# Credentials

## Store catalog credentials

`r2_data_catalog.credentials.create(strbucket_name, CredentialCreateParams**kwargs)  -> object`

**post** `/accounts/{account_id}/r2-catalog/{bucket_name}/credential`

Store authentication credentials for a catalog. These credentials are used
to authenticate with R2 storage when performing catalog operations.

### Parameters

- `account_id: str`

  Use this to identify the account.

- `bucket_name: str`

  Specifies the R2 bucket name.

- `token: str`

  Provides the Cloudflare API token for accessing R2.

### Returns

- `object`

### Example

```python
import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
credential = client.r2_data_catalog.credentials.create(
    bucket_name="my-data-bucket",
    account_id="0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
    token="your-cloudflare-api-token-here",
)
print(credential)
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "errors": [],
  "messages": [],
  "result": null,
  "success": true
}
```