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# Create a new VPC

POST https://api.americancloud.com/api/v1/networks/vpc
Content-Type: application/json

Creates a new VPC. To preview pricing without creating anything, use POST /networks/vpc/cost-estimate.

Reference: https://americancloud.com/docs/api/api-reference/vpc-networks/create-vpc-networks

## Authentication

- `X-API-Client-ID` header (required) — API Client ID
- `X-API-Client-Secret` header (required) — API Client Secret

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a CreateVpcNetworkDto.

- `name` (string, required) — Human-readable name for the VPC.
- `region` (string, required) — Region the VPC will be created in. References a region label from /v1/compute/regions.
- `cidr` (string, required) — IPv4 CIDR block the VPC will use.
- `description` (string, optional) — Free-form description of the VPC.

## Response

### 201

The VPC has been created

- `id` (string, required) — Unique identifier for the VPC
- `name` (string, required) — Name of the VPC
- `description` (string, required) — Description of the VPC
- `cidr` (string, required) — CIDR of the VPC
- `status` (enum, required) — VPC status
  - Allowed values: `Active`, `Inactive`, `Creating`
- `region` (string, required) — Region where the VPC is located
- `tiers` (list of VpcTierResponseDto, required) — Network tiers in this VPC
- `publicIps` (list of string, required) — Public IP addresses associated with this VPC
- `createdAt` (datetime, optional) — VPC creation date

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

The request was malformed or failed validation.

- `statusCode` (double, required) — HTTP status code.
- `message` (ApiErrorDtoMessage, required) — Human-readable error message. A single string for most errors, or an array of strings when the request failed multiple validation checks.
- `error` (string, optional) — Short HTTP error label.
- `code` (string, optional) — Machine-readable reason for the error. Match on this value rather than on `message`, which can be reworded at any time. Present on the errors that have more than one cause for the same status code; omitted otherwise.
- `errors` (list of ValidationErrorItemDto, optional) — Per-field validation details. Present on 400 responses produced by request-body validation; omitted otherwise.
- `snapshots` (list of BlockingSnapshotDto, optional) — The snapshots that block a delete. Present on a 409 whose `code` is `volume_has_snapshots`; omitted otherwise.

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Authentication credentials were missing or invalid.

- `statusCode` (double, required) — HTTP status code.
- `message` (ApiErrorDtoMessage, required) — Human-readable error message. A single string for most errors, or an array of strings when the request failed multiple validation checks.
- `error` (string, optional) — Short HTTP error label.
- `code` (string, optional) — Machine-readable reason for the error. Match on this value rather than on `message`, which can be reworded at any time. Present on the errors that have more than one cause for the same status code; omitted otherwise.
- `errors` (list of ValidationErrorItemDto, optional) — Per-field validation details. Present on 400 responses produced by request-body validation; omitted otherwise.
- `snapshots` (list of BlockingSnapshotDto, optional) — The snapshots that block a delete. Present on a 409 whose `code` is `volume_has_snapshots`; omitted otherwise.

### 403 Forbidden Error

The authenticated principal is not permitted to perform this action.

- `statusCode` (double, required) — HTTP status code.
- `message` (ApiErrorDtoMessage, required) — Human-readable error message. A single string for most errors, or an array of strings when the request failed multiple validation checks.
- `error` (string, optional) — Short HTTP error label.
- `code` (string, optional) — Machine-readable reason for the error. Match on this value rather than on `message`, which can be reworded at any time. Present on the errors that have more than one cause for the same status code; omitted otherwise.
- `errors` (list of ValidationErrorItemDto, optional) — Per-field validation details. Present on 400 responses produced by request-body validation; omitted otherwise.
- `snapshots` (list of BlockingSnapshotDto, optional) — The snapshots that block a delete. Present on a 409 whose `code` is `volume_has_snapshots`; omitted otherwise.

### 404 Not Found Error

The requested resource does not exist or is not accessible to the caller.

- `statusCode` (double, required) — HTTP status code.
- `message` (ApiErrorDtoMessage, required) — Human-readable error message. A single string for most errors, or an array of strings when the request failed multiple validation checks.
- `error` (string, optional) — Short HTTP error label.
- `code` (string, optional) — Machine-readable reason for the error. Match on this value rather than on `message`, which can be reworded at any time. Present on the errors that have more than one cause for the same status code; omitted otherwise.
- `errors` (list of ValidationErrorItemDto, optional) — Per-field validation details. Present on 400 responses produced by request-body validation; omitted otherwise.
- `snapshots` (list of BlockingSnapshotDto, optional) — The snapshots that block a delete. Present on a 409 whose `code` is `volume_has_snapshots`; omitted otherwise.

