# How to use Apollo Sandbox on your localhost

DevFeed: [How to use Apollo Sandbox on your localhost](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-use-apollo-sandbox-on-your-localhost-23386.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.apollographql.com/blog/how-to-use-apollo-sandbox-on-your-localhost>)

Author: Danielle Man

Published: 2022-06-14T08:53:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Apollo Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apollo-blog.md>)

Topics: [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [apollo-server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apollo-server.md>), [HTML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html.md>)

Tags: [apollo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apollo.md>), [graphql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graphql.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [html](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ide.md>), [sandbox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sandbox.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to use Apollo Sandbox locally and embed it on other websites. It covers controlling GraphQL request network properties, embedding Sandbox with HTML or Apollo Server, and planned React integration.

## Source excerpt

Two years ago we set out to build Apollo Explorer - the GraphQL IDE we felt was missing from the GraphQL community. And last summer, we made Explorer available for local development by releasing it in Apollo Sandbox. But Sandbox still ran on the Apollo Studio domain, and our #1 challenge has been distributing Explorer in a way that gives you enough control over the network properties of your queries.