HI Darron,

Thanks for your reply. I also posted it on SO and got an answer that I need to provide name field for the type of the application. But after providing correct name field I still get an error:

Here is the SO link:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52612583/issue-while-creating-an-application-through-okta-api/52613243#52613243

I am able to create an app from GUI, are there any restrictions from API side?

Thanks,

Prasad

HI Darron,

Thanks for your reply. I also posted it on SO and got an answer that I need to provide name field for the type of the application. But after providing correct name field I still get an error:

Here is the SO link:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52612583/issue-while-creating-an-application-through-okta-api/52613243#52613243

I am able to create an app from GUI, are there any restrictions from API side?

Thanks,

Prasad

{'errorCode': 'E0000001', 'errorSummary': 'Api validation failed: generalSettings', 'errorLink': 'E0000001', 'errorId': 'oae2hOfNjfcTGqUdY1ngXpmLQ', 'errorCauses': [{'errorSummary': 'Cannot create application instance. Maximum number of instances has been reached.'}]}

Above it an error I am getting after putting {"name": "template_basic_auth". However I am able to create an app through GUI but not sure what is the reason of this error while creating the app using APIs

Hi Prasad,

When creating an OIDC application through API, you will need to use "oidc_client" for "name" attribute. This is a standard when creating any OIDC application. You can further customize the name by using the "label". Also, you will need to specify the following settings for the application: client_uri, redirect_uri, response_types, grant_types and application_type.

If you are familiar with Postman, you can use the Apps collection available here https://developer.okta.com/reference/postman_collections/. Simply add it to Postman and navigate to Apps (Okta API) >> Add Application >> Add OAuth2 Client App.

Here is also an example in cURL for achieving this result

curl -X POST \

 https://yourOrg.okta.com/api/v1/apps \

 -H 'Accept: application/json' \

 -H 'Authorization: SSWS API_TOKEN' \

 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \

 -d '{

  "name": "oidc_client",

  "label": "Name of your client here",

  "signOnMode": "OPENID_CONNECT",

  "credentials": {

   "oauthClient": {

    "token_endpoint_auth_method": "client_secret_post"

   }

  },

  "settings": {

   "oauthClient": {

    "client_uri": "http://localhost:8080",

    "logo_uri": "http://developer.okta.com/assets/images/logo-new.png",

    "redirect_uris": [

     "https://example.com/oauth2/callback",

     "myapp://callback"

    ],

    "response_types": [

     "token",

     "id_token",

     "code"

    ],

    "grant_types": [

     "implicit",

     "authorization_code"

    ],

    "application_type": "native"

   }

  }

}'

If you have any further questions about the implementation, please feel free to open a support ticket with us by sending an email to developers@okta.com.

Thank You,

Dragos Gaftoneanu

Developer Support Engineer

Okta Global Customer Care

Hi Dragos,

Thanks for your reply. It worked for me. It was an issue with label and also the URL instance I am hitting. I have 2 dev URLs one with dev-705996 and dev-895265. So the API works fine on 705996 but not on 895265. 

On 895265, I get an error:

{'errorCode': 'E0000001', 'errorSummary': 'Api validation failed: generalSettings', 'errorLink': 'E0000001', 'errorId': 'oae2hOfNjfcTGqUdY1ngXpmLQ', 'errorCauses': [{'errorSummary': 'Cannot create application instance. Maximum number of instances has been reached.'}]} ..

However, I am able to create an app from GUI so not sure of this error coming for 895265.

Thanks,

Prasad