitch"},{"name":"byType"},{"name":"byUsage"},{"name":"byUtilization"},{"name":"byVlan"},{"name":"bypassActivationLockAttempts"},{"name":"cableTest"},{"name":"callbacks"},{"name":"captures"},{"name":"categories"},{"name":"cellular"},{"name":"cellularFirewallRules"},{"name":"cellularUsageHistory"},{"name":"certificates"},{"name":"certs"},{"name":"changeHistory"},{"name":"channelUtilization"},{"name":"channelUtilizationHistory"},{"name":"channels"},{"name":"claim"},{"name":"claimKey"},{"name":"clientCountHistory"},{"name":"clients"},{"name":"clusters"},{"name":"commands"},{"name":"communicationPlans"},{"name":"compliance"},{"name":"configTemplates"},{"name":"configurationChanges"},{"name":"configure"},{"name":"configuredDevices"},{"name":"connectionStats"},{"name":"connections"},{"name":"connectivity"},{"name":"connectivityEvents"},{"name":"connectivityMonitoringDestinations"},{"name":"connectors"},{"name":"contentFiltering"},{"name":"controller"},{"name":"coterm"},{"name":"cpu"},{"name":"crls"},{"name":"current"},{"name":"customAnalytics"},{"name":"customPerformanceClasses"},{"name":"cycle"},{"name":"dailyConsumerMetrics"},{"name":"data"},{"name":"dataRateHistory"},{"name":"delegated"},{"name":"deltas"},{"name":"deployable"},{"name":"deployed"},{"name":"deployments"},{"name":"desktopLogs"},{"name":"details"},{"name":"detections"},{"name":"deviceCategories"},{"name":"deviceCommandLogs"},{"name":"deviceProfiles"},{"name":"deviceTypeGroupPolicies"},{"name":"dhcp"},{"name":"dhcpServerPolicy"},{"name":"discovery"},{"name":"disenrollments"},{"name":"dns"},{"name":"domains"},{"name":"doorLocks"},{"name":"downloadUrl"},{"name":"dscpTaggingOptions"},{"name":"dscpToCosMappings"},{"name":"eapOverride"},{"name":"earlyAccess"},{"name":"electronicShelfLabel"},{"name":"eligible"},{"name":"enrollments"},{"name":"entitlements"},{"name":"entries"},{"name":"eox"},{"name":"esims"},{"name":"ethernet"},{"name":"eventTypes"},{"name":"events"},{"name":"failedConnections"},{"name":"failover"},{"name":"features"},{"name":"fields"},{"name":"firewall"},{"name":"firewalledServices"},{"name":"firmware"},{"name":"firmwareUpgrades"},{"name":"floorPlans"},{"name":"gateways"},{"name":"geolocations"},{"name":"global"},{"name":"group"},{"name":"groupPolicies"},{"name":"groups"},{"name":"health"},{"name":"healthByTime"},{"name":"historical"},{"name":"history"},{"name":"hotspot20"},{"name":"httpServers"},{"name":"httpsInspection"},{"name":"httpsi"},{"name":"identities"},{"name":"identityPsks"},{"name":"idps"},{"name":"impacted"},{"name":"impactedDevice"},{"name":"inboundCellularFirewallRules"},{"name":"inboundFirewallRules"},{"name":"integrate"},{"name":"integration"},{"name":"integrations"},{"name":"interfaces"},{"name":"internetPolicies"},{"name":"intrusion"},{"name":"inventory"},{"name":"ipsec"},{"name":"ipv6"},{"name":"isolation"},{"name":"jobs"},{"name":"keys"},{"name":"l2"},{"name":"l3"},{"name":"l3FirewallRules"},{"name":"l7FirewallRules"},{"name":"lan"},{"name":"latencyHistory"},{"name":"latencyStats"},{"name":"latest"},{"name":"leds"},{"name":"licenses"},{"name":"licensing"},{"name":"lines"},{"name":"linkAggregations"},{"name":"linkLayer"},{"name":"live"},{"name":"liveTools"},{"name":"lldpCdp"},{"name":"load"},{"name":"local"},{"name":"localOverrides"},{"name":"location"},{"name":"loginSecurity"},{"name":"logs"},{"name":"lookups"},{"name":"lossAndLatencyHistory"},{"name":"macTable"},{"name":"malware"},{"name":"managementInterface"},{"name":"manufacturers"},{"name":"masks"},{"name":"mdns"},{"name":"me"},{"name":"memory"},{"name":"merakiAuthUsers"},{"name":"meshStatuses"},{"name":"migrations"},{"name":"mode"},{"name":"models"},{"name":"monitor"},{"name":"monitoredMediaServers"},{"name":"moves"},{"name":"mqtt"},{"name":"mqttBrokers"},{"name":"mtu"},{"name":"multicast"},{"name":"multicastForwarding"},{"name":"multicastRouting"},{"name":"nat"},{"name":"netflow"},{"name":"networkAdapters"},{"name":"networkHealth"},{"name":"objectDetectionModels"},{"name":"onboarding"},{"name":"oneToManyNatRules"},{"name":"oneToOneNatRules"},{"name":"openRoaming"},{"name":"openapiSpec"},{"name":"optIns"},{"name":"order"},{"name":"orders"},{"name":"ospf"},{"name":"override"},{"name":"overrides"},{"name":"overview"},{"name":"overviews"},{"name":"owe"},{"name":"packetCapture"},{"name":"packetLoss"},{"name":"packets"},{"name":"payloadTemplates"},{"name":"peers"},{"name":"performance"},{"name":"performanceHistory"},{"name":"permissions"},{"name":"pii"},{"name":"piiKeys"},{"name":"ping"},{"name":"pingDevice"},{"name":"pipelines"},{"name":"policies"},{"name":"policy"},{"name":"policyObjects"},{"name":"portForwardingRules"},{"name":"portSchedules"},{"name":"ports"},{"name":"power"},{"name":"powerModules"},{"name":"prefixes"},{"name":"priorities"},{"name":"profiles"},{"name":"provisioning"},{"name":"qosRules"},{"name":"qualityAndRetention"},{"name":"qualityRetentionProfiles"},{"name":"radio"},{"name":"radsec"},{"name":"ratePlans"},{"name":"readings"},{"name":"receivers"},{"name":"recent"},{"name":"records"},{"name":"redundancy"},{"name":"regions"},{"name":"relationships"},{"name":"rendezvousPoints"},{"name":"requests"},{"name":"responseCodes"},{"name":"rest"},{"name":"restrictions"},{"name":"rfProfiles"},{"name":"roles"},{"name":"rollbacks"},{"name":"routing"},{"name":"routingTable"},{"name":"rrm"},{"name":"ruleGroups"},{"name":"rules"},{"name":"rulesets"},{"name":"saml"},{"name":"samlRoles"},{"name":"sase"},{"name":"scanning"},{"name":"schedules"},{"name":"sdwan"},{"name":"search"},{"name":"security"},{"name":"securityCenters"},{"name":"seen"},{"name":"sense"},{"name":"sentry"},{"name":"servers"},{"name":"serviceProviders"},{"name":"settings"},{"name":"signalQualityHistory"},{"name":"sims"},{"name":"singleLan"},{"name":"siteToSite"},{"name":"siteToSiteVpn"},{"name":"sites"},{"name":"slas"},{"name":"smDevicesForKey"},{"name":"smOwnersForKey"},{"name":"snmp"},{"name":"softwares"},{"name":"splash"},{"name":"splashAuthorizationStatus"},{"name":"splashLoginAttempts"},{"name":"split"},{"name":"ssids"},{"name":"stacks"},{"name":"staged"},{"name":"stages"},{"name":"staticRoutes"},{"name":"statics"},{"name":"stats"},{"name":"status"},{"name":"statuses"},{"name":"stormControl"},{"name":"stp"},{"name":"subnetPool"},{"name":"subnets"},{"name":"subscription"},{"name":"subscriptions"},{"name":"summaries"},{"name":"summary"},{"name":"summaryConsumerMetrics"},{"name":"sustainability"},{"name":"swap"},{"name":"swaps"},{"name":"switches"},{"name":"syslog"},{"name":"syslogServers"},{"name":"system"},{"name":"targetGroups"},{"name":"targets"},{"name":"taxonomy"},{"name":"themes"},{"name":"thirdPartyVPNPeers"},{"name":"throughputTest"},{"name":"top"},{"name":"topology"},{"name":"towers"},{"name":"traffic"},{"name":"trafficAnalysis"},{"name":"trafficHistory"},{"name":"trafficShaping"},{"name":"transceivers"},{"name":"trustedAccessConfigs"},{"name":"trustedServers"},{"name":"tunnelable"},{"name":"tunneling"},{"name":"types"},{"name":"umbrella"},{"name":"update"},{"name":"upgrades"},{"name":"uplink"},{"name":"uplinkBandwidth"},{"name":"uplinkSelection"},{"name":"uplinks"},{"name":"uplinksLossAndLatency