generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: https://chartbeat.com/docs/api/explore/
docs: https://docs.chartbeat.com/cbp/api
summary: >-
  Chartbeat has no test-vs-live key separation, no sandbox account, and no
  fixture/trigger tooling. What it does publish is a hosted, browser-based API
  Explorer that ships with its own working demo API key, so a developer can
  execute real requests against the live Real-Time and legacy Historical
  endpoints without holding a Chartbeat account.
console:
  name: Chartbeat API Explorer
  url: https://chartbeat.com/docs/api/explore/
  hosted: true
  type: interactive-request-builder
  base_url: https://api.chartbeat.com/
  inputs:
    - name: Domain
      param: host
      description: Site ID (dashboard host) to query.
    - name: API Key
      param: apikey / X-CB-AK
      description: >-
        The explorer pre-populates a demo key; account holders can paste their
        own key instead.
  behaviour: >-
    Builds the request URL from the selected endpoint plus its parameters, issues
    it live, and renders the raw JSON response alongside the generated request
    URL.
  endpoints_offered:
    - live/toppages/v3/
    - live/summary/v3/
    - live/referrers/v3/
    - live/top_geo/v1/
    - live/quickstats/v4/
    - live/recent/v3/
    - historical/traffic/series/
    - historical/traffic/stats/
    - historical/engagement/series/
    - historical/engagement/stats/
    - historical/social/series/
    - historical/social/stats/
  note: >-
    The six historical/* paths are only exposed here — they are a legacy
    Historical API surface that the current docs.chartbeat.com guides do not
    cover (those document the newer /query/v2/ Advanced Queries job model).
published_credentials:
  - kind: demo-api-key
    parameter: apikey
    value: 317a25eccba186e0f6b558f45214c0e7
    scope: '["all"]'
    accesses: any
    source: https://chartbeat.com/docs/api/explore/
    verbatim: true
    note: >-
      Published verbatim by Chartbeat on its own public API Explorer page as the
      pre-filled default key. Captured as-published; not generated, not guessed,
      and not a credential belonging to API Evangelist.
test_vs_live:
  separated: false
  key_prefixes: []
  note: >-
    A single account API key (X-CB-AK) addresses production data. There is no
    test mode, no test-key prefix, and no way to write data through the API
    (every documented operation is a read), so there is no destructive action to
    sandbox.
test_data:
  magic_values: []
  test_clocks: false
  fixtures: false
  note: >-
    No magic test identifiers, no time simulation, and no fixture/trigger
    tooling are published. The only "test" affordance is the explorer's demo key
    above.
tracking_side_testing:
  note: >-
    For the data-collection side (chartbeat.js, the mobile SDKs, mab.js,
    subscriptions.js, video.js), Chartbeat publishes per-integration QA guides
    rather than a sandbox — these verify a live integration is firing correctly.
  qa_guides:
    - https://docs.chartbeat.com/cbp/tracking/standard-websites/qa-web-integration
    - https://docs.chartbeat.com/cbp/tracking/google-amp/qa-amp-integration
    - https://docs.chartbeat.com/cbp/tracking/mobile-app-sdks/qa-mobile-sdk-integration
    - https://docs.chartbeat.com/cbp/feature-integrations/testing/qa-homepage-testing-integration
    - https://docs.chartbeat.com/cbp/feature-integrations/video-engagement/integration-qa-steps-video-tracking
    - https://docs.chartbeat.com/cbp/feature-integrations/conversion/integration-qa-steps-conversion