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POST
/
0
/
private
/
CreatePrimeApiUserKey
Create Prime API User Key
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.kraken.com/0/private/CreatePrimeApiUserKey \
  --header 'API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --header 'API-Sign: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "nonce": 123,
  "user_id": "2T0RXL9B8K5D6"
}
'
{
  "result": {
    "id": "3RM9K4ZTC0C00",
    "api_key": "KRA5L19LAW8Z",
    "api_secret": "6xq8p1mvk9r3n7swt2l5cj4eaydhzbf",
    "user_id": "2T0RXL9B8K5D6",
    "permissions": [
      "read::marketdata"
    ],
    "whitelisted_ips": [
      "192.168.1.1"
    ]
  },
  "error": [
    "EGeneral:Invalid arguments"
  ]
}

Authorizations

​
API-Key
string
header
required

The "API-Key" header should contain your API key.

​
API-Sign
string
header
required

Authenticated requests should be signed with the "API-Sign" header, using a signature generated with your private key, nonce, encoded payload, and URI path.

Body

application/json
​
nonce
integer<int64>
required

Nonce used in construction of API-Sign header

​
user_id
string
required

The unique identifier of the API user to create a key for.

Example:

"2T0RXL9B8K5D6"

Response

API user key created.

Response containing the newly created Prime API user key, including the secret (only shown once).

​
result
object
required
​
error
string[]
required

Kraken API error