applicationTemplate: instantiate

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Add an instance of an application from the Azure AD application gallery into your directory. You can also use this API to instantiate non-gallery apps. Use the following ID for the applicationTemplate object: 8adf8e6e-67b2-4cf2-a259-e3dc5476c621.

This API is supported in the following national cloud deployments.

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

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Application.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	Application.ReadWrite.OwnedBy, Application.ReadWrite.All, Directory.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

POST /applicationTemplates/{applicationTemplate-id}/instantiate

To instantiate non-gallery apps, use the 8adf8e6e-67b2-4cf2-a259-e3dc5476c621 for the {applicationTemplate-id}.

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {code}

Request body

In the request body, provide a JSON object with the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
displayName	String	Custom name of the application

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a new applicationServicePrincipal object in the response body.

Examples

The following example shows how to call this API.

Request

The following is an example of the request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/applicationTemplates/229946b9-a9fb-45b8-9531-efa47453ac9e/instantiate
Content-type: application/json

{
    "displayName": "Azure AD SAML Toolkit"
}

C#

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

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var requestBody = new Microsoft.Graph.ApplicationTemplates.Item.Instantiate.InstantiatePostRequestBody
{
	DisplayName = "Azure AD SAML Toolkit",
};
var result = await graphClient.ApplicationTemplates["{applicationTemplate-id}"].Instantiate.PostAsync(requestBody);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc application-templates instantiate post --application-template-id {applicationTemplate-id} --body '{\
    "displayName": "Azure AD SAML Toolkit"\
}\
'

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
	  graphapplicationtemplates "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/applicationtemplates"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphapplicationtemplates.NewInstantiatePostRequestBody()
displayName := "Azure AD SAML Toolkit"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 

instantiate, err := graphClient.ApplicationTemplates().ByApplicationTemplateId("applicationTemplate-id").Instantiate().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

String displayName = "Azure AD SAML Toolkit";

graphClient.applicationTemplates("229946b9-a9fb-45b8-9531-efa47453ac9e")
	.instantiate(ApplicationTemplateInstantiateParameterSet
		.newBuilder()
		.withDisplayName(displayName)
		.build())
	.buildRequest()
	.post();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const applicationServicePrincipal = {
    displayName: 'Azure AD SAML Toolkit'
};

await client.api('/applicationTemplates/229946b9-a9fb-45b8-9531-efa47453ac9e/instantiate')
	.post(applicationServicePrincipal);

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW VERSION OF THE SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new InstantiatePostRequestBody();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Azure AD SAML Toolkit');

$result = $graphServiceClient->applicationTemplates()->byApplicationTemplateId('applicationTemplate-id')->instantiate()->post($requestBody)->wait();

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Applications

$params = @{
	displayName = "Azure AD SAML Toolkit"
}

Invoke-MgInstantiateApplicationTemplate -ApplicationTemplateId $applicationTemplateId -BodyParameter $params

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# THE PYTHON SDK IS IN PREVIEW. FOR NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(request_adapter)

request_body = InstantiatePostRequestBody(
	display_name = "Azure AD SAML Toolkit",
)

result = await graph_client.application_templates.by_application_template_id('applicationTemplate-id').instantiate.post(body = request_body)

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following is an example of the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

