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Modal Filesystem API

Sandbox filesystem operations.

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Operations 2

GET /sandboxes/{sandbox_id}/files Read Sandbox File #

PUT /sandboxes/{sandbox_id}/files Write Sandbox File #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Modal Dicts and Queues Apps Filesystem API
  description: 'Modal Dicts and Queues — distributed in-memory primitives for

    cross-container state. Dicts are key-value stores; Queues are FIFO

    message queues used to coordinate work across Modal functions and

    sandboxes.

    '
  version: 0.1.0
  contact:
    name: Modal Labs
    url: https://modal.com
servers:
- url: https://api.modal.com/v1
security:
- ModalToken: []
tags:
- name: Filesystem
  description: Sandbox filesystem operations.
paths:
  /sandboxes/{sandbox_id}/files:
    get:
      tags:
      - Filesystem
      summary: Read Sandbox File
      description: Read a file inside the Sandbox at the given path.
      operationId: readSandboxFile
      parameters:
      - name: sandbox_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: path
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: File contents.
          content:
            application/octet-stream:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
    put:
      tags:
      - Filesystem
      summary: Write Sandbox File
      description: Write a file inside the Sandbox at the given path.
      operationId: writeSandboxFile
      parameters:
      - name: sandbox_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: path
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/octet-stream:
            schema:
              type: string
              format: binary
      responses:
        '204':
          description: File written.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ModalToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

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