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title: Create a store
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# Create a store
POST/accounts/{account\_id}/secrets\_store/stores
Creates a store in the account.
##### 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`
##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
`Secrets Store Write`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
maxLength32
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20secrets_store.stores%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20account_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
name: string
The name of the store.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20secrets_store.stores%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%200%20%3E%20(param)%20name%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### 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.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20secrets_store.stores%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20success>)
result: optional object {id, created, modified, 2 more }
id: string
Store Identifier.
maxLength32
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created: string
When the secret was created.
formatdate-time
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modified: string
When the secret was modified.
formatdate-time
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name: string
The name of the store.
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account\_id: optional string
Account Identifier.
maxLength32
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[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20secrets_store.stores%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result>)
result\_info: optional object {count, page, per\_page, 2 more }
count: optional number
Total number of results for the requested service.
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page: optional number
Current page within paginated list of results.
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per\_page: optional number
Number of results per page of results.
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total\_count: optional number
Total results available without any search parameters.
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total\_pages: optional number
The number of total pages in the entire result set.
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### Create a store
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/secrets_store/stores \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "X-Auth-Email: $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL" \
-H "X-Auth-Key: $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"name": "service_x_keys"
}'
```
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",
"created": "2023-09-21T18:56:32.624632Z",
"modified": "2023-09-21T18:56:32.624632Z",
"name": "service_x_keys",
"account_id": "985e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353"
},
"result_info": {
"count": 1,
"page": 1,
"per_page": 20,
"total_count": 2000,
"total_pages": 100
}
}
```
##### 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",
"created": "2023-09-21T18:56:32.624632Z",
"modified": "2023-09-21T18:56:32.624632Z",
"name": "service_x_keys",
"account_id": "985e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353"
},
"result_info": {
"count": 1,
"page": 1,
"per_page": 20,
"total_count": 2000,
"total_pages": 100
}
}
```