# Kucoin

### :point\_right: Kucoin: how to create API keys

### 1. Log in to or create a new account on <https://www.kucoin.com/?rcode=7Ma8tv>

### 2. Hover the profile icon on the top right corner, and then click "API Management."

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### 3. &#xD;Enable security verifications to add API keys.

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### 4. Click "Create API".

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### 5. Enter API name and API passphrase. API passphrase is a password for the API key. Select “Grneral” and “Trade”. Select “No”. Press “Next”.

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### 6. Pass Security Verification. Press “Confirm”.

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### 7. Tada! API Created successfully! Take a note of your API Key and API Secret.

![](https://1588682015-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MhNZMcfOpT2uWLAG2xg%2F-MhmAIFPb7vsLiE13O_W%2F-MhmDe-SXuKjH1ODI1MM%2F6%E7%9A%84%E5%89%AF%E6%9C%AC.png?alt=media\&token=82bb5c95-3a7c-4fc4-9fea-ba9328e2018c)

### :point\_right: [Check how to connect Kucoin to BitUniverse.](https://help.bituniverse.org/api-management/connect-to-bitu)