Exchange a signed request for an API key that lasts one hour

POST

/connectors/token

const url = 'https://api.krakenkey.io/connectors/token';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"connectorId":"2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0","timestamp":"2026-10-10T14:00:00Z","nonce":"example","signature":"example"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.krakenkey.io/connectors/token \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "connectorId": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0", "timestamp": "2026-10-10T14:00:00Z", "nonce": "example", "signature": "example" }'

Request Body^required

application/json

object

connectorId

required

string format: uuid

timestamp

required

RFC 3339 UTC with second precision

string

Example

2026-10-10T14:00:00Z

nonce

required

Base64url (no padding) of at least 16 random bytes, at most 64 characters

string

signature

required

Standard base64 of the 64-byte Ed25519 signature

string

Responses

200

Short-lived API key

401

Invalid connector credentials

Exchange a signed request for an API key that lasts one hour

Request Bodyrequired

Example

Responses

200

401

Request Body^required