Vast.ai

Vast.ai Templates API

The Templates API from Vast.ai — 1 operation(s) for templates.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 1

POST /api/v0/template/ create template

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OpenAPI Specification

vast-ai-templates-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Vast.ai Accounts Templates API
  description: API for managing cloud GPU instances, volumes, and resources on Vast.ai
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Vast.ai Support
    url: https://discord.gg/hSuEbSQ4X8
servers:
- url: https://console.vast.ai
  description: Production API server
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Templates
paths:
  /api/v0/template/:
    post:
      summary: create template
      description: 'Creates a new template for launching instances. If an identical template already exists,

        returns the existing template instead of creating a duplicate.


        CLI Usage: vast create template [options]'
      tags:
      - Templates
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                image:
                  type: string
                  description: Docker image path
                  example: ghcr.io/huggingface/text-generation-inference:1.0.3
                tag:
                  type: string
                  description: Docker image tag
                env:
                  type: string
                  description: Docker environment variables and run arguments
                  example: -p 3000:3000 -e MODEL_ARGS='--model-id TheBloke/Llama-2-7B-chat-GPTQ'
                onstart:
                  type: string
                  description: Command to run on instance startup
                jup_direct:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Enable direct Jupyter connection
                ssh_direct:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Enable direct SSH connection
                use_jupyter_lab:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Use JupyterLab instead of Jupyter Notebook
                runtype:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - jupyter
                  - ssh
                  - args
                  description: Type of instance runtime
                use_ssh:
                  type: boolean
                  description: Enable SSH access
                jupyter_dir:
                  type: string
                  description: Jupyter notebook directory
                docker_login_repo:
                  type: string
                  description: Docker repository requiring authentication
                extra_filters:
                  type: object
                  description: Additional machine search filters
                recommended_disk_space:
                  type: number
                  description: Recommended disk space in GB
              required:
              - image
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Template created or existing template found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    description: Whether operation was successful
                  msg:
                    type: string
                    description: Status message
                  template:
                    type: object
                    description: Template details
                    properties:
                      id:
                        type: integer
                        description: Template ID
                      hash_id:
                        type: string
                        description: Template hash identifier
        '400':
          description: Bad request - invalid parameters
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  success:
                    type: boolean
                    example: false
                  msg:
                    type: string
                    example: Template Failed to be Created
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - invalid or missing API key
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API key authentication
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
      description: API key must be provided as a query parameter