title: Does MailChimp have a sandbox API with dummy data in it for testing?
body: <p>I'd like to start using the MailChimp API to create a utility that simply pulls some metrics from a user's account, such as subscribers, last campaign date (not sure if that one is available yet), open rate, etc.</p>
  
  <p>One critical issue I'm facing is that, while I have a free MailChimp account, there is no data in it whatsoever (no lists, subscribers, campaigns, etc.), which makes it less than ideal for testing.</p>
  
  <p>So I'd like to know what my best option is here, i.e.:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Should I create some dummy data manually (like add myself as a
  subscriber to a list and then send myself some emails?),</li>
  <li>or do they (MailChimp) provide a "sandbox" account that already has some richer test/dummy data in
  it? Or,</li>
  <li>some other alternative...</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>PS - I'm using MuleSoft for this integration task (I mention it because perhaps this info will help with the answer).</p>