Namespace: microsoft.graph
Create a new identityApiConnector object.
This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.
| Global service |
US Government L4 |
US Government L5 (DOD) |
China operated by 21Vianet |
| ✅ |
❌ |
❌ |
✅ |
Permissions
Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.
| Permission type |
Least privileged permissions |
Higher privileged permissions |
| Delegated (work or school account) |
APIConnectors.ReadWrite.All |
Not available. |
| Delegated (personal Microsoft account) |
Not supported. |
Not supported. |
| Application |
APIConnectors.ReadWrite.All |
Not available. |
Important
In delegated scenarios with work or school accounts, the signed-in user must be assigned a supported Microsoft Entra role or a custom role with a supported role permission. External ID User Flow Administrator is the least privileged role supported for this operation.
HTTP request
POST /identity/apiConnectors
Request body
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the identityApiConnector object.
The following table lists the properties that are required when you create the identityApiConnector.
Response
If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and an identityApiConnector object in the response body.
Examples
Example 1: Create an API connector with basic authentication
Request
The following example shows a request.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/identity/apiConnectors
Content-Type: application/json
{
"displayName":"Test API",
"targetUrl":"https://someapi.com/api",
"authenticationConfiguration": {
"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.basicAuthentication",
"username": "MyUsername",
"password": "MyPassword"
}
}
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;
var requestBody = new IdentityApiConnector
{
DisplayName = "Test API",
TargetUrl = "https://someapi.com/api",
AuthenticationConfiguration = new BasicAuthentication
{
OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.basicAuthentication",
Username = "MyUsername",
Password = "MyPassword",
},
};
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Identity.ApiConnectors.PostAsync(requestBody);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
mgc identity api-connectors create --body '{\
"displayName":"Test API",\
"targetUrl":"https://someapi.com/api",\
"authenticationConfiguration": {\
"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.basicAuthentication",\
"username": "MyUsername",\
"password": "MyPassword"\
}\
}\
'
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
//other-imports
)
requestBody := graphmodels.NewIdentityApiConnector()
displayName := "Test API"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName)
targetUrl := "https://someapi.com/api"
requestBody.SetTargetUrl(&targetUrl)
authenticationConfiguration := graphmodels.NewBasicAuthentication()
username := "MyUsername"
authenticationConfiguration.SetUsername(&username)
password := "MyPassword"
authenticationConfiguration.SetPassword(&password)
requestBody.SetAuthenticationConfiguration(authenticationConfiguration)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
apiConnectors, err := graphClient.Identity().ApiConnectors().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
IdentityApiConnector identityApiConnector = new IdentityApiConnector();
identityApiConnector.setDisplayName("Test API");
identityApiConnector.setTargetUrl("https://someapi.com/api");
BasicAuthentication authenticationConfiguration = new BasicAuthentication();
authenticationConfiguration.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.basicAuthentication");
authenticationConfiguration.setUsername("MyUsername");
authenticationConfiguration.setPassword("MyPassword");
identityApiConnector.setAuthenticationConfiguration(authenticationConfiguration);
IdentityApiConnector result = graphClient.identity().apiConnectors().post(identityApiConnector);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
const options = {
authProvider,
};
const client = Client.init(options);
const identityApiConnector = {
displayName: 'Test API',
targetUrl: 'https://someapi.com/api',
authenticationConfiguration: {
'@odata.type':'#microsoft.graph.basicAuthentication',
username: 'MyUsername',
password: 'MyPassword'
}
};
await client.api('/identity/apiConnectors')
.post(identityApiConnector);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\IdentityApiConnector;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\BasicAuthentication;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestBody = new IdentityApiConnector();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Test API');
$requestBody->setTargetUrl('https://someapi.com/api');
$authenticationConfiguration = new BasicAuthentication();
$authenticationConfiguration->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.basicAuthentication');
$authenticationConfiguration->setUsername('MyUsername');
$authenticationConfiguration->setPassword('MyPassword');
$requestBody->setAuthenticationConfiguration($authenticationConfiguration);
$result = $graphServiceClient->identity()->apiConnectors()->post($requestBody)->wait();
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Identity.SignIns
$params = @{
displayName = "Test API"
targetUrl = "https://someapi.com/api"
authenticationConfiguration = @{
"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.basicAuthentication"
username = "MyUsername"
password = "MyPassword"
}
}
New-MgIdentityApiConnector -BodyParameter $params
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.identity_api_connector import IdentityApiConnector
from msgraph.generated.models.basic_authentication import BasicAuthentication
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = IdentityApiConnector(
display_name = "Test API",
target_url = "https://someapi.com/api",
authentication_configuration = BasicAuthentication(
odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.basicAuthentication",
username = "MyUsername",
password = "MyPassword",
),
)
result = await graph_client.identity.api_connectors.post(request_body)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
Response
The following example shows the response.
Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#identity/apiConnectors/$entity",
"id":"45715bb8-13f9-4bf6-927f-ef96c102d394",
"displayName": "Test API",
"targetUrl": "https://someapi.com/api",
"authenticationConfiguration": {
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.basicAuthentication",
"username": "MyUsername",
"password": "******"
}
}
Example 2: Create an API connector with client certificate authentication
Request
The following example shows a request.
Note: authenticationConfiguration in the request is of type microsoft.graph.pkcs12certificate, which represents the configuration of a certificate needed on upload or create.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/identity/apiConnectors
Content-Type: application/json
{
"displayName":"Test API",
"targetUrl":"https://someotherapi.com/api",
"authenticationConfiguration": {
"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.pkcs12Certificate",
"pkcs12Value": "eyJhbGciOiJSU0EtT0FFUCIsImVuYyI6IkEyNTZHQ00ifQ...kDJ04sJShkkgjL9Bm49plA",
"password": "CertificatePassword"
}
}
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x
// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Models;
var requestBody = new IdentityApiConnector
{
DisplayName = "Test API",
TargetUrl = "https://someotherapi.com/api",
AuthenticationConfiguration = new Pkcs12Certificate
{
OdataType = "#microsoft.graph.pkcs12Certificate",
Pkcs12Value = "eyJhbGciOiJSU0EtT0FFUCIsImVuYyI6IkEyNTZHQ00ifQ...kDJ04sJShkkgjL9Bm49plA",
Password = "CertificatePassword",
},
};
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Identity.ApiConnectors.PostAsync(requestBody);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
mgc identity api-connectors create --body '{\
"displayName":"Test API",\
"targetUrl":"https://someotherapi.com/api",\
"authenticationConfiguration": {\
"@odata.type":"#microsoft.graph.pkcs12Certificate",\
"pkcs12Value": "eyJhbGciOiJSU0EtT0FFUCIsImVuYyI6IkEyNTZHQ00ifQ...kDJ04sJShkkgjL9Bm49plA",\
"password": "CertificatePassword"\
}\
}\
'
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v1.*
// Dependencies
import (
"context"
msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go"
graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-sdk-go/models"
//other-imports
)
requestBody := graphmodels.NewIdentityApiConnector()
displayName := "Test API"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName)
targetUrl := "https://someotherapi.com/api"
requestBody.SetTargetUrl(&targetUrl)
authenticationConfiguration := graphmodels.NewPkcs12Certificate()
pkcs12Value := "eyJhbGciOiJSU0EtT0FFUCIsImVuYyI6IkEyNTZHQ00ifQ...kDJ04sJShkkgjL9Bm49plA"
authenticationConfiguration.SetPkcs12Value(&pkcs12Value)
password := "CertificatePassword"
authenticationConfiguration.SetPassword(&password)
requestBody.SetAuthenticationConfiguration(authenticationConfiguration)
// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
apiConnectors, err := graphClient.Identity().ApiConnectors().Post(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x
GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);
IdentityApiConnector identityApiConnector = new IdentityApiConnector();
identityApiConnector.setDisplayName("Test API");
identityApiConnector.setTargetUrl("https://someotherapi.com/api");
Pkcs12Certificate authenticationConfiguration = new Pkcs12Certificate();
authenticationConfiguration.setOdataType("#microsoft.graph.pkcs12Certificate");
authenticationConfiguration.setPkcs12Value("eyJhbGciOiJSU0EtT0FFUCIsImVuYyI6IkEyNTZHQ00ifQ...kDJ04sJShkkgjL9Bm49plA");
