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Now that you've [created a new proxy](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/get-started/create-proxy), you're ready to test it.

You can test your "getstarted" API using
`https://curl.haxx.se/` or a web browser.

**To test your new proxy:**

1. In a terminal window, execute the following `curl` command:

   ```
   curl https://org_name-test.apigee.net/getstarted
   ```

   Where:
   - <var translate="no">org_name</var> is the organization name that Apigee assigned to you when you [created your Apigee account](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/get-started/create-account#orgs).
   - `-test` is the environment. You deployed your new proxy to the "test" environment in [Step 1: Create an API proxy](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/get-started/create-proxy).
   - `/getstarted` is the Proxy Base Path.

   For example:

   ```
   curl https://ahamilton-eval-test.apigee.net/getstarted
   ```

   Alternatively, you can navigate to "https://<var translate="no">org_name</var>-test.apigee.net/getstarted" in
   a browser.

   You should receive the following response:

   ```
   Hello, Guest!
   ```

> [!TIP]
> **Congratulations!**   
>
> You've built a simple API proxy and tested it.

If you get a timeout error or your test is unsuccessful, try undeploying and then redeploying
the new API proxy in the test environment. For more information, see
[Deploying and undeploying an API
proxy](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/deploy/deploying-proxies-ui#deploying). If you continue to experience this issue, contact [Apigee Edge Support](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/troubleshoot/support).

> [!IMPORTANT]
> **TIP:** Remember that when you [created your API proxy](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/get-started/create-proxy), you configured it to send the request to the **Existing API** "https://mocktarget.apigee.net".
>
> Because your proxy is just passing requests through to the target endpoint without doing
> anything, requesting your new API proxy ("https://<var translate="no">org_name</var>-test.apigee.net/getstarted")
> is the same as requesting "https://mocktarget.apigee.net".
>
> In the next step, you'll change this endpoint.

### Next step

[Step 1](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/get-started/create-proxy) [Step 2](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/get-started/test-proxy) [Step 3: Change your target endpoint](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/get-started/change-endpoint) [Step 4](https://docs.apigee.com/api-platform/get-started/add-policy)