Sandbox

Request a free sandbox

A full copy of production to build and test against, free. We open your account and email you the details.

Free sandbox · Free support through the build · You pay only when you go live

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You do not need to wait for the sandbox to see how the API works.

Not ready for a sandbox?

Talk to a solutions engineer about your card flows first. Talk to us

What you get

Everything you need to build the integration

API keys

Sandbox keys for the full API: take cards in, store them, and send them on.

The portal

Manage tokens, users and settings in the same portal you will use in production.

Test gateways

Test connections to payment providers, so you can charge, refund and void without real money.

Test cards

Test card numbers for every flow you build, from capture to charge.

The docs

API reference, guides and a quickstart at developers.pcibooking.net.

Free build support

A solutions engineer helps you design and build the integration, at no cost.

How it works today

Three steps from request to building

1

You request it

Fill in the form at the top of this page.

2

We open your account

Our team opens your sandbox account and emails you the account details.

3

You start building

Sign in with those details and build against the sandbox. In parallel, one of our team gets in touch within one business day to talk through your card flows. Support is free while you build, and you pay only when you go live.

For developers

Your first API call

The hosted card form runs in your customer's browser, so it cannot use your API key. Your server's first call starts a temporary session with your API key, and the response is a session token for the form.

curl -X POST https://service.pcibooking.net/api/payments/paycard/tempsession \
  -H "Authorization: APIKEY YOUR_API_KEY"

For reference, from the developer docs: Quickstart, step 1: Authenticate. The docs have the current version.