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Trading Access

For dYdX, the important distinction is not public vs API-key access. It is indexer vs node access.

Public Usage

No credentials are required for:

  • Indexer
  • PublicNode

Use these imports for public/read-only workflows:

from dydx import Indexer
from dydx.node import PublicNode

Private Trading Setup

DYDX and PrivateNode currently use mnemonic-based access.

export DYDX_MNEMONIC="your twelve or twenty-four word mnemonic"
export DYDX_TESTNET_MNEMONIC="your testnet twelve or twenty-four word mnemonic"

from dydx import DYDX

dydx = DYDX.new(mnemonic="your mnemonic here")

Security Notes

  • never commit your mnemonic
  • treat DYDX_MNEMONIC and DYDX_TESTNET_MNEMONIC as high-sensitivity secrets
  • assume DYDX and PrivateNode examples are mainnet-sensitive unless you change the underlying connection logic
  • keep read-only workflows on Indexer or PublicNode whenever possible