"},{"name":"usage"},{"name":"usageHistories"},{"name":"usageHistory"},{"name":"userAccessDevices"},{"name":"utilization"},{"name":"v4"},{"name":"video"},{"name":"videoLink"},{"name":"vlanAssignments"},{"name":"vlanProfiles"},{"name":"vlans"},{"name":"vmx"},{"name":"vpn"},{"name":"vpnExclusions"},{"name":"vpnFirewallRules"},{"name":"vppAccounts"},{"name":"vrfs"},{"name":"wakeOnLan"},{"name":"warmSpare"},{"name":"warnings"},{"name":"webhookTests"},{"name":"webhooks"},{"name":"wirelessControllers"},{"name":"wirelessProfiles"},{"name":"wlanLists"},{"name":"xdr"},{"name":"zigbee"},{"name":"zones"}],"x-parser-conf":{"exampleAsDefault":true,"expand":3,"groupBy":{"$remoteModule":"config/group_platform.js"},"httpBearer":{"bearerToken":"75dd5334bef4d2bc96f26138c163c0a3fa0b5ca6"},"labelConfig":{"endpoint":{"field":"operationId","format":"startCase"}},"meta":{"useProxy":true},"overview":{"markdownPath":"docs/overview.md"},"sampleCode":{"python":{"folder":"meraki/sdk/python","highlight":"python","name":"Meraki Python Library"}},"serverConfig":true,"sortBy":{"$remoteModule":"config/sort_by.js"},"theme":"meraki","variables":{"networkId":"N_784752235069315754","organizationId":"1215707","serial":"QBSB-VQ3J-XZ54"}},"openapi":"3.0.1","servers":[{"url":"https://api.meraki.com/{basePath}","variables":{"basePath":{"default":"api/v1"}}}],"securitySchemes":{"meraki_api_key":{"type":"apiKey","name":"X-Cisco-Meraki-API-Key","in":"header"},"bearerAuth":{"type":"http","scheme":"bearer","bearerFormat":"API Key"},"oauth2":{"type":"oauth2","description":"This API uses OAuth 2 with the authorization code grant flow. [More info](https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/authorization/)","flows":{"authorizationCode":{"authorizationUrl":"https://as.meraki.com/oauth/authorize","tokenUrl":"https://as.meraki.com/oauth/token","scopes":{"camera:config:read":"Cameras (MV)","camera:config:write":"Cameras (MV)","camera:telemetry:read":"Cameras (MV)","camera:telemetry:write":"Cameras (MV)","dashboard:general:config:read":"Entire dashboard, excluding identity and access management","dashboard:general:config:write":"Entire dashboard, excluding identity and access management","dashboard:general:telemetry:read":"Entire dashboard, excluding identity and access management","dashboard:general:telemetry:write":"Entire dashboard, excluding identity and access management","dashboard:iam:config:read":"Dashboard related to identity and access management, including early access features","dashboard:iam:config:write":"Dashboard related to identity and access management, including early access features","dashboard:iam:telemetry:read":"Dashboard related to identity and access management, including early access features","dashboard:iam:telemetry:write":"Dashboard related to identity and access management, including early access features","dashboard:licensing:config:read":"Licensing","dashboard:licensing:config:write":"Licensing","dashboard:licensing:telemetry:read":"Licensing","dashboard:licensing:telemetry:write":"Licensing","iot:gateway:general:config:read":"Sensor Connect (IoT Control)","iot:gateway:general:config:write":"Sensor Connect (IoT Control)","iot:gateway:general:telemetry:read":"Sensor Connect (IoT Control)","iot:gateway:general:telemetry:write":"Sensor Connect (IoT Control)","iot:gateway:onboarding:config:read":"Sensor Connect (IoT Onboarding)","iot:gateway:onboarding:config:write":"Sensor Connect (IoT Onboarding)","policy:config:read":"Provides granular authorization over all global policy resources including policy objects, adaptive