# Create new account

With this API endpoint you can create an Ellipsis Drive account. There are 2 flows for the creation of an account.

In the first flow the API call is submitted with an email parameters. The Ellipsis Drive account will then be activated once the given email address is validated by clicking the link included in the validation mail.

In the second flow an invitation email to join Ellipsis Drive is sent using the POST /user/invite or POST /path/invite. When the user clicks the link in this invitation email, they are redirected to the Ellipsis Drive app where this API call is submitted with the validationToken and userId parameters to activate their Ellipsis Drive account.

In both flows the given email is validated, this is important for account recovery and security purposes.

| **Description** | Registers a new Ellipsis Drive account. |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| **Endpoint**    | `/account`                              |
| **Method**      | POST                                    |

### Access Level Rules

| **Access Level** | None |
| ---------------- | ---- |

### Processing Units

| **Processing units** | 0 |
| -------------------- | - |

### Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th width="280">Description</th><th width="287">Required</th><th>Default</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>username</code></td><td>The Ellipsis Drive username of the new account</td><td>true</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code>password</code></td><td>The password of the new account</td><td>true</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code>email</code></td><td>The email address of the new account</td><td>Required for the first flow</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code>validationToken</code></td><td>The invite token embedded in the invite email</td><td>Required for the second flow</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code>userId</code></td><td>The id of the invited user whose account is being activated</td><td>Required for the second flow</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>


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