How to Pull a List of all Active Applications using SAML 2.0 Authentication via Okta API
May 26, 2025
Single Sign-On
Okta Integration Network
Okta Classic Engine
Okta Identity Engine
Overview
Applies To
- Okta API
- Applications
- Postman
- Secure Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
- Application Programming Interface (API)
Solution
The solution below uses Postman to run API calls. Before proceeding, please follow the steps to integrate Postman with Okta.
OAuth 2.0 Scope needed: okta.apps.read.
- Use the Apps (Okta API) / List ACTIVE Apps API command. Click Send.
{{url}}/api/v1/apps?filter=status eq "ACTIVE"
API call {{url}}/api/v1/apps?filter=status eq "ACTIVE" will list all active applications in the Okta org. The response received will be a 200 OK, along with all the data.
NOTE:
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- Make sure to send the required scope in the request API calls.
2. In Response parameters, the signOnMode attribute will have the information on whether it is a SAML 2.0 application.
SAML 2.0 applications will have signOnMode as SAML_2_0.
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