curl --request POST \
--url https://api.qfex.io/builder/web3/api-key \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-qfex-hmac-signature: <api-key>' \
--header 'x-qfex-nonce: <api-key>' \
--header 'x-qfex-public-key: <api-key>' \
--header 'x-qfex-timestamp: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"message": "<string>",
"signature": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.qfex.io/builder/web3/api-key"
payload = {
"message": "<string>",
"signature": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"x-qfex-public-key": "<api-key>",
"x-qfex-hmac-signature": "<api-key>",
"x-qfex-nonce": "<api-key>",
"x-qfex-timestamp": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'x-qfex-public-key': '<api-key>',
'x-qfex-hmac-signature': '<api-key>',
'x-qfex-nonce': '<api-key>',
'x-qfex-timestamp': '<api-key>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({message: '<string>', signature: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.qfex.io/builder/web3/api-key', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.qfex.io/builder/web3/api-key",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'message' => '<string>',
'signature' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-qfex-hmac-signature: <api-key>",
"x-qfex-nonce: <api-key>",
"x-qfex-public-key: <api-key>",
"x-qfex-timestamp: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.qfex.io/builder/web3/api-key"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"message\": \"<string>\",\n \"signature\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-qfex-public-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("x-qfex-hmac-signature", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("x-qfex-nonce", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("x-qfex-timestamp", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.qfex.io/builder/web3/api-key")
.header("x-qfex-public-key", "<api-key>")
.header("x-qfex-hmac-signature", "<api-key>")
.header("x-qfex-nonce", "<api-key>")
.header("x-qfex-timestamp", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"message\": \"<string>\",\n \"signature\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.qfex.io/builder/web3/api-key")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-qfex-public-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["x-qfex-hmac-signature"] = '<api-key>'
request["x-qfex-nonce"] = '<api-key>'
request["x-qfex-timestamp"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"message\": \"<string>\",\n \"signature\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"account_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"public_key": "<string>",
"secret_key": "<string>",
"user_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}{
"$schema": "https://api.qfex.com/schemas/ErrorModel.json",
"detail": "Property foo is required but is missing.",
"errors": [
{
"location": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"value": "<unknown>"
}
],
"instance": "https://example.com/error-log/abc123",
"status": 400,
"title": "Bad Request",
"type": "https://example.com/errors/example"
}Generate a wallet user's main-account trading key
Requires the builder’s existing API key with register_user and an active builder code owned by that key’s user. Verifies the wallet signature and builder authorization issued within ten minutes, creates or resumes the wallet user, and issues a trading-only key for their main account. Replaces the previous key with the same builder-username label; withdrawals are disabled. Returns API keys, user_id, and account_id, without access or refresh tokens.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.qfex.io/builder/web3/api-key \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-qfex-hmac-signature: <api-key>' \
--header 'x-qfex-nonce: <api-key>' \
--header 'x-qfex-public-key: <api-key>' \
--header 'x-qfex-timestamp: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"message": "<string>",
"signature": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.qfex.io/builder/web3/api-key"
payload = {
"message": "<string>",
"signature": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"x-qfex-public-key": "<api-key>",
"x-qfex-hmac-signature": "<api-key>",
"x-qfex-nonce": "<api-key>",
"x-qfex-timestamp": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'x-qfex-public-key': '<api-key>',
'x-qfex-hmac-signature': '<api-key>',
'x-qfex-nonce': '<api-key>',
'x-qfex-timestamp': '<api-key>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({message: '<string>', signature: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.qfex.io/builder/web3/api-key', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.qfex.io/builder/web3/api-key",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'message' => '<string>',
'signature' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-qfex-hmac-signature: <api-key>",
"x-qfex-nonce: <api-key>",
"x-qfex-public-key: <api-key>",
"x-qfex-timestamp: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.qfex.io/builder/web3/api-key"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"message\": \"<string>\",\n \"signature\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-qfex-public-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("x-qfex-hmac-signature", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("x-qfex-nonce", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("x-qfex-timestamp", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.qfex.io/builder/web3/api-key")
.header("x-qfex-public-key", "<api-key>")
.header("x-qfex-hmac-signature", "<api-key>")
.header("x-qfex-nonce", "<api-key>")
.header("x-qfex-timestamp", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"message\": \"<string>\",\n \"signature\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.qfex.io/builder/web3/api-key")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-qfex-public-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["x-qfex-hmac-signature"] = '<api-key>'
request["x-qfex-nonce"] = '<api-key>'
request["x-qfex-timestamp"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"message\": \"<string>\",\n \"signature\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"account_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"public_key": "<string>",
"secret_key": "<string>",
"user_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}{
"$schema": "https://api.qfex.com/schemas/ErrorModel.json",
"detail": "Property foo is required but is missing.",
"errors": [
{
"location": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"value": "<unknown>"
}
],
"instance": "https://example.com/error-log/abc123",
"status": 400,
"title": "Bad Request",
"type": "https://example.com/errors/example"
}Authorizations
HMAC-SHA256 signature (hex-encoded).
Unique request nonce (hex encoded, max 100 characters).
QFEX API Authentication requires these headers:
- x-qfex-public-key: Your public API key
- x-qfex-hmac-signature: HMAC signature of the request (hex encoded)
- x-qfex-nonce: Unique nonce for the request (hex encoded, max 100 characters)
- x-qfex-timestamp: Unix timestamp of the request
These four are required. Optionally send x-qfex-requested-account-id (UUID) to act as a subaccount; see Signature Generation below.
Signature Generation:
- Generate a cryptographically secure random nonce (hex encoded, max 100 characters) and capture the current Unix timestamp.
- Build the string
${nonce}:${unix_ts}and compute an HMAC-SHA256 using your secret key. - Hex-encode the HMAC result to get the signature.
- Send the required auth headers below. The nonce must be unique within a 15 minute window.
Important: The signature itself must be hex-encoded before being sent in the x-qfex-hmac-signature header.
Optional header: x-qfex-requested-account-id (UUID) selects a subaccount; omit it to use the primary account.
Unix timestamp (seconds since epoch).
Headers
The public key associated with your API credentials. Used to identify the requester.
HMAC-SHA256 signature for request validation, hex-encoded. Generated by computing HMAC-SHA256 of the string ${nonce}:${unix_ts} using your secret key, then hex-encoding the result.
A cryptographically secure random nonce (hex encoded, max 100 characters). Used to prevent replay attacks. Must be unique within a 15 minute window.
Unix timestamp (in seconds) of when the request was created. Used for request validation and replay attack prevention. The timestamp should be within an acceptable time window (typically ±5 minutes).
Body
Response
Created
The wallet user's main account ID, equal to user_id.
The wallet user's new API public key.
The wallet user's new API secret. Store securely; do not log or cache it.
QFEX user associated with the signing wallet.