+ Service teams should do all their testing within the GOV.UK Notify production environment (https://api.notifications.service.gov.uk). +
++ You don’t need different Notify accounts or access to other Notify environments. Instead, there are different types of API key that let you do functional or performance integration testing. +
+ ++ The 3 types of API key that you can create within GOV.UK Notify are: +
++ Once your service is live you are able to create Live keys. You can then use these key to send messages to anyone. +
++ Messages sent with a live key show up on your dashboard and count against your text message and email allowances. +
++ You should plan to rotate these keys on a regular basis. You may have more than one active key at a time. To revoke the key simply click the revoke button on the API Key page. +
+ ++ Use a team key for end-to-end functional testing. +
++ A team key lets you send real messages to members of your team (and addresses/numbers that you have added to your whitelist). You will get an error if you use these keys to send messages to anyone else. +
++ Messages sent with a team key show up on your dashboard and count against your text message and email allowances. +
+ ++ Use a test key to test the performance of your service and its integration with GOV.UK Notify under load. +
++ A test key doesn’t send real messages but generates realistic responses. There’s no restriction on who you can send to or how many messages you can send per day. +
++ Messages sent using a test key don’t show up on your dashboard or count against your text message and email allowances. +
++ By default, all messages sent with a test key will result in a delivered status. +
++ If you want to test failure statuses with a test key, use the following phone numbers and email addresses: + +