authenticationConfiguration.setPassword("CertificatePassword");
identityApiConnector.setAuthenticationConfiguration(authenticationConfiguration);
IdentityApiConnector result = graphClient.identity().apiConnectors().post(identityApiConnector);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
const options = {
authProvider,
};
const client = Client.init(options);
const identityApiConnector = {
displayName: 'Test API',
targetUrl: 'https://someotherapi.com/api',
authenticationConfiguration: {
'@odata.type':'#microsoft.graph.pkcs12Certificate',
pkcs12Value: 'eyJhbGciOiJSU0EtT0FFUCIsImVuYyI6IkEyNTZHQ00ifQ...kDJ04sJShkkgjL9Bm49plA',
password: 'CertificatePassword'
}
};
await client.api('/identity/apiConnectors')
.post(identityApiConnector);
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\IdentityApiConnector;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\Pkcs12Certificate;
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);
$requestBody = new IdentityApiConnector();
$requestBody->setDisplayName('Test API');
$requestBody->setTargetUrl('https://someotherapi.com/api');
$authenticationConfiguration = new Pkcs12Certificate();
$authenticationConfiguration->setOdataType('#microsoft.graph.pkcs12Certificate');
$authenticationConfiguration->setPkcs12Value('eyJhbGciOiJSU0EtT0FFUCIsImVuYyI6IkEyNTZHQ00ifQ...kDJ04sJShkkgjL9Bm49plA');
$authenticationConfiguration->setPassword('CertificatePassword');
$requestBody->setAuthenticationConfiguration($authenticationConfiguration);
$result = $graphServiceClient->identity()->apiConnectors()->post($requestBody)->wait();
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Identity.SignIns
$params = @{
displayName = "Test API"
targetUrl = "https://someotherapi.com/api"
authenticationConfiguration = @{
"@odata.type" = "#microsoft.graph.pkcs12Certificate"
pkcs12Value = "eyJhbGciOiJSU0EtT0FFUCIsImVuYyI6IkEyNTZHQ00ifQ...kDJ04sJShkkgjL9Bm49plA"
password = "CertificatePassword"
}
}
New-MgIdentityApiConnector -BodyParameter $params
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.identity_api_connector import IdentityApiConnector
from msgraph.generated.models.pkcs12_certificate import Pkcs12Certificate
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = IdentityApiConnector(
display_name = "Test API",
target_url = "https://someotherapi.com/api",
authentication_configuration = Pkcs12Certificate(
odata_type = "#microsoft.graph.pkcs12Certificate",
pkcs12_value = "eyJhbGciOiJSU0EtT0FFUCIsImVuYyI6IkEyNTZHQ00ifQ...kDJ04sJShkkgjL9Bm49plA",
password = "CertificatePassword",
),
)
result = await graph_client.identity.api_connectors.post(request_body)
For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.
Response
The following example shows the response.
Note: authenticationConfiguration in the response is of type microsoft.graph.clientCertificateAuthentication because this represents the public information of uploaded certificates.
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json
{
"@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#identity/apiConnectors/$entity",
"id":"45715bb8-13f9-4bf6-927f-ef96c102d394",
"displayName": "Test API",
"targetUrl": "https://someotherapi.com/api",
"authenticationConfiguration": {
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.clientCertificateAuthentication",
"certificateList": [
{
"thumbprint": "0EB255CC895477798BA418B378255204304897AD",
"notAfter": 1666350522,
"notBefore": 1508670522,
"isActive": true
}
]
}
}