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

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#microsoft.graph.applicationServicePrincipal",
    "application": {
        "id": "20845737-a145-446f-aa3c-77d432903957",
        "appId": "3c653ec4-4e4c-4820-8127-49e3889cad99",
        "applicationTemplateId": "229946b9-a9fb-45b8-9531-efa47453ac9e",
        "createdDateTime": "2022-04-25T16:48:24Z",
        "deletedDateTime": null,
        "displayName": "Azure AD SAML Toolkit",
        "groupMembershipClaims": null,
        "identifierUris": [],
        "isFallbackPublicClient": false,
        "signInAudience": "AzureADMyOrg",
        "tags": [],
        "tokenEncryptionKeyId": null,
        "defaultRedirectUri": null,
        "optionalClaims": null,
        "addIns": [],
        "api": {
            "acceptMappedClaims": null,
            "knownClientApplications": [],
            "requestedAccessTokenVersion": null,
            "oauth2PermissionScopes": [
                {
                    "adminConsentDescription": "Allow the application to access Azure AD SAML Toolkit on behalf of the signed-in user.",
                    "adminConsentDisplayName": "Access Azure AD SAML Toolkit",
                    "id": "00e7ef81-4deb-41d7-9ee3-90d4eba1e991",
                    "isEnabled": true,
                    "type": "User",
                    "userConsentDescription": "Allow the application to access Azure AD SAML Toolkit on your behalf.",
                    "userConsentDisplayName": "Access Azure AD SAML Toolkit",
                    "value": "user_impersonation"
                }
            ],
            "preAuthorizedApplications": []
        },
        "appRoles": [
            {
                "allowedMemberTypes": [
                    "User"
                ],
                "displayName": "msiam_access",
                "id": "8b292bda-39b6-4b77-849e-887565235bb0",
                "isEnabled": true,
                "description": "msiam_access",
                "value": null,
                "origin": "Application"
            }
        ],
        "info": {
            "logoUrl": null,
            "marketingUrl": null,
            "privacyStatementUrl": null,
            "supportUrl": null,
            "termsOfServiceUrl": null
        },
        "keyCredentials": [],
        "parentalControlSettings": {
            "countriesBlockedForMinors": [],
            "legalAgeGroupRule": "Allow"
        },
        "passwordCredentials": [],
        "publicClient": {
            "redirectUris": []
        },
        "requiredResourceAccess": [],
        "verifiedPublisher": {
            "displayName": null,
            "verifiedPublisherId": null,
            "addedDateTime": null
        },
        "web": {
            "homePageUrl": "https://samltoolkit.azurewebsites.net/SAML/Consume?metadata=samltoolkit|ISV9.2|primary|z",
            "redirectUris": [
                "https://samltoolkit.azurewebsites.net/SAML/Consume"
            ]
        }
    },
    "servicePrincipal": {
        "id": "912729dd-97ae-4ceb-ade4-07bed3046486",
        "deletedDateTime": null,
        "accountEnabled": true,
        "appId": "3c653ec4-4e4c-4820-8127-49e3889cad99",
        "applicationTemplateId": "229946b9-a9fb-45b8-9531-efa47453ac9e",
        "appDisplayName": "Azure AD SAML Toolkit",
        "alternativeNames": [],
        "appOwnerOrganizationId": "29a4f813-9274-4e1b-858d-0afa98ae66d4",
        "displayName": "Azure AD SAML Toolkit",
        "appRoleAssignmentRequired": true,
        "loginUrl": null,
        "logoutUrl": null,
        "homepage": "https://samltoolkit.azurewebsites.net/SAML/Consume?metadata=samltoolkit|ISV9.2|primary|z",
        "notificationEmailAddresses": [],
        "preferredSingleSignOnMode": null,
        "preferredTokenSigningKeyThumbprint": null,
        "replyUrls": [
            "https://samltoolkit.azurewebsites.net/SAML/Consume"
        ],
        "servicePrincipalNames": [
            "3c653ec4-4e4c-4820-8127-49e3889cad99"
        ],
        "servicePrincipalType": "Application",
        "tags": [
            "WindowsAzureActiveDirectoryIntegratedApp"
        ],
        "tokenEncryptionKeyId": null,
        "samlSingleSignOnSettings": null,
        "verifiedPublisher": {
            "displayName": null,
            "verifiedPublisherId": null,
            "addedDateTime": null
        },
        "addIns": [],
        "appRoles": [
            {
                "allowedMemberTypes": [
                    "User"
                ],
                "displayName": "msiam_access",
                "id": "8b292bda-39b6-4b77-849e-887565235bb0",
                "isEnabled": true,
                "description": "msiam_access",
                "value": null,
                "origin": "Application"
            }
        ],
        "info": {
            "logoUrl": null,
            "marketingUrl": null,
            "privacyStatementUrl": null,
            "supportUrl": null,
            "termsOfServiceUrl": null
        },
        "keyCredentials": [],
        "oauth2PermissionScopes": [
            {
                "adminConsentDescription": "Allow the application to access Azure AD SAML Toolkit on behalf of the signed-in user.",
                "adminConsentDisplayName": "Access Azure AD SAML Toolkit",
                "id": "00e7ef81-4deb-41d7-9ee3-90d4eba1e991",
                "isEnabled": true,
                "type": "User",
                "userConsentDescription": "Allow the application to access Azure AD SAML Toolkit on your behalf.",
                "userConsentDisplayName": "Access Azure AD SAML Toolkit",
                "value": "user_impersonation"
            }
        ],
        "passwordCredentials": []
    }
}