generated: '2026-09-21'
method: searched
source: https://openhandle.dev/docs/test-environment
description: 'Openhandle ships a full Test environment: every endpoint runs against deterministic synthetic
  data and records a $0.000 actual charge. Test and Live share the same routes, parameters, response schemas,
  pagination, and error handling. A test request still passes through authentication, validation, rate
  limits, request history, pricing, and immutable usage logging, but never calls an external data service,
  consumes an allowance, moves a live price band, or enters an invoice. No email verification, payment
  method, or free Live request is required to use Test.'
docs: https://openhandle.dev/docs/test-environment
modes:
- name: test
- name: live
environments:
- name: test
  selector: API key prefix oh_test_
  charge: $0.000
  data: deterministic synthetic
- name: live
  selector: API key prefix oh_live_ (legacy oh_ keys remain Live)
  charge: normal billing
  data: real public data
key_formats:
  oh_test_: Test key — deterministic synthetic data, $0.000 actual charge
  oh_live_: Live key — real public data, normal billing
  oh_: Legacy key — remains a Live key
test_values:
- '@northstar_forge_test (documented synthetic Instagram profile handle used in the docs examples)'
- Discovery tools find_test_data / get_test_data (and REST listTestData / getTestData) return stable synthetic
  inputs; unmetered
time_simulation: none documented
triggers: The key environment is immutable and selects the data path; there is no environment header,
  parameter, or body field that can override it. Synthetic records are listed via the Test catalog (/docs/test-environment/catalog)
  and the find_test_data/get_test_data tools.
gaps:
- No test payment cards or bank fixtures (Openhandle is a read-only data API, not a payments API)
- No time-travel or test-clock tooling
note: 'Response metadata on a test request: Openhandle-Environment: test, Openhandle-Cost: 0.000, Openhandle-List-Price,
  Openhandle-Billing-Disposition: test, Openhandle-Dataset-Version, X-Request-ID.'