# Personal Use

## Personal Use

Self-serve API access for your own investing workflows—dashboards, alerts, bots, and research—using API keys and the same REST surfaces as production integrations.

### Who this is for

- Builders who want to automate or extend how they use eToro for themselves
- Traders building private dashboards, scripts, and monitoring without shipping a product
- Analysts combining market, portfolio, and watchlist data in custom tools

### Common outcomes

- **API keys in minutes** — Issue keys and authenticate requests with the same patterns as larger integrations.
- **Personal dashboards** — Pull portfolio, market, and watchlist data into your own UI or notebooks.
- **Automation you control** — Schedule jobs, bots, and alerts that run only in your environment.
- **Sandbox-first safety** — Exercise trading and data flows on Demo before touching Real accounts.

### Recommended products

- [Portfolio & Account](/products/portfolio-account)
- [Trading](/products/trading)
- [Market Data & Real-Time](/products/market-data-realtime)
- [Watchlists](/products/watchlists)

### Recommended tools

- [SDKs & builder tools](/tools) — MCP, Agent Skills, IDE plugins, and no-code builders for personal workflows.
- [REST Playground](/playground) — Try API endpoints live — edit parameters and see responses instantly.
- [Authentication & API keys](/learn/authentication-and-api-keys) — Get your keys, set scopes, and store credentials securely.

### First actions

- [Get API keys](https://api-portal.etoro.com/getting-started)
- [Start the getting-started guide](/learn/getting-started-with-etoro-api-v2)
- [Open the REST Playground](/playground)

### Learn & docs

- [Getting Started with the eToro API](/learn/getting-started-with-etoro-api-v2) — Keys, headers, and your first successful calls.
- [Authentication & API Keys](/learn/authentication-and-api-keys) — Key management, storage, and troubleshooting.
- [Portfolio Management & Positions](/learn/portfolio-management-and-positions) — Track balances, P&L, and positions programmatically.