> ## Documentation Index
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# Create an account

> Creates an account with the supplied name and type. Returns the new `AccountID`.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi/openapi.json post /Accounts/NewAccount
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Aiyoti Integration API
  description: Create, retrieve, update, and manage the tracking lifecycle of assets.
  version: 0.0.1
servers:
  - url: '{BaseURL}'
    variables:
      BaseURL:
        default: '{{BaseURL}}'
        description: >-
          Base URL provided when you create API credentials in the Aiyoti
          platform.
security: []
tags:
  - name: Assets / Shipments
    description: Create, list, retrieve, edit, annotate, and delete assets.
  - name: Locations
    description: Manage saved areas and find assets within them.
  - name: Carriers
    description: Look up the carriers available to an account.
  - name: Labels
    description: Look up the labels available for new assets.
  - name: Accounts
    description: Find and manage account records.
  - name: Users
    description: Look up user records.
  - name: Events
    description: Look up event types and query event history.
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Configure subscriptions to Aiyoti events.
  - name: Inventory
    description: Check label stock and look up label SKUs.
paths:
  /Accounts/NewAccount:
    post:
      tags:
        - Accounts
      summary: Create an account
      description: >-
        Creates an account with the supplied name and type. Returns the new
        `AccountID`.
      operationId: new_account_Accounts_NewAccount_post
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Account'
            examples:
              example:
                summary: Create an account
                value:
                  AccountName: Example Account
                  Type: End Customer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
              example:
                AccountID: '00000000000000000000000000000008'
                Code: 200
                Message: Success
        '400':
          description: >-
            Request rejected. Check your credentials, account access, and
            request parameters.
        '422':
          description: Request validation failed. Check required fields and value types.
      security:
        - clientId: []
          apiKey: []
components:
  schemas:
    Account:
      properties:
        AccountName:
          type: string
        Type:
          type: string
        WhiteLabel:
          type: integer
          default: 0
        ParentAccountID:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        URL:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        AiyotiURL:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        Logo:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        Icon:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
        Description:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          description: Free-text description.
        ExtraData:
          anyOf:
            - additionalProperties: true
              type: object
            - type: 'null'
      type: object
      required:
        - AccountName
        - Type
  securitySchemes:
    clientId:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: ClientID
    apiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: ApiKey

````

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