generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://api-docs.sydecar.io/docs/resources/guide/
description: >-
  Sydecar's test surface is environment-based rather than magic-value based.
  A production environment is tied to real ledger and fund-management activity
  on behalf of your SPVs, while any number of staging (development) environments
  can be provisioned for testing. Sydecar issues sandbox tokens on request; no
  public test-card / fixture catalog is published (SPV administration is not a
  card-payments flow). Captured from the Sydecar API Overview and Guide.
docs:
- https://api-docs.sydecar.io/docs/resources/guide/
modes:
- name: production
  notes: >-
    Exactly one production environment per account. Tied to ledger and fund
    management activities on behalf of your SPVs. Production API tokens are
    issued on sign-up.
- name: staging
  notes: >-
    As many staging (development) environments as required, each with a single
    API user and one or more API keys. Sandbox tokens for staging are provided
    by Sydecar on request.
test_credentials:
  how_to_obtain: >-
    Request sandbox tokens from Sydecar; multiple sandbox tokens can be issued
    for a staging environment. No self-serve test values are published.
notes: >-
  No published magic test cards, bank accounts, hosted test tokens, or test
  clocks were found on the public documentation. Sydecar separates test and live
  activity by environment/token rather than by key prefix.