## Create

`external_accounts.create(ExternalAccountCreateParams**kwargs)  -> ExternalAccountCreateResponse`

**post** `/external-accounts`

Creates a new external account

### Parameters

- `external_id: str`

  External ID for the account (user-provided, unique, mutable)

- `name: str`

  Human-readable name for the external account (mutable)

### Returns

- `class ExternalAccountCreateResponse: …`

  - `data: Data`

    External account object

    - `id: str`

      Fragment-generated unique ID for the external account

    - `external_id: str`

      User-provided external ID

    - `name: str`

      Human-readable name for the external account

### Example

```python
from fragment import Fragment

client = Fragment()
external_account = client.external_accounts.create(
    external_id="ext_acc_123",
    name="Checking Account",
)
print(external_account.data)
```