---
title: "Create service account"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/service-accounts"
tags: ["service_accounts"]
---

# Create service account

`POST /api/v1/service-accounts`

Create a new service account

## Request body

- CreateServiceAccountRequest
  - `description` string
  - `name` string
  - `role_ids` string[]

## Response `201`

Created

- ServiceAccount
  - `active` boolean
  - `created_at` string
  - `created_by` string
  - `description` string
  - `id` string
  - `name` string
  - `roles` Role[]
    - `description` string
    - `id` string
    - `name` string
    - `permissions` Permission[]
      - `action` string
      - `description` string
      - `id` string
      - `name` string
      - `resource_type` string
  - `updated_at` string

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request

## Changes

> 56 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-08-24** `0bd802afff21` — 2 info
  - the endpoint scheme security `ApiKeyAuth` was added to the API
  - the endpoint scheme security `BearerAuth` was added to the API

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/marmotdata/apis/marmot-api/changes/api/v1/service-accounts/post.md)

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