get_device

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Get one device row by uuid, name, OR its PAC PORT — the DIRECT resolver for a KNOWN device: when you already hold a device uuid/name (from traffic rows, audit events, another tool's result) or a per-device PAC/proxy endpoint, call this instead of browsing or paging list_devices. `pac_port` accepts EVERY spelling: a bare port (10807), the PAC hostname (10807.busymate.net), a full PAC URL (http://10807.busymate.net/ or https://10807.busymate.net/proxy.pac), or host:port — the leading label of a PAC host IS the device's allocated port. A host with no numeric leading label and no explicit port is REFUSED as ambiguous rather than guessed, and a port owned by NO device returns { ok:true, found:false, note } — a normal complete answer, never an error and never an empty list you could misread as 'unsupported'. Returns the canonical record (uuid, name, model, os_version, setup, last_seen_at) plus found:true and the derived pac_port/pac_url. `deviceName` matches a device's name EXACTLY — case-insensitively and ignoring surrounding whitespace — OR as an UNAMBIGUOUS LABEL PREFIX: a name that is the whole leading label of exactly one device (ending at a token boundary) resolves DIRECTLY in this one call, so a farm phone named `BMDEV0 · 00121132` resolves from just `BMDEV0`, and `BMDEV1` resolves to `BMDEV1 · …` and NOT `BMDEV10 · …`. It does NOT match a mid-name word or an extra word (a device TYPE like "iphone", a serial) the name lacks, and a stem that fits more than one device (a bare `BMDEV`) is NEVER guessed. When a name matches neither exactly nor as a unique prefix you get `{ ok:true, found:false, query, candidates[] }` — the near-miss devices (device_uuid, name, platform, last_seen_at, matched_tokens), ranked by how many of your words their NAME contains: re-issue get_device with the device_uuid of the one you meant. That is the complete answer — do NOT fall back to paging list_devices. Candidates are SUGGESTIONS and are never auto-selected, however few: sibling names like a farm host and the phone under it differ by one token, so picking for you could target the wrong machine. Owner-scoped: without devices:view you may still resolve YOUR OWN device by uuid/name/pac_port (the PAC-port match is pinned to devices you own, so port-guessing can never reach another account).