Printer profile operations

OctoPrint allows the management of Printer profiles that define a printer’s physical properties (such as print volume, whether a heated bed is available, maximum speeds on its axes etc). The data stored within these profiles is used for both slicing and gcode visualization.

Retrieve all printer profiles

GET /api/printerprofiles

Retrieves an object representing all configured printer profiles.

Returns a 200 OK with a profile list.

Requires the CONNECTION permission.

Example

GET /api/printerprofiles HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
X-Api-Key: abcdef...
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "profiles": {
    "_default": {
      "id": "_default",
      "name": "Default",
      "color": "default",
      "model": "Generic RepRap Printer",
      "default": true,
      "current": true,
      "resource": "http://example.com/api/printerprofiles/_default",
      "volume": {
        "formFactor": "rectangular",
        "origin": "lowerleft",
        "width": 200,
        "depth": 200,
        "height": 200
      },
      "heatedBed": true,
      "heatedChamber": false,
      "axes": {
        "x": {
          "speed": 6000,
          "inverted": false
        },
        "y": {
          "speed": 6000,
          "inverted": false
        },
        "z": {
          "speed": 200,
          "inverted": false
        },
        "e": {
          "speed": 300,
          "inverted": false
        }
      },
      "extruder": {
        "count": 1,
        "offsets": [
          {"x": 0.0, "y": 0.0}
        ]
      }
    },
    "my_profile": {
      "id": "my_profile",
      "name": "My Profile",
      "color": "default",
      "model": "My Custom Printer",
      "default": false,
      "current": false,
      "resource": "http://example.com/api/printerprofiles/my_profile",
      "volume": {
        "formFactor": "rectangular",
        "origin": "lowerleft",
        "width": 200,
        "depth": 200,
        "height": 200
      },
      "heatedBed": true,
      "heatedChamber": true,
      "axes": {
        "x": {
          "speed": 6000,
          "inverted": false
        },
        "y": {
          "speed": 6000,
          "inverted": false
        },
        "z": {
          "speed": 200,
          "inverted": false
        },
        "e": {
          "speed": 300,
          "inverted": false
        }
      },
      "extruder": {
        "count": 1,
        "offsets": [
          {"x": 0.0, "y": 0.0}
        ]
      }
    },
  }
}

Retrieve a single printer profile

GET /api/printerprofiles/(string: identifier)

Retrieves an existing single printer profile.

Returns a 200 OK with a profile.

Requires the CONNECTION permission.

Status Codes

Add a new printer profile

POST /api/printerprofiles

Adds a new printer profile based on either the current default profile or the profile identified in basedOn.

The provided profile data will be merged with the profile data from the base profile.

If a profile with the same id does already exist, a 400 Bad Request will be returned.

Returns a 200 OK with the saved profile as property profile in the JSON body upon success.

Requires the SETTINGS permission.

Example 1

Creating a new profile some_profile based on the current default profile.

POST /api/printerprofiles HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
X-Api-Key: abcdef...
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "profile": {
    "id": "some_profile",
    "name": "Some profile",
    "model": "Some cool model"
  }
}
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "profile": {
    "id": "some_profile",
    "name": "Some profile",
    "color": "default",
    "model": "Some cool model",
    "default": false,
    "current": false,
    "resource": "http://example.com/api/printerprofiles/some_profile",
    "volume": {
      "formFactor": "rectangular",
      "origin": "lowerleft",
      "width": 200,
      "depth": 200,
      "height": 200
    },
    "heatedBed": true,
    "heatedChamber": false,
    "axes": {
      "x": {
        "speed": 6000,
        "inverted": false
      },
      "y": {
        "speed": 6000,
        "inverted": false
      },
      "z": {
        "speed": 200,
        "inverted": false
      },
      "e": {
        "speed": 300,
        "inverted": false
      }
    },
    "extruder": {
      "count": 1,
      "offsets": [
        {"x": 0.0, "y": 0.0}
      ]
    }
  }
}

Example 2

Creating a new profile some_other_profile based on existing profile some_profile.

