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Accounts

Create an account

accounts.create(AccountCreateParams**kwargs) -> Account
POST/accounts

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

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
ParametersExpand Collapse
name: str

Account name

type: Optional[Literal["standard", "enterprise"]]
One of the following:
"standard"
"enterprise"
unit: Optional[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: Optional[str]

Tenant unit ID

ReturnsExpand Collapse
class Account: …
id: str

Identifier

maxLength32
minLength32
name: str

Account name

maxLength100
type: Literal["standard", "enterprise"]
One of the following:
"standard"
"enterprise"
created_on: Optional[datetime]

Timestamp for the creation of the account

formatdate-time
managed_by: Optional[ManagedBy]

Parent container details

parent_org_id: Optional[str]

ID of the parent Organization, if one exists

maxLength32
parent_org_name: Optional[str]

Name of the parent Organization, if one exists

settings: Optional[Settings]

Account settings

abuse_contact_email: Optional[str]

Sets an abuse contact email to notify for abuse reports.

enforce_twofactor: Optional[bool]

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

Create an account

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_email=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
    api_key=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
account = client.accounts.create(
    name="name",
)
print(account.id)
{
  "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
    }
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "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
    }
  }
}