Testing

Learn how to test your integration and simulate purchases.

You can issue cards and simulate purchases using your own Stripe integration in test mode. This allows you to test your integration before you go live without having to make real purchases. You can only use these cards for testing within your Stripe account and not for external purchases.

Use test mode top-ups to fund your Issuing balance before creating test mode transactions.

When testing your authorization endpoint, make sure that you have set the endpoint for test mode in your Issuing settings. Toggle View test data to switch between test and live mode data and settings.

You can simulate a card purchase by specifying authorization details in the Dashboard.

Create a card
Dashboard

Use the API or Dashboard to create a cardholder and card in test mode.

Create a test authorization
Dashboard

In the Dashboard, first make sure you’re viewing test data. Go to the Issuing Cards page, find your newly-created card, and scroll to the Authorizations section. Then click Create test authorization.

In some cases (such as fuel or hotel authorizations) you may be able to control the amount when approving the authorization. Check the Authorization amount is controllable box in order to enable this functionality.

Click submit to create the authorization. If you’ve configured your synchronous webhook, you can use it to approve or decline. The browser will redirect to the page for the newly-created authorization.

Viewing transaction details
Dashboard

The authorization is automatically captured, and a corresponding transaction is created. You can view more details on the Transactions page in the Dashboard.

Testing

Create a cardDashboard

Create a test authorizationDashboard

Viewing transaction detailsDashboard

Create a card
Dashboard

Create a test authorization
Dashboard

Viewing transaction details
Dashboard