generated: '2026-08-28'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://api.smartersorting.com/docs/index.md (the "Setup" section) and
  https://api.smartersorting.com/docs/getting-started.md.
sandbox_published: true
environments:
- name: staging
  base_url: https://api.staging.smarterx.com
  portal: https://api.staging.smarterx.com/docs
  probe_status: 200
  spec: https://api.staging.smarterx.com/classification/v1/docs
  spec_status: 200
  description: >-
    A publicly documented staging environment. The developer guide's own worked curl example calls
    it: `curl -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
    'https://api.staging.smarterx.com/classification/v1/products?page_size=50'`, and the guide's
    deep links into the API reference all point at the staging portal.
- name: production
  base_url: https://api.smartersorting.com
  portal: https://api.smartersorting.com/docs
  probe_status: 200
key_model:
  separate_test_keys: true
  detail: >-
    Keys are minted per portal. Signing in to the staging portal
    (https://api.staging.smarterx.com/docs) with Auth0 credentials generates a staging key; signing
    in to the production portal generates a production key. There is no documented key PREFIX
    convention (no `test_`/`live_` discriminator), so a key alone does not tell a caller — or an
    agent — which environment it addresses; only the host does.
  key_prefix_convention: none
test_fixtures:
  published: false
  detail: >-
    No test UPCs, no fixture catalog, no seeded sample products and no triggers for forcing a
    particular classification outcome are published. The getting-started page instead invites
    open-ended experimentation ("Try different products and Decisions to understand how our instant
    classifiers work with your inputs"), which means a caller cannot write a deterministic
    integration test against a known-answer product.
time_simulation:
  published: false
trial:
  offered: true
  detail: >-
    The getting-started page offers a free trial and paid tiers ("Choose the tier that's right for
    you — may we recommend the free trial?"), but its sign-up link targets a relative `~pricing`
    route which returns HTTP 404 on the live portal — a broken link on the documented on-ramp.
    See plans/smarter-sorting-plans-pricing.yml.
note: >-
  Verbatim from the provider. No test key, no test value and no fixture has been invented here;
  where the provider publishes nothing, the field records that.