---
updatedAt: 2026-06-08T22:07:28.000Z
agentTools:
  siteIndex: https://docs.alpaca.markets/llms.txt
  projectIndex: https://docs.alpaca.markets/in-giftcity/llms.txt
---

# Create sandbox deposit transfer

Simulates an inbound deposit into an account's funding wallet for end-to-end testing of the deposit flow.

The transfer can only credit accounts that belong to your firm. Available in non-production (sandbox) environments only.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "DemoFundingTransfer": {
        "properties": {
          "amount": {
            "format": "decimal",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "currency": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "receiver_account_number": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "receiver_routing_code": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "type": "object"
      },
      "Error": {
        "properties": {
          "code": {
            "type": "number"
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "code",
          "message"
        ],
        "title": "Error",
        "type": "object"
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "BasicAuth": {
        "scheme": "basic",
        "type": "http"
      }
    }
  },
  "info": {
    "contact": {
      "email": "support@alpaca.markets",
      "name": "Alpaca Support",
      "url": "https://alpaca.markets/support"
    },
    "description": "Open brokerage accounts, enable stock, options and crypto trading. Manage the ongoing user experience and brokerage customer lifecycle with the Alpaca Broker API\n\n## Authentication and error responses (India / GIFT City)\n\nIndia / GIFT City Broker API requests are authenticated with a customer OAuth2 `Authorization: Bearer` token (issued by the GIFT City AuthX `POST /v1/oauth2/token` endpoint). Authentication is enforced at the GIFT City gateway in front of every broker-host operation, so **any** authenticated request can additionally return:\n\n- `401` with body `{\"code\": 40110000, \"message\": \"request is not authorized\"}` — the `Authorization: Bearer` token is missing, malformed, or invalid.\n- `503` with body `{\"message\": \"service temporarily unavailable\"}` — a transient server-side condition; retry later.\n\nThese two responses are documented explicitly on the trading order operations, but they apply uniformly to every authenticated GIFT City Broker API request.",
    "termsOfService": "https://alpaca.markets/disclosures",
    "title": "Broker API",
    "version": "1.1.1"
  },
  "openapi": "3.1.2",
  "paths": {
    "/v1beta/demo/banking/funding": {
      "post": {
        "description": "Simulates an inbound deposit into an account's funding wallet for end-to-end testing of the deposit flow.\n\nThe transfer can only credit accounts that belong to your firm. Available in non-production (sandbox) environments only.",
        "operationId": "demoDepositFunding",
        "requestBody": {
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/DemoFundingTransfer"
              }
            }
          },
          "required": true
        },
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/DemoFundingTransfer"
                }
              }
            },
            "description": "Demo deposit funding transfer"
          },
          "default": {
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
                }
              }
            },
            "description": "Error response."
          }
        },
        "summary": "Create sandbox deposit transfer",
        "tags": [
          "Funding Wallets"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "BasicAuth": []
    }
  ],
  "servers": [
    {
      "description": "Sandbox endpoint",
      "url": "https://broker-api.giftcity.sandbox.in.alpaca.markets"
    },
    {
      "description": "Production endpoint",
      "url": "https://broker-api.giftcity.in.alpaca.markets"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Funding Wallets"
    }
  ],
  "x-readme": {
    "explorer-enabled": true,
    "proxy-enabled": false
  }
}
```