<p>You see the API key once, when it's generated. </p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/uBEls.png" alt="bitfinex api key"></p>

<p>You have to generate another one.</p>

<p>It's sorta mystifying that they would show the API secret whenever you look at that page, but only show the API key once. I dunno why they did that.</p>

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Nick ODell
<p>I dont know what I'm doing wrong, but everytime I try send post request "<a href="https://api.bitfinex.com/v1/balances" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://api.bitfinex.com/v1/balances</a>" or some else I got this answer "Could not find a key matching the given X-BFX-APIKEY".</p>

<p>I was trying some aplication, make-online-request-sites, my own program and code from this page <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/25835/bitfinex-api-call-returns-400-bad-request">BitFinex API call returns 400 bad request</a>. </p>

<p>My api-key looks like dddd where d is digit.</p>

<p>Maybe I dont know how looks like key-api. This should be first column on this site <a href="https://www.bitfinex.com/account/api" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.bitfinex.com/account/api</a>, right? Second is api-secret. Really... I cant understand what I'm doing wrong...</p>

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BitFinex API call returns 400 bad request - "Could not find a key matching the given X-BFX-APIKEY"
Chrystian 
# BitFinex API call returns 400 bad request - "Could not find a key matching the given X-BFX-APIKEY"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-11-09)

I dont know what I'm doing wrong, but everytime I try send post request "<https://api.bitfinex.com/v1/balances>" or some else I got this answer "Could not find a key matching the given X-BFX-APIKEY".

I was trying some aplication, make-online-request-sites, my own program and code from this page [BitFinex API call returns 400 bad request](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/25835/bitfinex-api-call-returns-400-bad-request).

My api-key looks like dddd where d is digit.

Maybe I dont know how looks like key-api. This should be first column on this site <https://www.bitfinex.com/account/api>, right? Second is api-secret. Really... I cant understand what I'm doing wrong...

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-11-09. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

You see the API key once, when it's generated.

![bitfinex api key](https://i.sstatic.net/uBEls.png)

You have to generate another one.

It's sorta mystifying that they would show the API secret whenever you look at that page, but only show the API key once. I dunno why they did that.


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