---
title: "Step 2: Create a Web application"
description: Use the POST {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/applications operation to create a new PingOne OpenID Connect (OIDC) Web app. This app configuration represents (to PingOne) your custom application for user sign-on.
component: pingone-api
page_id: pingone-api:getting-started:simple-sso-workflow/step-2-create-a-web-application
canonical_url: https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingone-api/getting-started/simple-sso-workflow/step-2-create-a-web-application.html
section_ids:
  troubleshooting: Troubleshooting
  headers: Headers
  body: Body
  example-request: Example Request
  example-response: Example Response
---

# Step 2: Create a Web application

##

```none
POST {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/applications
```

Use the `POST {{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/applications` operation to create a new PingOne OpenID Connect (OIDC) Web app. This app configuration represents (to PingOne) your custom application for user sign-on.

In this request:

* ``{{apiPath}}`is the geographic domain for the PingOne API endpoints for your PingOne environment. The PingOne top-level domain is `https://api.pingone.com/v1`` for the U.S. Refer to [PingOne API domains](../../before-you-begin/introduction.html#pingone-api-domains) for the top-level domains for other regions.

* `{{envID}}` is the ID of the environment you created when you created your test environment. Refer to [Create a Test Environment](../create-a-test-environment.html).

In the request body:

* `enabled` is a Boolean (true/false) value indicating the current state of the application. You want to enable the Web application for use.

* `name` is a String containing the name of the application.

* `type` is a String containing the application type. In this workflow, the `type` is `WEB_APP`.

* `protocol` is a String containing the protocol used by the application. In this workflow, the `protocol` is `OPENID_CONNECT`.

* `grantTypes` is a String array containing the grant type or types for the authorization request. In this workflow, the `grantTypes` value needs to use the `authorization_code` grant type.

* `redirectUris` is a String array containing the callback URIs to use for the authentication response.

* `responseTypes` is a String array containing the code or token type or types returned by the authorization request. In this workflow, the `responseTypes` value needs to be `CODE` to return an authorization code. This corresponds to the `grantTypes` value set.

* `tokenEndpointAuthMethod` is a String containing the client authentication method supported by the token endpoint. In this workflow, the `tokenEndpointAuthMethod` value needs to be `CLIENT_SECRET_BASIC`.

When successful, the response returns a `Status: 201 created` message and shows the new application's configuration data.

The configuration data includes the application's `id` property. This is needed to get the application's `secret` value in the next step.

### Troubleshooting

* Verify that `{{envID}}` is the ID for the new test environment you created.

* Verify that you've assigned either the Environment Admin or Client Application Developer role to your Worker app. Refer to [Assign roles to the Worker app](../create-an-admin-worker-app/step-3-assign-roles.html).

* Verify that you're using Bearer authorization for this request (and all `{{apiPath}}` requests), and you have a valid access token. For Postman users, check that the Authorization tab in Postman is set to Bearer Token, and the access token variable is assigned (shown in blue, not red).

* Verify that you've set the variables used in the request body correctly.

* If you get a 401 Unauthorized message, this is likely due to the access token expiring (a 1 hour expiry time). Refer to the step to get an access token, and call this request again.

* Verify that `{{apiPath}}` is correct for your geographic domain .

### Headers

Authorization      Bearer {{accessToken}}

Content-Type      application/json

### Body

raw ( application/json )

```json
{
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "Shared-Web-App",
    "description": "This is an OIDC Web application for workflow testing.",
    "type": "WEB_APP",
    "protocol": "OPENID_CONNECT",
    "grantTypes": [
        "AUTHORIZATION_CODE"
    ],
    "redirectUris": [
        "http://localhost:3000/callback"
    ],
    "responseTypes": [
        "CODE"
    ],
    "tokenEndpointAuthMethod": "CLIENT_SECRET_BASIC"
}
```

