# XRPL WebSocket API (Testnet)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/xrpl/xrpl-websocket-api-testnet/  
**Provider:** XRP Ledger — https://apis.io/providers/xrpl/  
**Base URL:** wss://s.altnet.rippletest.net:51233/  
**Documentation:** https://xrpl.org/docs/references/http-websocket-apis/

XRPL WebSocket API (Testnet) is one of 4 APIs that [XRP Ledger](https://apis.io/providers/xrpl/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include WebSocket, Testnet, Development, and Testing. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

WebSocket interface to the XRP Ledger Altnet testnet for development and testing. Supports real-time subscriptions identical to mainnet WebSocket API.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://xrpl.org/docs/references/http-websocket-apis/
- **Faucet** — https://faucet.altnet.rippletest.net/accounts

## Other XRP Ledger APIs (3)

- [XRPL JSON-RPC API (Mainnet)](https://apis.io/apis/xrpl/xrpl-json-rpc-api-mainnet/)
- [XRPL WebSocket API (Mainnet)](https://apis.io/apis/xrpl/xrpl-websocket-api-mainnet/)
- [XRPL JSON-RPC API (Testnet)](https://apis.io/apis/xrpl/xrpl-json-rpc-api-testnet/)

## Tags

WebSocket, Testnet, Development, Testing

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