HP Support — Find Repair Guides, Drivers, BIOS, Manuals & Diagnostics

Purpose

Given a product model (e.g. "HP ProBook 450 G10"), product number (e.g. "71H58AV"), or product family ("HP Pavilion 15"), return everything HP's official support site has on that product: the Maintenance and Service Guide PDF (the canonical hardware-replacement document — disassembly steps + spare part numbers), the User Guide + other manuals, drivers / BIOS / system-firmware with download URLs and CVE-level release notes, how-to videos (Brightcove-hosted), security advisories, and pointers into the warranty-check / diagnostic-tools flows. Read-only — never submits the warranty form, never starts a download, never books service. Works for both consumer (Pavilion / Envy / Spectre / OMEN) and business (ProBook / EliteBook / ZBook) lines because they all run on the same wcc-services backend.

When to Use

• "What spare-part number does HP list for the bottom cover of an HP ProBook 450 G10?" — points the user to the Maintenance and Service Guide PDF.
• "Latest BIOS for my EliteBook 840 G10 and what CVEs does it fix?" — softwareTypes[name=BIOS-System Firmware] carries version, fileUrl, and a fixesAndEnhancements field with CVE IDs.
• "Show me HP-published hardware replacement / how-to videos for this product" — kaasVideos endpoint returns Brightcove URLs.
• "List every PDF manual HP publishes for this laptop" — getManuals endpoint, one round trip.
• "Pre-flight a support-ticket conversation: tell me model, productLineCode, productNumberOid, BIOS version, and which manuals exist" — three GET/POST calls, no scraping.
• Bulk inventory enrichment: drivers/BIOS staleness audits across a fleet of HP devices.

Workflow

The HP support site is an Angular SPA (<app-root>) over a public, unauthenticated, no-anti-bot JSON API at https://support.hp.com/wcc-services/* plus the cross-origin search endpoint at https://support.hp.com/typeahead. Every read endpoint that powers the support pages can be hit directly with fetch — no cookies, no CSRF token, no captcha (for the read paths; the warranty-check write path is reCAPTCHA-gated and excluded from this skill, see Gotchas). Lead with the API path; the browser path is a 100×-cost fallback that adds nothing because the same JSON ends up in the response anyway.

The API expects two contextual params: cc (country, e.g. us) and lc (language, e.g. en). Pass them on every call; mismatched cc/lc returns thinner (or empty) data instead of an error.

1. Resolve the product to an OID via /typeahead

GET https://support.hp.com/typeahead
    ?q=<urlenc product name | product number | series>
    &resultLimit=10
    &store=tmsstore
    &languageCode=en
    &filters=class:(pm_series_value^1.1 OR pm_name_value OR pm_number_value) AND (hiddenproduct:no OR (!_exists_:hiddenproduct))
    &printFields=tmspmseriesvalue,tmspmnamevalue,tmspmnumbervalue,class,productid,seofriendlyname,activewebsupportflag,navigationpath,childnodes

Returns {matches: [{name, productId, pmSeriesOid, seoFriendlyName, pmClass, activeWebSupportFlag, childnodes, ...}], totalCount}.

• pmClass discriminates the match type:
  • pm_series_value — top-level series (e.g. "HP ProBook 450 15.6 inch G10 Notebook PC"). Use this for all subsequent calls — productId here is the seriesOid everything else keys off.
  • pm_name_value — model variant within a series (e.g. "HP ProBook 450 ... (71H58AV)"). Has pmSeriesOid pointing back to the series.
  • pm_number_value — bare product number ("71H58AV") — has its own productId but no seriesOid. Treat as a hint and re-run the typeahead with the matched series name if you need driver/manual data.
• Pick the highest matchScore with pmClass=pm_series_value for downstream calls. If the user gave a product number (e.g. 71H58AV), the pm_name_value row's pmSeriesOid is the series OID you want.
• printFields accepts a partial set; if you omit a field name you'll get back items missing that field (the iter-1 trace observed empty-field rows when too few printFields were declared — always include name, productId, seoFriendlyName, pmClass at minimum).

