## Create an account

`accounts.create(AccountCreateParams**kwargs)  -> Account`

**post** `/accounts`

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

### Parameters

- `name: str`

  Account name

- `type: Optional[Literal["standard", "enterprise"]]`

  - `"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

### Returns

- `class Account: …`

  - `id: str`

    Identifier

  - `name: str`

    Account name

  - `type: Literal["standard", "enterprise"]`

    - `"standard"`

    - `"enterprise"`

  - `created_on: Optional[datetime]`

    Timestamp for the creation of the account

  - `managed_by: Optional[ManagedBy]`

    Parent container details

    - `parent_org_id: Optional[str]`

      ID of the parent Organization, if one exists

    - `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

### Example

```python
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)
```

#### 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
    }
  }
}
```