# OSF Applications API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-applications-api/  
**Provider:** OSF — https://apis.io/providers/osf/  
**Base URL:** https://api.osf.io  
**Documentation:** https://developer.osf.io

OSF Applications API is one of 41 APIs that [OSF](https://apis.io/providers/osf/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Application. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

**OAuth2 Applications** allow external services to securely authenticate and interact with OSF resources via OAuth2. Registered applications manage OAuth2 flows, client credentials, and access tokens. Operations include: - Creating new OAuth2 applications - Viewing and updating application details - Deactivating or deleting applications - Resetting client secrets (deprecated after v2.14)

## Operations (6)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/applications/` | List Registered Applications |
| POST | `/applications/` | Create a New Application |
| GET | `/applications/{client_id}/` | Retrieve Application Details |
| PATCH | `/applications/{client_id}/` | Update Application |
| DELETE | `/applications/{client_id}/` | Deactivate Application |
| POST | `/applications/{client_id}/reset/` | Reset Application Client Secret |

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/osf/openapi/osf-applications-api-openapi.yml

## Other OSF APIs (12)

- [OSF API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-api/)
- [OSF Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-actions-api/)
- [OSF Base API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-base-api/)
- [OSF CEDAR Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-cedar-metadata-api/)
- [OSF Citations API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-citations-api/)
- [OSF Collection Providers API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-collection-providers-api/)
- [OSF Collection Submission Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-collection-submission-actions-api/)
- [OSF Collection Submissions API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-collection-submissions-api/)
- [OSF Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-collections-api/)
- [OSF Comments API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-comments-api/)
- [OSF Contributors API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-contributors-api/)
- [OSF Custom Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/osf/osf-custom-metadata-api/)

## Tags

Application

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