2. Get the category roster for that series

POST https://support.hp.com/wcc-services/pdp/category?type=all
Content-Type: application/json

{"seriesOid": "<oid>", "modelOid": null, "isMobile": false, "cc": "us", "lc": "en", "productAttributes": []}

Returns data.categories[] — each entry is one of the eight support sections with a tmsId, seoName, label, docCount, and (where applicable) manuals count + softwareAvailability: true. Verified categories observed across both consumer (Pavilion 15-cc700) and business (ProBook 450 G10) products:

3. Fetch PDF manuals (incl. the Maintenance and Service Guide)

GET https://support.hp.com/wcc-services/pdp/manuals/getManuals
    ?productID=<oid>
    &countryCode=us
    &languageCode=en
    &browserLangCode=en

Returns data.manuals[] of {value, languageCode, fileBytes, id, url, contentType, localizedContentType, contentTypeId}.

• contentType=="Service and Maintenance" is the Maintenance and Service Guide — the canonical hardware-replacement PDF. It contains: removal/replacement procedures (HDD, SSD, RAM, battery, palmrest, keyboard, display, system board, fan, speaker), HP spare part numbers for every component, and exploded-view diagrams. This is the answer to "what part number do I order to replace X?" — point users at this PDF.
• Other useful contentTypes: Use and Maintain (User Guide, regulatory & safety, BIOS Setup Admin Guide), White Paper, Customer Advisory, Security Bulletin.
• url is a direct PDF link on kaas.hpcloud.hp.com/pdf-public/. No auth, no referrer required to fetch.
• Verified across consumer (Pavilion 15-cc700 → 7 manuals incl. "HP Pavilion 15 Laptop PC - Maintenance and Service Guide", 15.89 MB) and business (ProBook 450 G10 → 8 manuals incl. "Maintenance and Service Guide", 14.06 MB).

4. Fetch drivers / BIOS / system firmware

Two-call dance — first get the OS list, then post a driverDetails request scoped to one OS version.

GET https://support.hp.com/wcc-services/swd-v2/osVersionData?cc=us&lc=en&productOid=<oid>

Returns data.osAvailablePlatformsAnsOS.osPlatforms[] — each is one OS family (Windows) with osVersions[] (Windows 11 24H2, Windows 11 23H2, Windows 10 22H2, etc.). Each version has an opaque id (referred to as osTMSId / platformId in the next call). Do not hardcode these IDs — they're stable per release but new ones (e.g. Windows 11 25H2) appear; always re-read from osVersionData.

POST https://support.hp.com/wcc-services/swd-v2/driverDetails
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "productLineCode": "6U",     // from /wcc-services/profile/devices/warranty/specs (see step 5) or hardcode-by-family
  "lc": "en",
  "cc": "us",
  "osTMSId": "<id from osVersionData>",
  "osName": "Windows",
  "productNumberOid": <productNumberOid>,   // a child node OID; see below
  "productSeriesOid": <seriesOid>,
  "platformId": "<same as osTMSId>"
}

Returns data.softwareTypes[] — each is one software category with accordionName (e.g. BIOS-System Firmware, Driver-Network, Driver-Graphics, Driver-Audio, Driver-Chipset, Diagnostic, Firmware, Software-Security) and softwareDriversList[]. Each driver entry has:

• latestVersionDriver — title, version, versionUpdatedDateString, fileSize, fileUrl (direct softpaq download from ftp.hp.com), severityFlag (routine, recommended, critical), releaseDateString, softwareItemId
• latestVersionDriver.detailInformation — description (HTML), installationInstruction (HTML), fixesAndEnhancements (HTML — contains CVE IDs for security updates like CVE-2025-20080), releaseDate
• latestVersionDriver.productSoftwareFileList[] — file URL + checkSum (MD5)
• previousVersionOfDriversList[] — older versions with the same shape

Resolving productLineCode and productNumberOid from a seriesOid: the cheapest way is POST /wcc-services/profile/devices/warranty/specs?cache=true with body {"cc":"us","lc":"en","utcOffset":"M0700","devices":[{"seriesOid":null,"modelOid":<seriesOid>,"serialNumber":null,"displayProductNumber":null,"countryOfPurchase":"us"}],"skipSyncCall":false,"captchaToken":""}. The devices[0].productSpecs.data block carries productLineCode, productNumberOid, productSeriesOid, productPlatform, productType, prodCategory — and warranty: null (warranty itself requires a serial + reCAPTCHA, see Gotchas). This call works without a serial number — passing only modelOid returns the spec block. The non-serial path is the right way to bootstrap downstream calls.

