Overview
e-CROSS APIs are available in two environments:- Production: The production environment is the default environment of your merchant account and is the one that process real catalog and orders.
- Sandbox: The sandbox environment is a test environment that you can use to test your integrations, in a safe environment, completely isolated from the production environment data.
The Sandbox environment
By default, the merchant account is created in the production environment. If you need to test your integrations, you must request a sandbox environment during the onboarding process. When your sandbox environment is ready, you will receive the credentials (clientId and clientSecret) and you can use these credentials to authenticate and interact with the sandbox environment.
Also, once the sandbox environment is ready, your user account within the Merchant Admin will also be granted access to the sandbox environment, allowing you to view and manage your sandbox data as well as the production data.
Both production and sandbox environments share the same API endpoints, minimizing the need to change your code when switching between environments. So, in summary, the only difference between the production and sandbox environments is the credentials used to authenticate.