E2B · Example Payload

E2B Create Sandbox Example

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E2B Create Sandbox Example is an example object payload from E2B, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

requestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://api.e2b.app/sandboxes",
    "headers": {
      "X-API-Key": "e2b_***"
    },
    "body": {
      "templateID": "base",
      "metadata": {
        "agent": "research-agent-v3",
        "customer": "acme",
        "purpose": "deep-research"
      },
      "envVars": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "sk-***"
      },
      "timeout": 3600,
      "autoPause": true
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 201,
    "body": {
      "sandboxID": "is4cz7e2sb4j1d0h2x9km",
      "clientID": "e2b-client-7a2b",
      "templateID": "base",
      "alias": "e2b/base:default",
      "state": "running",
      "cpuCount": 2,
      "memoryMB": 2048,
      "diskSizeMB": 10240,
      "envdVersion": "0.2.4",
      "startedAt": "2026-05-25T14:01:23Z",
      "endAt": "2026-05-25T15:01:23Z",
      "metadata": {
        "agent": "research-agent-v3",
        "customer": "acme",
        "purpose": "deep-research"
      }
    }
  }
}