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Create a package flight submission

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Use this method in the Microsoft Store submission API to create a new submission for a package flight for an app. After you successfully create a new submission by using this method, update the submission to make any necessary changes to the submission data, and then commit the submission for ingestion and publishing.

For more information about how this method fits into the process of creating a package flight submission by using the Microsoft Store submission API, see Manage package flight submissions.

Note

This method creates a submission for an existing package flight. To create a package flight, use the create a package flight method.

Prerequisites

To use this method, you need to first do the following:

  • If you have not done so already, complete all the prerequisites for the Microsoft Store submission API.
  • Obtain an Azure AD access token to use in the request header for this method. After you obtain an access token, you have 60 minutes to use it before it expires. After the token expires, you can obtain a new one.
  • Create a package flight for an app. You can do this in Partner Center, or you can do this by using the create a package flight method.

Request

This method has the following syntax. See the following sections for usage examples and descriptions of the header and request body.

Method Request URI
POST https://manage.devcenter.microsoft.com/v1.0/my/applications/{applicationId}/flights/{flightId}/submissions

Request header

Header Type Description
Authorization string Required. The Azure AD access token in the form Bearer <token>.

Request parameters

Name Type Description
applicationId string Required. The Store ID of the app for which you want to create a package flight submission. For more information about the Store ID, see View app identity details.
flightId string Required. The ID of the package flight for which you want to add the submission. This ID is available in the response data for requests to create a package flight and get package flights for an app.

Request body

Do not provide a request body for this method.

Request example

The following example demonstrates how to create a new package flight submission for an app that has the Store ID 9WZDNCRD91MD.

POST https://manage.devcenter.microsoft.com/v1.0/my/applications/9NBLGGH4R315/flights/43e448df-97c9-4a43-a0bc-2a445e736bcd/submissions HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Bearer <your access token>

Response

The following example demonstrates the JSON response body for a successful call to this method. The response body contains information about the new submission. For more details about the values in the response body, see Package flight submission resource.

{
  "id": "1152921504621243649",
  "flightId": "cd2e368a-0da5-4026-9f34-0e7934bc6f23",
  "status": "PendingCommit",
  "statusDetails": {
    "errors": [],
    "warnings": [],
    "certificationReports": []
  },
  "flightPackages": [
    {
      "fileName": "newPackage.appx",
      "fileStatus": "PendingUpload",
      "id": "",
      "version": "1.0.0.0",
      "languages": ["en-us"],
      "capabilities": [],
      "minimumDirectXVersion": "None",
      "minimumSystemRam": "None"
    }
  ],
  "packageDeliveryOptions": {
    "packageRollout": {
        "isPackageRollout": false,
        "packageRolloutPercentage": 0.0,
        "packageRolloutStatus": "PackageRolloutNotStarted",
        "fallbackSubmissionId": "0"
    },
    "isMandatoryUpdate": false,
    "mandatoryUpdateEffectiveDate": "1601-01-01T00:00:00.0000000Z"
  },
  "fileUploadUrl": "https://productingestionbin1.blob.core.windows.net/ingestion/8b389577-5d5e-4cbe-a744-1ff2e97a9eb8?sv=2014-02-14&sr=b&sig=wgMCQPjPDkuuxNLkeG35rfHaMToebCxBNMPw7WABdXU%3D&se=2016-06-17T21:29:44Z&sp=rwl",
  "targetPublishMode": "Immediate",
  "targetPublishDate": "",
  "notesForCertification": "No special steps are required for certification of this app."
}

Error codes

If the request cannot be successfully completed, the response will contain one of the following HTTP error codes.

Error code Description
400 The package flight submission could not be created because the request is invalid.
409 The package flight submission could not be created because of the current state of the app, or the app uses a Partner Center feature that is currently not supported by the Microsoft Store submission API.