---
title: "Create an account image"
method: POST
path: "/v1/account/settings/images"
tags: ["account"]
---

# Create an account image

`POST /v1/account/settings/images`

Create an Account Image

## Request body

- CreateAccountSettingsImageRequestBody — A ShipEngine account images body
  - `label_image_id` string — Used to identify an image resource.
  - `name` string — A human readable name for the image.
  - `is_default` boolean — Indicates whether this image is set as default.
  - `image_content_type` 'image/png' | 'image/jpeg' — The image type
  - `image_data` string — A base64 encoded string representation of the image.
  - `created_at` string, date-time — An [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) string that represents a date and time.
  - `modified_at` string, date-time — An [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) string that represents a date and time.

## Response `200`

The requested object creation was a success.

- GetAccountSettingsImagesResponseBody — A ShipEngine account images body
  - `label_image_id` string — Used to identify an image resource.
  - `name` string — A human readable name for the image.
  - `is_default` boolean — Indicates whether this image is set as default.
  - `image_content_type` 'image/png' | 'image/jpeg' — The image type
  - `image_data` string — A base64 encoded string representation of the image.
  - `created_at` string, date-time — An [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) string that represents a date and time.
  - `modified_at` string, date-time — An [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) string that represents a date and time.

## Other responses

- `400` — The request contained errors.
- `404` — The specified resource does not exist.
- `500` — An error occurred on ShipEngine's side. > This error will automatically be reported to our engineers.

## Changes

- **2026-08-15** `f3a66d204565` — 18 warning
  - added the new `freight_connection_inactive` enum value to the `errors/items/allOf[subschema #1: error]/error_code/allOf[subschema #1: error_code]/` response property for the response status `400`
  - added the new `freight_connection_inactive` enum value to the `errors/items/allOf[subschema #1: error]/error_code/allOf[subschema #1: error_code]/` response property for the response status `404`
  - added the new `freight_connection_inactive` enum value to the `errors/items/allOf[subschema #1: error]/error_code/allOf[subschema #1: error_code]/` response property for the response status `500`
  - added the new `freight_provider_id_required` enum value to the `errors/items/allOf[subschema #1: error]/error_code/allOf[subschema #1: error_code]/` response property for the response status `400`
  - …14 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/shipstation/apis/shipengine-api/changes/v1/account/settings/images/post.md)

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