Environment Variables

Variable Required for Description
KRAKEN_API_KEY private REST calls, streams.private, trading_ws Kraken API key.
KRAKEN_PRIVATE_KEY private REST calls, streams.private, trading_ws Kraken private key, used to sign requests.

Both are read by Kraken.new() when api_key/private_key aren't passed directly, and are unused entirely when the client is built with public=True. See API Keys Setup for where to generate them.