Simulating Transactions and Transfers
Transactions and Transfers are a major part of the our platform and they have a prominent place in Newline's Sandbox "out-of-the-box" functionality. Our Sandbox involves two key, related functions: (1) being able to mock transactions and (2) enact test transfers.
NoteTransfers are a type of transaction. Every time a Transfer is created, a subsequent Transaction record is also instantiated.
Mock Transactions
In order to mock transactions, you'll need to utilize the simulate a Transaction endpoint (part of the Sandbox API reference). This request, if successful, will attribute and generate settled transactions that will affect the balances of the Synthetic Account provided in the supplied data. To learn more about how Transfers will happen in Production, please refer back to our Transfers guide.
Mocking transactions can be useful for creating a historical record against one of your Sandbox accounts, or staging transactions for future transfers. For examples, mocking incoming revenue prior to disbursing payroll to downstream users.
Enacting Transfers
The Sandbox will accept transfer requests 24/7 to allow for uninterrupted testing.
We recommend you test the following Transfers and then view the Synthetic Account balances and the Transactions, Transaction Events, and Synthetic Line Items created as a result:
- Incoming Transactions (Wires, ACH entries, or Instant Payments) - Ledgered against a
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Synthetic Account as a result of a mock transaction. This will simulate an unsolicited wire credit or wire debit initiated by an external financial institution. - Outgoing Wires - From a
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Synthetic Account to a Synthetic Account of categorywire_external
. - ODFI ACH Debit or Credits - From a
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Synthetic Account to a Synthetic Account of categoryach_external
. This also involves changing the values for the specifiedsource_synthetic_account_uid
ordestination_synthetic_account_uid
as that will result in either a debit or credit. - Outgoing Instant Payments - From a
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Synthetic Account to a Synthetic Account of categoryinstant_payment_external
.
Updated 4 months ago