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# Create a service account.

POST http://localhost:8080/api/v1/service-accounts
Content-Type: application/json

Used to create a service account.

Reference: https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/reference/rest-api/endpoints/authentication-and-authorization/service-accounts/create-service-account

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a ServiceAccountCreationRequest.

- `name` (string, required) — The name of the service account. The name must be unique within the organization and can only contain lowercase alphanumeric characters and hyphens. It must start and end with a letter.

## Response

### 201

Executed successfully.

- `id` (string, required) — The unique identifier of the service account.
- `name` (string, required) — The name of the service account.
- `clientSecret` (string, required) — Secret credential paired with the client ID. Used to obtain authentication tokens. Displayed only once upon creation.
- `clientId` (string, optional) — The client identifier associated with the service account. Used when requesting authentication tokens.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad request.

- `code` (integer, required)
- `message` (string, required)
- `details` (string, optional)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `code` (integer, required)
- `message` (string, required)
- `details` (string, optional)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `code` (integer, required)
- `message` (string, required)
- `details` (string, optional)

### 404 Not Found Error

The specified resource was not found

- `code` (integer, required)
- `message` (string, required)
- `details` (string, optional)

### 409 Conflict Error

The specified resource already exists

- `code` (integer, required)
- `message` (string, required)
- `details` (string, optional)

### 500 Internal Server Error

unexpected error

- `code` (integer, required)
- `message` (string, required)
- `details` (string, optional)

### 503 Service Unavailable Error

unexpected error

- `code` (integer, required)
- `message` (string, required)
- `details` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "name": "service-account-123"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "0eeaf222-e503-4f35-9d9c-c419816272e3",
  "name": "service-account-123",
  "clientSecret": "asdasidjn9d",
  "clientId": "service-account-123"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/service-accounts"

payload = { "name": "service-account-123" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'http://localhost:8080/api/v1/service-accounts';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"service-account-123"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/service-accounts"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"service-account-123\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:8080/api/v1/service-accounts")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"service-account-123\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("http://localhost:8080/api/v1/service-accounts")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"service-account-123\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'http://localhost:8080/api/v1/service-accounts', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "service-account-123"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:8080/api/v1/service-accounts");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"service-account-123\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["name": "service-account-123"] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/service-accounts")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```