generated: '2026-09-07'
method: searched
source: https://astrologyapi.com/pricing, https://astrologyapi.com/developers/v1/guides/production-checklist,
  https://astrologyapi.com/dashboard/v2/playground
description: >-
  AstrologyAPI has no separate sandbox environment. There is no test host, no test-vs-live key
  prefix, and no mode flag — what the provider calls "the sandbox" is the production API called with
  free credits. Evaluation is metered rather than isolated.
sandbox_environment:
  separate_host: false
  test_mode_flag: false
  key_prefixes:
    test: null
    live: null
    note: >-
      Credentials carry no environment prefix. Access tokens are shown in the docs in the form
      ak-…, but that is a token-type prefix, not a test/live distinction, and the same token works
      against production.
  detail: >-
    Every call — including the first one — goes to the production hosts json.astrologyapi.com,
    pdf.astrologyapi.com and vision.astrologyapi.com and draws down real credits.
free_evaluation:
  credits: 150
  credit_card_required: false
  scope: >-
    The pricing FAQ says the free credits work across all endpoints "in the sandbox, including
    Kundli, AI Chat, PDF generation, and the MCP Server".
  contradiction: >-
    The same pricing page states elsewhere, under the PDF Generator entry, that "Trial wallet credits
    cannot be used for PDF generation". The two statements conflict and the provider does not
    reconcile them. Recorded as published; not resolved here because doing so would need a funded
    account.
  source: https://astrologyapi.com/pricing
interactive_tools:
  - name: API Playground
    url: https://astrologyapi.com/dashboard/v2/playground
    auth_required: true
    detail: >-
      Dashboard environment for exploring endpoint parameters, validating request bodies and running
      live calls with an access token. Behind login, so it could not be exercised anonymously.
  - name: PDF Generator
    url: https://astrologyapi.com/dashboard/v2/pdf-generator
    auth_required: true
    detail: >-
      Select a PDF report, validate the request, preview the documented sample and generate a branded
      PDF. The provider notes trial wallet credits cannot be used here.
  - name: Postman collections
    url: https://astrologyapi.com/developers/v1/postman-collection
    auth_required: false
    detail: >-
      Eight downloadable Postman collections covering 218 requests. These are the closest thing to a
      test fixture set the provider publishes — every request carries a working example payload.
      Downloadable without an account; running them needs a real credential.
test_data:
  fixtures_published: true
  detail: >-
    No magic test identifiers, no test cards, no simulator values — but every request in the eight
    Postman collections ships a complete example payload with real birth data, coordinates and
    timezone offsets, which serves as the fixture set. Examples include the birth tuple
    day=10 month=5 year=1990 hour=19 min=55 lat=19.20 lon=25.2 tzone=5.5 ayanamsha=LAHIRI on the
    Vedic endpoints, and a documented MCP tools/call example on birth_details.
  captured_in:
    - openapi/astrology-api-json-openapi.yml
    - openapi/astrology-api-pdf-openapi.yml
    - openapi/astrology-api-face-reading-openapi.yml
    - postman/
  warning: >-
    Two of the provider's own published Postman collections (Indian Astrology PDF and Western
    Astrology PDF) ship with a populated Basic-auth block containing what appears to be a real user
    ID and API key rather than a placeholder. The pipeline secret sanitizer did not match them —
    the key carries no vendor prefix and is pattern-indistinguishable from ordinary text — so they
    were redacted explicitly when the collections were saved here. The values were not exercised and
    are not stored in this repository. They remain live on the provider's public download endpoint.
    Recorded in security/astrology-api-vulnerability-disclosure.yml.
time_simulation:
  supported: false
  detail: >-
    No test clock. Time is an input rather than ambient state on almost every operation — birth
    moment for natal calculations, target date for transits, dashas and panchang — so a caller
    simulates a moment by passing it, not by moving a clock.