#THE SANDBOX DEVELOPER HOW TO#

We recommend the production for testing searching capabilities.īefore you can make API calls in the sandbox environment, you must generate Sandbox application keys. You will not incur production charges by purchasing and selling items in the Sandbox. Great for testing Buying, Selling and After Sale flows.Before you begin working with the eBay API, and before you attempt to connect to the Sandbox, make sure all the tools in your local development environment work properly.Use the Sandbox to experiment with function calls, to prototype new routines, to test your application's business logic, and to make sure your application adheres to eBay's Application Growth Check Requirements before you actually apply for the Application Growth Check.The difference is that all the users are test users (created by developers like you) and all the money exchanged is test money. It processes API calls in exactly the same manner as does the Production environment, and it includes a subset of the eBay site's Web pages. The Sandbox duplicates much of the functionality that is on the eBay Web site.Learn more about the Sandbox Sandbox benefits

#THE SANDBOX DEVELOPER HOW TO#

See the Making a Call documentation for the API you're using (e.g., Routing the Request in the Trading API docs) for more information on how to point an application to either the Production or the Sandbox environment. The main difference is that the application needs to be pointed to the Sandbox environment instead of the Production environment. Operating an application in the Sandbox is essentially the same as operating it in the Production environment.

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