##

### Example Request

* cURL

* C#

* Go

* HTTP

* Java

* jQuery

* NodeJS

* Python

* PHP

* Ruby

* Swift

```shell
curl --location --globoff '{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/applications' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}' \
--data '{
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "Shared-Web-App",
    "description": "This is an OIDC Web application for workflow testing.",
    "type": "WEB_APP",
    "protocol": "OPENID_CONNECT",
    "grantTypes": [
        "AUTHORIZATION_CODE"
    ],
    "redirectUris": [
        "http://localhost:3000/callback"
    ],
    "responseTypes": [
        "CODE"
    ],
    "tokenEndpointAuthMethod": "CLIENT_SECRET_BASIC"
}'
```

```csharp
var options = new RestClientOptions("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/applications")
{
  MaxTimeout = -1,
};
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Post);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}");
var body = @"{" + "\n" +
@"    ""enabled"": true," + "\n" +
@"    ""name"": ""Shared-Web-App""," + "\n" +
@"    ""description"": ""This is an OIDC Web application for workflow testing.""," + "\n" +
@"    ""type"": ""WEB_APP""," + "\n" +
@"    ""protocol"": ""OPENID_CONNECT""," + "\n" +
@"    ""grantTypes"": [" + "\n" +
@"        ""AUTHORIZATION_CODE""" + "\n" +
@"    ]," + "\n" +
@"    ""redirectUris"": [" + "\n" +
@"        ""http://localhost:3000/callback""" + "\n" +
@"    ]," + "\n" +
@"    ""responseTypes"": [" + "\n" +
@"        ""CODE""" + "\n" +
@"    ]," + "\n" +
@"    ""tokenEndpointAuthMethod"": ""CLIENT_SECRET_BASIC""" + "\n" +
@"}";
request.AddStringBody(body, DataFormat.Json);
RestResponse response = await client.ExecuteAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
```

```golang
package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "strings"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/applications"
  method := "POST"

  payload := strings.NewReader(`{
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "Shared-Web-App",
    "description": "This is an OIDC Web application for workflow testing.",
    "type": "WEB_APP",
    "protocol": "OPENID_CONNECT",
    "grantTypes": [
        "AUTHORIZATION_CODE"
    ],
    "redirectUris": [
        "http://localhost:3000/callback"
    ],
    "responseTypes": [
        "CODE"
    ],
    "tokenEndpointAuthMethod": "CLIENT_SECRET_BASIC"
}`)

  client := &http.Client {
  }
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")

  res, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  defer res.Body.Close()

  body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  fmt.Println(string(body))
}
```

```http
POST /v1/environments/{{envID}}/applications HTTP/1.1
Host: {{apiPath}}
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}

{
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "Shared-Web-App",
    "description": "This is an OIDC Web application for workflow testing.",
    "type": "WEB_APP",
    "protocol": "OPENID_CONNECT",
    "grantTypes": [
        "AUTHORIZATION_CODE"
    ],
    "redirectUris": [
        "http://localhost:3000/callback"
    ],
    "responseTypes": [
        "CODE"
    ],
    "tokenEndpointAuthMethod": "CLIENT_SECRET_BASIC"
}
```

```java
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n    \"enabled\": true,\n    \"name\": \"Shared-Web-App\",\n    \"description\": \"This is an OIDC Web application for workflow testing.\",\n    \"type\": \"WEB_APP\",\n    \"protocol\": \"OPENID_CONNECT\",\n    \"grantTypes\": [\n        \"AUTHORIZATION_CODE\"\n    ],\n    \"redirectUris\": [\n        \"http://localhost:3000/callback\"\n    ],\n    \"responseTypes\": [\n        \"CODE\"\n    ],\n    \"tokenEndpointAuthMethod\": \"CLIENT_SECRET_BASIC\"\n}");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/applications")
  .method("POST", body)
  .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
  .build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
```

```javascript
var settings = {
  "url": "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/applications",
  "method": "POST",
  "timeout": 0,
  "headers": {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}"
  },
  "data": JSON.stringify({
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "Shared-Web-App",
    "description": "This is an OIDC Web application for workflow testing.",
    "type": "WEB_APP",
    "protocol": "OPENID_CONNECT",
    "grantTypes": [
      "AUTHORIZATION_CODE"
    ],
    "redirectUris": [
      "http://localhost:3000/callback"
    ],
    "responseTypes": [
      "CODE"
    ],
    "tokenEndpointAuthMethod": "CLIENT_SECRET_BASIC"
  }),
};

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});
```

```javascript
var request = require('request');
var options = {
  'method': 'POST',
  'url': '{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/applications',
  'headers': {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "enabled": true,
    "name": "Shared-Web-App",
    "description": "This is an OIDC Web application for workflow testing.",
    "type": "WEB_APP",
    "protocol": "OPENID_CONNECT",
    "grantTypes": [
      "AUTHORIZATION_CODE"
    ],
    "redirectUris": [
      "http://localhost:3000/callback"
    ],
    "responseTypes": [
      "CODE"
    ],
    "tokenEndpointAuthMethod": "CLIENT_SECRET_BASIC"
  })

};
request(options, function (error, response) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  console.log(response.body);
});
```

```python
import requests
import json

url = "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/applications"

payload = json.dumps({
  "enabled": True,
  "name": "Shared-Web-App",
  "description": "This is an OIDC Web application for workflow testing.",
  "type": "WEB_APP",
  "protocol": "OPENID_CONNECT",
  "grantTypes": [
    "AUTHORIZATION_CODE"
  ],
  "redirectUris": [
    "http://localhost:3000/callback"
  ],
  "responseTypes": [
    "CODE"
  ],
  "tokenEndpointAuthMethod": "CLIENT_SECRET_BASIC"
})
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)
```

```php
<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/applications');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);
$request->setConfig(array(
  'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
$request->setHeader(array(
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
));
$request->setBody('{\n    "enabled": true,\n    "name": "Shared-Web-App",\n    "description": "This is an OIDC Web application for workflow testing.",\n    "type": "WEB_APP",\n    "protocol": "OPENID_CONNECT",\n    "grantTypes": [\n        "AUTHORIZATION_CODE"\n    ],\n    "redirectUris": [\n        "http://localhost:3000/callback"\n    ],\n    "responseTypes": [\n        "CODE"\n    ],\n    "tokenEndpointAuthMethod": "CLIENT_SECRET_BASIC"\n}');
try {
  $response = $request->send();
  if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
    echo $response->getBody();
  }
  else {
    echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
    $response->getReasonPhrase();
  }
}
catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
  echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
```

```ruby
require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"

url = URI("{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/applications")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer {{accessToken}}"
request.body = JSON.dump({
  "enabled": true,
  "name": "Shared-Web-App",
  "description": "This is an OIDC Web application for workflow testing.",
  "type": "WEB_APP",
  "protocol": "OPENID_CONNECT",
  "grantTypes": [
    "AUTHORIZATION_CODE"
  ],
  "redirectUris": [
    "http://localhost:3000/callback"
  ],
  "responseTypes": [
    "CODE"
  ],
  "tokenEndpointAuthMethod": "CLIENT_SECRET_BASIC"
})

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```swift
let parameters = "{\n    \"enabled\": true,\n    \"name\": \"Shared-Web-App\",\n    \"description\": \"This is an OIDC Web application for workflow testing.\",\n    \"type\": \"WEB_APP\",\n    \"protocol\": \"OPENID_CONNECT\",\n    \"grantTypes\": [\n        \"AUTHORIZATION_CODE\"\n    ],\n    \"redirectUris\": [\n        \"http://localhost:3000/callback\"\n    ],\n    \"responseTypes\": [\n        \"CODE\"\n    ],\n    \"tokenEndpointAuthMethod\": \"CLIENT_SECRET_BASIC\"\n}"
let postData = parameters.data(using: .utf8)

var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "{{apiPath}}/v1/environments/{{envID}}/applications")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.addValue("Bearer {{accessToken}}", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")

request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.httpBody = postData

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
  guard let data = data else {
    print(String(describing: error))
    return
  }
  print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}

task.resume()
```

