January 26

API key creation


1. Go to the official ByBit website. In the upper right corner, click on the “profile” icon and then select API.


2. Next, be sure to choose to switch to “ETA Pro” for better performance and signaling from the algorithm.

3. Confirm the changeover to ETA Pro.

4. Select "create a new key"

5. Select the API key type “system generated API keys ”


6. Go to the API key settings.

Here you need to set everything as in the screenshots below.

- Usage. API Key: API Transaction

- API key name: You can enter any name, for example: Crypto-bot.

- API key permission:

1. Read and write

2. Only IPs with special permission have access to OpenAPI - insert this list of addresses:

5.9.195.106,5.9.195.107,5.9.195.108,5.9.195.109,5.9.195.110,5.9.200.58,5.9.200.59,5.9.200.60,5.9.200.61,5.9.200.62,88.198.100.162,88.198.100.163,88.198.100.164,88.198.100.165,88.198.100.166

In the “Trade” column check the box: Unified trading account.

In the “Read and Write” column: Orders, positions, derivatives trading, trade.

And click “Submit”

7. Confirm the changes via 2FA

8. Be very careful here, you need to copy the API key and API secret and keep them with you.

API key will be shown only once, if you don't copy it and click confirm, you will have to create a new one. Copy the API key and API secret and store them in a safe place.