---
title: "Create an API key (free, balance starts at 0)"
method: POST
path: "/v1/keys"
---

# Create an API key (free, balance starts at 0)

`POST /v1/keys`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://qmax.exchange/api`
- URL: `https://qmax.exchange/api/v1/keys`
- Auth: none declared

The key is shown once. Limited to a few per hour per IP.

## Response `201`

{ key, keyId, balanceQu, maxPriceQu, minTopupQu }

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/qmax/apis/qmax-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/qmax/apis/qmax-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/qmax/apis/qmax-api/revisions/af70e2813a7a?raw)