Create servicePrincipal

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Create a new servicePrincipal object.

Important

Adding passwordCredential when creating servicePrincipals is not supported. Use the addPassword method to add passwords or secrets for a servicePrincipal.

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
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.
Application	Application.ReadWrite.OwnedBy, Application.ReadWrite.All

For multi-tenant apps, the calling user must also be in one of the following Azure AD roles:

• Global Administrator
• Application Administrator
• Cloud Application Administrator roles

For single-tenant apps where the calling user is a non-admin user but is the owner of the backing application, the user must have the Application Developer role.

HTTP request

POST /servicePrincipals

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of a servicePrincipal object. The request body must contain appId.

Response

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

Examples

Request

Here is an example of the request.

HTTP

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

{
  "appId": "65415bb1-9267-4313-bbf5-ae259732ee12"
}

C#

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

var graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

var requestBody = new ServicePrincipal
{
	AppId = "65415bb1-9267-4313-bbf5-ae259732ee12",
};
var result = await graphClient.ServicePrincipals.PostAsync(requestBody);

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"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphmodels.NewServicePrincipal()
appId := "65415bb1-9267-4313-bbf5-ae259732ee12"
requestBody.SetAppId(&appId) 

result, err := graphClient.ServicePrincipals().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();

ServicePrincipal servicePrincipal = new ServicePrincipal();
servicePrincipal.appId = "65415bb1-9267-4313-bbf5-ae259732ee12";

graphClient.servicePrincipals()
	.buildRequest()
	.post(servicePrincipal);

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 servicePrincipal = {
  appId: '65415bb1-9267-4313-bbf5-ae259732ee12'
};

await client.api('/servicePrincipals')
	.post(servicePrincipal);

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 FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);

$requestBody = new ServicePrincipal();
$requestBody->setAppId('65415bb1-9267-4313-bbf5-ae259732ee12');



$result = $graphServiceClient->servicePrincipals()->post($requestBody);

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 = @{
	appId = "65415bb1-9267-4313-bbf5-ae259732ee12"
}

New-MgServicePrincipal -BodyParameter $params

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

Response

Here 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/$metadata#servicePrincipals/$entity",
    "id": "59e617e5-e447-4adc-8b88-00af644d7c92",
    "deletedDateTime": null,
    "accountEnabled": true,
    "appDisplayName": "My App",
    "appId": "65415bb1-9267-4313-bbf5-ae259732ee12",
    "appOwnerOrganizationId": "1bc1c026-2f7b-48a5-98da-afa2fd8bc7bc",
    "appRoleAssignmentRequired": false,
    "displayName": "foo",
    "homepage": null,
    "logoutUrl": null,
    "publisherName": "Contoso",
    "replyUrls": [],
    "servicePrincipalNames": [
        "f1bd758f-4a1a-4b71-aa20-a248a22a8928"
    ],
    "tags": [],
    "addIns": [],
    "appRoles": [],
    "info": {
        "termsOfServiceUrl": null,
        "supportUrl": null,
        "privacyStatementUrl": null,
        "marketingUrl": null,
        "logoUrl": null
    },
    "keyCredentials": [],
    "oauth2PermissionScopes": [],
    "passwordCredentials": []
}