# CodeSandbox Define API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/codesandbox/define-api/  
**Provider:** CodeSandbox — https://apis.io/providers/codesandbox/  
**Base URL:** https://codesandbox.io/api/v1  
**Documentation:** https://codesandbox.io/docs/learn/browser-sandboxes/cli-api

CodeSandbox Define API is one of 10 APIs that [CodeSandbox](https://apis.io/providers/codesandbox/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Browser Sandboxes, REST API, and Code Examples. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The Define API allows programmatic creation of browser sandboxes from code files, useful for documentation sites and code examples that need to generate a sandbox on the fly. Supports both GET and POST requests to https://codesandbox.io/api/v1/sandboxes/define, accepting a files parameter containing the sandbox file structure and returning either a rendered sandbox or JSON with sandbox_id when using the ?json=1 query parameter.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://codesandbox.io/docs/learn/browser-sandboxes/cli-api
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/codesandbox/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other CodeSandbox APIs (9)

- [Sandpack Embed Toolkit](https://apis.io/apis/codesandbox/sandpack/)
- [CodeSandbox meta API](https://apis.io/apis/codesandbox/codesandbox-meta-api/)
- [CodeSandbox preview_host API](https://apis.io/apis/codesandbox/codesandbox-preview-host-api/)
- [CodeSandbox preview_token API](https://apis.io/apis/codesandbox/codesandbox-preview-token-api/)
- [CodeSandbox sandbox API](https://apis.io/apis/codesandbox/codesandbox-sandbox-api/)
- [CodeSandbox templates API](https://apis.io/apis/codesandbox/codesandbox-templates-api/)
- [CodeSandbox token API](https://apis.io/apis/codesandbox/codesandbox-token-api/)
- [CodeSandbox vm API](https://apis.io/apis/codesandbox/codesandbox-vm-api/)
- [CodeSandbox workspace API](https://apis.io/apis/codesandbox/codesandbox-workspace-api/)

## Tags

Browser Sandboxes, REST API, Code Examples

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