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# Create an Account
POST/accounts
Create an Account. To create the Account within an Organization, provide `unit.id` and omit `standalone`. To create a standalone Free Account, provide `standalone: true` and omit `unit`. Providing both fields is invalid. If you omit both fields, Cloudflare can determine the destination only when the User is an administrator of exactly one Organization. Cloudflare creates the Account in that Organization; otherwise, the request returns an error.
##### Security
API Email + API Key
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.
**Example:**`X-Auth-Email: user@example.com`
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.
**Example:**`X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194`
##### H eader ParametersExpand Collapse
"Idempotency-Key": optional string
maxLength128
minLength1
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##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
name: string
Account name
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standalone: optional true
Set to `true` and omit `unit` to create a standalone Free Account. If provided, this field must be `true`.
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type: optional "standard"or "enterprise"
One of the following:
"standard"
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"enterprise"
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unit: optional object {id }
Information related to the tenant unit. Provide its ID and omit standalone to create the Account within an Organization. See https://developers.cloudflare.com/tenant/how-to/manage-accounts/.
id: optional string
Tenant unit ID
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##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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messages: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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success: true
Whether the API call was successful.
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result: optional Account { id, name, type, 3 more }
id: string
Identifier
maxLength32
minLength32
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name: string
Account name
maxLength100
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type: "standard"or "enterprise"
One of the following:
"standard"
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"enterprise"
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created\_on: optional string
Timestamp for the creation of the account
formatdate-time
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managed\_by: optional object {parent\_org\_id, parent\_org\_name }
Parent container details
parent\_org\_id: optional string
ID of the parent Organization, if one exists
maxLength32
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parent\_org\_name: optional string
Name of the parent Organization, if one exists
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settings: optional object {abuse\_contact\_email, enforce\_twofactor }
Account settings
abuse\_contact\_email: optional string
Sets an abuse contact email to notify for abuse reports.
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enforce\_twofactor: optional boolean
Indicates whether membership in this account requires that Two-Factor Authentication is enabled
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### Create an Account
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "X-Auth-Email: $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL" \
-H "X-Auth-Key: $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"name": "name"
}'
```
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"result": {
"id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
"name": "Demo Account",
"type": "standard",
"created_on": "2014-03-01T12:21:02Z",
"managed_by": {
"parent_org_id": "4536bcfad5faccb111b47003c79917fa",
"parent_org_name": "Demo Parent Organization"
},
"settings": {
"abuse_contact_email": "abuse_contact_email",
"enforce_twofactor": true
}
}
}
```
##### Returns Examples
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"result": {
"id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
"name": "Demo Account",
"type": "standard",
"created_on": "2014-03-01T12:21:02Z",
"managed_by": {
"parent_org_id": "4536bcfad5faccb111b47003c79917fa",
"parent_org_name": "Demo Parent Organization"
},
"settings": {
"abuse_contact_email": "abuse_contact_email",
"enforce_twofactor": true
}
}
}
```