---
title: pingcli pingfederate sp authentication-policy-contract-mappings apply
description: Create or update an authentication policy contract mapping
component: pingcli
version: 1.7
page_id: pingcli:command_reference:pingcli_pingfederate_sp_authentication-policy-contract-mappings_apply
canonical_url: https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingcli/1.7/command_reference/pingcli_pingfederate_sp_authentication-policy-contract-mappings_apply.html
llms_txt: https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingcli/llms.txt
docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
revdate: September 3, 2026
section_ids:
  synopsis: Synopsis
  examples: Examples
  options: Options
  options-inherited-from-parent-commands: Options inherited from parent commands
  more-information: More information
---

# pingcli pingfederate sp authentication-policy-contract-mappings apply

Create or update an authentication policy contract mapping

## Synopsis

Idempotently create or update a PingFederate Authentication Policy Contract to SP Adapter mapping looked up by the "sourceId" and "targetId" fields in the JSON body. If no mapping with the given pair exists it is created; if it exists it is updated.

```
pingcli pingfederate sp authentication-policy-contract-mappings apply [flags]
```

## Examples

```
  # Create or update an authentication policy contract mapping (body supplies the source and target)
  pingcli pingfederate sp authentication-policy-contract-mappings apply --from-file apc-to-sp-adapter-mapping.json

  # Read body from stdin
  pingcli pingfederate sp authentication-policy-contract-mappings apply --from-file - < apc-to-sp-adapter-mapping.json

  # Create or update, overriding the source, target, and default target resource from the file
  pingcli pingfederate sp authentication-policy-contract-mappings apply --from-file apc-to-sp-adapter-mapping.json --source-id <apc-id> --target-id <sp-adapter-id> --default-target-resource https://sp.example.com/resource
```

## Options

```
  -f, --from-file string                             Path to a JSON file containing the request body, or "-" to read from stdin.
  -h, --help                                         help for apply
      --default-target-resource string               Default target URL for this APC-to-adapter mapping configuration
      --license-connection-group-assignment string   The license connection group
      --source-id string                             The id of the Authentication Policy Contract
      --target-id string                             The id of the SP Adapter
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
  -C, --config string           The relative or full path to a custom Ping CLI configuration file. (default $HOME/.pingcli/config.yaml)
  -D, --detailed-exitcode       Enable detailed exit code output. (default false) 0 - pingcli command succeeded with no errors or warnings. 1 - pingcli command failed with errors. 2 - pingcli command succeeded with warnings.
  -O, --output-format string    Specify the console output format. (default text) Options are: json, ndjson, ndjson-typed, ndjson-wrapped, text.
  -P, --profile string          The name of a configuration profile to use.
      --debug                   Enable debug output for error messages, including stack traces and transaction IDs. (default false)
      --log-file string         Write logs to a file at the given path. File logging is disabled when not set.
      --log-file-level string   Set the file log level. Options are: DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR. (default DEBUG)
      --log-level string        Set the console log level. Options are: DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR. (default WARN)
      --no-color                Disable text output in color. (default false)
      --query string            JMESPath expression to filter JSON output. Requires -O json, ndjson, ndjson-typed, or ndjson-wrapped. Example: --query 'data[?enabled].name'
```

## More information

* [pingcli pingfederate sp authentication-policy-contract-mappings](pingcli_pingfederate_sp_authentication-policy-contract-mappings.html) - PingFederate Authentication Policy Contract Mappings