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# Method name: createAccount(contactId: string)

# Method package: wixLoyaltyV2

# Method menu location: wixLoyaltyV2 --> accounts --> createAccount

# Method Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-loyalty-v2/accounts/create-account.md

# Method Description:

Creates a loyalty account for a site contact.

To create a new loyalty account, a customer must first be a site contact with a contact ID, see the Contacts API.
The site must also have an [active loyalty program](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/crm/loyalty-program/program/activate-loyalty-program.md)
before loyalty accounts can be created.



# Method Code Examples:

*** Note: do not assume any prop names or enum values other than the ones in the example.

## Create a loyalty account for a site contact (dashboard page code)

```javascript
import { accounts } from 'wix-loyalty.v2';

// Sample contactId value: 'ff61204b-b19a-5cc8-823b-7eed8ae5fc28'  

export async function myCreateAccountFunction() {
  try {
    const newLoyaltyAccount = await accounts.createAccount(contactId);  

    const accountId = newLoyaltyAccount.account._id;  

    console.log('Success! The account ID for this new loyalty account is: ', accountId);

    return newLoyaltyAccount;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
  }
}

/* Promise resolves to:
 * {
 *   "account": {
 *     "_id": "1e3f99cf-1e7f-4cba-8777-f081549f49cd",
 *     "contactId": "ff61204b-b19a-5cc8-823b-7eed8ae5fc28",
 *     "points": {
 *       "balance": 0,
 *       "earned": 0,
 *       "adjusted": 0,
 *       "redeemed": 0
 *     },
 *     "rewardAvailable": false,
 *     "_createdDate": "2022-11-09T12:49:25.408Z",
 *     "_updatedDate": "2022-11-09T12:49:25.408Z",
 *     "revision": "1"
 *   }
 * }  
 */

```

## Create a loyalty account for a site contact (export from backend code)

```javascript
import { Permissions, webMethod } from 'wix-web-module';
import { accounts } from 'wix-loyalty.v2';

// Sample contactId value: 'ff61204b-b19a-5cc8-823b-7eed8ae5fc28'  

export const myCreateAccountFunction = webMethod(
  Permissions.Anyone, 
  async () => {
  try {
    const newLoyaltyAccount = await accounts.createAccount(contactId);  

    const accountId = newLoyaltyAccount.account._id;  

    console.log('Success! The account ID for this new loyalty account is: ', accountId);

    return newLoyaltyAccount;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
  }
});

/* Promise resolves to:
 * {
 *   "account": {
 *     "_id": "1e3f99cf-1e7f-4cba-8777-f081549f49cd",
 *     "contactId": "ff61204b-b19a-5cc8-823b-7eed8ae5fc28",
 *     "points": {
 *       "balance": 0,
 *       "earned": 0,
 *       "adjusted": 0,
 *       "redeemed": 0
 *     },
 *     "rewardAvailable": false,
 *     "_createdDate": "2022-11-09T12:49:25.408Z",
 *     "_updatedDate": "2022-11-09T12:49:25.408Z",
 *     "revision": "1"
 *   }
 * }  
 */

```

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