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title: Prepare a container image
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# Prepare a container image
POST/accounts/{account\_id}/containers/image-preparations
Idempotently starts or observes preparation of the runtime artifacts required to run one digest-pinned managed container image on Cloudflare’s network. Returns 202 while durable preparation continues and 200 when the image is ready or preparation has reached a terminal error.
##### Security
API Token
The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.
**Example:**Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
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
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
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##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
image: string
Image url.
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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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result: object {image, status, artifact\_digest, reason }
Durable preparation state for a container image.
image: string
Image url.
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status: "pending"or "ready"or "error"
Current durable preparation state for a container image.
One of the following:
"pending"
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"ready"
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"error"
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artifact\_digest: optional string
Digest of the prepared runtime artifact when status is ready.
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reason: optional string
Human-readable pending or terminal error detail.
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success: boolean
Whether the API call was successful.
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### Prepare a container image
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/containers/image-preparations \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
-d '{
"image": "image"
}'
```
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"
}
}
],
"result": {
"image": "image",
"status": "pending",
"artifact_digest": "artifact_digest",
"reason": "reason"
},
"success": 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"
}
}
],
"result": {
"image": "image",
"status": "pending",
"artifact_digest": "artifact_digest",
"reason": "reason"
},
"success": true
}
```