# Create API credential for user as broker

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/create-api-credential-for-user-as-broker/18118>\
**Category:** Getting Started with Alpaca\
**Created:** [November 6, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/create-api-credential-for-user-as-broker/18118 "2025-11-06T15:41:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![amzker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@amzker](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/amzker)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/create-api-credential-for-user-as-broker/18118/1 "2025-11-06T15:41:02Z")

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i have broker account. and i want to create sandbox account for my user as broker. so there is this

api: [https://broker-api.sandbox.alpaca.markets//v1/accounts](https://broker-api.sandbox.alpaca.markets//v1/accounts) in which i can make account for my user.

but now i want to get/create trading api keys for this user (Apca-Api-Key-Id and Apca-Api-Secret-Key ).  
i notice that if i want to manage user account i have to use account\_id in broker api to make orders or cancel orders , list positions etc… but i want to get those api keys. is that possible?

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**Author:** ![Dan\_Whitnable\_Alpaca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/dan_whitnable_alpaca/32/1658_2.png) [@Dan\_Whitnable\_Alpaca](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Dan_Whitnable_Alpaca)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/create-api-credential-for-user-as-broker/18118/2 "2025-11-06T18:34:09Z")

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@amzker Alpaca currently does not provide account access, using API keys, for correspondent accounts (ie broker partner accounts). Only direct Alpaca accounts can be accessed with the APIs using an API key and a secret. All correspondent account access must be made using the broker API’s and the broker API key and secret.