## Create Credential

`client.vulnerabilityScanner.credentialSets.credentials.create(stringcredentialSetId, CredentialCreateParamsparams, RequestOptionsoptions?): CredentialCreateResponse`

**post** `/accounts/{account_id}/vuln_scanner/credential_sets/{credential_set_id}/credentials`

Creates a new credential within a credential set.

### Parameters

- `credentialSetId: string`

- `params: CredentialCreateParams`

  - `account_id: string`

    Path param: Identifier.

  - `location: "header" | "cookie"`

    Body param: Where the credential is attached in outgoing requests.

    - `"header"`

    - `"cookie"`

  - `location_name: string`

    Body param: Name of the header or cookie where the credential is attached.

  - `name: string`

    Body param: Human-readable name.

  - `value: string`

    Body param: The credential value (e.g. API key, session token). Write-only.
    Never returned in responses.

### Returns

- `CredentialCreateResponse`

  A credential attached to API requests during scanning. The
  credential `value` is write-only and never returned in responses.

  - `id: string`

    Credential identifier.

  - `credential_set_id: string`

    Parent credential set identifier.

  - `location: "header" | "cookie"`

    Where the credential is attached in outgoing requests.

    - `"header"`

    - `"cookie"`

  - `location_name: string`

    Name of the header or cookie where the credential is attached.

  - `name: string`

    Human-readable name.

### Example

```node
import Cloudflare from 'cloudflare';

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

const credential = await client.vulnerabilityScanner.credentialSets.credentials.create(
  '182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e',
  {
    account_id: '023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353',
    location: 'header',
    location_name: 'Authorization',
    name: 'Admin API key',
    value: 'Bearer EXAMPLE_TOKEN',
  },
);

console.log(credential.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": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "credential_set_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "location": "header",
    "location_name": "Authorization",
    "name": "Admin API key"
  },
  "result_info": {}
}
```