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Codesandbox Vm Start Example

Example request and response for starting a CodeSandbox VM (devbox)

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Codesandbox Vm Start Example is an example object payload from CodeSandbox, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

descriptionoperationrequestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "description": "Example request and response for starting a CodeSandbox VM (devbox)",
  "operation": "vm/start",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://api.codesandbox.io/vm/xq5yz/start",
    "headers": {
      "Authorization": "Bearer <your-api-token>",
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "tier": "Micro",
      "hibernation_timeout_seconds": 300,
      "ipcountry": "US",
      "automatic_wakeup_config": {
        "http": true,
        "websocket": false
      }
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": {
      "success": true,
      "errors": [],
      "data": {
        "id": "xq5yz",
        "cluster": "us-east",
        "bootup_type": "snapshot",
        "pitcher_url": "wss://pitcher.csb.dev/xq5yz",
        "pitcher_token": "ptkn_abc123def456",
        "pitcher_version": "2.4.1",
        "pitcher_manager_version": "1.2.0",
        "latest_pitcher_version": "2.4.1",
        "reconnect_token": "rtkn_xyz789",
        "workspace_path": "/workspace",
        "user_workspace_path": "/workspace",
        "use_pint": false,
        "pint_url": null,
        "pint_token": null
      }
    }
  }
}

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