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Create App

Create an app with a specified app spec URL.
This request requires at least a brand admin role.
post
https://environment.lvis.io
/api/v2/apps
Create App

Example

Request
Response
cURL
// POST /api/v2/apps
// Host: environment.lvis.io
// Authorization: Bearer JmsmU5gZb6xNVUgQGoKcQLvQjRhKAUSb
// Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
{
"data": {
"type": "apps",
"relationships": {
"brand": {
"data": {
"type": "brands",
"id": "8630c508-7d12-4e6d-85d5-5e507e97738e"
}
}
},
"attributes": {
"spec_url": "https://environment.company.co.uk/specs/version/spec.json"
}
}
}
// Status: 201 Created
{
"data": {
"id": "8630c508-7d12-4e6d-85d5-5e507e97738e",
"type": "apps",
"attributes": {
"name": "Elements",
"app_id": "elements",
"version": "24.0.0",
"social_curation_enabled": false,
"schedule_enabled": true,
"analytics_enabled": true,
"live_activity_enabled": true,
"localisation_enabled": true,
"created_at": 1598434373,
"created_at_iso": "2020-08-26T09:32:53Z",
"updated_at": 1598434373,
"updated_at_iso": "2020-08-26T09:32:53Z",
"spec_url": "https://environment.company.co.uk/specs/version/spec.json"
}
"links": {
"self": "https://environment.lvis.io/api/v2/apps/8630c508-7d12-4e6d-85d5-5e507e97738e"
}
}
}
curl --request POST \
--url https://environment.lvis.io/api/v2/apps \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer JmsmU5gZb6xNVUgQGoKcQLvQjRhKAUSb' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
--data '{
"data": {
"type": "apps",
"relationships": {
"brand": {
"data": {
"type": "brands",
"id": "8630c508-7d12-4e6d-85d5-5e507e97738e"
}
}
},
"attributes": {
"spec_url": "https://environment.company.co.uk/specs/version/spec.json"
}
}
}'
The app is created within the brand with id 8630c508-7d12-4e6d-85d5-5e507e97738e as set by /data/relationships/brand/data/id.

Validation error on app creation

In this example, we are trying to create an app with an invalid spec URL.
The request fails with 422 (Unprocessable Entity) status and corresponding error message.
Request
Response
// POST /api/v2/apps
// Host: environment.lvis.io
// Authorization: Bearer JmsmU5gZb6xNVUgQGoKcQLvQjRhKAUSb
// Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json
{
"data": {
"type": "apps",
"relationships": {
"brand": {
"data": {
"type": "brands",
"id": "7a4c58d9-9e3b-4e63-8ea6-bb68785640e1"
}
}
},
"attributes": {
"spec_url": "invalid-spec-url"
}
}
}
// Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity
{
"errors": [
{
"source": {
"pointer": "/data/attributes/spec_url"
},
"detail": "Loading of the `App Spec` failed with the error(s): not a valid URL"
}
]
}