---
title: "Create an account admin association"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/account_admins"
tags: ["Account Admins"]
---

# Create an account admin association

`POST /api/v1/account_admins`

Creates a new account admin or adds account associations to an existing admin. account_ids may contain multiple account IDs.

## Request body

- object
  - `canvas_user_id` string, required — Canvas user ID
  - `user_name` string, required — Full name of the user
  - `email_address` string, required — Email address of the user
  - `account_ids` integer[], required — Account IDs to associate with the user

## Response `201`

account admin created

- object
  - `canvas_user_id` integer, required — Canvas user ID of the admin
  - `account_ids` integer[], required — Account IDs the user now administers

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/instructure/apis/canvas-catalog-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/instructure/apis/canvas-catalog-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/instructure/canvas-catalog-api/revisions/78578cd3e37a/schema)