## Create an account

`client.accounts.create(AccountCreateParamsbody, RequestOptionsoptions?): Account`

**post** `/accounts`

Create an account (only available for tenant admins at this time)

### Parameters

- `body: AccountCreateParams`

  - `name: string`

    Account name

  - `type?: "standard" | "enterprise"`

    - `"standard"`

    - `"enterprise"`

  - `unit?: Unit`

    information related to the tenant unit, and optionally, an id of the unit to create the account on. see https://developers.cloudflare.com/tenant/how-to/manage-accounts/

    - `id?: string`

      Tenant unit ID

### Returns

- `Account`

  - `id: string`

    Identifier

  - `name: string`

    Account name

  - `type: "standard" | "enterprise"`

    - `"standard"`

    - `"enterprise"`

  - `created_on?: string`

    Timestamp for the creation of the account

  - `managed_by?: ManagedBy`

    Parent container details

    - `parent_org_id?: string`

      ID of the parent Organization, if one exists

    - `parent_org_name?: string`

      Name of the parent Organization, if one exists

  - `settings?: Settings`

    Account settings

    - `abuse_contact_email?: string`

      Sets an abuse contact email to notify for abuse reports.

    - `enforce_twofactor?: boolean`

      Indicates whether membership in this account requires that
      Two-Factor Authentication is enabled

### Example

```node
import Cloudflare from 'cloudflare';

const client = new Cloudflare({
  apiEmail: process.env['CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL'], // This is the default and can be omitted
  apiKey: process.env['CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});

const account = await client.accounts.create({ name: 'name' });

console.log(account.id);
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "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": "2014-03-01T12:21:02.0000Z",
    "managed_by": {
      "parent_org_id": "4536bcfad5faccb111b47003c79917fa",
      "parent_org_name": "Demo Parent Organization"
    },
    "settings": {
      "abuse_contact_email": "abuse_contact_email",
      "enforce_twofactor": true
    }
  }
}
```