How to get a Bybit API key

Create your Bybit API key

1. 1

   Open API management

   Log in, open the profile menu and choose API (bybit.com/app/user/api-management). For a demo key, first switch the account to Demo Trading, then create the key there.

2. 2

   Create a system-generated key

   Click Create New Key and choose System-generated API Keys (HMAC). Select API Transaction as the usage and name the key.

3. 3

   Set permissions

   Choose Read-Write. Under Unified Trading, tick Spot → Trade. Leave withdrawals, transfers and other products unticked.

4. 4

   Bind an IP address

   Select Only IPs with permissions granted are allowed and enter your server’s IP. Unbound read-write keys expire after three months.

5. 5

   Confirm and copy

   Submit, pass the 2FA check, then copy the API Key and API Secret. The secret is not shown again.

Test the key

Before wiring the key into a strategy, make one request by hand. It separates “the key is wrong” from “my code is wrong”.

import hashlib, hmac, os, time, urllib.request
key, secret = os.environ["BYBIT_API_KEY"], os.environ["BYBIT_API_SECRET"]
query, ts, window = "accountType=UNIFIED", str(int(time.time() * 1000)), "5000"
sign = hmac.new(secret.encode(), (ts + key + window + query).encode(), hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
req = urllib.request.Request("https://api-demo.bybit.com/v5/account/wallet-balance?" + query, headers={
    "X-BAPI-API-KEY": key, "X-BAPI-TIMESTAMP": ts, "X-BAPI-RECV-WINDOW": window, "X-BAPI-SIGN": sign})
print(urllib.request.urlopen(req).read().decode())

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