# Register or update a device (internal) **POST /extraction/device/add-update-device** Desktop plumbing: creates the device from the app's device metadata, or updates it, links it to the caller's extraction code, organization and case, and creates or updates the case's data-source status for it. Returns the device without the lists of organizations and extraction codes it is linked to. ## Servers - http://api.example.com: http://api.example.com () ## Authentication methods - Access token ## Parameters ### Body: application/json (object) - **deviceId** (string) - **deviceType** (string) - **deviceMetadata** (object) ## Responses ### 201 #### Body: application/json (object) - **data** (object) - **statusCode** (number) - **timestamp** (string(date-time)) [Powered by Bump.sh](https://bump.sh)