Creating an API key

Use this page when fast connect is not available for your exchange, or when you prefer to manage keys yourself. You create the key on the exchange website, then paste it into Skyrexio on the Manual API tab, see How to connect an exchange.

Exchange websites change their menus from time to time. The steps below are deliberately general: look for the same names, even if the buttons moved.

Permissions#

Create a separate key for Skyrexio and give it only what trading needs:

• Read (account and balances).
• Trade on the market you use: Spot, Futures (derivatives), or both.
• Withdrawals: always off. Skyrexio never needs it. A key without withdrawal rights cannot move your money out, even if it leaks.

Most exchanges require two-factor authentication on your account before they let you create a key. Turn it on first if the exchange asks.

IP whitelist#

An IP whitelist makes the key work only from the listed addresses. It is the best protection for a trading key, and some exchanges require it.

For Binance, Gate.io, HTX, BitMart, XT and WEEX the connection window in Skyrexio shows the list of addresses with a copy button. Copy the list from there and paste it into the whitelist field of your key. Always use the list from the window and not an old copy, because the addresses can change.

For the other exchanges the window shows no list. On some exchanges a key without an IP restriction expires after a while. If your key stops working for that reason, create a new one and use Update API Key in Accounts.

Passphrase and memo#

OKX, KuCoin, BloFin and WEEX ask you to choose a passphrase while you create the key. BitMart asks for a memo. Write it down together with the key and the secret: the exchange shows the secret only once, and the passphrase cannot be recovered. You paste all of them into Skyrexio. In the Skyrexio window the extra field is labelled Memo on all five exchanges, so a passphrase goes there too.

Exchange by exchange#

Binance#

1. Sign in, open your profile and choose API Management.
2. Press Create API and choose the System generated key type.
3. Give the key a label, for example Skyrexio, and confirm with your 2FA.
4. Copy the API key and Secret key immediately.
5. Edit the restrictions: choose Restrict access to trusted IPs only and paste the list from the Skyrexio window.
6. Tick Enable Spot & Margin Trading for spot, and Enable Futures if you trade futures. Leave withdrawals off.

OKX#

1. Sign in, open your profile and choose API, then create a new API key (v5).
2. If the form offers a list of third-party apps, choose Skyrexio.
3. Name the key and set a Passphrase. Write it down.
4. Tick Read and Trade. Leave Withdraw off.
5. Confirm with 2FA and copy the key and the secret.

Bybit#

1. Sign in, open your profile and choose API.
2. Press Create New Key and choose System-generated API Keys.
3. If offered, choose to connect to third-party applications and pick Skyrexio.
4. Set the permissions to Read-Write, and tick trading under Spot, and under Derivatives for futures.
5. Confirm with your codes and copy the key and the secret.

Bybit EU is spot only and connects with a key only.

KuCoin#

1. Sign in, open your profile and choose API Management.
2. Create an API key, give it a name and set a Passphrase. Write it down.
3. Tick General (read) and Spot Trading, and Futures Trading for futures. Leave transfers and withdrawals off.
4. Confirm and copy the key and the secret.

Gate.io#

1. Sign in, open your profile and choose API Management.
2. Create an API key and choose the API v4 type if asked.
3. Paste the IP list from the Skyrexio window into the whitelist.
4. Tick Spot Trade for spot and Perpetual Futures for futures, with read and write rights. Leave withdrawals off.
5. Confirm and copy the key and the secret.

Crypto.com#

1. Sign in to the Crypto.com Exchange, open Settings and choose API Keys.
2. Create a new key and tick the read and trade permissions. Leave withdrawals off.
3. Copy the key and the secret.

Crypto.com connects with a key only, there is no fast connect.

HTX#

1. Sign in, open your profile and choose API Management.
2. Create an API key and name it.
3. Tick Read and Trade. Leave Withdraw off.
4. Paste the IP list from the Skyrexio window into the IP field.
5. Confirm and copy the key and the secret.

BitMart#

1. Sign in, open your profile and choose API Management.
2. Create an API key and set a Memo. Write it down.
3. Tick read and trade rights. Leave withdrawals off.
4. Paste the IP list from the Skyrexio window.
5. Copy the key and the secret.

BloFin#

1. Sign in, open your profile and choose API Management.
2. Create an API key, set a Passphrase and write it down.
3. Tick Read and Trade. Leave transfer and withdrawal off.
4. Copy the key and the secret.

BloFin is futures only and connects with a key only.

XT#

1. Sign in, open your profile and choose API Management.
2. Create an API key and name it.
3. Tick read and trade rights for spot and futures. Leave withdrawals off.
4. Paste the IP list from the Skyrexio window.
5. Copy the key and the secret. XT connects with a key only.

WEEX#

1. Sign in, open your profile and choose API Management.
2. Create an API key and set a Passphrase. Write it down.
3. Tick read and trade rights for spot and futures. Leave withdrawals off.
4. Paste the IP list from the Skyrexio window.
5. Copy the key and the secret.

After you create the key#

Go back to Skyrexio, open the connection window, choose the exchange, open the Manual API tab and paste the values. If something fails, see the troubleshooting section in How to connect an exchange.

Next: How to connect an exchange, Security.