Circle Developer Account

The Circle Developer account allows you to manage your use of Circle's Developer Services, such as your Wallets activity.

Sign up for the Circle Developer dashboard here: console.circle.com/signup.

Within the Circle Developer account, you can create and update API keys and client keys, subscribe for activity notifications, view your API logs, and more! Anyone can sign up for a Circle Developer account within minutes. All you need is your name, email, and password!

To learn more about Circle’s API keys and authentication, refer to the guide on API Keys and Client Keys.

Perform the steps below to create and register an API key from the Circle Developer account.

1. Sign up with your email address at: console.circle.com/signup

2. Navigate to API & Client Keys from the left sidebar and click Create a key.

3. Select the API Key option, enter the name of your API Key, and choose the type of API Key you want to create:

   • Standard: Permits the API key read/write to all APIs. This will also include access to newly introduced APIs.

   • Restricted Access: The API keys can be restricted to control their usage and access privileges based on specific Products/Services. When opting for restricted API keys, you can customize the permissions associated with each key as follows:

     • Select the Product/Service for which the key will have permission:

       • Webhooks: Includes endpoints related to Webhook Subscription APIs.
       • Wallets: Includes all endpoints for User-Controlled wallets and Developer-Controlled wallets.
       • Contracts: Includes endpoints related to Contracts.

     • Furthermore, you can define the specific permissions for each product/service assigned to the API key:

       • No permission: The API key will not have the ability to invoke any APIs for the specified Product/Service.
       • Read: The API key will be granted access to read-only GET endpoints for the specified Product/Service.
       • Read/Write: The API key will have full access to all endpoints, enabling both reading and writing operations for the specified Product/Service.

4. You will receive confirmation that your API key has been generated.
5. You can click SHOW to see the API key details.

You’re ready to start using your API Key for Developer Services!

To learn more about Circle’s client keys, refer to the guide on API Keys and Client Keys.

Perform the steps below to create and register a Client key from the Circle Developer account.

1. First, ensure that you create an API key for Web3 Services.
2. Login to the Circle Console, navigate to the API & Client Keys section, and click Create a key.

3. Select the Client Key option and type your client Key Name.

Each client key is bound to your application for identification and authorization. Therefore, depending on your application setup, you may be able to customize the following fields:

• Web Allowed Domain; for example, your.website.com, or localhost
• iOS Bundle ID; for example, com.yourcompany.yourapp
• Android
  • Package Name; for example, com.yourcompany.yourapp
  • Signature (SHA256); for example, XX:XX:…:XX (where X: [0-9A-F])

4. Verify that the Client Key was created.

Once the information provided in the previous steps is validated, the system generates a client key. Please store it in a safe place, as it won't be displayed on the Console again.

You’re ready to start using your Client Key for Developer Services!

WHAT'S NEXT

Let's keep moving with idempotency. Continue the User-Controlled Wallets Quickstart:

• Idempotent Requests