Commit 0661826b authored by Evan Read's avatar Evan Read Committed by Achilleas Pipinellis

Add more information and refactor format of topic

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# Applications API
> [Introduced][ce-8160] in GitLab 10.5
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/8160) in GitLab 10.5.
[ce-8160]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/8160
Applications API operates on OAuth applications for:
Only admin user can use the Applications API.
- [Using GitLab as an authentication provider](../integration/oauth_provider.md).
- [Allowing access to GitLab resources on a user's behalf](oauth2.md).
## Create a application
NOTE: **Note:**
Only admin users can use the Applications API.
Create a application by posting a JSON payload.
## Create an application
Create an application by posting a JSON payload.
Returns `200` if the request succeeds.
```
```text
POST /applications
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| `name` | string | yes | The name of the application |
| `redirect_uri` | string | yes | The redirect URI of the application |
| `scopes` | string | yes | The scopes of the application |
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|:---------------|:-------|:---------|:---------------------------------|
| `name` | string | yes | Name of the application. |
| `redirect_uri` | string | yes | Redirect URI of the application. |
| `scopes` | string | yes | Scopes of the application. |
Example request:
```bash
```sh
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --data "name=MyApplication&redirect_uri=http://redirect.uri&scopes=" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/applications
```
......@@ -42,11 +50,13 @@ Example response:
List all registered applications.
```
```text
GET /applications
```
```bash
Example request:
```sh
curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/applications
```
......@@ -63,7 +73,8 @@ Example response:
]
```
> Note: the `secret` value will not be exposed by this API.
NOTE: **Note:**
The `secret` value will not be exposed by this API.
## Delete an application
......@@ -71,7 +82,7 @@ Delete a specific application.
Returns `204` if the request succeeds.
```
```text
DELETE /applications/:id
```
......@@ -79,6 +90,8 @@ Parameters:
- `id` (required) - The id of the application (not the application_id)
```bash
Example request:
```sh
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/applications/:id
```
......@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
This document is about using GitLab as an OAuth authentication service provider
to sign in to other services.
If you want to use other OAuth authentication service providers to sign in to
GitLab, please see the [OAuth2 client documentation](../api/oauth2.md).
If you want to use:
- Other OAuth authentication service providers to sign in to
GitLab, see the [OAuth2 client documentation](omniauth.md).
- The related API, see [Applications API](../api/applications.md).
## Introduction to OAuth
......@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ GitLab supports two ways of adding a new OAuth2 application to an instance. You
can either add an application as a regular user or add it in the admin area.
What this means is that GitLab can actually have instance-wide and a user-wide
applications. There is no difference between them except for the different
permission levels they are set (user/admin). The default callback URL is
permission levels they are set (user/admin). The default callback URL is
`http://your-gitlab.example.com/users/auth/gitlab/callback`
## Adding an application through the profile
......
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