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# Test Credentials in the Target Org

Now that external credential access tokens are populated, use the named credential in a callout in your sandbox or testing org to verify that it works as expected.

**warning:** Be careful not to test credentials in your production environment.

In this Apex code, a named credential and an appended path specify the callout’s endpoint. The referenced named credential specifies the endpoint URL, and the external credential connected to the named credential specifies authentication settings.

```apex
HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
req.setEndpoint('callout:My_Named_Credential/some_path');
req.setMethod('GET');
Http http = new Http();
HTTPResponse res = http.send(req);
System.debug(res.getBody());
```