topic Re: Developer Test Account in APIs & Integrations

Developer Test Account

DChimenti20 — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 23:20:35 GMT

Hi! I have a test developer account that will run out of free trial time soon. Someone had mentioned that we could get these extended if it would be helpful to learning more.

Does anyone know if this is true and, if it is, who do you ask about extending it?

Thank you!

Re: Developer Test Account

BérangèreL — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:30:17 GMT

Hi @DChimenti20 and Happy Tuesday!

This is a great question, thanks for asking the HubSpot Community!

I checked for you and I can see on this documentation "HubSpot account types" that you can create up to 10 test accounts to test apps and integrations.

Developer test accounts are free HubSpot accounts with access to a 90-day trial of many enterprise features.

Developer test accounts will expire after 90 days if no API calls are made to the account.

You can either manually renew the account from the Test accounts page in HubSpot, or by making an API call to the account.

When renewing via API call, you must use an OAuth token generated from an application in the same developer account as the test account you want to renew.

Also, renewals must be done no more than 30 days before the test account's expiration date.

I hope this helps!

Have a lovely day @DChimenti20 and I look forward to seeing you around the Community!
Bérangère

Re: Developer Test Account

DChimenti20 — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:19:02 GMT

Thank you for the insight! I'm curious what parameters they use to gauge whether you have completed a proper API call to keep the account alive since switching to the private key system for custom apps.

I've noticed limitations in integrating into the developer test account from the marketplace, as simple as the integrations are, so I'm unsure you can facilitate it that way and since they switched from refresh tokens to private keys, I'm usure you'd meet the criteria that way either.

I'll leverage an API through Postman and hope it meets the criteria. Thanks for you input and help! If you know what they specifically want us to do, I'd appreciate any input.

Re: Developer Test Account

BérangèreL — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 08:33:33 GMT

Hi @DChimenti20 and thanks for your reply!

I found this article "API Calls: What They Are & How to Make Them in 5 Easy Steps" that might help you!

From what I understand, when you send a request and you get an API response, this would count as a an API call. But this is only my understanding, I might be wrong 😀

I'll try and see if I can get more precise details about this but I don't promise anything!

Have a great day!
Bérangère

Re: Developer Test Account

BérangèreL — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:46:43 GMT

Hi @DChimenti20, I hope that you are well!

Getting back to you on this, thanks for your patience.

So, making any of the API calls with a valid OAuth token will trigger a renewal (so, like --header "Authorization: bearer OAUTH_TOKEN")

For example, calling "GET" on "contacts".

You could always use the UI, too.

I hope this helps!

Have a lovely day and I look forward to seeing you around the Community! 🌞

Bérangère, Community Manager