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Configure Apollo.io local development workflow. Use when setting up development environment, testing API calls locally, or establishing team development practices. Trigger with phrases like "apollo local dev", "apollo development setup", "apollo dev environment", "apollo testing locally".

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Updated 2/3/2026

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Apollo Local Dev Loop

Overview

Set up efficient local development workflow for Apollo.io integrations with proper environment management, testing, and debugging.

Prerequisites

  • Completed apollo-install-auth setup
  • Node.js 18+ or Python 3.10+
  • Git repository initialized

Instructions

Step 1: Environment Setup

# Create environment files
touch .env .env.example .env.test

# Add to .gitignore
echo '.env' >> .gitignore
echo '.env.local' >> .gitignore
# .env.example (commit this)
APOLLO_API_KEY=your-api-key-here
APOLLO_RATE_LIMIT=100
APOLLO_ENV=development

Step 2: Create Development Client

// src/lib/apollo-dev.ts
import axios from 'axios';

const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production';

export const apolloClient = axios.create({
  baseURL: 'https://api.apollo.io/v1',
  params: { api_key: process.env.APOLLO_API_KEY },
});

// Add request logging in development
if (isDev) {
  apolloClient.interceptors.request.use((config) => {
    console.log(`[Apollo] ${config.method?.toUpperCase()} ${config.url}`);
    return config;
  });

  apolloClient.interceptors.response.use(
    (response) => {
      console.log(`[Apollo] Response: ${response.status}`);
      return response;
    },
    (error) => {
      console.error(`[Apollo] Error: ${error.response?.status}`, error.message);
      return Promise.reject(error);
    }
  );
}

Step 3: Create Mock Server for Testing

// src/mocks/apollo-mock.ts
import { rest } from 'msw';

export const apolloHandlers = [
  rest.post('https://api.apollo.io/v1/people/search', (req, res, ctx) => {
    return res(
      ctx.json({
        people: [
          { id: '1', name: 'Test User', title: 'Engineer', email: 'test@example.com' },
        ],
        pagination: { page: 1, per_page: 10, total_entries: 1 },
      })
    );
  }),

  rest.get('https://api.apollo.io/v1/organizations/enrich', (req, res, ctx) => {
    return res(
      ctx.json({
        organization: {
          name: 'Test Company',
          domain: 'test.com',
          industry: 'Technology',
        },
      })
    );
  }),
];

Step 4: Development Scripts

{
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "NODE_ENV=development tsx watch src/index.ts",
    "dev:mock": "MOCK_APOLLO=true npm run dev",
    "test:apollo": "vitest run src/**/*.apollo.test.ts",
    "apollo:quota": "tsx scripts/check-apollo-quota.ts"
  }
}

Step 5: Quota Monitoring Script

// scripts/check-apollo-quota.ts
import { apolloClient } from '../src/lib/apollo-dev';

async function checkQuota() {
  try {
    const { data } = await apolloClient.get('/auth/health');
    console.log('API Status:', data);
    // Note: Apollo doesn't expose quota directly, track usage manually
  } catch (error: any) {
    if (error.response?.status === 429) {
      console.error('Rate limited! Wait before making more requests.');
    }
  }
}

checkQuota();

Output

  • Environment file structure (.env, .env.example)
  • Development client with logging interceptors
  • Mock server for testing without API calls
  • npm scripts for development workflow
  • Quota monitoring utility

Error Handling

ErrorCauseSolution
Missing API Key.env not loadedRun source .env or use dotenv
Mock Not WorkingMSW not configuredEnsure setupServer is called
Rate Limited in DevToo many test callsUse mock server for tests
Stale CredentialsKey rotatedUpdate .env with new key

Examples

Watch Mode Development

# Terminal 1: Run dev server with watch
npm run dev

# Terminal 2: Test API calls
curl -X POST http://localhost:3000/api/apollo/search \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain": "stripe.com"}'

Testing with Mocks

// src/services/apollo.apollo.test.ts
import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from 'vitest';
import { setupServer } from 'msw/node';
import { apolloHandlers } from '../mocks/apollo-mock';
import { searchPeople } from './apollo';

const server = setupServer(...apolloHandlers);

beforeAll(() => server.listen());
afterAll(() => server.close());

describe('Apollo Service', () => {
  it('searches for people', async () => {
    const results = await searchPeople({ domain: 'test.com' });
    expect(results.people).toHaveLength(1);
    expect(results.people[0].name).toBe('Test User');
  });
});

Resources

Next Steps

Proceed to apollo-sdk-patterns for production-ready code patterns.

Install

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AI Quality Score

95/100Analyzed 2/12/2026

A highly actionable and complete guide for setting up an Apollo.io local development environment. It includes specific code for client setup, mocking, testing, and environment management, following best practices.

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Licenseunknown
Version1.0.0
Updated2/3/2026
Publishervasic-digital

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