generated: '2026-08-11'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://alphai.io/developers ("Try the API right here" / Playground section)
  and https://api.alphai.io/api/schema/swagger-ui/ (HTTP 200, verified 2026-08-11).
description: >-
  AlphaAI has a console but no sandbox. There is a keyless interactive playground
  on the developer page and a served Swagger UI on the API host, both of which
  hit production. There is NO test mode, no test key prefix, no separate test
  host, and no fixture data — and for a read-only market-news API that is a
  defensible design rather than a gap: there is nothing to mutate, so the only
  thing a test environment would provide is fake news.

console:
  present: true
  name: Playground
  url: https://alphai.io/developers#playground
  section_title: Try the API right here
  auth_required: false
  mechanism: >-
    Requests are proxied through the website so an evaluator needs neither a
    login nor an API key. Responses are live from the real production API.
  presets:
    - trending news
    - latest news
    - symbol-specific queries
    - insider activity
    - sentiment data
  custom_requests: true
  adjustable_parameters: [path, cursor, symbol, category, exclude_categories, min_relevance]
  endpoints_covered:
    - 'GET /api/news/trending/'
    - 'GET /api/news/'
    - 'GET /api/news/insider/'
    - 'GET /api/symbols/'
    - 'GET /api/symbols/{ticker}/insider-summary/'

swagger_ui:
  present: true
  url: https://api.alphai.io/api/schema/swagger-ui/
  http_status: 200
  verified: '2026-08-11'
  note: >-
    Served from the API host alongside the raw spec at /api/schema/. Executing a
    request from it requires a real ak_live_ key.

test_mode:
  present: false
  key_prefixes:
    live: ak_live_
    test: null
    note: >-
      The ak_live_ prefix implies a test counterpart, but no ak_test_ form is
      documented anywhere on the public surface.
  test_host: null
  test_data: null
  test_clock: null
  fixtures: null
  triggers: null

free_tier_as_evaluation:
  substitute_for_sandbox: true
  detail: >-
    The provider's stated evaluation path is the Free tier, not a sandbox: 20
    requests/minute and 100/day against production, no credit card, licensed for
    personal non-commercial use. Combined with the keyless playground, an
    integrator can evaluate the full response shape before signing up at all.
  signup: https://alphai.io/account/api-keys

webhook_testing:
  test_fire: false
  note: >-
    No documented ping/test event for webhook endpoints. A Pro customer
    registering an endpoint at /account/webhooks has no published way to trigger
    a delivery on demand and must wait for a real match. See
    asyncapi/alphaai-webhooks.yml.

gaps:
  - No ak_test_ key form, so there is no way to distinguish test traffic from production traffic on an account.
  - No webhook test-fire, which is the one place a test affordance would genuinely help.

related:
  plans: plans/alphaai-plans-pricing.yml
  authentication: authentication/alphaai-authentication.yml