This blog post gives you some examples on how to use createApplication REST API correctly in WSO2 App Cloud https://docs.wso2.com/display/AppCloud/Published+APIs Before invoke createApplication API, you need to login to the WSO2 App Cloud and get the session cookie. curl -c cookies -v -k -X POST -k https://apps.cloud.wso2.com/appmgt/site/blocks/user/login/ajax/login.jag -d 'action=login&userName=amalka.wso2.com@<tenant>&password=<password>’ This are some basic example to create applications in WSO2 App Cloud. Create application via upload from file system curl -v -k -b cookies -X POST https://apps.cloud.wso2.com/appmgt/site/blocks/application/application.jag -F action=createApplication -F applicationName=SampleFile -F applicationDescription=desc -F runtime=1 -F appTypeName=war -F applicationRevision=1.0.0 -F uploadedFileName=sample.war -F runtimeProperties=[] -F tags=[] -F fileupload=@/home/amalka/Downloads/sample.war -F isFileAttached=t...