Environments

How UAT and Production differ, and what to confirm before going live.

FincheckEngine has two environments for integrations. Each has its own API origin, data, and keys.

Environment	API origin	Use it for	Data
UAT	`https://api.engine-v2.uat.fincheck.co.za`	Building your integration, validating payloads, and acceptance testing	Fictional applicants only
Production	`https://api.engine-v2.fincheck.co.za`	Sending real applicants after Fincheck approves your integration	Live applicant data

The key decides the environment. A key is rejected by every other environment. Leads, offers, and batches never move between environments.

Base URL

Every endpoint is under /api/v2. The complete base URLs are:

Environment	Base URL
UAT	`https://api.engine-v2.uat.fincheck.co.za/api/v2`
Production	`https://api.engine-v2.fincheck.co.za/api/v2`

The Connection details section of the Overview shows the base URL for the environment these docs are connected to.

Confirm that your integration:

calls the Production origin with the Production key;
sends the Authorization header on every request;
keeps the key on your server and calls the API over HTTPS;
corrects 422 validation errors instead of dropping the lead;
stores the returned lead id for follow-up and support; and
handles every response your integration can receive, as described in Errors and, for Comparisons, Accepting an Offer.

Never send a real applicant to UAT or a fictional one to Production.