Create application

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2024-05-15

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new application object.

Important

Do not share application client IDs (appId) in API documentation or code samples.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	✅

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	Application.ReadWrite.All	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Application.ReadWrite.All	Not available.
Application	Application.ReadWrite.OwnedBy	Application.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

POST /applications

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of application object. The request body must contain displayName, which is a required property.

Response

If successful, this method returns 201 Created response code and an application object in the response body.

Examples

Example 1: Create an application with the default settings

Request

The following example shows a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/applications
Content-type: application/json

{
  "displayName": "Display name"
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new Application
{
	DisplayName = "Display name",
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Applications.PostAsync(requestBody);



mgc applications create --body '{\
  "displayName": "Display name"\
}\
'



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewApplication()
displayName := "Display name"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
applications, err := graphClient.Applications().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Application application = new Application();
application.setDisplayName("Display name");
Application result = graphClient.applications().post(application);


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const application = {
  displayName: 'Display name'
};

await client.api('/applications')
	.post(application);


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Application;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new Application();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Display name');

$result = $graphServiceClient->applications()->post($requestBody)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Applications

$params = @{
	displayName = "Display name"
}

New-MgApplication -BodyParameter $params


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.application import Application
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Application(
	display_name = "Display name",
)

result = await graph_client.applications.post(request_body)

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#applications/$entity",
    "id": "03ef14b0-ca33-4840-8f4f-d6e91916010e",
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "isFallbackPublicClient": null,
    "appId": "631a96bc-a705-4eda-9f99-fdaf9f54f6a2",
    "applicationTemplateId": null,
    "identifierUris": [],
    "createdDateTime": "2019-09-17T19:10:35.2742618Z",
    "displayName": "Display name",
    "isDeviceOnlyAuthSupported": null,
    "groupMembershipClaims": null,
    "optionalClaims": null,
    "addIns": [],
    "publisherDomain": "contoso.com",
    "samlMetadataUrl": "https://graph.microsoft.com/2h5hjaj542de/app",
    "signInAudience": "AzureADandPersonalMicrosoftAccount",
    "tags": [],
    "tokenEncryptionKeyId": null,
    "api": {
        "requestedAccessTokenVersion": 2,
        "acceptMappedClaims": null,
        "knownClientApplications": [],
        "oauth2PermissionScopes": [],
        "preAuthorizedApplications": []
    },
    "appRoles": [],
    "publicClient": {
        "redirectUris": []
    },
    "info": {
        "termsOfServiceUrl": null,
        "supportUrl": null,
        "privacyStatementUrl": null,
        "marketingUrl": null,
        "logoUrl": null
    },
    "keyCredentials": [],
    "parentalControlSettings": {
        "countriesBlockedForMinors": [],
        "legalAgeGroupRule": "Allow"
    },
    "passwordCredentials": [],
    "requiredResourceAccess": [],
    "web": {
        "redirectUris": [],
        "homePageUrl": null,
        "logoutUrl": null,
        "implicitGrantSettings": {
            "enableIdTokenIssuance": false,
            "enableAccessTokenIssuance": false
        }
    }
}

Example 2: Create a new application and add a password secret

Request

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/applications
Content-type: application/json

{
  "displayName": "MyAppName",
  "passwordCredentials": [
    {
      "displayName": "Password name"
    }
  ]
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;

var requestBody = new Application
{
	DisplayName = "MyAppName",
	PasswordCredentials = new List<PasswordCredential>
	{
		new PasswordCredential
		{
			DisplayName = "Password name",
		},
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Applications.PostAsync(requestBody);



mgc applications create --body '{\
  "displayName": "MyAppName",\
  "passwordCredentials": [\
    {\
      "displayName": "Password name"\
    }\
  ]\
}\
'



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewApplication()
displayName := "MyAppName"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 


passwordCredential := graphmodels.NewPasswordCredential()
displayName := "Password name"
passwordCredential.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 

passwordCredentials := []graphmodels.PasswordCredentialable {
	passwordCredential,
}
requestBody.SetPasswordCredentials(passwordCredentials)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
applications, err := graphClient.Applications().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

Application application = new Application();
application.setDisplayName("MyAppName");
LinkedList<PasswordCredential> passwordCredentials = new LinkedList<PasswordCredential>();
PasswordCredential passwordCredential = new PasswordCredential();
passwordCredential.setDisplayName("Password name");
passwordCredentials.add(passwordCredential);
application.setPasswordCredentials(passwordCredentials);
Application result = graphClient.applications().post(application);


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const application = {
  displayName: 'MyAppName',
  passwordCredentials: [
    {
      displayName: 'Password name'
    }
  ]
};

await client.api('/applications')
	.post(application);


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Application;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\PasswordCredential;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new Application();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('MyAppName');
$passwordCredentialsPasswordCredential1 = new PasswordCredential();
$passwordCredentialsPasswordCredential1->setDisplayName('Password name');
$passwordCredentialsArray []= $passwordCredentialsPasswordCredential1;
$requestBody->setPasswordCredentials($passwordCredentialsArray);


$result = $graphServiceClient->applications()->post($requestBody)->wait();


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Applications

$params = @{
	displayName = "MyAppName"
	passwordCredentials = @(
		@{
			displayName = "Password name"
		}
	)
}

New-MgApplication -BodyParameter $params


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.application import Application
from msgraph.generated.models.password_credential import PasswordCredential
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Application(
	display_name = "MyAppName",
	password_credentials = [
		PasswordCredential(
			display_name = "Password name",
		),
	],
)

result = await graph_client.applications.post(request_body)

Response

The following example shows the response. The secretText property in the response object contains the strong passwords or secret generated by Microsoft Entra ID and is 16-64 characters in length. There is no way to retrieve this password in the future.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#applications/$entity",
    "id": "83ab4737-da9d-4084-86f2-f8fbec220647",
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "appId": "9519e58c-bd06-4120-a7fd-2220d4de8409",
    "applicationTemplateId": null,
    "disabledByMicrosoftStatus": null,
    "createdDateTime": "2024-04-01T19:10:02.6626202Z",
    "displayName": "MyAppName",
    "description": null,
    "keyCredentials": [],
    "parentalControlSettings": {
        "countriesBlockedForMinors": [],
        "legalAgeGroupRule": "Allow"
    },
    "passwordCredentials": [
        {
            "customKeyIdentifier": null,
            "displayName": "Password name",
            "endDateTime": "2026-04-01T19:10:02.6576213Z",
            "hint": "puE",
            "keyId": "09a0c91a-1bc3-4eaf-a945-c88c041fad6c",
            "secretText": "1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcd",
            "startDateTime": "2024-04-01T19:10:02.6576213Z"
        }
    ],
    "publicClient": {
        "redirectUris": []
    }
}

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Create application

Permissions

HTTP request

Request headers

Request body

Response

Examples

Example 1: Create an application with the default settings

Request

Response

Example 2: Create a new application and add a password secret

Request

Response

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