Integration testing

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Foreword

1. Create two accounts to get access to two environments, one that could be called “Company Staging” and another one that could be called “Company Production”; or
2. Leverage our two hosting solutions to use Lago Cloud as a test environment and Lago Open Source as a production environment (or vice versa).

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1. Define a billable metric

1. In the side menu, select “Billable metrics”;
2. Click “Add a billable metric” in the upper right corner;
3. Fill in the form (learn more about billable metrics); and
4. Click “Add billable metric” to save.

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2. Create a plan (with charges)

1. In the side menu, select “Plans”;
2. Click “Add a plan” in the upper right corner;
3. Fill in the form (learn more about plans); and
4. Click “Add plan” to save.

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3. Create a customer

1. In the side menu, select “Customers”;
2. Click “Add a customer” in the upper right corner;
3. Fill in the form in the pop-up window (learn more about customers); and
4. Click “Add customer” to save.

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4. Start a subscription

1. In the side menu, select “Customers”;
2. Select a customer from the list;
3. On the right-hand side, click “Add a plan”;
4. Select the plan you would like to assign to your customer; and
5. Click “Add plan” to confirm.

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5. Send usage-based events

LAGO_URL="https://api.getlago.com"
API_KEY="__YOUR_API_KEY__"

curl --location --request POST "$LAGO_URL/api/v1/events" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
    "event": {
      "transaction_id": "__UNIQUE_ID__",
      "external_subscription_id": "sub_1234567890",
      "code": "storage",
      "timestamp": 1651240791,
      "properties": {
        "gb": 10
      }
    }
  }'

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6. Invoice your customers

1. In the side menu, select “Developers”;
2. Open the “Webhooks” tab;
3. Click “Add a webhook”;
4. Enter the name and the URL of your application; and
5. Click “Add webhook” to confirm.