policy, and Organization Group Policy","policy:config:write":"Provides granular authorization over all global policy resources including policy objects, adaptive policy, and Organization Group Policy","policy:telemetry:read":"Provides granular authorization over all global policy resources including policy objects, adaptive policy, and Organization Group Policy","policy:telemetry:write":"Provides granular authorization over all global policy resources including policy objects, adaptive policy, and Organization Group Policy","sdwan:config:read":"Secure SD-WAN (MX including MXIGZ)","sdwan:config:write":"Secure SD-WAN (MX including MXIGZ)","sdwan:telemetry:read":"Secure SD-WAN (MX including MXIGZ)","sdwan:telemetry:write":"Secure SD-WAN (MX including MXIGZ)","sensor:config:read":"Sensors (MT)","sensor:config:write":"Sensors (MT)","sensor:telemetry:read":"Sensors (MT)","sensor:telemetry:write":"Sensors (MT)","sm:config:read":"Endpoint Management (SM)","sm:config:write":"Endpoint Management (SM)","sm:telemetry:read":"Endpoint Management (SM)","sm:telemetry:write":"Endpoint Management (SM)","switch:config:read":"Switches (MS)","switch:config:write":"Switches (MS)","switch:telemetry:read":"Switches (MS)","switch:telemetry:write":"Switches (MS)","wireless:config:read":"Wireless (MR)","wireless:config:write":"Wireless (MR)","wireless:telemetry:read":"Wireless (MR)","wireless:telemetry:write":"Wireless (MR)"}}}}}},"spec":{"description":"Return the performance score for a single Secure Appliance or Secure Router. Only primary Secure Appliance devices supported. If no data is available, a 204 error code is returned.","operationId":"getDeviceAppliancePerformance","parameters":[{"name":"serial","in":"path","description":"Serial","schema":{"type":"string"},"required":true},{"name":"t0","in":"query","description":"The beginning of the timespan for the data. The maximum lookback period is 30 days from today.","schema":{"type":"string"}},{"name":"t1","in":"query","description":"The end of the timespan for the data. t1 can be a maximum of 14 days after t0.","schema":{"type":"string"}},{"name":"timespan","in":"query","description":"The timespan for which the information will be fetched. If specifying timespan, do not specify parameters t0 and t1. The value must be in seconds and be greater than or equal to 30 minutes and be less than or equal to 14 days. The default is 30 minutes.","schema":{"type":"number","format":"float","minimum":1800,"maximum":1209600}}],"responses":{"200":{"description":"Successful operation","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"perfScore":{"type":"number","format":"float","description":"Utilization for the device"}}},"example":{"perfScore":10}}}}},"security":[{"oauth2":["sdwan:telemetry:read"]}],"summary":"Return the performance score for a single Secure Appliance or Secure Router","tags":["appliance","monitor","performance"],"__originalOperationId":"getDeviceAppliancePerformance","method":"get","path":"/devices/{serial}/appliance/performance","sampleCode":{"Meraki Python Library":{"code":"import meraki\n\n# Defining your API key as a variable in source code is discouraged.\n# This API key is for a read-only docs-specific environment.\n# In your own code, use an environment variable as shown under the Usage section\n# @ https://github.com/meraki/dashboard-api-python/\n\nAPI_KEY = 'your-key-here'\n\ndashboard = meraki.DashboardAPI(API_KEY)\n\nserial = 'Q2QN-9J8L-SLPD'\n\nresponse = dashboard.appliance.getDeviceAppliancePerformance(\n serial\n)\n\nprint(response)","highlight":"python"}}}}