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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"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.kraken.com/0/private/CreatePrimeApiUserKey"

payload = {
"nonce": 123,
"user_id": "2T0RXL9B8K5D6"
}
headers = {
"API-Key": "<api-key>",
"API-Sign": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'API-Key': '<api-key>',
'API-Sign': '<api-key>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({nonce: 123, user_id: '2T0RXL9B8K5D6'})
};

fetch('https://api.kraken.com/0/private/CreatePrimeApiUserKey', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.kraken.com/0/private/CreatePrimeApiUserKey"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"nonce\": 123,\n \"user_id\": \"2T0RXL9B8K5D6\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("API-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("API-Sign", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
{
  "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"
  ]
}
{
"error": [
"<string>"
]
}

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