## Create downloads

`stream.downloads.create(stridentifier, DownloadCreateParams**kwargs)  -> DownloadCreateResponse`

**post** `/accounts/{account_id}/stream/{identifier}/downloads`

Creates a download for a video when a video is ready to view. Use `/downloads/{download_type}` instead for type-specific downloads. Available types are `default` and `audio`.

### Parameters

- `account_id: str`

  Identifier.

- `identifier: str`

  A Cloudflare-generated unique identifier for a media item.

- `body: object`

### Returns

- `class DownloadCreateResponse: …`

  - `percent_complete: Optional[float]`

    Indicates the progress as a percentage between 0 and 100.

  - `status: Optional[Literal["ready", "inprogress", "error"]]`

    The status of a generated download.

    - `"ready"`

    - `"inprogress"`

    - `"error"`

  - `url: Optional[str]`

    The URL to access the generated download.

### 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
)
download = client.stream.downloads.create(
    identifier="ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a",
    account_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    body={},
)
print(download.percent_complete)
```

#### 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": {
    "percentComplete": 0,
    "status": "ready",
    "url": "https://customer-m033z5x00ks6nunl.cloudflarestream.com/ea95132c15732412d22c1476fa83f27a/downloads/default.mp4"
  }
}
```