---
title: "POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.IoTCentral/checkNameAvailability"
method: POST
path: "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.IoTCentral/checkNameAvailability"
tags: ["Apps"]
---

# POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.IoTCentral/checkNameAvailability

`POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.IoTCentral/checkNameAvailability`

Check if an IoT Central application name is available.

## Path parameters

- `subscriptionId` string, required

## Query parameters

- `api-version` string, required

## Request body

- OperationInputs — Input values.
  - `name` string, required — The name of the IoT Central application instance to check.
  - `type` string — The type of the IoT Central resource to query.

## Response `200`

This is a synchronous operation. The body contains a JSON-serialized response that specifies whether the IoT Central application name is available. If the name is not available, the body contains the reason.

- AppAvailabilityInfo — The properties indicating whether a given IoT Central application name or subdomain is available.
  - `nameAvailable` boolean — The value which indicates whether the provided name is available.
  - `reason` string — The reason for unavailability.
  - `message` string — The detailed reason message.

## Other responses

- `default` — DefaultErrorResponse

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[API](https://skmtc.net/azure/apis/iotcentralclient.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/azure/apis/iotcentralclient/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/azure/iotcentralclient/versions/8bf783daad13/schema)