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Read release notesAPI keys are unique data strings used to authenticate a user and enable access to privileged operations on Circle APIs. All Circle APIs use API keys as the mechanism to authenticate client requests. Your API key should be kept confidential and secure at all times.
Keep Your API Keys Safe
Because our API keys allow access to privileged operations on Circle APIs, you must keep them secure at all times.
Caution: If you lose secure control of your API keys, your entity may suffer financial loss.
Use the Developer Dashboard to access and manage the API keys for your entity. Go to the Circle Mint developer dashboard and click on the API Keys tab to create, view, edit, and revoke API keys. You must be logged into the production or sandbox Developer Dashboard and be an Administrator to access the API keys page:
https://app.circle.com/developer
https://app-sandbox.circle.com/developer
Note: By default, Circle disables all product APIs in Production. Please see Circle APIs: Sandbox to Production Transition Guide for more instructions on how to enable access to product APIs.
Circle API supports two types of API keys:
It is possible to create restricted keys in the Developer Dashboard before you gain business access to the endpoints for that product. As such, you may have access to a valid key that is scoped to product APIs your entity is not authorized to use. Requests to API endpoints for which you are not enabled return a 401: Unauthorized
HTTP status code. In that event, contact your Circle Support Engineer to verify product access for your entity.
Restricted key permissions cannot be viewed or edited in the developer dashboard. Also, they cannot be created in the developer dashboard. To learn more about editing or creating restricted keys, please reach out to your Circle representative or [email protected].
All customers that were issued API keys prior to April 25th, 2023 were provided restricted API keys. To find out what permissions your key has, please contact your Circle representative or [email protected].
Log into Circle Mint → Developers → API keys, then:
You can have a maximum of 10 API keys per environment.
Log into Circle Mint → Developers → API keys, then:
Log into Circle Mint → Developers → API keys, then:
Log into Circle Mint → Developers → API keys, then:
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