Pinterest's Trial-tier API can't post pins. We learned this in production.


The setup

What “Trial access” looked like in the dev console

The smoke test that worked — almost

The 403

HTTP 403
{ "code": 29, "message": "Apps with Trial access may not create Pins in production https://api.pinterest.com - use API Sandbox https://api-sandbox.pinterest.com instead." }

What “Trial access” actually means

What Pinterest’s docs said (and didn’t)

The fix: apply for Standard access

The demo video

What I’d do differently next time

The waiting

Takeaway