---
title: "Request an app"
method: POST
path: "/api/orgs/{slug}/app-requests"
tags: ["Apps"]
---

# Request an app

`POST /api/orgs/{slug}/app-requests`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://git.cafe`
- URL: `https://git.cafe/api/orgs/{slug}/app-requests`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in cookie `gc-session`
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP token

Asks the organization's owners and admins to install an app the caller cannot install. Any member may ask; a pending request of the caller for the same app is returned unchanged. An organization holds at most 25 pending requests. Requires authenticated authority and enforces current resource policy.

## Path parameters

- `slug` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `app` string, required
  - `reason` string

## Response `201`

Response for status 201

- object
  - `id` string, required
  - `app` string, required
  - `appId` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `publisher` string, required
  - `iconUrl` string, nullable, required
  - `org` string, required
  - `requester` object, required
    - `handle` string, required
    - `displayName` string, nullable, required
    - `avatarUrl` string, nullable, required
  - `reason` string, nullable, required
  - `state` 'pending' | 'approved' | 'denied', required
  - `decidedBy` object, nullable, required
    - `handle` string, required
    - `displayName` string, nullable, required
    - `avatarUrl` string, nullable, required
  - `decisionReason` string, nullable, required
  - `createdAt` string, required
  - `decidedAt` string, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is invalid.
- `401`: Authentication is required, or the supplied credential is invalid.
- `403`: The credential does not permit this operation. A `code`, when present, names the refusal.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not visible to the caller.
- `409`: The request conflicts with the current state. A `code`, when present, names the refusal; `retryable` says whether the same request can succeed later, and `operationId` names the operation in the way.
- `429`: A rate limit is exhausted. Wait Retry-After seconds; the value is a hint, so back off on a repeat 429.
- `503`: A required service is temporarily unavailable; retry later.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api/revisions/9fa233d2986d?raw)