Generate Key Pair with the Flow CLI
How to generate key pair from the command line
The Flow CLI provides a command to generate ECDSA key pairs that can be attached to new or existing Flow accounts.
flow keys generate
⚠️ Store private key safely and don't share with anyone!
Example Usage
flow keys generate
Example response
> flow keys generate
🔴️ Store Private Key safely and don't share with anyone!
Private Key c778170793026a9a7a3815dabed68ded445bde7f40a8c66889908197412be89f
Public Key 584245c57e5316d6606c53b1ce46dae29f5c9bd26e9e8...aaa5091b2eebcb2ac71c75cf70842878878a2d650f7
Flags
Seed
- Flag:
--seed - Valid inputs: any string with length >= 32
Specify a UTF-8 seed string that will be used to generate the key pair. Key generation is deterministic, so the same seed will always result in the same key.
If no seed is specified, the key pair will be generated using a random 32 byte seed.
⚠️ Using seed with production keys can be dangerous if seed was not generated by using safe random generators.
Signature Algorithm
- Flag:
--sig-algo - Valid inputs:
"ECDSA_P256", "ECDSA_secp256k1"
Specify the ECDSA signature algorithm for the key pair.
Flow supports the secp256k1 and P-256 curves.
Filter
- Flag:
--filter - Short Flag:
-x - Valid inputs: a case-sensitive name of the result property.
Specify any property name from the result you want to return as the only value.
Output
- Flag:
--output - Short Flag:
-o - Valid inputs:
json,inline
Specify the format of the command results.
Save
- Flag:
--save - Short Flag:
-s - Valid inputs: a path in the current filesystem.
Specify the filename where you want the result to be saved
Log
- Flag:
--log - Short Flag:
-l - Valid inputs:
none,error,debug - Default:
info
Specify the log level. Control how much output you want to see during command execution.
Configuration
- Flag:
--config-path - Short Flag:
-f - Valid inputs: a path in the current filesystem.
- Default:
flow.json
Specify the path to the flow.json configuration file.
You can use the -f flag multiple times to merge
several configuration files.