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title: Create Zero Trust account
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# Create Zero Trust account
POST/accounts/{account\_id}/gateway
Create a Zero Trust account for an existing Cloudflare account.
##### 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
##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
`Zero Trust Write`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
Specify the Cloudflare account identifier.
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##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of ResponseInfo { 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 ResponseInfo { 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
Indicate whether the API call was successful.
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result: optional object {id, gateway\_tag, provider\_name }
id: optional string
Specify the Cloudflare account ID.
maxLength32
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gateway\_tag: optional string
Specify the gateway internal ID.
maxLength32
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provider\_name: optional string
Specify the provider name (usually Cloudflare).
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### Create Zero Trust account
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/gateway \
-X POST \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```
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": "699d98642c564d2e855e9661899b7252",
"gateway_tag": "f174e90afafe4643bbbc4a0ed4fc8415",
"provider_name": "Cloudflare"
}
}
```
##### 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": "699d98642c564d2e855e9661899b7252",
"gateway_tag": "f174e90afafe4643bbbc4a0ed4fc8415",
"provider_name": "Cloudflare"
}
}
```