---
title: "GET /private/enable_api_key"
method: GET
path: "/private/enable_api_key"
tags: ["Account Management", "Private"]
---

# GET /private/enable_api_key

`GET /private/enable_api_key`

Enables a previously disabled API key, restoring its ability to authenticate API requests. The API key can be used immediately after being enabled.

**📖 Related Article:** [Creating new API key on Deribit](https://docs.deribit.com/articles/creating-api-key)

**Scope:** `account:read_write`

[Try in API console](https://test.deribit.com/api_console?method=%2Fprivate%2Fenable_api_key)

## Query parameters

- `id` integer, required

## Response `200`

Success response

- PrivateApiKeyResponse
  - `jsonrpc` '2.0', required — The JSON-RPC version (2.0)
  - `id` integer — The id that was sent in the request
  - `result` ApiKey, required
    - `id` integer, required — Key identifier
    - `timestamp` integer, required — The timestamp (milliseconds since the Unix epoch)
    - `client_id` string, required — Client identifier used for authentication
    - `client_secret` string, required — Client secret or MD5 fingerprint of public key used for authentication
    - `public_key` string — PEM encoded public key (Ed25519/RSA) used for asymmetric signatures (optional)
    - `max_scope` string[], required — Describes maximal access for tokens generated with given key. If scope is not provided, its value is set as none. **📖 Related Article:** [Access Scope](https://docs.deribit.com/articles/access-scope)
    - `enabled` boolean — Informs whether api key is enabled and can be used for authentication
    - `default` boolean, required — Informs whether this api key is default (field is deprecated and will be removed in the future)
    - `name` string — Api key name that can be displayed in transaction log
    - `enabled_features` string[] — List of enabled advanced on-key features.<br><br><b>Available options:</b><br>- <code>restricted_block_trades</code>: Limit the block_trade read the scope of the API key to block trades that have been made using this specific API key<br>- <code>block_trade_approval</code>: Block trades created using this API key require additional user approval. Methods that use <code>block_rfq</code> scope are not affected by Block Trade approval feature
    - `ip_whitelist` unknown[] — List of IP addresses whitelisted for a selected key
      - unknown

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