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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"
}
'
import requests

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

payload = {
"nonce": 123,
"name": "Test User",
"role": "Trader"
}
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, name: 'Test User', role: 'Trader'})
};

fetch('https://api.kraken.com/0/private/CreatePrimeApiUser', 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/CreatePrimeApiUser"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"nonce\": 123,\n \"name\": \"Test User\",\n \"role\": \"Trader\"\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": "2T0RXL9B8K5D6",
    "name": "Test User",
    "status": "Enabled",
    "roles": [
      "Trader"
    ]
  },
  "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

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