generated: '2026-08-12'
method: searched
source: https://help.sendowl.com/help/swap-between-live-and-test
note: >-
  SendOwl has no separate sandbox host, no separate API base URL and no test-vs-live API key prefixes.
  Testing is a MODE on the payment gateway rather than a parallel environment: the same
  api.sendowl.com/api/v1 endpoints and the same API key/secret serve both, and a product's test/live
  behaviour is decided by the Stripe sell-mode setting on the account or on the individual product.
  Test values below are Stripe's published test card, quoted from SendOwl's own help articles — no
  values are invented here.
environments:
- name: production
  base_url: https://api.sendowl.com/api/v1
  note: Single environment; there is no sandbox base URL.
key_separation:
  test_key_prefix: null
  live_key_prefix: null
  note: >-
    One API key/secret pair per account, created at
    https://dashboard.sendowl.com/settings/api_credentials. No test-mode credential exists, so an agent
    cannot tell from the credential alone whether it is operating against real money.
modes:
- name: Stripe Test mode (account-wide)
  location: Settings > Payment gateway > Stripe
  setting: Switch between "Live and Test modes", then click Update
  scope: Applies across all products
  source: https://help.sendowl.com/help/swap-between-live-and-test
- name: Stripe Payments Sell Mode (per product)
  location: Products > Edit product > Advanced options
  setting: Dropdown with "Use default" (account setting), "Live", "Test"
  scope: One product
  source: https://help.sendowl.com/help/swap-between-live-and-test
- name: Product test mode
  location: Product settings
  note: >-
    Referenced by the API's own validation message on product create — "Attachment must be present or
    test mode switched on" — so a product can be created without an uploaded file when test mode is on.
  source: https://dashboard.sendowl.com/developers/api/introduction
test_values:
  cards:
  - brand: Visa (Stripe test card)
    number: '4242 4242 4242 4242'
    expiry: Any future date
    cvv: Any 3 digits
    note: '"No actual payments will process with this credit card number."'
    source: https://help.sendowl.com/help/swap-between-live-and-test
  bank_accounts: []
  tokens: []
gateway_coverage:
  stripe: Supports test mode.
  paypal: >-
    "PayPal lacks this feature" — no test mode; SendOwl documents alternative approaches (issuing a
    free order to yourself) for testing PayPal flows.
  source: https://help.sendowl.com/help/how-to-run-test-orders-in-sendowl
test_order_visibility:
  note: Test orders are labelled "Test" in the Orders dashboard, appear separately from live
    transactions, and are still included in reports.
  source: https://help.sendowl.com/help/how-to-run-test-orders-in-sendowl
free_order_issue:
  note: >-
    POST /api/v1/products/{product_id}/issue issues an order for a product without taking payment — the
    documented API-side path for generating a test or comped order, including a full
    financial_transaction block for imported/simulated payment data.
  source: https://dashboard.sendowl.com/developers/api/products
test_clocks: null
fixtures_or_triggers: null
gaps:
- No sandbox API host or test credentials — the API is production-only.
- No webhook test/replay tool documented for verifying an HMAC-SHA256 receiver before going live.
x-evidence:
- url: https://help.sendowl.com/help/swap-between-live-and-test
  http_status: 200
  fetched: '2026-08-12'
- url: https://help.sendowl.com/help/how-to-run-test-orders-in-sendowl
  http_status: 200
  fetched: '2026-08-12'