## Create a new sinkhole for your account

`intel.sinkholes.create(SinkholeCreateParams**kwargs)  -> Sinkhole`

**post** `/accounts/{account_id}/intel/sinkholes`

Create a new sinkhole. Logs of large request bodies will be truncated, but the full request body can be recorded in R2. If you wish to record large request bodies in R2, include the R2 key ID, key secret, and bucket name in the request body.

### Parameters

- `account_id: str`

  Identifier.

- `name: str`

  The name of the sinkhole.

- `r2_bucket: Optional[str]`

  The name of the R2 bucket to store results. Required if you want to store large request bodies in R2.

- `r2_id: Optional[str]`

  The id of the R2 instance. Required if you want to store large request bodies in R2.

- `r2_secret: Optional[str]`

  The secret key for the R2 API token. Required if you want to store large request bodies in R2.

### Returns

- `class Sinkhole: …`

  - `id: Optional[str]`

    The unique identifier for the sinkhole.

  - `account_tag: Optional[str]`

    The account tag that owns this sinkhole.

  - `created_on: Optional[datetime]`

    The date and time when the sinkhole was created.

  - `modified_on: Optional[datetime]`

    The date and time when the sinkhole was last modified.

  - `name: Optional[str]`

    The name of the sinkhole.

  - `r2_bucket: Optional[str]`

    The name of the R2 bucket to store results.

  - `r2_id: Optional[str]`

    The id of the R2 instance.

### 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
)
sinkhole = client.intel.sinkholes.create(
    account_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    name="name",
)
print(sinkhole.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": "93defa6e909e464e8c89a85859f36d3c",
    "account_tag": "233f45e61fd1f7e21e1e154ede4q2859",
    "created_on": "2023-05-12T12:21:56.777653Z",
    "modified_on": "2023-06-18T03:13:34.123321Z",
    "name": "my_sinkhole",
    "r2_bucket": "my_bucket",
    "r2_id": "example_r2_id"
  }
}
```