### 500 Internal Server Error

An unexpected error occurred on the server.

- `statusCode` (double, required) — HTTP status code.
- `message` (ApiErrorDtoMessage, required) — Human-readable error message. A single string for most errors, or an array of strings when the request failed multiple validation checks.
- `error` (string, optional) — Short HTTP error label.
- `code` (string, optional) — Machine-readable reason for the error. Match on this value rather than on `message`, which can be reworded at any time. Present on the errors that have more than one cause for the same status code; omitted otherwise.
- `errors` (list of ValidationErrorItemDto, optional) — Per-field validation details. Present on 400 responses produced by request-body validation; omitted otherwise.
- `snapshots` (list of BlockingSnapshotDto, optional) — The snapshots that block a delete. Present on a 409 whose `code` is `volume_has_snapshots`; omitted otherwise.

## Types

### VpcTierResponseDto

- `id` (string, required) — Unique identifier for the tier
- `name` (string, required) — Name of the tier
- `description` (string, required) — Description of the tier
- `cidr` (string, required) — CIDR of the tier
- `gateway` (string, required) — Gateway IP address
- `netmask` (string, required) — Netmask of the tier
- `status` (enum, required) — Network status
  - Allowed values: `Active`, `Allocated`, `Setup`, `Inactive`
- `aclId` (string, optional) — Identifier of the ACL applied to this tier. Absent when no custom ACL is attached.
- `aclName` (string, optional) — Name of the ACL applied to this tier. Absent when no custom ACL is attached.

### ApiErrorDtoMessage

Human-readable error message. A single string for most errors, or an array of strings when the request failed multiple validation checks.

### ValidationErrorItemDto

- `field` (string, required) — Dotted path to the field that failed validation.
- `message` (string, required) — Human-readable validation message for this field.

### BlockingSnapshotDto

- `id` (string, required) — Snapshot ID.
- `name` (string, required) — Snapshot name.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "name": "production-vpc",
  "region": "sjc0",
  "cidr": "10.0.0.0/16"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "vpc-a1b2c3d4",
  "name": "Production VPC",
  "description": "Production VPC",
  "cidr": "10.0.0.0/16",
  "status": "Active",
  "region": "us-east-1",
  "tiers": [
    {
      "id": "tier-1a2b3c4d",
      "name": "Web Tier",
      "description": "Web Tier",
      "cidr": "10.1.1.0/24",
      "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
      "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
      "status": "Active",
      "aclId": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "aclName": "default_allow"
    }
  ],
  "publicIps": [
    "203.0.113.1",
    "203.0.113.2"
  ],
  "createdAt": "2023-05-15T10:30:00Z"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.americancloud.com/api/v1/networks/vpc"

payload = {
    "name": "production-vpc",
    "region": "sjc0",
    "cidr": "10.0.0.0/16"
}
headers = {
    "X-API-Client-ID": "<apiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.americancloud.com/api/v1/networks/vpc';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'X-API-Client-ID': '<apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"production-vpc","region":"sjc0","cidr":"10.0.0.0/16"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.americancloud.com/api/v1/networks/vpc"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"production-vpc\",\n  \"region\": \"sjc0\",\n  \"cidr\": \"10.0.0.0/16\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Client-ID", "<apiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.americancloud.com/api/v1/networks/vpc")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Client-ID"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"production-vpc\",\n  \"region\": \"sjc0\",\n  \"cidr\": \"10.0.0.0/16\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.americancloud.com/api/v1/networks/vpc")
  .header("X-API-Client-ID", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"production-vpc\",\n  \"region\": \"sjc0\",\n  \"cidr\": \"10.0.0.0/16\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.americancloud.com/api/v1/networks/vpc', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "production-vpc",
  "region": "sjc0",
  "cidr": "10.0.0.0/16"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'X-API-Client-ID' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.americancloud.com/api/v1/networks/vpc");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("X-API-Client-ID", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"production-vpc\",\n  \"region\": \"sjc0\",\n  \"cidr\": \"10.0.0.0/16\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "X-API-Client-ID": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "name": "production-vpc",
  "region": "sjc0",
  "cidr": "10.0.0.0/16"
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.americancloud.com/api/v1/networks/vpc")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```