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POST
/
v1
/
accounts
Create account
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.privy.io/v1/accounts \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'privy-app-id: <privy-app-id>' \
  --data '
{
  "display_name": "My Account",
  "wallets_configuration": [
    {
      "chain_type": "ethereum"
    }
  ]
}
'
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.privy.io/v1/accounts")
.header("privy-app-id", "<privy-app-id>")
.header("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"display_name\": \"My Account\",\n \"wallets_configuration\": [\n {\n \"chain_type\": \"ethereum\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'privy-app-id': '<privy-app-id>',
Authorization: 'Basic <encoded-value>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({display_name: 'My Account', wallets_configuration: [{chain_type: 'ethereum'}]})
};

fetch('https://api.privy.io/v1/accounts', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.privy.io/v1/accounts",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'display_name' => 'My Account',
'wallets_configuration' => [
[
'chain_type' => 'ethereum'
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>",
"Content-Type: application/json",
"privy-app-id: <privy-app-id>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.privy.io/v1/accounts"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"display_name\": \"My Account\",\n \"wallets_configuration\": [\n {\n \"chain_type\": \"ethereum\"\n }\n ]\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("privy-app-id", "<privy-app-id>")
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "display_name": "<string>",
  "wallets": [
    {
      "id": "<string>",
      "address": "<string>",
      "custody": {
        "provider": "<string>",
        "provider_user_id": "<string>"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Basic Auth header with your app ID as the username and your app secret as the password.

Headers

privy-app-id
string
required

ID of your Privy app.

privy-idempotency-key
string

Idempotency keys ensure API requests are executed only once within a 24-hour window.

Body

application/json

Input for creating a digital asset account from new wallets with a wallets_configuration specification.

wallets_configuration
AccountWalletConfigurationItem · object[]
required

Configuration for the wallets on this account.

Required array length: 1 - 5 elements
display_name
string

An optional display name for the account.

Response

200 - application/json

The created account.

A digital asset account that groups wallets under a single entity.

id
string
required

The account ID.

display_name
string | null
required

An optional display name for the account.

wallets
AccountWallet · object[]
required

The wallets belonging to this account.