# image.create

### Description

`object image.create(object/array images)`

This method allows to create new images.

### Parameters

`(object/array)` Images to create.

Additionally to the [standard image properties](object#image), the
method accepts the following parameters.

|Parameter|[Type](/manual/api/reference_commentary#data_types)|Description|
|---------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------|
|**image**<br>(required)|string|Base64 encoded image. The maximum size of the encoded image is 1 MB.|

### Return values

`(object)` Returns an object containing the IDs of the created images
under the `imageids` property. The order of the returned IDs matches the
order of the passed images.

### Examples

#### Create an image

Create a cloud icon.

Request:

``` {.java}
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "image.create",
    "params": {
        "imagetype": 1,
        "name": "Cloud_(24)",
        "image": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABgAAAANCAYAAACzbK7QAAAABHNCSVQICAgIfAhkiAAAAAlwSFlzAAACmAAAApgBNtNH3wAAABl0RVh0U29mdHdhcmUAd3d3Lmlua3NjYXBlLm9yZ5vuPBoAAAIcSURBVDjLrZLbSxRRHMdPKiEiRQ89CD0s+N5j9BIMEf4Hg/jWexD2ZEXQbC9tWUFZimtLhswuZiVujK1UJmYXW9PaCUdtb83enL3P7s6ss5f5dc7EUsmqkPuFH3M4/Ob7+V0OAgC0UyDENFEU03rh1uNOs/lFG75o2i2/rkd9Y3Tgyj3HiaezbukdH9A/rP4E9vWi0u+Y4fuGnMf3DRgYc3Z/84YrQSkD3mgKhFAC+KAEK74Y2Lj3MjPoOokQ3Xyx/1GHeXCifbfO6lRPH/wi+AvZQhGSsgKxdB5CCRkCGPbDgMXBMbukTc4vK5/WRHizsq7fZl2LFuvE4T0BZDTXHtgv4TNUqlUolsqQL2qQwbDEXzBBTIJ7I4y/cfAENmHZF4XrY9Mc+X9HAFmoyXS2ddy1IOg6/KNyBcM0DFP/wFZFCcOy4N9Mw0YkCTOfhdL5AfZQXQBFn2t/ODXHC8FYVcoWjNEQ03qqwTJ5FdI44jg/msoB2Zd5ZKq3q6evA1FUS60bYyyj3AJf3V72HiLZJQxTtRLk1C2IYEg4mTNg63hPd1mOJd7Ict911OMNlWEf0nFxpCt16zcshTuLpGSwDDuPIfv0xzNyQYVGicC0cgUUDLM6Xp02lvvW/V2EBssnxlSGmWsxljw0znV9XfPLjTCW84r+cn7Jc8c2eWrbM6Wbe6/aTJbhJ/TNkWc9/xXW592Xb9iPkKnUfH8BKdLgFy0lDyQAAAAASUVORK5CYII="
    },
    "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
    "id": 1
}
```

Response:

``` {.java}
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "imageids": [
            "188"
        ]
    },
    "id": 1
}
```

### Source

CImage::create() in
*frontends/php/include/classes/api/services/CImage.php*.