### Example Response

201 Created

```json
{
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/applications/7bc39672-6770-4d78-b7f5-09728ca64f41"
        },
        "environment": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6"
        },
        "attributes": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/applications/7bc39672-6770-4d78-b7f5-09728ca64f41/attributes"
        },
        "secret": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/applications/7bc39672-6770-4d78-b7f5-09728ca64f41/secret"
        },
        "grants": {
            "href": "https://api.pingone.com/v1/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/applications/7bc39672-6770-4d78-b7f5-09728ca64f41/grants"
        }
    },
    "environment": {
        "id": "abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6"
    },
    "id": "7bc39672-6770-4d78-b7f5-09728ca64f41",
    "name": "Shared-Web-App",
    "description": "This is an OIDC Web application for workflow testing.",
    "enabled": true,
    "hiddenFromAppPortal": false,
    "type": "WEB_APP",
    "protocol": "OPENID_CONNECT",
    "createdAt": "2025-03-28T11:43:10.462Z",
    "updatedAt": "2025-03-28T11:43:10.462Z",
    "assignActorRoles": false,
    "responseTypes": [
        "CODE"
    ],
    "grantTypes": [
        "AUTHORIZATION_CODE"
    ],
    "idpSignoff": false,
    "additionalRefreshTokenReplayProtectionEnabled": true,
    "tokenEndpointAuthMethod": "CLIENT_SECRET_BASIC",
    "pkceEnforcement": "OPTIONAL",
    "parRequirement": "OPTIONAL",
    "devicePollingInterval": 5,
    "redirectUris": [
        "http://localhost:3000/callback"
    ],
    "parTimeout": 60,
    "deviceTimeout": 600
}
```