# Create a service account

**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)
- [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)
- [Create a service account](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-create-service-account.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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