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# Creating account address

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `/api/public/v1/accounts/:id/addresses`

Creates a receiving address on the given account for the specified network.

{% hint style="info" %}
This request is asynchronous. The address is registered immediately, but its `value` is generated shortly afterwards — the create response returns `value: null`. Poll [Listing account addresses](/accounts/listing-account-addresses.md) to retrieve the final address value.
{% endhint %}

**Headers**

| Name          | Value                      |
| ------------- | -------------------------- |
| Content-Type  | `application/vnd.api+json` |
| Authorization | `Bearer <api_key>`         |

**Path Parameters**

| Name | Type   | Description |
| ---- | ------ | ----------- |
| id   | string | Account ID. |

**Body**

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th width="116">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>data</td><td>object</td><td>Request data object.</td></tr><tr><td>data.type</td><td>string</td><td>Resource type. Always <code>addresses</code>.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes</td><td>object</td><td>Address attributes.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.network_id</td><td>string</td><td>ID of the network to generate the address on. Must belong to the account's currency. Read the account to list its available networks — see <a href="/pages/FavdJFtLKkNm8qh3HLsv">Reading account</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>data.attributes.label</td><td>string</td><td>Address label. Use any value that helps you recognize the address later.</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Request JSON**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "type": "addresses",
    "attributes": {
      "network_id": "string",
      "label": "string"
    }
  }
}
```

**Response**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="HTTP 200" %}

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "0a37e656-fdca-4afb-b78e-992a38279c9d",
    "type": "addresses",
    "attributes": {
      "label": "New Label",
      "value": null,
      "createdAt": "2025-05-29T18:15:35.492Z"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "account": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      },
      "network": {
        "meta": {
          "included": false
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "meta": {},
  "jsonapi": {
    "version": "1.0"
  }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="HTTP 422" %}

```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": 422,
      "title": "Invalid attribute",
      "code": "address_invalid",
      "detail": "Network does not match account currency",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/networkId"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="HTTP 404" %}

```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "status": 404,
      "title": "Record not found",
      "code": "network_not_found",
      "detail": "Network not found"
    }
  ]
}
```

The `network_id` does not match a known network.
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

**Response Body**

| Name                         | Type   | Description                                                                                                                                                  |
| ---------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `data.id`                    | string | Address ID.                                                                                                                                                  |
| `data.type`                  | string | Entity type returned. Always `addresses`.                                                                                                                    |
| `data.attributes.label`      | string | Address label, as set in the request.                                                                                                                        |
| `data.attributes.value`      | string | The address string. `null` in this response — generated asynchronously. Retrieve it via [Listing account addresses](/accounts/listing-account-addresses.md). |
| `data.attributes.createdAt`  | string | ISO 8601 timestamp of when the address was created.                                                                                                          |
| `data.relationships.account` | object | The account the address belongs to.                                                                                                                          |
| `data.relationships.network` | object | The network the address was generated on.                                                                                                                    |


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