> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.northbeam.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Environments

> Production and UAT base URLs, and what each one is for

Northbeam's APIs are served from two environments:

| Environment | Base URL                          | Use it for                                                                                               |
| :---------- | :-------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Production  | `https://api.northbeam.io/v2`     | Live data. Orders sent here are used for attribution (MTA) and predictive analytics (MMM).               |
| UAT         | `https://api-uat.northbeam.io/v2` | Customer testing only. Production-equivalent, but orders submitted here are **not** used in attribution. |

## Start in UAT

Use the UAT environment to test your integration end to end before
pointing it at production — same endpoints, same
[authentication](/docs/authentication), no effect on your live
attribution data.

## Switching to production

When your integration works in UAT, change the base URL to
`https://api.northbeam.io/v2`. Everything else stays the same.

<Info>
  The [API reference](/reference/post_orders-1) lets you call either
  environment directly from the docs — insert your API keys and use the
  example values to try a request.
</Info>