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# Sandbox

**Not live yet:** The sandbox is not up yet. This page describes it as designed.

The sandbox runs the same API with **test keys** (`crp_test_...`) at `https://sandbox.api.creatorain.com/v1`. Nothing there costs money, and no real creator is contacted.

## What is different

-   **Fixtures only.** Test keys read fixture creators, never real ones. Fixture emails end in `sandbox.invalid`.
-   **Your own sandbox.** Each workspace gets its own sandbox campaign. No other client’s data mixes in.
-   **A fast clock.** A simulator moves each store through matched, booked, visited, posted and billed in minutes.
-   **Same shapes.** The rows, ledger entries and webhooks look like live ones, with `livemode: false`.

## Sandbox-only calls

Test keys only. A live key gets `404`.

-   `POST /v1/sandbox/top_ups`: add test money.
-   `POST /v1/sandbox/locations/{id}/advance`: move a store to a later state.
-   `POST /v1/sandbox/scenarios`: force a case, such as `no_show`, `video_taken_down`, `balance_low` or `top_up_failed`.
-   `POST /v1/sandbox/clock`: change the clock mode.
-   `POST /v1/sandbox/reset`: start over.

## The console

The [API console](/reference/console/) will send requests to the sandbox only, with test keys. Try-it never reaches a live host.
