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)
APIConnectors.ReadWrite.All
Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)
Not supported.
Not supported.
Application
APIConnectors.ReadWrite.All
Not available.
The work or school account needs to belong to at least the External ID User Flow AdministratorMicrosoft Entra role.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;
var requestBody = new IdentityApiConnector
{
DisplayName = "Test API",
TargetUrl = "https://someapi.com/api",
AuthenticationConfiguration = new BasicAuthentication
{
OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.basicAuthentication",
Username = "MyUsername",
Password = "MyPassword",
},
};
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Identity.ApiConnectors.PostAsync(requestBody);
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
IdentityApiConnector identityApiConnector = new IdentityApiConnector();
identityApiConnector.setDisplayName("Test API");
identityApiConnector.setTargetUrl("https://someapi.com/api");
BasicAuthentication authenticationConfiguration = new BasicAuthentication();
authenticationConfiguration.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.basicAuthentication");
authenticationConfiguration.setUsername("MyUsername");
authenticationConfiguration.setPassword("MyPassword");
identityApiConnector.setAuthenticationConfiguration(authenticationConfiguration);
IdentityApiConnector result = graphClient.identity().apiConnectors().post(identityApiConnector);
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\IdentityApiConnector;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\BasicAuthentication;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestBody = new IdentityApiConnector();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Test API');
$requestBody->setTargetUrl('https://someapi.com/api');
$authenticationConfiguration = new BasicAuthentication();
$authenticationConfiguration->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.basicAuthentication');
$authenticationConfiguration->setUsername('MyUsername');
$authenticationConfiguration->setPassword('MyPassword');
$requestBody->setAuthenticationConfiguration($authenticationConfiguration);
$result = $graphServiceClient->identity()->apiConnectors()->post($requestBody)->wait();
Example 2: Create an API connector with client certificate authentication
Request
The following example shows a request.
Note:authenticationConfiguration in the request is of type microsoft.graph.pkcs12certificate, which represents the configuration of a certificate needed on upload or create.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;
var requestBody = new IdentityApiConnector
{
DisplayName = "Test API",
TargetUrl = "https://someotherapi.com/api",
AuthenticationConfiguration = new Pkcs12Certificate
{
OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.pkcs12Certificate",
Pkcs12Value = "eyJhbGciOiJSU0EtT0FFUCIsImVuYyI6IkEyNTZHQ00ifQ...kDJ04sJShkkgjL9Bm49plA",
Password = "CertificatePassword",
},
};
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Identity.ApiConnectors.PostAsync(requestBody);
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
IdentityApiConnector identityApiConnector = new IdentityApiConnector();
identityApiConnector.setDisplayName("Test API");
identityApiConnector.setTargetUrl("https://someotherapi.com/api");
Pkcs12Certificate authenticationConfiguration = new Pkcs12Certificate();
authenticationConfiguration.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.pkcs12Certificate");
authenticationConfiguration.setPkcs12Value("eyJhbGciOiJSU0EtT0FFUCIsImVuYyI6IkEyNTZHQ00ifQ...kDJ04sJShkkgjL9Bm49plA");
authenticationConfiguration.setPassword("CertificatePassword");
identityApiConnector.setAuthenticationConfiguration(authenticationConfiguration);
IdentityApiConnector result = graphClient.identity().apiConnectors().post(identityApiConnector);
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\IdentityApiConnector;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Pkcs12Certificate;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestBody = new IdentityApiConnector();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Test API');
$requestBody->setTargetUrl('https://someotherapi.com/api');
$authenticationConfiguration = new Pkcs12Certificate();
$authenticationConfiguration->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.pkcs12Certificate');
$authenticationConfiguration->setPkcs12Value('eyJhbGciOiJSU0EtT0FFUCIsImVuYyI6IkEyNTZHQ00ifQ...kDJ04sJShkkgjL9Bm49plA');
$authenticationConfiguration->setPassword('CertificatePassword');
$requestBody->setAuthenticationConfiguration($authenticationConfiguration);
$result = $graphServiceClient->identity()->apiConnectors()->post($requestBody)->wait();
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