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+package shares
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud"
+)
+
+// CreateOptsBuilder allows extensions to add additional parameters to the
+// Create request.
+type CreateOptsBuilder interface {
+	ToShareCreateMap() (map[string]interface{}, error)
+}
+
+// CreateOpts contains the options for create a Share. This object is
+// passed to shares.Create(). For more information about these parameters,
+// please refer to the Share object, or the shared file systems API v2
+// documentation
+type CreateOpts struct {
+	// Defines the share protocol to use
+	ShareProto string `json:"share_proto" required:"true"`
+	// Size in GB
+	Size int `json:"size" required:"true"`
+	// Defines the share name
+	Name string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	// Share description
+	Description string `json:"description,omitempty"`
+	// DisplayName is equivalent to Name. The API supports using both
+	// This is an inherited attribute from the block storage API
+	DisplayName string `json:"display_name,omitempty"`
+	// DisplayDescription is equivalent to Description. The API supports using bot
+	// This is an inherited attribute from the block storage API
+	DisplayDescription string `json:"display_description,omitempty"`
+	// ShareType defines the sharetype. If omitted, a default share type is used
+	ShareType string `json:"share_type,omitempty"`
+	// VolumeType is deprecated but supported. Either ShareType or VolumeType can be used
+	VolumeType string `json:"volume_type,omitempty"`
+	// The UUID from which to create a share
+	SnapshotID string `json:"snapshot_id,omitempty"`
+	// Determines whether or not the share is public
+	IsPublic *bool `json:"is_public,omitempty"`
+	// Key value pairs of user defined metadata
+	Metadata map[string]string `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
+	// The UUID of the share network to which the share belongs to
+	ShareNetworkID string `json:"share_network_id,omitempty"`
+	// The UUID of the consistency group to which the share belongs to
+	ConsistencyGroupID string `json:"consistency_group_id,omitempty"`
+	// The availability zone of the share
+	AvailabilityZone string `json:"availability_zone,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// ToShareCreateMap assembles a request body based on the contents of a
+// CreateOpts.
+func (opts CreateOpts) ToShareCreateMap() (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	return gophercloud.BuildRequestBody(opts, "share")
+}
+
+// Create will create a new Share based on the values in CreateOpts. To extract
+// the Share object from the response, call the Extract method on the
+// CreateResult.
+func Create(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, opts CreateOptsBuilder) (r CreateResult) {
+	b, err := opts.ToShareCreateMap()
+	if err != nil {
+		r.Err = err
+		return
+	}
+	_, r.Err = client.Post(createURL(client), b, &r.Body, &gophercloud.RequestOpts{
+		OkCodes: []int{200, 201},
+	})
+	return
+}