Add application create API

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+# Applications API
+
+## Create a application
+
+Create a application by posting a JSON payload.
+
+User must be admin to do that.
+
+Returns `200` if the request succeeds.
+
+```
+POST /applications
+```
+
+| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
+| --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
+| `name` | string | yes | The name of the application |
+| `redirect_uri` | string | yes | The redirect URI of the application |
+| `scopes` | string | yes | The scopes of the application |
+
+```bash
+curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" --data "name=MyApplication&redirect_uri=http://redirect.uri&scopes=" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/applications
+```
+
+Example response:
+
+```json
+{  
+    "application_id": "5832fc6e14300a0d962240a8144466eef4ee93ef0d218477e55f11cf12fc3737",
+    "secret": "ee1dd64b6adc89cf7e2c23099301ccc2c61b441064e9324d963c46902a85ec34",
+    "callback_url": "http://redirect.uri"
+}
+```