# hostinterface.create

### Description

`object hostinterface.create(object/array hostInterfaces)`

This method allows to create new host interfaces.

### Parameters

`(object/array)` Host interfaces to create. The method accepts host
interfaces with the [standard host interface
properties](definitions#host_interface).

### Return values

`(object)` Returns an object containing the IDs of the created host
interfaces under the `interfaceids` property. The order of the returned
IDs matches the order of the passed host interfaces.

### Examples

#### Create a new interface

Create a secondary IP agent interface on host "30052."

Request:

``` {.java}
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "hostinterface.create",
    "params": {
        "hostid": "30052",
        "dns": "",
        "ip": "127.0.0.1",
        "main": 0,
        "port": "10050",
        "type": 1,
        "useip": 1
    },
    "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
    "id": 1
}
```

Response:

``` {.java}
{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "interfaceids": [
            "30062"
        ]
    },
    "id": 1
}
```

### See also

-   [hostinterface.massadd](massadd)
-   [host.massadd](/manual/appendix/api/host/massadd)

### Source

CHostInterface::create() in
*frontends/php/api/classes/CHostInterface.php*.