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Creating an AppCode

Function

This API is used to create an AppCode for an app for simple authentication.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

Authorization Information

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions.

  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions for details on the required permissions.
  • If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the following identity policy-based permissions are required.

    Action

    Access Level

    Resource Type (*: required)

    Condition Key

    Alias

    Dependencies

    apig:app:createAppCode

    Write

    instance *

    g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>
    • apig:appCodes:create
    • apig:instance:get
    • apig:app:get

URI

POST /v2/{project_id}/apigw/instances/{instance_id}/apps/{app_id}/app-codes

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID. For details about how to obtain it, see Obtaining a Project ID.

instance_id

Yes

String

Gateway ID, which can be obtained from the gateway information on the APIG console.

app_id

Yes

String

App ID.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API used to obtain a user token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is a token.
Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

app_code

Yes

String

AppCode value.

It can contain 64 to 180 characters, starting with a letter, digit, plus sign (+), or slash (/). Only letters, digits, and the following special characters are allowed: +_!@#$%-/=

Response Parameters

Status code: 201

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

app_code

String

AppCode value.

It can contain 64 to 180 characters, starting with a letter, digit, plus sign (+), or slash (/). Only letters, digits, and the following special characters are allowed: +_!@#$%-/=

id

String

ID.

app_id

String

App ID.

create_time

String

Creation time.

Status code: 400

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Status code: 401

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Status code: 403

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Status code: 404

Table 8 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Status code: 500

Table 9 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

Example Requests

Creating an AppCode for simple authentication

{
  "app_code" : "GjOD3g80AABuuFeEJpVQADBlAjBh3UzC7W+gr4VJBB5BtJ4fdVOQoSvoji3gFxUDb5pWBz9wUcw9+8/bFZ1B/4pq29wCMQC0pQWX6zTndljDEl99As1pw+WntAU9xcq+ffagoH6zDpKUvdxV6Ezj8LcCcPZN6BU="
}

Example Responses

Status code: 201

Created

{
  "app_code" : "GjOD3g80AABuuFeEJpVQADBlAjBh3UzC7W+gr4VJBB5BtJ4fdVOQoSvoji3gFxUDb5pWBz9wUcw9+8/bFZ1B/4pq29wCMQC0pQWX6zTndljDEl99As1pw+WntAU9xcq+ffagoH6zDpKUvdxV6Ezj8LcCcPZN6BU=",
  "app_id" : "9ed8b7fe84224de681e7d7a5587e76dc",
  "id" : "32dc8ca22d1b4b9cb94022186880576b",
  "create_time" : "2020-07-24T02:37:24.835128293Z"
}

Status code: 400

Bad Request

{
  "error_code" : "APIG.2012",
  "error_msg" : "Invalid parameter value,parameterName:app_id. Please refer to the support documentation"
}

Status code: 401

Unauthorized

{
  "error_code" : "APIG.1002",
  "error_msg" : "Incorrect token or token resolution failed"
}

Status code: 403

Forbidden

{
  "error_code" : "APIG.1005",
  "error_msg" : "No permissions to request this method"
}

Status code: 404

Not Found

{
  "error_code" : "APIG.3004",
  "error_msg" : "App 9ed8b7fe84224de681e7d7a5587e76dc does not exist"
}

Status code: 500

Internal Server Error

{
  "error_code" : "APIG.9999",
  "error_msg" : "System error"
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

201

Created

400

Bad Request

401

Unauthorized

403

Forbidden

404

Not Found

500

Internal Server Error

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Credential Management