```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
// Requires Node.js SDK v8.2.0 or later
import { AdminClient } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone';

// Reads PINECONE_CLIENT_ID and PINECONE_CLIENT_SECRET from the environment
const admin = new AdminClient();

// `clientSecret` is returned only once and cannot be retrieved later
const { serviceAccount, clientSecret } = await admin.serviceAccounts.create({
  name: 'ci-prod',
  roleBindings: [
    {
      resourceType: 'project',
      resourceId: 'a2f7dddb-1597-4eff-9f71-535fde243f58',
      role: 'DataPlaneEditor',
    },
  ],
});
console.log(serviceAccount);
```

```go Go theme={null}
// Requires Go SDK v6.0.0 or later
package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "os"

    "github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v6/pinecone"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()

    adminClient, err := pinecone.NewAdminClientWithContext(ctx, pinecone.NewAdminClientParams{
        ClientId:     os.Getenv("PINECONE_CLIENT_ID"),
        ClientSecret: os.Getenv("PINECONE_CLIENT_SECRET"),
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create AdminClient: %v", err)
    }

    projectId := "a2f7dddb-1597-4eff-9f71-535fde243f58"
    sa, err := adminClient.ServiceAccount.Create(ctx, &pinecone.CreateServiceAccountParams{
        Name: "ci-prod",
        RoleBindings: []pinecone.RoleBindingInput{
            {
                ResourceType: pinecone.ResourceTypeProject,
                ResourceId:   &projectId,
                Role:         "DataPlaneEditor",
            },
        },
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create service account: %v", err)
    }
    // ClientSecret is returned only once — store it securely and never log it
    fmt.Printf("Successfully created service account: %v\n", sa.ServiceAccount.Id)
}
```

```hcl Terraform theme={null}
# Requires Terraform provider v4.0.0 or later
# Roles are assigned with separate pinecone_role_binding resources
resource "pinecone_service_account" "ci_prod" {
  name = "ci-prod"
}

resource "pinecone_role_binding" "ci_prod_data_plane_editor" {
  principal_id   = pinecone_service_account.ci_prod.id
  principal_type = "service_account"
  resource_type  = "project"
  resource_id    = "a2f7dddb-1597-4eff-9f71-535fde243f58"
  role           = "DataPlaneEditor"
}

output "ci_prod_client_secret" {
  value     = pinecone_service_account.ci_prod.client_secret
  sensitive = true
}
```

```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"

curl "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/service-accounts" \
	-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-04" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
	-d '{
		"name": "ci-prod",
		"role_bindings": [
			{
				"resource_type": "project",
				"resource_id": "a2f7dddb-1597-4eff-9f71-535fde243f58",
				"role": "DataPlaneEditor"
			}
		]
	}'
```

```json curl theme={null}
{
  "service_account": {
    "id": "f8a3b2c1-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c",
    "name": "ci-prod",
    "client_id": "l3Ow0CmFyc4jOONcwiKUCRqQKN0tiCAn",
    "created_at": "2026-04-10T15:23:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-04-10T15:23:00Z"
  },
  "client_secret": "8p-kkC23XOWvkCosKq-BOn3G74qp__rBcDMxc82iB4gfzRvuhSCRBKM7C5Q7TAzj"
}
```

**POST** `/admin/service-accounts`

:::code-group
```bash title="cURL"
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.pinecone.io/admin/service-accounts \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "name": "ci-prod",
  "role_bindings": [
    {
      "resource_type": "project",
      "resource_id": "<string>",
      "role": "ProjectOwner"
    }
  ]
}'
```

```json title="201"
{
  "client_secret": "8p-kkC23XOWvkCosKq-BOn3G74qp__rBcDMxc82iB4gfzRvuhSCRBKM7C5Q7TAzj",
  "service_account": {
    "client_id": "l3Ow0CmFyc4jOONcwiKUCRqQKN0tiCAn",
    "created_at": "2026-04-10T15:23:00.000Z",
    "id": "f8a3b2c1-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c",
    "name": "My Service Account",
    "updated_at": "2026-04-10T15:23:00.000Z"
  }
}
```
:::

## Authorizations

- `Authorization` (header, string, required) — Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <token>`.

## Headers

- `X-Pinecone-Api-Version` (header, string, required) — Required date-based version header

## Body

- `name` (body, string, required) — The human-readable name of the service account.
- `role_bindings` (body, object\[]) — Optional initial role bindings. Omitting the field or passing an empty array creates the service account with no role bindings; roles can be added later via the role binding endpoints. A service account may be granted any organization- or project-scoped role. Not returned in the response.

## Response

- `201` — Service account created. Role bindings are not returned here; use `GET /admin/role-bindings` to list them.
- `400` — Bad request. The request body included invalid request parameters.
- `401` — Unauthorized. Possible causes: Invalid API key.
- `403` — Forbidden
- `500` — Internal server error.
- `4XX` — Unexpected error on request.

## Related pages

- [List service accounts](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-list-service-accounts.md)
- [Create a service account](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-create-a-service-account.md)
- [Get service account details](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-get-service-account-details.md)
- [Delete a service account](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-delete-a-service-account.md)
- [Update a service account](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-update-a-service-account.md)
- [Rotate a service account's OAuth client secret](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-rotate-a-service-accounts-oauth-client-secret.md)
- [List service accounts](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-list-service-accounts.md)
- [Get service account details](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-fetch-service-account.md)
- [Update a service account](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-update-service-account.md)
- [Delete a service account](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-delete-service-account.md)

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