# CreateApplication
<a name="API_CreateApplication"></a>

Creates an application. In AWS AppConfig, an application is simply an organizational construct like a folder. This organizational construct has a relationship with some unit of executable code. For example, you could create an application called MyMobileApp to organize and manage configuration data for a mobile application installed by your users.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /applications HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "Description": "string",
   "Name": "string",
   "Tags": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   }
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [Description](#API_CreateApplication_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="appconfig-CreateApplication-request-Description"></a>
A description of the application.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1024.  
Required: No

 ** [Name](#API_CreateApplication_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="appconfig-CreateApplication-request-Name"></a>
A name for the application.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.  
Required: Yes

 ** [Tags](#API_CreateApplication_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="appconfig-CreateApplication-request-Tags"></a>
Metadata to assign to the application. Tags help organize and categorize your AWS AppConfig resources. Each tag consists of a key and an optional value, both of which you define.  
Type: String to string map  
Map Entries: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 50 items.  
Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Value Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.  
Required: No

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 201
Content-type: application/json

{
   "Description": "string",
   "Id": "string",
   "Name": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 201 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [Description](#API_CreateApplication_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="appconfig-CreateApplication-response-Description"></a>
The description of the application.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1024.

 ** [Id](#API_CreateApplication_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="appconfig-CreateApplication-response-Id"></a>
The application ID.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `[a-z0-9]{4,7}` 

 ** [Name](#API_CreateApplication_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="appconfig-CreateApplication-response-Name"></a>
The application name.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** BadRequestException **   
The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by an AWS service.    
 ** Details **   
Detailed information about the input that failed to satisfy the constraints specified by a call.
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InternalServerException **   
There was an internal failure in the AWS AppConfig service.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ServiceQuotaExceededException **   
The number of one more AWS AppConfig resources exceeds the maximum allowed. Verify that your environment doesn't exceed the following service quotas:  
Applications: 100 max  
Deployment strategies: 20 max  
Configuration profiles: 100 max per application  
Environments: 20 max per application  
To resolve this issue, you can delete one or more resources and try again. Or, you can request a quota increase. For more information about quotas and to request an increase, see [Service quotas for AWS AppConfig](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/appconfig.html#limits_appconfig) in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.  
HTTP Status Code: 402

## Examples
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### Example
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This example illustrates one usage of CreateApplication.

#### Sample Request
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```
POST /applications HTTP/1.1
Host: appconfig.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Accept-Encoding: identity
User-Agent: aws-cli/2.2.4 Python/3.8.8 Linux/5.4.134-73.228.amzn2int.x86_64 exe/x86_64.amzn.2 prompt/off command/appconfig.create-application
X-Amz-Date: 20210916T175455Z
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE/20210916/us-east-1/appconfig/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=host;x-amz-date, Signature=39c3b3042cd2aEXAMPLE
Content-Length: 91

{
	"Name": "test-application", 
	"Description": "An application used for creating an example."
}
```

#### Sample Response
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```
{
	"Description": "An application used for creating an example.",
	"Id": "abc1234",
	"Name": "test-application"
}
```

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/appconfig-2019-10-09/CreateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/appconfig-2019-10-09/CreateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/appconfig-2019-10-09/CreateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/appconfig-2019-10-09/CreateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/appconfig-2019-10-09/CreateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/appconfig-2019-10-09/CreateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/appconfig-2019-10-09/CreateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/appconfig-2019-10-09/CreateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/appconfig-2019-10-09/CreateApplication) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/appconfig-2019-10-09/CreateApplication)