Developers & partners

Build on the API our own apps run on

HiLucy is built API-first: every screen in our production guest and staff apps runs on the same authenticated REST API we open to partners, so nothing you integrate against is a bolt-on. Sandbox access is granted on request — a dedicated, isolated environment with seeded demo data and individually revocable credentials, free while you build. When your integration is validated in sandbox, production access is enabled per-agreement.

What you get in sandbox

Sandbox access is provisioned per partner, on request. Here is what's in it.

An isolated environment

The sandbox is isolated infrastructure with its own database — nothing it touches is production.

A seeded demo hotel

Representative reservations, folios, and menus come pre-loaded, so you can exercise real flows — bookings, charges, orders — from your first request.

Stripe test mode

Payments run against Stripe test keys. You can take a booking through checkout end to end with no real card and no real money.

Per-partner credentials over HTTPS

Credentials are issued individually, scoped to your sandbox property, and can be rotated or revoked without touching anyone else's access.

A named contact

You get a named person on our team while you integrate — not a ticket queue.

Free while you build

Sandbox access costs nothing during the program. Commercial terms only enter the picture with production access.

Integration depth, answered

Every integration page publishes a scope table stating direction, what triggers each sync, and what is not synced — per object. The three partners ask about most:

Cloudbeds

Read-only

Read-only. We read reservations, guests, and rooms every 15 minutes and never write back — the PMS stays the system of record for the booking, which is the safe default for an integration sitting next to your revenue.

View scope table

Stripe

Two-way

Two-way. In-chat charges and card-on-file holds go out; payment results come back on webhooks. In sandbox, all of it runs in Stripe test mode.

View scope table

WhatsApp Business API

Two-way

Two-way messaging on the official WhatsApp Business API: inbound guest messages, replies, and Meta-approved templates outside the 24-hour window.

View scope table

What we don't offer yet

We would rather you find these edges here than three weeks into a build.

No self-serve API keys

There is no signup form and no developer portal. Credentials are issued per partner, by a person, when sandbox access is granted.

No versioned API contract

The API evolves with the product. We do not yet publish frozen versions or a deprecation policy — build in sandbox first and validate before anything touches production.

No published SLAs

We do not publish uptime numbers or support response guarantees yet. What we offer is a named contact and straight answers.

Production API access is not self-serve: it is enabled per-agreement, after your integration is validated in sandbox.

Request sandbox access

Tell us what you're building and we'll set you up. Sandbox is free while you build; production access follows per-agreement once your integration is validated.

Email [email protected]

Or book a demo first