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Zitadel Applications API

Manage OIDC, SAML, and API applications

Zitadel Applications API is one of 11 APIs that Zitadel publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 13 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Applications. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a GitHub repository, and 13 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 5 operations across 4 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://{instance}.zitadel.cloud, https://{custom-domain}.

5 operations 4 paths 4 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Servers
https://{instance}.zitadel.cloud
https://{custom-domain}
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Zitadel Applications API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Applications 5

Manage OIDC, SAML, and API applications

POST
/management/v1/projects/{projectId}/apps/oidc
Zitadel Create OIDC Application
createOidcApp 1 param body → 200
POST
/management/v1/projects/{projectId}/apps/api
Zitadel Create API Application
createApiApp 1 param body → 200
POST
/management/v1/projects/{projectId}/apps/_search
Zitadel List Applications
listApps 1 param → 200
GET
/management/v1/projects/{projectId}/apps/{appId}
Zitadel Get Application by ID
getAppById 2 params → 200
DELETE
/management/v1/projects/{projectId}/apps/{appId}
Zitadel Remove Application
removeApp 2 params → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CreateOidcAppRequest (11 properties), ObjectDetails (4 properties), AppResponse (4 properties), CreateApiAppRequest (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AppResponse
object
4 properties
CreateApiAppRequest
object
2 properties 1 required
CreateOidcAppRequest
object
11 properties 4 required
ObjectDetails
object
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

zitadel-applications-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Zitadel publishes across the network.

Zitadel Auth API
Zitadel Admin API
Zitadel OIDC / OAuth 2.0
Zitadel SAML API
Zitadel Identity Providers API
Zitadel Organizations API
Zitadel Policies API
Zitadel Projects API
Zitadel Roles API
Zitadel Users API