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# The simulate endpoint

To provide a seamless integration experience with Method in the
development environment, you can simulate creations or updates for
specific resources on-demand.

This ensures that your application handles all cases for multistep
flows that would naturally occur in live environments (sandbox and production).

<Warning>
  Simulation endpoints are only accessible in the development environment. Attempts
  to access these endpoints in sandbox or production will result in a 403 Forbidden error.
</Warning>

<Note>
  Simulation endpoints are prefixed with <code>/simulate</code> and will
  be in the following format where <code>RESOURCE\_NAME</code> refers any
  resource that supports simulations.
</Note>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash ENDPOINT STRUCTURE theme={null}
  https://dev.methodfi.com/simulate/<RESOURCE_NAME>
  ```
</RequestExample>