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# Get all applications

GET https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/metrics/applications

Returns all applications registered with Unleash. Applications can be created via metrics reporting or manual creation

Reference: https://docs.getunleash.io/api/get-applications

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (required) — API key needed to access this API
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — API key needed to access this API, in Bearer token format

## Request

### Query parameters

- `query` (string, optional) — The search query for the application name
- `offset` (string, optional) — The number of applications to skip when returning a page. By default it is set to 0.
- `limit` (string, optional) — The number of applications to return in a page. By default it is set to 1000.
- `sortBy` (string, optional) — The field to sort the results by. By default it is set to "appName".
- `sortOrder` (string, optional) — The sort order for the sortBy. By default it is det to "asc".

## Response

### 200

applicationsSchema

- `total` (integer, required) — The total number of project applications.
- `applications` (list of applicationSchema, required) — The list of applications that have connected to this Unleash instance.

## Types

### applicationSchema

Data about an application that's connected to Unleash via an SDK.

- `appName` (string, required) — Name of the application
- `sdkVersion` (string, optional) — Which SDK and version the application reporting uses. Typically represented as `<identifier>:<version>`
- `strategies` (list of string, optional) — Which [strategies](https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts#activation-strategies) the application has loaded. Useful when trying to figure out if your [custom strategy](https://docs.getunleash.io/concepts/activation-strategies#custom-strategies) has been loaded in the SDK
- `description` (string, optional) — Extra information added about the application reporting the metrics. Only present if added via the Unleash Admin interface
- `url` (string, optional) — A link to reference the application reporting the metrics. Could for instance be a GitHub link to the repository of the application
- `color` (string, optional) — The CSS color that is used to color the application's entry in the application list
- `icon` (string, optional) — An URL to an icon file to be used for the applications's entry in the application list
- `usage` (list of applicationUsageSchema, optional) — The list of projects the application has been using.

### applicationUsageSchema

Data about an project that have been used by applications.

- `project` (string, required) — Name of the project
- `environments` (list of string, required) — Which environments have been accessed in this project.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "total": 50,
  "applications": [
    {
      "appName": "accounting",
      "sdkVersion": "unleash-client-java:8.0.0",
      "strategies": [
        "standard",
        "gradualRollout",
        "mySpecialCustomStrategy"
      ],
      "description": "Application for reporting page visits",
      "url": "https://github.com/Unleash/unleash-proxy-client-js",
      "color": "red",
      "icon": "https://github.com/favicon.ico",
      "usage": [
        {
          "project": "main-project",
          "environments": [
            "development",
            "production"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/metrics/applications"

headers = {"Authorization": "<apiKey>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/metrics/applications';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: '<apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/metrics/applications"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/metrics/applications")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<apiKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/metrics/applications")
  .header("Authorization", "<apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/metrics/applications', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/metrics/applications");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "<apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "<apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/metrics/applications")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```