generated: '2026-09-06'
method: searched
source: https://developer.accela.com/docs/construct-appSandbox.html
docs:
  - https://developer.accela.com/docs/construct-appSandbox.html
  - https://developer.accela.com/docs/construct-testEnvironment.html
  - https://developer.accela.com/docs/construct-gettingStarted.html
summary: >-
  Accela publishes a shared sandbox agency and prints its credentials in the public documentation. There is
  one test agency — "nullisland" — reachable at a Civic Platform test instance, plus a Test API Token utility
  on the developer portal that mints a token against it. There is no test-vs-live key prefix, no test clock,
  and no fixture/trigger tooling: the sandbox is a real Civic Platform instance with sample data, not a
  simulator.
mode:
  style: separate-tenant
  selector: >-
    The x-accela-agency and x-accela-environment headers (and the agency/environment embedded in the access
    token) select the tenant. There is no test-mode flag and no key prefix that distinguishes a sandbox
    credential from a production one.
  test_live_key_prefix: false
test_environment:
  agency: nullisland
  url: https://nullisland-test-av.accela.com
  username: developer
  password: accela
  published_verbatim: true
  source: https://developer.accela.com/docs/construct-appSandbox.html
  note: >-
    These are the values Accela prints on its own public documentation page for anyone to use. They are
    recorded here verbatim as published test credentials, not discovered ones.
test_tokens:
  utility: Test API token utility on the Accela Developer Portal
  requires: a registered developer-portal account and a registered app
  note: >-
    Since release 4.6.5.4 (August 2026), developer-portal accounts are approval-gated: the account is created
    disabled and a human enables it before credentials work. Getting to a first test token is therefore not
    self-serve end to end.
test_cards: []
test_clocks: false
fixtures: false
triggers: false
production_access:
  self_serve: false
  note: >-
    A production call needs an agency name and environment name, which are issued by Accela Customer Support
    (for Accela-hosted agencies) or by the agency's own Construct administrator (for on-premise agencies).
    Registering a developer account is free; getting a callable production tenant requires an agency
    relationship.