---
title: "Generate Ada private key"
method: POST
path: "/v3/ada/wallet/priv"
tags: ["Cardano - Tatum API"]
---

# Generate Ada private key

`POST /v3/ada/wallet/priv`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.tatum.io`
- URL: `https://api.tatum.io/v3/ada/wallet/priv`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

/v3/ada/wallet/priv

**You can work with Cardano by [connecting directly to a blockchain node provided by Tatum](https://apidoc.tatum.io/tag/Node-RPC#operation/NodeJsonPostRpcDriver).**

  

#### 1 credit per API call.

Generates a private key for an address from a mnemonic for a given derivation path index. The private key is generated for the specific index - each mnemonic can generate up to 2^32 private keys starting from index 0 until 2^31 - 1.

## Request body

- PrivKeyRequest
  - `index` integer, required: Derivation index of private key to generate.
  - `mnemonic` string, required: Mnemonic to generate private key from.

## Response `200`

OK

- PrivKey
  - `key` string: Generated private key.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized. Not valid or inactive subscription key present in the HTTP Header.
- `403`: Forbidden. The request is authenticated, but it is not possible to perform the required operation due to a logical error or invalid permissions.
- `500`: Internal server error. There was an error on the server during the processing of the request.

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