Mastering Business Central API for App Management

Key points

• Get a bearer token via the client credentials flow and reuse the header for every Administration API call
• Install a .app through the pteInstall endpoint with a multipart form request carrying the file plus deploymentSchedule, syncMode, languageId, acceptIsvEula and dependency options; the upload is limited to 50 MB
• Poll the app operations endpoint to track the deployment until it reports succeeded, failed or canceled, with failures returning an error message
• Before uninstalling, call uninstallRequirements; then post to the uninstall endpoint with update window, dependents and delete-data settings and poll until done

Quotes

• “To uninstall an extension, we first check whether any dependencies must be removed.” (Checking dependencies before uninstall prevents errors and ensures safe removal of extensions)

Context

• Features: Extension installation, Extension uninstallation, App deployment scheduling, Dependency checking, Operation monitoring, Multipart file upload, Environment management

Source: Aardvark Labs, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.