---
title: "Create Application"
method: POST
path: "/v1/payors/{payorId}/applications"
tags: ["Payors"]
---

# Create Application

`POST /v1/payors/{payorId}/applications`

Create an application for the given Payor ID. Applications are programatic users which can be assigned unique keys.

## Path parameters

- `payorId` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- PayorCreateApplicationRequest
  - `name` string, required — The name of the application.
  - `description` string, nullable — Description of the application.

## Response `201`

Success

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request. See Error message payload for details of failure
- `403` — The authentication does not have permissions to access the resource This usually occurs when there is a valid authentication instance (client or user) but they do not have the required permissions
- `404` — Resource not found
- `409` — The request contained data that would reult in a duplicate value

## Changes

- **2020-01-28** `1b2abf26b5d6` — 4 breaking, 4 warning
  - the response's body type changed from `object` to no type for status `400`
  - the response's body type changed from `object` to no type for status `403`
  - the `errors/items/` response's property type changed from `object` to no type for status `400`
  - the `errors/items/` response's property type changed from `object` to no type for status `403`
  - …4 more
- **2019-12-11** `a0b19fa311c0` — 6 info
  - api tag `Payors` added
  - api tag `Payor Applications` removed
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `400`
  - added the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `404`
  - …2 more
- **2019-07-15** `ced8e167a97c` — 3 breaking, 4 info
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `400`
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `404`
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `409`
  - api operation id `payorCreateApplicationV1` removed and replaced with `payorCreateApplicationRequest`
  - …3 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/velopaymentsapi/apis/velo-payments-apis/changes/v1/payors/:payorId/applications/post.md)

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