---
title: "Manage the associations of a software application."
method: POST
path: "/softwareapps/{software_app_id}/associations"
tags: ["Graph", "Software Apps"]
---

# Manage the associations of a software application.

`POST /softwareapps/{software_app_id}/associations`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://console.jumpcloud.com/api/v2`
- URL: `https://console.jumpcloud.com/api/v2/softwareapps/{software_app_id}/associations`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/jumpcloud/apis/jumpcloud-api-2/docs/softwareapps/:software_app_id/associations/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

This endpoint allows you to associate or disassociate a software application to a system or system group.

#### Sample Request
```
$ curl -X POST https://console.jumpcloud.com/api/v2/softwareapps/{software_app_id}/associations \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'x-api-key: {API_KEY}' \
-d '{
  "id": "<object_id>",
  "op": "add",
  "type": "system"
 }'
```

## Headers

- `x-org-id` string

## Request body

- GraphOperationSoftwareApp
  - `id` string, required: The ObjectID of graph object being added or removed as an association.
  - `op` 'add' | 'remove' | 'update', required: How to modify the graph connection.
  - `attributes` GraphAttributes, nullable: The graph attributes.
  - `type` 'system' | 'system_group', required: Targets which a "software_app" can be associated to.

## Response `204`

---

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