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

# Create a workflow service account

`POST /v1/service-accounts`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.typenode.ai`
- URL: `https://api.typenode.ai/v1/service-accounts`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- CreateServiceAccount
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `name` string, required

## Response `201`

The created service-account identity. No key secret is minted by this route.

- ServiceAccount
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `created_by` string, uuid, required
  - `created_by_type` 'member' | 'service_account', required
  - `description` string, nullable, required
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `revoked_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
  - `revoked_by` string, uuid, nullable, required
  - `revoked_by_type` 'member' | 'service_account', nullable, required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `401`: Authentication required.
- `409`: A service account with this name already exists.
- `default`: An error occurred (RFC 9457 problem+json).

---

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