> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://turnkey-0e7c1f5b-eric-txl-313-earn-beta-docs.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Using the CLI

> This quickstart will guide you through Turnkey’s onboarding, adding an API key, creating a wallet, and signing your first Ethereum transaction.

## Create your Turnkey organization

* Visit
  [app.turnkey.com/dashboard/v2/auth/initial](https://app.turnkey.com/dashboard/v2/auth/initial) and
  enter your email address
* Confirm your email by clicking on the link inside of the confirmation email
* Follow the prompts to add your first authenticator and create your organization

## Find your organization ID

All API requests require an organization ID. Yours can be located in the user dropdown menu at the
top right corner of the dashboard.

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For convenience, it's worth setting this as a permanent shell variable:

```bash theme={"system"}
export ORGANIZATION_ID="<Your Org ID>"
```

## Add an API key

Turnkey API Keys are generic public / private key pairs that allow you to make requests to our API.
To generate a new key pair, we'll use the Turnkey CLI.

#### Installing `turnkey`

```bash theme={"system"}
brew install tkhq/tap/turnkey
```

We are employing [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) in this guide as a quick and easy install path. For an
installation path that **requires no trust in external parties**, refer to our
[CLI repo](https://github.com/tkhq/tkcli).

#### Generate an API key

```bash theme={"system"}
turnkey generate api-key --organization $ORGANIZATION_ID --key-name quickstart
```

When you run this command, Turnkey’s CLI generates an API key pair and **stores the API private key
locally**. Copy the `publicKey` field in the output. In the next step, we'll add this to our User.

#### Add your public API key

Navigate to your user page by clicking on "My Profile" in the user dropdown menu.

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Click on "New API key" and click "+ Advanced Settings" to add the CLI-generated public API key.
You'll be required to authenticate with the same authenticator used during onboarding. After this
succeeds, you should be all set to interact with our API.

NOTES:

* if you would like to manually copy your locally stored public/private API key files (e.g.
  `key.public`, `key.private`), you will have to save the files without newlines (which occupy extra
  bytes). For example, for VIM, use `:set binary noeol` or `:set binary noendofline` before writing.

## Create a wallet

Wallets are collections of cryptographic key pairs typically used for sending and receiving digital
assets. To create one, we need to provide a name:

```bash theme={"system"}
turnkey wallets create --name default --key-name quickstart
```

## Create an Ethereum account

To create a cryptographic key pair on our new Wallet, we need to pass our desired address format:

```bash theme={"system"}
turnkey wallets accounts create --wallet default --address-format ADDRESS_FORMAT_ETHEREUM --key-name quickstart
```

This command will produce an Ethereum address (e.g. `0x08cb1216C95149DF66978b574E484869512CE2bF`)
that we'll need to sign a transaction. You can see your new Wallet account with:

```bash theme={"system"}
turnkey wallets accounts list --wallet default --key-name quickstart
```

## Sign a transaction

Now you can sign an Ethereum transaction with this new address with our
[`sign_transaction` endpoint](/api-reference/activities/sign-transaction). Make sure to replace the
`unsignedTransaction` below with your own. You can use our
[simple transaction generator](https://build.tx.xyz) if you need a quick transaction for testing:

```json theme={"system"}
turnkey request --path /public/v1/submit/sign_transaction --body '{
    "timestampMs": "'"$(date +%s)"'000",
    "type": "ACTIVITY_TYPE_SIGN_TRANSACTION_V2",
    "organizationId": "'"$ORGANIZATION_ID"'",
    "parameters": {
      "type": "TRANSACTION_TYPE_ETHEREUM",
      "signWith": "<Your Ethereum address>",
      "unsignedTransaction": "<Your Transaction>"
    }
}' --key-name quickstart
```

If you'd like to broadcast your transaction, you can easily do so via
[Etherscan](https://etherscan.io/pushTx).

## Next steps

* Check out our [examples](/getting-started/examples) to see what can be built
* Learn more about [Organizations](/concepts/organizations) and [Wallets](/concepts/wallets)
* See our [API design](/developer-reference/api-overview/intro) or dive into our
  [API reference](/api-reference/overview)