5. Hardware-replacement / how-to videos

GET https://support.hp.com/wcc-services/swd-v2/kaasVideos/us-en/<oid>

Returns a numbered-keys object ({"0":..., "1":..., ...} not a top-level array) of {bcId, title, description, store: "Videos", contentUpdateDate, streamingService: {videourl, name: "Brightcove", videoid}, thumbNail: ["...|w|h|yes", ...]}. The videos cover OS-level tasks (recovery, restore points, Windows updates) — not necessarily product-specific tear-downs. For tear-down videos check the embedded video links inside the Maintenance and Service Guide PDF, or the category-details results for setup-user-guides (which mixes documents and videos by section).

6. Per-section docs/videos (troubleshooting, specs, etc.)

POST https://support.hp.com/wcc-services/pdp/category-details
Content-Type: application/json

{"tmsId": "<from /pdp/category>", "cc": "us", "lc": "en", "seriesOid": "<oid>", "modelOid": ""}

Returns data.categoryList[] — one entry per subsection within the category, each with subCatName (includes (N) count suffix), tmsID, subCatType, and collectionData[] of documents/videos. Document items have documentID (e.g. ish_7299764-7299808-16, navigable as /{cc}-{lc}/document/{documentID}), title, description, contentType (How To, Customer Advisory, etc.), store: "Product Documents". Video items have bcId + streamingService.videourl.

7. Security advisories (CVE-level)

GET https://support.hp.com/wcc-services/pdp/securityalerts/us-en/<oid>

Use this when the user asks about active security advisories for the product (separate from the BIOS fixesAndEnhancements CVE list which is per-driver-release).

8. Warranty status — excluded from automation

The warranty form at /{cc}-{lc}/check-warranty requires a serial number AND a reCAPTCHA solve. The backing endpoint is POST /wcc-services/profile/devices/warranty/specs and accepts a captchaToken field — without a valid token it returns the spec block but warranty: null. Do not attempt to bypass the reCAPTCHA; instead, return the warranty page URL (https://support.hp.com/{cc}-{lc}/check-warranty) and the resolved product info, and let the caller hand the user off.

9. Diagnostic tools

The /{cc}-{lc}/topic/diagnostics URL redirects to /{cc}-{lc}/help/computer, which is a curated landing page (not product-scoped) with links to HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI / Windows), HP Support Assistant, HP Cloud Recovery, HP Print and Scan Doctor. It's static; just include it as a link in the output. Per-product diagnostic softpaqs (e.g. UEFI diagnostics installer) appear in swd-v2/driverDetails under accordionName: "Diagnostic" — surface those as part of the drivers result.

Browser fallback

If the wcc-services API ever rate-limits or breaks (didn't observe in iter-1 — proxies were not required, the API has no anti-bot wall and returns 200 over an unverified session), fall back to navigating these URLs and harvesting the same JSON from the SPA's network tab:

• /{cc}-{lc}/product/details/{seoFriendlyName}/{oid} — product hub
• /{cc}-{lc}/drivers/{seoFriendlyName}/model/{oid} — drivers page (Angular renders progressively; OS picker triggers swd-v2/driverDetails)
• /{cc}-{lc}/product/setup-user-guides/{seoFriendlyName}/{oid} — manuals + setup
• /{cc}-{lc}/product/troubleshooting/{seoFriendlyName}/{oid} — troubleshooting docs

The Angular shell renders nothing useful for browse snapshot until the API calls complete (~3 s post-load), so even in the fallback you should wait timeout 3000 then read the same JSON via browse eval page-context fetch rather than clicking through the OS picker UI (the OS-picker buttons require eval-driven clicks anyway because the dropdown's aria attributes don't expose option roles cleanly to a snapshot — observed in iter-1).

Site-Specific Gotchas

• /typeahead lives at the bare origin, not under /wcc-services/. It's https://support.hp.com/typeahead?... — the only API endpoint that doesn't follow the /wcc-services/ prefix. The Referer header is not enforced; no other headers required.
• pmClass discriminates result tier and you must filter for it. A typeahead query like "71H58AV" returns BOTH a pm_name_value row (the model variant carrying a pmSeriesOid) AND a pm_number_value row (the bare product-number record with no series link). The pm_number_value row is a dead-end for downstream API calls — use the pmSeriesOid from the pm_name_value row, or re-query with the resolved product name to get a pm_series_value row.
• printFields is a strict allow-list. Omit a field and it's silently dropped from the response — you'll get items with name: undefined. Always include name, productId, seoFriendlyName, pmClass minimum. Adding more is free.
• tools-dignostics is misspelled in the API. The category seoName is tools-dignostics (missing the second a). Don't auto-correct it; the API will 404 the corrected spelling.
• OS version IDs are opaque, long, and per-release. They're 38–48 character numeric strings (e.g. 11071710142261487401158135515468128090636 is Windows 11 24H2 64-bit). Always read them fresh from osVersionData. Caching is fine within a session; never bake them into the skill.
• driverDetails requires productLineCode + productNumberOid, not just productSeriesOid. Without them the response is empty. Bootstrap them via profile/devices/warranty/specs with only modelOid set (no serial needed) — the spec block carries everything. productLineCode is a 1-2 char family code (6U for ProBook 450 G10, varies by family).
• Warranty data requires reCAPTCHA + serial. profile/devices/warranty/specs with no serialNumber returns warranty: null — that's not an error, it's by design. Don't try to bypass; emit the warranty-check page URL and stop.
• Warranty page itself has reCAPTCHA at /check-warranty. Visible iframe at iter-1 confirmed. The skill's flow exits at "user takes the URL" — never attempt to solve.
• No anti-bot wall on read endpoints. A bare Browserbase session (no --verified, no --proxies) reaches /typeahead and /wcc-services/* over a US IP without 4xx. The verified-stealth proxy session in the iter-1 trace returned 200s on every call. Use a plain session unless an out-of-band block surfaces; the proxy adds latency for no benefit. (/check-warranty would still wall on reCAPTCHA — that's a UI-layer block, unrelated to network anti-bot.)
• kaasVideos returns a numbered-keys object, not an array. Top-level shape is {"0": {...}, "1": {...}, ...}. Iterate with Object.values().
• Direct softpaq URLs work without auth. https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp{N0}-{N1}/sp{ID}.exe is publicly served. Don't try to "log in" or set referrers; the link from driverDetails works as-is.
• Service guide PDF URL is on kaas.hpcloud.hp.com — not ftp.hp.com. Different CDN, also unauthenticated. Both are stable.
• detailInformation.fixesAndEnhancements is HTML with embedded <!DOCTYPE> blocks. Each release-note section is wrapped in its own DTD prologue + <html><body>...</body></html> — to extract clean text you have to strip multiple HTML wrappers, not just one. Plain text contains the CVE list.
• The Angular shell hides API responses behind a 1-3 s render delay. If you go the browser-fallback route, wait load followed by wait timeout 3000 is the minimum; the snapshot returned at load time is empty (just <app-root></app-root>).
• Country/locale drift. /{cc}-{lc}/... URLs follow the same routing for non-US (e.g. gb-en, de-de, fr-fr). The bare / redirects to a country based on the request IP — always specify {cc}-{lc} explicitly. Manuals and driver content vary by cc/lc; the same oid returns different manuals[] localized for the locale you pass.
• activeWebSupportFlag: "no" means the product is end-of-life on the support site. Drivers and manuals may still be served, but the data is frozen. Surface this flag to callers — "results may be outdated."
• The OS picker UI (button: Select your Operating System version) is not a real <select> — it's a list of stacked <button> elements. browse click @<ref> on the visible-text option works only after first clicking the parent dropdown button. From browse eval, Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('button')).find(b => b.textContent.trim() === 'Windows 11 version 24H2 (64-bit)').click() is reliable. Submit then needs a second eval-driven click. (API path skips this entirely.)

