Testing in sandbox

The sandbox is a full copy of IntaSend that moves no real money. Sign up there, copy your _test_ keys from Settings → API Keys, and use them exactly as you would live keys. See Getting started for how keys pick the environment.

When you're ready to go live, sign up on payment.intasend.com and swap in your _live_ keys. Nothing else in your integration changes.

Test cards

Use any future expiry date and any 3-digit CVC.

Card number
4456 5300 0000 1096
4456 5300 0000 3134
4242 4242 4242 4242
5200 0000 0000 1096
5200 0000 0000 3092

M-Pesa

For collections (STK Push), use your own Safaricom number. Sandbox requests go through the M-Pesa developer platform, which reverses test amounts within 48 hours.

For payouts, use the test accounts below.

Payout test accounts

A sandbox payout to one of these accounts succeeds straight away without reaching any provider. It goes through the same states, wallet debits and webhooks as a live payout, and returns John Doe as the recipient name. Payouts to any other account aren't guaranteed to succeed in sandbox.

provider	Test account	Also required
MPESA-B2C	254708374149 (0708374149 also works)
MPESA-B2B	99999	account_type, plus account_reference for a paybill
PESALINK	001001001001	bank_code: 1 (KCB)
INTASEND-XB	One per country, see below	country matching the number
INTASEND-XB-BANK	1001001001	country: UG, bank_code: STANBIC_BANK_UGANDA_TRANSFER

Cross-border (INTASEND-XB)

Use the test account for the payout's country. Mobile money numbers are in international format without +. Nigeria pays out to a bank account, so its test account also needs bank_code 000013 (GTBank). A test account sent with a different country is treated as an ordinary account.

country	Test account
BF Burkina Faso	22670000000
BJ Benin	22960000000
CD DR Congo	243810000000
CI Côte d'Ivoire	2250100000000
CM Cameroon	237670000000
GH Ghana	233240000000
GN Guinea	224620000000
KE Kenya	254708374149
ML Mali	22366000000
NG Nigeria	0123456789 (bank account, bank_code 000013)
RW Rwanda	250780000000
SN Senegal	221770000000
TG Togo	22890000000
TZ Tanzania	255650000000
UG Uganda	256700000000
ZM Zambia	260960000000

{
  "currency": "UGX",
  "country": "UG",
  "provider": "INTASEND-XB",
  "requires_approval": "NO",
  "transactions": [
    {"name": "John Doe", "account": "256700000000", "amount": "5000", "narrative": "Sandbox test"}
  ]
}

Callbacks and webhooks

Your redirect_url, callback_url and webhook endpoints must use HTTPS, in sandbox as well as live.