---
title: "POST /applications"
method: POST
path: "/applications"
---

# POST /applications

`POST /applications`

Creates a new application that is the top-level node in a hierarchy of related cloud resource abstractions.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required — The name of the application. The name must be unique in the region in which you are creating the application.
  - `description` string — The description of the application.
  - `tags` object — Key-value pairs you can use to associate with the application.
  - `clientToken` string, required — A unique identifier that you provide to ensure idempotency. If you retry a request that completed successfully using the same client token and the same parameters, the retry succeeds without performing any further actions. If you retry a successful request using the same client token, but one or more of the parameters are different, the retry fails.

## Response `201`

Success

- CreateApplicationResponse
  - `application` object — Information about the application.
    - `id` string — The identifier of the application.
    - `arn` string — The Amazon resource name (ARN) that specifies the application across services.
    - `name` string — The name of the application. The name must be unique in the region in which you are creating the application.
    - `description` string — The description of the application.
    - `creationTime` string, date-time — The ISO-8601 formatted timestamp of the moment when the application was created.
    - `lastUpdateTime` string, date-time — The ISO-8601 formatted timestamp of the moment when the application was last updated.
    - `tags` object — Key-value pairs you can use to associate with the application.

## Other responses

- `480` — ServiceQuotaExceededException
- `481` — ConflictException
- `482` — InternalServerException
- `483` — ValidationException
- `484` — ThrottlingException

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