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.

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

{
  "displayName": "Display name"
}

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",
  "passwordCredentials": [
    {
      "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": "1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcd",
            "startDateTime": "2024-04-01T19:10:02.6576213Z"
        }
    ],
    "publicClient": {
        "redirectUris": []
    }
}