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# Kucoin - API Import Guide

Please follow the instructions in the pictures below:

**Step 1: Generate Your API key**

**1.1** Sign into your Kucoin account with app and click on **\[**<mark style="color:blue;">**User Icon**</mark>**]** in the upper right corner on **\[Kucoin]** page. As follows:

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**1.2** On the **\[User Icon]** page, and then click on the **\[**<mark style="color:blue;">**API Management**</mark>**]**. As follows:<br>

<figure><img src="/files/zA1kfizhk25GACdJWC70" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

**1.3** On the **\[API Management]** page, and then click **\[**<mark style="color:blue;">**Create API**</mark>**]**. As follow:

<figure><img src="/files/NwztScInruxZqSJxYOXu" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

**1.4** Open the page **\[Create API]**, Configure according to the instructions in the figure below. As follow:

<figure><img src="/files/OvT7wn2aAmgAiTLuUTy7" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

**1.5** Open the page **\[Create API]**, You must check **\[**<mark style="color:blue;">**Spot Trading**</mark>**]**, and **\[**<mark style="color:blue;">**Futures Trading**</mark>**]**. As follow:

<figure><img src="/files/qlh5ETswMB6wKm0HuMWz" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

**1.6** Open the page **\[Create API]**, Check **\[**<mark style="color:blue;">**Yes**</mark>**]**, Fill in the IP group of the uTrading server, and click **\[**<mark style="color:blue;">**Add**</mark>**]**, Last click **\[**<mark style="color:blue;">**Next**</mark>**]**. As follow:

<figure><img src="/files/nLtBGzaLu7f1PaTfEW6D" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

**IP group of the uTrading server (**&#x50;lease copy and paste all the above IPs at once.**)**

<mark style="color:red;">13.213.132.125,13.251.83.60,18.139.102.94,3.1.7.213,46.137.215.117,52.220.111.151,52.220.117.151,52.220.31.227,52.77.45.93,54.169.15.234,13.215.122.202,18.136.175.80,18.141.82.149,18.142.40.60,18.142.65.141,3.0.128.217,3.0.26.171,52.221.111.151,52.221.18.185,54.179.229.52</mark>

**1.7** On the **\[Security Verification]**, click **\[**<mark style="color:blue;">**Confirm**</mark>**]** after filled. As follow:

<figure><img src="/files/iJvLmiq0tFcYvUGwQkxT" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

**1.8** At this point, the API-Key creation have completed, do not close the current page, and you will need to copy the Access Key and Secret Key later. As follow:

<figure><img src="/files/AkvIHTMiJNBDHykd1Dxd" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

[**Step 2: Linking Your API Key with uTrading.**](#user-content-fn-1)[^1]

**2.1** Open the uTrading APP, enter the **\[**<mark style="color:blue;">**Home**</mark>**]** page, and click **\[**<mark style="color:blue;">**API Binding**</mark>**]**. As follow:

<figure><img src="/files/Gs88ZgeC1awmQoHE1vVU" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

**2.2** Enter the **\[API Binding]** page, and then click **\[**<mark style="color:blue;">**Kucoin**</mark>**]**. As follow:

<figure><img src="/files/q4eKGwe0g1YhbOXigxzC" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

**2.3** Open the API import page, paste the **\[**<mark style="color:blue;">**API Key**</mark>**], \[**<mark style="color:blue;">**Secret Key**</mark>**]** and **\[**<mark style="color:blue;">**Passphrase**</mark>**]** from the Kucoin into uTrading, click **\[**<mark style="color:blue;">**Import**</mark>**]** after filled. As follow:

<figure><img src="/files/1dSFDtx3G5JhBH2KyTqM" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Success! If you have successfully completed these steps, the status will show as "API is running normally".

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