# Accounts

## Create new account

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://hedera-serverless-consensus.vercel.app/api/account/create/`

This endpoint allows you to create a user, you can then link the response **accountId** to an actor you have in your system.

You'll also receive an **encryptedKey** and **publicKey**, that you should store in your database.

The **encryptedKey** can be decrypted with your **API\_SECRET\_KEY.**

#### Headers

| Name                                             | Type   | Description                                                        |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Authentication<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | string | The **API\_SECRET\_KEY** from th e client's environment variables. |

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```
{
    "data": {
        "accountId": "0.0.2838629",
        "encryptedKey": "4cc0ccd5446023a2:4e584643658b020a8b2fbfeceb293e00fdaf6cb41bdc3438379e6f6acbc4efeb516320e82b1d9102594f975f4b6ef8444f960017611035598297defb26b19b08a34e8f366639ee72bb265567b7f585597fd459eedfa8c1c6e40e68f439efff9a18f2ccd71cee260ea0f125c4aad730e2",
        "publicKey": "302a300506032b6570032100cebb39dbfc486ec10e6c415233f12572e2abd3d1ac3687308f1953deaef92643"
    }
}
```

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