Create application

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.

HTTP

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

{
  "displayName": "Display name"
}

C#

// 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);

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

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

applications, err := graphClient.Applications().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

// 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);

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 application = {
  displayName: 'Display name'
};

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

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

PHP

<?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();

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 = "Display name"
}

New-MgApplication -BodyParameter $params

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

Python

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.application import Application

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = Application(
	display_name = "Display name",
)

result = await graph_client.applications.post(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 example shows 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/$metadata#applications/$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"
  "passwordCredential": [
    {
      "displayName": "Password name"
    }
  ]
}

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.

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

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": "puE8Q~IWkcVp1ZjAsVAWQOtGTQzJ5m-BKkBkhauv",
            "startDateTime": "2024-04-01T19:10:02.6576213Z"
        }
    ],
    "publicClient": {
        "redirectUris": []
    }
}