generated: '2026-09-13'
method: searched
source: https://developer.experian.com/tutorials/quick-start-guide, https://docs.experianaperture.io/free-trials/data-validation/,
  https://api.experianaperture.io/docs
note: 'The two Experian platforms answer this very differently. The Global Developer Platform runs a
  real, separately-hosted sandbox: every region has a dedicated sandbox hostname with its own OAuth2
  issuer, and each one serves a live /.well-known/openid-configuration (all eight were probed and
  returned 200 — see well-known/experian-well-known.yml). Experian Data Quality / Aperture has no
  sandbox environment at all: the documented path is a time-limited free trial against production
  plus a hosted Swagger console, and its own "Make a test call" page walks you through calling the
  live API with a real licensed token. No published test tokens, no magic test values, no test cards
  or fixture identifiers were found on either platform — every environment requires a
  credential a human must be granted.'
environments:
- platform: Experian Global Developer Platform
  mode: sandbox
  hosts:
  - https://sandbox-us-api.experian.com
  - https://sandbox-uk-api.experian.com
  - https://sandbox-eu-api.experian.com
  - https://sandbox-in-api.experian.com
  - https://sandbox-api.experian.com.au
  - https://sandbox-api.experian.com.sg
  token_endpoint: https://sandbox-us-api.experian.com/oauth2/v1/token
  auth: OAuth2 password grant (Developer Portal username/password plus the client_id and
    client_secret generated when registering an application under "My Apps")
  self_service: true
  self_service_note: A Developer Portal account can be created and email-verified without a sales
    conversation; sandbox credentials follow from registering an application. Access to a given
    product's sandbox data is still granted per product.
  test_data: Most products allow testing in the sandbox with supplied test data; the specific test
    records are shown inside the authenticated product pages and are not published openly.
  source: https://developer.experian.com/tutorials/quick-start-guide
- platform: Experian Global Developer Platform
  mode: production
  hosts:
  - https://us-api.experian.com
  - https://uk-api.experian.com
  - https://eu-api.experian.com
  - https://api.experian.com.au
  auth: OAuth2 password grant against the regional /oauth2/v1/token
- platform: Experian Data Quality (Aperture)
  mode: production-only
  hosts:
  - https://api.experianaperture.io
  auth: Auth-Token header (or x-app-key), issued per integration from the Self Service Portal
  sandbox: false
  sandbox_note: No sandbox or test host exists. The "Make a test call" page directs you to call the
    production API with your licensed token, or to use the example requests in the hosted Swagger
    console.
  source: https://docs.experianaperture.io/address-validation/experian-address-validation/get-started/make-a-test-call/
console:
  available: true
  url: https://api.experianaperture.io/docs
  type: Swagger UI
  note: 'A hosted Swagger UI serving eleven selectable OpenAPI documents (All, plus one per product).
    tryItOutEnabled is false in its configuration, so it is a browsable reference rather than an
    executable console; it does carry example requests covering combinations of region and search
    type.'
free_trial:
  available: true
  url: https://docs.experianaperture.io/free-trials/data-validation/
  scope: data validation, plus Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics 365 / Power Platform connector trials
test_values:
  published: false
  note: No published test tokens, magic identifiers, test addresses, test email addresses or test
    phone numbers were found on either platform. Nothing is recorded here rather than inventing
    plausible ones.
key_prefixes:
  published: false
  note: Experian documents no test-vs-live key prefix convention. Environment is selected by
    hostname, not by key shape, which means a token cannot be told apart from its value alone.