POST /api/printerprofiles HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
X-Api-Key: abcdef...
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "profile": {
    "id": "some_other_profile",
    "name": "Some other profile",
    "heatedBed": false,
    "volume": {
      "formFactor": "circular",
      "origin": "center",
      "width": "150",
      "height": "300"
    },
    "extruder": {
      "count": 2,
      "offsets": [
        {"x": 0.0, "y": 0.0},
        {"x": 21.6, "y": 0.0}
      ]
    }
  },
  "basedOn": "some_profile"
}
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "profile": {
    "id": "some_other_profile",
    "name": "Some other profile",
    "color": "default",
    "model": "Some cool model",
    "default": false,
    "current": false,
    "resource": "http://example.com/api/printerprofiles/some_other_profile",
    "volume": {
      "formFactor": "circular",
      "origin": "center",
      "width": 150,
      "depth": 150,
      "height": 300
    },
    "heatedBed": false,
    "heatedChamber": false,
    "axes": {
      "x": {
        "speed": 6000,
        "inverted": false
      },
      "y": {
        "speed": 6000,
        "inverted": false
      },
      "z": {
        "speed": 200,
        "inverted": false
      },
      "e": {
        "speed": 300,
        "inverted": false
      }
    },
    "extruder": {
      "count": 2,
      "offsets": [
        {"x": 0.0, "y": 0.0},
        {"x": 21.6, "y": 0.0}
      ]
    }
  }
}

Update an existing printer profile

PATCH /api/printerprofiles/(string: profile)

Updates an existing printer profile by its profile identifier.

The updated (potentially partial) profile is expected in the request’s body as part of an Add or update request.

Returns a 200 OK with the saved profile as property profile in the JSON body upon success.

Requires the SETTINGS permission.

Example

PATCH /api/printerprofiles/some_profile HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
X-Api-Key: abcdef...
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "profile": {
    "name": "Some edited profile",
    "volume": {
      "depth": "300"
    }
  }
}
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "profile": {
    "id": "some_profile",
    "name": "Some edited profile",
    "color": "default",
    "model": "Some cool model",
    "default": false,
    "current": false,
    "resource": "http://example.com/api/printerprofiles/some_profile",
    "volume": {
      "formFactor": "rectangular",
      "origin": "lowerleft",
      "width": 200,
      "depth": 300,
      "height": 200
    },
    "heatedBed": true,
    "heatedChamber": false,
    "axes": {
      "x": {
        "speed": 6000,
        "inverted": false
      },
      "y": {
        "speed": 6000,
        "inverted": false
      },
      "z": {
        "speed": 200,
        "inverted": false
      },
      "e": {
        "speed": 300,
        "inverted": false
      }
    },
    "extruder": {
      "count": 2,
      "offsets": [
        {"x": 0.0, "y": 0.0},
        {"x": 21.6, "y": 0.0}
      ]
    }
  }
}

Remove an existing printer profile

DELETE /api/printerprofiles/(string: profile)

Deletes an existing printer profile by its profile identifier.

If the profile to be deleted is the currently selected profile, a 409 Conflict will be returned.

Returns a 204 No Content an empty body upon success.

Requires the SETTINGS permission.

Example

DELETE /api/printerprofiles/some_profile HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
X-Api-Key: abcdef...
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Data model

Profile list

Name

Multiplicity

Type

Description

profiles

1

Object

Collection of all printer profiles available in the system

profiles.<profile id>

0..1

Profile

Information about a profile stored in the system.

Add or update request

Name

Multiplicity

Type

Description

profiles

1

Profile

Information about the profile being added/updated. Only the values to be overwritten need to be supplied. Unset fields will be taken from the base profile, which for add requests will be the current default profile unless a different base is defined in the basedOn property of the request. For update requests the current version of the profile to be updated will be used as base.

basedOn

0..1

string

Only for add requests, ignored on updates: The identifier of the profile to base the new profile on, if different than the current default profile.