generated: '2026-07-26'
method: searched
source: >-
  Commercial Listings API overview "Environments" section (harvested OpenAPI
  info.description + https://api-docs.rightmove.co.uk/docs/property-feed-api-product/1/overview),
  https://www.rightmove.co.uk/adf.html, and the Real Time Data Feed API Web
  Services Specification v1.4.1
summary: >-
  Rightmove operates a real, separate test environment for both APIs, but it is
  credential-gated end to end — there is no self-serve console, no public
  playground and no published magic test values. Test credentials are issued
  case by case by the Rightmove Data Feed Team, and integration goes through a
  supervised testing cycle before live details are released.
self_serve: false
public_test_credentials: false
magic_test_values: none published
environments:
- api: Rightmove Commercial Listings API
  name: api-test (staging)
  base_url: https://api-services.adftest.rightmove.com
  declared_in: OpenAPI servers[0] ("Staging")
  purpose: Development and testing. Listings submitted here do NOT appear on the live website.
  credentials: >-
    Separate test ClientId/ClientKey issued by the Rightmove Data Feed Team
    (adfsupport@rightmove.co.uk). Production credentials are different and are
    issued separately.
  token_endpoint: https://api-services.adftest.rightmove.com/oauth/token
  probe: {url: 'https://api-services.adftest.rightmove.com/', status: 404, note: host resolves and answers}
- api: Rightmove Commercial Listings API
  name: production
  base_url: https://api-services.rightmove.co.uk
  declared_in: OpenAPI servers[1] ("Production")
  purpose: Live listings visible to consumers.
  credentials: Production ClientId/ClientKey issued by the Rightmove Data Feed Team.
  probe: {url: 'https://api-services.rightmove.co.uk/v2/property/commercial/branch', status: 401, note: endpoint exists and is credential gated}
- api: Rightmove Real Time Data Feed API
  name: test environment
  base_url: not published
  note: >-
    "A set of testing URLs will be provided to you when dates are agreed for your
    beta testing phase." The test host is not disclosed publicly.
  credentials: >-
    A test pack and a keystore containing a private key and X.509 certificate are
    emailed 1-2 working days before the agreed testing start date, with the
    keystore password sent by SMS to a mobile number the integrator supplies.
onboarding_to_test:
  contact: adfsupport@rightmove.co.uk
  steps:
  - Contact the Rightmove Data Feed Team and request a testing commencement date.
  - Submit the ADF Provider Contact Form (https://media.rightmove.co.uk/ps/pdf/guides/adf/Provider_Contact_Form.pdf).
  - Accept the RTDF End User Licence Agreement.
  - 'Supply a mobile number and preferred keystore format (RTDF: JKS/JCEKS for Java, PKCS#12 for Windows, PEM otherwise).'
  - Receive test credentials (Commercial) or a test keystore + test pack (RTDF).
  - Complete the supervised testing cycle, then request live details.
test_data:
  test_cards: n/a (no payments surface)
  magic_identifiers: none published
  fixtures: none published
  time_simulation: none published
  note: >-
    Rightmove publishes no sandbox fixtures or simulator values. Test listings
    are the integrator's own data submitted against the staging host; the
    Commercial API's `published` flag and the six status values (AVAILABLE,
    SOLD_STC, SOLD_STCM, RESERVED, LET_AGREED, UNDER_OFFER) are the only
    visibility controls, and they behave the same in both environments.