generated: '2026-08-06'
method: searched
source: https://orval.dev/playground
description: >-
  Orval publishes a hosted, in-browser Playground — the try-before-install
  surface for a CLI that otherwise requires a local Node toolchain. Paste or
  select an OpenAPI specification and the generated TypeScript output renders
  live. There are no credentials, keys, or test-mode values to capture: Orval
  runs entirely against a spec document, so the "sandbox" is a code-generation
  preview rather than a test-vs-live API environment.
kind: playground
sandbox:
  - name: Orval Playground
    url: https://orval.dev/playground
    type: browser-playground
    auth_required: false
    signup_required: false
    description: >-
      "Try Orval in your browser. Generate type-safe TypeScript clients from
      OpenAPI specifications instantly." (docs/site.config.json)
    features:
      - Example spec selector (ExampleSelector component)
      - Editable spec + generated-output editor panes (EditorPanel component)
      - Runs client-side against the pasted/selected OpenAPI document
    source: https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/tree/master/docs/src/components/playground
local_equivalents:
  - name: Sample projects
    url: https://github.com/orval-labs/orval/tree/master/samples
    description: >-
      Runnable sample projects per client/framework combination in the monorepo,
      with committed __snapshots__ of the expected generated output.
  - name: Petstore reference spec
    url: https://petstore.swagger.io/v2/swagger.json
    description: >-
      The spec the docs use throughout as the worked example for input targets.
    note: Third-party spec referenced by Orval's docs; not operated by Orval.
  - name: Docker one-shot run
    command: docker run --rm -v "$(pwd):/app" -w /app ghcr.io/orval-labs/orval
    description: Run a generation without installing anything locally.
test_credentials:
  applicable: false
  reason: >-
    Orval has no hosted API, no accounts, and no keys. Nothing to capture — and
    nothing was invented.
x-evidence:
  fetched: '2026-08-06'
  urls:
    - url: https://orval.dev/playground
      http_status: 403
      note: >-
        Cloudflare managed challenge returns 403 to non-browser clients; the
        page is real and reachable in a browser. Confirmed independently from
        the provider's own llms.txt link list and docs/site.config.json.
    - url: https://orval.dev/llms.txt
      http_status: 200
      note: Lists the Playground under Optional.
    - url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/orval-labs/orval/master/docs/site.config.json
      http_status: 200