# baseURL Environments

# baseURL Environments
Flute provides different environments to run endpoints.
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**Sandbox**<br>
The sandbox environment is for development and testing.
No payments, charges, or invoices will be enforced.
It is a fully isolated account that mirrors production behavior.
It is used to validate your integration before going live.
You will work with your Flute support team developing workflows and tools.
baseURL: `https://sandbox.api.flute.com`
**Production**<br>
The production environment is for deploying the payment system live to clients.
All payments, charges, or invoices are live and will be enforced.
When your product is ready to be deployed live, the Flute support team will work with you to ensure compliance.
This compliance follows the production readiness checklist.
It ensures the best and optimal developer, client, and customer experience.<br>
For more information and details about the production readiness checklist, see <a href="/docs/launch/go-live" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Production Go-Live Guide</a>.
baseURL: `https://api.flute.com`
**Using the baseURL**<br>
Use the baseURL instead of the placeholder noted in each endpoint.
For example, an endpoint may be described in the endpoint documentation as:<br>
`GET {{baseURL}}/v2/customers`
To make this call in the sandbox environment, use:<br>
`POST https://sandbox.api.flute.com/v2/customers`
To make this call in the production environment, use:<br>
`POST https://api.flute.com/v2/customers`

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