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
To create or update an application, specify the uniqueName client-provided alternate key.
create-if-missing. Required for upsert behavior, otherwise the request is treated as an update operation.
Request body
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the application object. The request body must contain displayName, which is a required property. Specify other writable properties as necessary for your application, for creation or update.
Response
If an application object with uniqueName doesn't exist, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a new application object in the response body. The application is assigned the uniqueName value.
If an application object with uniqueName doesn't exist and the Prefer: create-if-missing header is not specified, this method returns a 404 Not Found error code.
If an application object with uniqueName already exists, this method updates the application object and returns a 204 No Content response code.
Examples
Example 1: Create a new application if it doesn't exist
The following example creates an application because an application with the specified uniqueName value doesn't exist.
// 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://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.ApplicationsWithUniqueName("{uniqueName}").PatchAsync(requestBody, (requestConfiguration) =>
{
requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("Prefer", "create-if-missing");
});
// 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.applicationsWithUniqueName("{uniqueName}").patch(application, requestConfiguration -> {
requestConfiguration.headers.add("Prefer", "create-if-missing");
});
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.applications(unique_name='{unique_name}').applications_with_unique_name_request_builder import ApplicationsWithUniqueNameRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
from msgraph.generated.models.application import Application
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Application(
display_name = "Display name",
)
request_configuration = RequestConfiguration()
request_configuration.headers.add("Prefer", "create-if-missing")
result = await graph_client.applications_with_unique_name("{uniqueName}").patch(request_body, request_configuration = request_configuration)
// 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://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.ApplicationsWithUniqueName("{uniqueName}").PatchAsync(requestBody, (requestConfiguration) =>
{
requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("Prefer", "create-if-missing");
});
// 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.applicationsWithUniqueName("{uniqueName}").patch(application, requestConfiguration -> {
requestConfiguration.headers.add("Prefer", "create-if-missing");
});
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.applications(unique_name='{unique_name}').applications_with_unique_name_request_builder import ApplicationsWithUniqueNameRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
from msgraph.generated.models.application import Application
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = Application(
display_name = "Display name",
)
request_configuration = RequestConfiguration()
request_configuration.headers.add("Prefer", "create-if-missing")
result = await graph_client.applications_with_unique_name("{uniqueName}").patch(request_body, request_configuration = request_configuration)