1. 1.

   Sign in to your Kraken Derivatives account.
2. 2.

   Click on your name on the upper-right corner.
3. 3.

   Select Settings from the drop-down menu.
4. 4.

   Select the Create Key tab in the API panel.
5. 5.

   There are two options when generating API keys with differing levels of access:

   General API:

   - No Access: This key does not allow any access to any endpoints. (This option could be selected if you only wanted a key with access to withdraw digital assets).

   - Read Only: This is a read-only key and allows accessing only endpoints that do not write to the server.

   - Full Access: This is a master key and allows accessing all endpoints, excluding digital asset withdrawals.

   Withdrawal API:

   - No Access: This key does not allow access to digital asset withdrawals.

   - Full Access: This key allows access to digital asset withdrawals.
6. 6.

   Press the Create Key button.
7. 7.

   View your Public and Private keys and record them somewhere safe.

   Your api_key (Public key):

   Example	rRra59qKQs3y1egAgSaG0RJlBcbq97wTUXSxXxPdhRZdv7z9ijZRWgrf

   Your api_secret (Private key):

   Example	rttp4AzwRfYEdQ7R7X8Z/04Y4TZPa97pqCypi3xXxAqftygftnI6H9yGV+O cUOOJeFtZkr8mVwbAndU3Kz4Q+eG

   The private key is shown only once! You cannot go back and view it again later.

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