Creating a Commerce API Key

Most Commerce API requests must be authenticated with an API key. You can create an API key in your Settings page after creating a Coinbase Commerce account.

Create an API Key

1. Log into Coinbase Commerce.
2. Go to Settings > Security.
3. Click New API key.

Authenticating

Authenticated API requests should be made with a X-CC-Api-Key header. Your secret API key should be passed as the value.

If authentication fails, a JSON object with an error message is returned with HTTP status 401.

Example authenticated request:

curl https://api.commerce.coinbase.com/checkouts \
 -H "X-CC-Api-Key: <Your API Key>"

See Also:

• Accepting Crypto Payments
• Crypto Payments