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Environments

Wava provides separate environments for development and production use.

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Base URLs

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Development environment

The development environment is a sandbox that mirrors production behavior without processing real payments. Use it to build and test your integration before going live. Key differences from production:

• No real money is moved. All transactions are simulated.
• Test phone numbers and document IDs can be used (see Test Data).
• Nequi orders auto-confirm when you call GET /v1/orders/{orderId} (see Sandbox for details).
• Daviplata orders accept test OTP codes.
• Webhooks are sent to your configured development URL.
• Rate limits are more permissive.

You receive a separate merchant-key for development when your account is created.

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Getting your development credentials

1. Go to https://app.dev.wava.co/ and create an account.
2. Create a test store with test data.
3. Fill the compliance form (no required fields in development).
4. Navigate to Settings > Integrations > API to get your merchant key.

Direct link: https://app.dev.wava.co/config#integrations

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Production environment

Production processes real payments. Before switching to production:

1. Complete your integration testing in development.
2. Follow the Go Live checklist.
3. Submit your UX implementation for review.
4. Switch your base URL and merchant key to production values.

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Getting your production credentials

1. Register your business at app.wava.co.
2. Complete your business profile with required documentation.
3. Get your production merchant key from app.wava.co/config#integrations.