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# connecting your CoinDCX account to aarnâ
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g**ood to know:** if you have accounts on multiple exchanges, you can connect and manage them all on aarnâ. you can connect your exchange accounts by generating API keys on the exchange site, then plugging those keys into aarnâ.
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in aarnâ, click the profile icon in the top-left corner, then click connect with cex:
upon clicking a dialog will open where the API key and secret key needs to be added
### **open your CoinDCX account to generate new API keys.**
you can open **CoinDCX** in another window and sign in.
click on API section in the sidebar of the dashboard page after signing in:
click on the "create a new one" button to create a new API key for your account.
### **enter a label for your new API key and click the “send OTP” button.**
it helps to give your key a label relevant to its purpose — like “aarnâ”.
an email containing the verification link will be sent to your registered email address.
after verification CoinDCX will provide the newly created API and secret keys as shown below:
### copy and paste the API and secret keys into aarnâ.
**copy and paste the API & secret key into** aarnâ **now** — CoinDCX will hide the key if you leave the page. if that happens, you will have to delete the key and start over.
**next, copy and paste the key labeled “API key” into the API key field and similarly for secret key.** aarnâ will then automatically attempt a connection to your CoinDCX account.
if an error occurs, you must delete the API key in CoinDCX and try again with a new key.
if your CoinDCX box on the profile page looks like the image below, the connection was successful:
