---
title: "Issues a new pairing code (re-pair). Voids the device's earlier unused codes and ends any live session on it: an Active or Revoked device goes back to PendingPairing."
method: POST
path: "/devices/{id}/pairing-code"
tags: ["Devices"]
---

# Issues a new pairing code (re-pair). Voids the device's earlier unused codes and ends any live session on it: an Active or Revoked device goes back to PendingPairing.

`POST /devices/{id}/pairing-code`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.clinicos.vet/backend/business`
- URL: `https://api.clinicos.vet/backend/business/devices/{id}/pairing-code`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/clinicos/apis/pawthosx-business-api-v1/docs/devices/:id/pairing-code/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- DeviceWithPairingCodeDto: The response that carries a plaintext pairing code — `POST /devices` and `POST /devices/{id}/pairing-code`. The only place the plaintext ever leaves the server.
  - `device` PairedDeviceDto, required: A paired device as Settings › Devices shows it. Never carries a code or its hash.
    - `id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `capabilities` string[], required
    - `status` integer, required
    - `pairedAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
    - `lastSeenAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
    - `lastSeenUserAgent` string, nullable, required
    - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
    - `createdByUserId` string, nullable, required
    - `revokedAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
    - `revokedByUserId` string, nullable, required
    - `pairingCodeExpiresAt` string, date-time, nullable, required
    - `online` boolean, nullable: `GET /devices` only (ITE-1087): true while the tablet holds a live `/hub/devices` connection (refreshed within the last 90 s), false otherwise and for any non-Active device, and null when presence could not be read (Redis down) or on the other endpoints.
  - `pairingCode` string, required
  - `expiresAt` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `404`: Not Found

## Changes

- **2026-10-21** `85ee96c0bb96`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/clinicos/apis/pawthosx-business-api-v1/changes/devices/:id/pairing-code/post.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/clinicos/apis/pawthosx-business-api-v1.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/clinicos/apis/pawthosx-business-api-v1/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/clinicos/apis/pawthosx-business-api-v1/revisions/099cf36186e0?raw)