The Sandbox environment lets you develop and test your integration without touching live funds.

Sandbox Environment

The Dots sandbox environment is a self-contained environment that simulates the live production environment. The sandbox provides a space where you can initate, experiment and watch transactions without touching live Dots accounts. We highly recommend that you use the sandbox to build out your integration, and only then reach out to upgrade to production keys

The sandbox mirrors all the features of live environment but has some minor differences that make it easy to test flows. For example, duplicate phone numbers are allowed in the sandbox but not in production.

Setup

The sandbox environment can be enabled on the Dots dashboard (https://dashboard.dots.dev) but clicking the toggle in the upper right corner. You can then create an app and generate API keys. The API URL for the sandbox is similarly https://pls.senddotssandbox.com/api. Every new account is funded with a $100 and more funds can always be added in.

Payouts

ACH

Live bank accounts can be connected via Plaid but no transactions will go through. Please ensure that the Plaid interface is properly integrated into your application.

PayPal

Any email can be connected to PayPal and all transactions return a successful response.

Venmo

Any phone number can be connected to Venmo and all transactions return a successful response.

Production Environment

The Dots production environment is the live environment with the api url https://api.dots.dev/api/. You can use this environment to send money to your customers. Access to the production environment can be requested by contacting us at info@dots.dev or through the Dashboard.