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POST
/
0
/
private
/
CreatePrimeApiUser
Create Prime API User
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.kraken.com/0/private/CreatePrimeApiUser \
  --header 'API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --header 'API-Sign: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "nonce": 123,
  "name": "Test User",
  "role": "Trader"
}
'
{
  "result": {
    "id": "2T0RXL9B8K5D6",
    "name": "Test User",
    "status": "Enabled",
    "roles": [
      "Trader"
    ]
  },
  "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

​
name
string
required

Display name for the new API user.

Example:

"Test User"

​
role
enum<string>
required

Role to assign to the new API user.

Available options:
Trader,
Viewer
Example:

"Trader"

Response

API user created.

Response containing the newly created Prime API user.

​
result
object
required

Prime API user information.

​
error
string[]
required

Kraken API error