Expected Output

{
  "query": "HP ProBook 450 G10",
  "matchedProduct": {
    "name": "HP ProBook 450 15.6 inch G10 Notebook PC",
    "seriesOid": 2101593792,
    "seoFriendlyName": "hp-probook-450-15.6-inch-g10-notebook-pc",
    "productLineCode": "6U",
    "productNumberOid": 2101593828,
    "productPlatform": "Roc15",
    "productType": "Laptops and Hybrids",
    "audience": "Commercial",
    "activeWebSupport": true,
    "pageUrls": {
      "productHub": "https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/details/hp-probook-450-15.6-inch-g10-notebook-pc/2101593792",
      "drivers": "https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/hp-probook-450-15.6-inch-g10-notebook-pc/model/2101593792",
      "setupUserGuides": "https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/setup-user-guides/hp-probook-450-15.6-inch-g10-notebook-pc/2101593792",
      "warrantyCheck": "https://support.hp.com/us-en/check-warranty",
      "diagnostics": "https://support.hp.com/us-en/help/computer"
    }
  },
  "manuals": [
    {
      "title": "Maintenance and Service Guide",
      "contentType": "Service and Maintenance",
      "language": "EN",
      "size": "14.06 MB",
      "url": "https://kaas.hpcloud.hp.com/pdf-public/pdf_7742024_en-US-1.pdf",
      "note": "Canonical repair guide: disassembly procedures + HP spare part numbers."
    },
    {
      "title": "User Guide",
      "contentType": "Use and Maintain",
      "language": "EN",
      "size": "8.56 MB",
      "url": "https://kaas.hpcloud.hp.com/pdf-public/pdf_6908214_en-US-1.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "drivers": {
    "os": "Windows 11 version 24H2 (64-bit)",
    "osTMSId": "11071710142261487401158135515468128090636",
    "categories": [
      {
        "name": "BIOS-System Firmware",
        "items": [
          {
            "title": "HP BIOS and System Firmware (V72)",
            "version": "01.11.00 Rev.A",
            "releaseDate": "2026-01-16",
            "severity": "routine",
            "fileSize": "24.3 MB",
            "fileUrl": "https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp168501-169000/sp168775.exe",
            "checksum": "69440D4FBE27427711F28B9FC735460F",
            "fixes": ["CVE-2025-20080", "CVE-2025-27707", "CVE-2025-31648", "CVE-2025-32008"]
          }
        ]
      },
      { "name": "Driver-Network", "items": [/* ... */] },
      { "name": "Driver-Graphics", "items": [/* ... */] },
      { "name": "Driver-Audio", "items": [/* ... */] },
      { "name": "Driver-Chipset", "items": [/* ... */] },
      { "name": "Diagnostic", "items": [/* per-product UEFI diagnostic softpaqs */] },
      { "name": "Firmware", "items": [/* ... */] }
    ]
  },
  "videos": [
    {
      "bcId": "REFIDNS36333818",
      "title": "Resetting Windows 11 When Your HP Computer Does Not Boot",
      "videoUrl": "https://players.brightcove.net/1160438706001/BO7dPiDZK_default/index.html?videoId=ref:REFIDNS36333818"
    }
  ],
  "diagnosticTools": {
    "page": "https://support.hp.com/us-en/help/computer",
    "tools": [
      "HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (UEFI)",
      "HP PC Hardware Diagnostics (Windows)",
      "HP Support Assistant",
      "HP Cloud Recovery",
      "HP Print and Scan Doctor"
    ],
    "note": "Per-product UEFI diagnostic softpaqs are also available under drivers.categories[name='Diagnostic']."
  },
  "warranty": {
    "status": "not_checked",
    "reason": "warranty_check_requires_recaptcha",
    "instruction": "Visit https://support.hp.com/us-en/check-warranty and enter the device serial number. The skill does not solve reCAPTCHA."
  }
}

Edge-case shapes:

// Ambiguous / multiple-series match
{
  "query": "HP Pavilion 15",
  "matchedProduct": null,
  "ambiguous": true,
  "candidates": [
    { "name": "HP Pavilion 15-cc700 Laptop PC", "seriesOid": 17053501, "seoFriendlyName": "hp-pavilion-15-cc700-laptop-pc" },
    { "name": "HP Pavilion 15-bc000 Notebook PC series (Touch)", "seriesOid": 10862168 },
    { "name": "HP Pavilion 15-cu1000 Laptop PC", "seriesOid": 23238469 }
  ]
}

// Product not found
{
  "query": "HP Frobnicator 9000",
  "matchedProduct": null,
  "ambiguous": false,
  "candidates": []
}

// End-of-life product (still has data, but flag stale)
{
  "query": "HP Pavilion dv2000",
  "matchedProduct": { "...": "...", "activeWebSupport": false },
  "manuals": [/* ... */],
  "drivers": { "os": null, "categories": [] },
  "warning": "activeWebSupportFlag=no — content may be archived / unmaintained."
}