generated: '2026-09-06'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://www.diffbot.com/products/extract/testdrive, https://www.diffbot.com/products/crawl/testdrive,
  https://www.diffbot.com/docs/credits, https://www.diffbot.com/pricing,
  https://www.diffbot.com/docs/extract/analyze, and the "Cache and insert token into example
  requests" control on the reference pages.
provider: Diffbot
providerId: diffbot
description: >-
  Diffbot publishes no separate sandbox environment and no test-mode credential. What it does
  publish is a set of in-browser consoles that call the live API, plus documented zero-cost
  request shapes that let an agent rehearse without spending credits. Recorded honestly:
  there is no test/live key split.
test_environment:
  separate_sandbox: false
  test_mode_keys: false
  key_prefixes: null
  note: >-
    One token, one environment. Diffbot has no test-mode key prefix and no sandbox host —
    every call in a console or a doc example hits production and consumes credits under the
    normal rules.
consoles:
  - name: Test Drive Extract
    url: https://www.diffbot.com/products/extract/testdrive
    http_status: 200
    auth_required: false
    note: >-
      Enter a URL, pick a page type (analyze, article, product, image, video, discussion,
      event, list, job), set a timeout and hyperlink/meta toggles, and see the live JSON
      response. Ships with three prefilled examples (a news article, "Bombas ankle socks",
      a conference-speakers page).
  - name: Test Drive Crawl
    url: https://www.diffbot.com/products/crawl/testdrive
    http_status: 200
    auth_required: false
  - name: Reference-page try-it consoles
    url: https://www.diffbot.com/docs/extract/analyze
    http_status: 200
    auth_required: true
    note: >-
      Every API reference page carries an executable request panel. It offers to cache the
      caller's own token and insert it into the example requests, with a stated 15-day
      expiry — a convenience for a real token, not a test credential.
zero_cost_rehearsal:
  note: >-
    This is the closest thing Diffbot has to a sandbox, and it is genuinely useful to an agent
    sizing a job before committing spend. All four are published on the credits page.
  paths:
    - action: Knowledge Graph search from the dashboard (app.diffbot.com)
      credits: 0
    - action: Knowledge Graph search returning 0 entities
      credits: 0
    - action: Crawl spidering for links (as distinct from extracting a page)
      credits: 0
    - action: db dql probe "<query>" — runs variants at size=0 to compare hit counts
      credits: 0
      source: skills/diffbot-dql.md
  docs: https://www.diffbot.com/docs/credits
free_tier_as_sandbox:
  note: >-
    Diffbot's practical substitute for a sandbox is the Free plan: 10,000 credits a month,
    all four APIs, no credit card required, 5 requests/minute. The Web Search API separately
    advertises 100,000 free queries/month on a free token.
  signup: https://app.diffbot.com/get-started
  docs: https://www.diffbot.com/pricing
test_fixtures:
  published: false
  note: >-
    No magic test URLs, fixture identifiers, seeded entity IDs or trigger values are
    published. Nothing is recorded here that Diffbot does not state.
time_simulation:
  supported: false