1) Read this documentation. 2) [Sign up for a trial account in our test environment](https://app.test.makeplans.net/client/new){:target="_blank"} 3) Go to Setup -> Integrations -> API. Enable the API and get the API-key. 4) Profit. When your integration is ready to be released you can sign up for a [real account](https://app.makeplans.com/client/new){:target="_blank"}. Limitations of the test environment: * SMS reminders are not triggered. * Very low SMS quota. * Requests may run slower. * Bugs may occur during roll out of new features to be tested. * Lower uptime. * All financial transactions such as Stripe are performed in their respective test/sandbox environment. Other integrations are performed against real production accounts unless the integration offers a test environment.

1) Read this documentation.

2) Sign up for a trial account in our test environment

3) Go to Setup -> Integrations -> API. Enable the API and get the API-key.

4) Profit.

When your integration is ready to be released you can sign up for a real account.

Limitations of the test environment:

• SMS reminders are not triggered.
• Very low SMS quota.
• Requests may run slower.
• Bugs may occur during roll out of new features to be tested.
• Lower uptime.
• All financial transactions such as Stripe are performed in their respective test/sandbox environment. Other integrations are performed against real production accounts unless the integration offers a test environment.