**End of support notice**: On February 20, 2026, AWS will end support for the Amazon Chime service. After February 20, 2026, you will no longer be able to access the Amazon Chime console or Amazon Chime application resources. For more information, visit the [blog post](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/messaging-and-targeting/update-on-support-for-amazon-chime/). **Note:** This does not impact the availability of the [Amazon Chime SDK service](https://aws.amazon.com/chime/chime-sdk/).
# CreateAccount
Creates an Amazon Chime account under the administrator's AWS account. Only `Team` account types are currently supported for this action. For more information about different account types, see [Managing Your Amazon Chime Accounts](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/chime/latest/ag/manage-chime-account.html) in the *Amazon Chime Administration Guide*.
## Request Syntax
```
POST /accounts HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json
{
"Name": "string"
}
```
## URI Request Parameters
The request does not use any URI parameters.
## Request Body
The request accepts the following data in JSON format.
** [Name](#API_CreateAccount_RequestSyntax) **
The name of the Amazon Chime account.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.
Pattern: `.*\S.*`
Required: Yes
## Response Syntax
```
HTTP/1.1 201
Content-type: application/json
{
"Account": {
"AccountId": "string",
"AccountStatus": "string",
"AccountType": "string",
"AwsAccountId": "string",
"CreatedTimestamp": "string",
"DefaultLicense": "string",
"Name": "string",
"SigninDelegateGroups": [
{
"GroupName": "string"
}
],
"SupportedLicenses": [ "string" ]
}
}
```
## Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 201 response.
The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.
** [Account](#API_CreateAccount_ResponseSyntax) **
The Amazon Chime account details.
Type: [Account](API_Account.md) object
## Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).
** BadRequestException **
The input parameters don't match the service's restrictions.
HTTP Status Code: 400
** ForbiddenException **
The client is permanently forbidden from making the request.
HTTP Status Code: 403
** NotFoundException **
One or more of the resources in the request does not exist in the system.
HTTP Status Code: 404
** ServiceFailureException **
The service encountered an unexpected error.
HTTP Status Code: 500
** ServiceUnavailableException **
The service is currently unavailable.
HTTP Status Code: 503
** ThrottledClientException **
The client exceeded its request rate limit.
HTTP Status Code: 429
** UnauthorizedClientException **
The client is not currently authorized to make the request.
HTTP Status Code: 401
## Examples
In the following example or examples, the Authorization header contents( `AUTHPARAMS` ) must be replaced with an AWS Signature Version 4 signature. For more information about creating these signatures, see [Signature Version 4 Signing Process](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/signature-version-4.html) in the *AWS General Reference*.
You only need to learn how to sign HTTP requests if you intend to manually create them. When you use the [AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)](http://aws.amazon.com/cli/) or one of the [AWS SDKs](http://aws.amazon.com/tools/) to make requests to AWS, these tools automatically sign the requests for you with the access key that you specify when you configure the tools. When you use these tools, you don't need to learn how to sign requests yourself.
### Example
This example creates a new Amazon Chime account under the administrator's AWS account.
#### Sample Request
```
POST /console/accounts HTTP/1.1 Host: service.chime.aws.amazon.com Accept-Encoding: identity User-Agent: aws-cli/1.16.83 Python/3.6.6 Windows/10 botocore/1.12.73 X-Amz-Date: 20190108T175917Z Authorization: AUTHPARAMS Content-Length: 17 {"Name": "example"}
```
#### Sample Response
```
HTTP/1.1 201 Created x-amzn-RequestId: d4f09103-9543-4ff9-b0a0-f1d4c6e2aec7 Content-Type: application/json Content-Length: 422 Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 17:59:18 GMT Connection: keep-alive {"Account": {"AccountId": "12a3456b-7c89-012d-3456-78901e23fg45","AccountStatus": "Active","AccountType": "Team","Admins": null,"AwsAccountId": "111122223333","BillingType": "SeatBilling","CreatedTimestamp": "2019-01-08T17:59:18.006Z","DefaultLicense": "Pro","DelegationStatus": "NoDelegation","DirectoryId": null,"Domains": null,"Groups": [],"Name": "example","Owner": null,"SupportedLicenses": ["Basic", "Pro"],"UseProTrialLicense": false} }
```
## See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+ [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/chime-2018-05-01/CreateAccount)
+ [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/chime-2018-05-01/CreateAccount)
+ [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/chime-2018-05-01/CreateAccount)
+ [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/chime-2018-05-01/CreateAccount)
+ [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/chime-2018-05-01/CreateAccount)
+ [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/chime-2018-05-01/CreateAccount)
+ [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/chime-2018-05-01/CreateAccount)
+ [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/chime-2018-05-01/CreateAccount)
+ [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/chime-2018-05-01/CreateAccount)
+ [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/chime-2018-05-01/CreateAccount)