generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://support.tapfiliate.com/general/how-to-test-your-integration-before-inviting-affiliates
  ("How to Validate Your Tracking"), https://tapfiliate.com/docs/integrations/npm-module/
  and https://tapfiliate.com/docs/integrations/rest-api/.
description: >-
  Tapfiliate publishes NO sandbox in the usual sense — there is no test mode, no
  separate test/live key prefixes, no test-only base URL and no fixture or
  trigger tooling. What it publishes instead is a browser-side Integration
  Tester and a documented "simulate a real conversion in your live account"
  procedure. Recorded because the provider does publish a testing path, and
  because the shape of that path is itself the finding: REST API integrations
  are explicitly excluded from the tester and must be validated against live
  data.
modes:
  - name: live
    key_prefixes: []
    note: >-
      The only mode. One account API key, no prefix convention, no test
      counterpart. Anything an integration writes lands in the production
      account.
test_mode: false
test_base_url: null
test_credentials: null
tools:
  - name: Tapfiliate Integration Tester
    type: browser overlay
    activation: >-
      Append `tap_test=true` to the query string of a page carrying the
      Tapfiliate tracking code, or open the tester link from the Help Center. A
      panel appears at the bottom of the page.
    verifies:
      - The tracking codes are present on the page.
      - No required tracking parameters are missing.
    writes_data: false
    note: >-
      Records nothing in the account — no clicks or conversions appear in
      statistics.
    excluded_integrations:
      - REST API
      - Wix Stores
    limitation: >-
      This is the finding that matters for API consumers: the tester does not
      work for REST API integrations at all. A developer building against
      api.tapfiliate.com has no offline or isolated way to verify their
      integration.
procedures:
  - name: Simulate a test conversion
    applies_to: [REST API, Wix Stores, any integration]
    steps:
      - Add yourself as a test affiliate in the Tapfiliate dashboard.
      - Use your own test affiliate link to confirm click tracking works.
      - Complete a test conversion — purchase, signup or lead.
      - Verify in the Tapfiliate dashboard that both the click and the conversion appear.
    safe_purchase_options:
      - Apply a 100% discount coupon at checkout.
      - Create a zero-price product and buy it.
      - Make a real purchase if the full flow must be exercised.
    writes_data: true
    note: >-
      This writes real records into the production account, which must then be
      cleaned up manually. There is no test clock, no time simulation and no
      fixture reset.
fixtures: null
test_values: null
time_simulation: null
gaps:
  - No test mode or sandbox environment.
  - No test/live key separation — a single account key with no prefix.
  - No test data, fixtures or seeded accounts.
  - No trigger tooling to force webhook or commission events.
  - The Integration Tester explicitly excludes REST API integrations.