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Main class for interacting with the Daytona API. Provides methods for creating, managing, and interacting with Daytona Sandboxes. Can be initialized either with explicit configuration or using environment variables.

Properties:

  • snapshot SnapshotService - Service for managing Daytona Snapshots
  • volume VolumeService - Service for managing Daytona Volumes

Examples:

// Using environment variables
// Uses DAYTONA_API_KEY, DAYTONA_API_URL, DAYTONA_TARGET
const daytona = new Daytona();
const sandbox = await daytona.create();
// Using explicit configuration
const config: DaytonaConfig = {
apiKey: "your-api-key",
apiUrl: "https://your-api.com",
target: "us"
};
const daytona = new Daytona(config);
// Disposes daytona and flushes traces when done
await using daytona = new Daytona({
otelEnabled: true,
});
@class
  • AsyncDisposable
new Daytona(config?: DaytonaConfig): Daytona

Creates a new Daytona client instance.

Parameters:

  • config? DaytonaConfig - Configuration options

Returns:

  • Daytona

Throws:

When no credentials are provided (neither API key nor JWT token)

When JWT token is provided without an organization ID

_experimental_fork(
sandbox: Sandbox,
params?: {
name: string;
},
timeout?: number): Promise<Sandbox>

Forks a Sandbox, creating a new Sandbox with an identical filesystem.

Parameters:

  • sandbox Sandbox - The Sandbox to fork
  • params? Fork parameters
  • name? string - Optional name for the forked Sandbox
  • timeout? number = 60 - Timeout in seconds (0 means no timeout, default is 60)

Returns:

  • Promise<Sandbox> - The forked Sandbox

Example:

const sandbox = await daytona.get('my-sandbox-id');
const forked = await daytona._experimental_fork(sandbox, { name: 'my-fork' });
console.log(`Forked sandbox: ${forked.id}`);

asyncDispose: Promise<void>

Returns:

  • Promise<void>
AsyncDisposable.[asyncDispose]

create(params?: CreateSandboxFromSnapshotParams, options?: {
timeout: number;
}): Promise<Sandbox>

Creates Sandboxes from specified or default snapshot. You can specify various parameters, including language, image, environment variables, and volumes.

Parameters:

  • params? CreateSandboxFromSnapshotParams - Parameters for Sandbox creation from snapshot
  • options? Options for the create operation
  • timeout? number - Timeout in seconds (0 means no timeout, default is 60)

Returns:

  • Promise<Sandbox> - The created Sandbox instance

Examples:

const sandbox = await daytona.create();
// Create a custom sandbox
const params: CreateSandboxFromSnapshotParams = {
language: 'typescript',
snapshot: 'my-snapshot-id',
envVars: {
NODE_ENV: 'development',
DEBUG: 'true'
},
autoStopInterval: 60,
autoArchiveInterval: 60,
autoDeleteInterval: 120
};
const sandbox = await daytona.create(params, { timeout: 100 });
create(params?: CreateSandboxFromImageParams, options?: {
onSnapshotCreateLogs: (chunk: string) => void;
timeout: number;
}): Promise<Sandbox>

Creates Sandboxes from specified image available on some registry or declarative Daytona Image. You can specify various parameters, including resources, language, image, environment variables, and volumes. Daytona creates snapshot from provided image and uses it to create Sandbox.

Parameters:

  • params? CreateSandboxFromImageParams - Parameters for Sandbox creation from image
  • options? Options for the create operation
  • onSnapshotCreateLogs? (chunk: string) => void - Callback function to handle snapshot creation logs.
  • timeout? number - Timeout in seconds (0 means no timeout, default is 60)

Returns:

  • Promise<Sandbox> - The created Sandbox instance

Examples:

const sandbox = await daytona.create({ image: 'debian:12.9' }, { timeout: 90, onSnapshotCreateLogs: console.log });
// Create a custom sandbox
const image = Image.base('alpine:3.18').pipInstall('numpy');
const params: CreateSandboxFromImageParams = {
language: 'typescript',
image,
envVars: {
NODE_ENV: 'development',
DEBUG: 'true'
},
resources: {
cpu: 2,
memory: 4 // 4GB RAM
},
autoStopInterval: 60,
autoArchiveInterval: 60,
autoDeleteInterval: 120
};
const sandbox = await daytona.create(params, { timeout: 100, onSnapshotCreateLogs: console.log });

delete(sandbox: Sandbox, timeout: number): Promise<void>

Deletes a Sandbox.

Parameters:

  • sandbox Sandbox - The Sandbox to delete
  • timeout number = 60 - Timeout in seconds (0 means no timeout, default is 60)

Returns:

  • Promise<void>

Example:

const sandbox = await daytona.get('my-sandbox-id');
await daytona.delete(sandbox);

get(sandboxIdOrName: string): Promise<Sandbox>

Gets a Sandbox by its ID or name.

Parameters:

  • sandboxIdOrName string - The ID or name of the Sandbox to retrieve

Returns:

  • Promise<Sandbox> - The Sandbox

Example:

const sandbox = await daytona.get('my-sandbox-id-or-name');
console.log(`Sandbox state: ${sandbox.state}`);

list(query?: ListSandboxesQuery): AsyncIterableIterator<Sandbox>

Iterates over Sandboxes matching the given query.

Parameters:

  • query? ListSandboxesQuery - Optional filters, sorting, and per-page size.

AsyncIterableIterator<Sandbox>

Example:

for await (const sandbox of daytona.list({ labels: { env: 'dev' } })) {
console.log(sandbox.id)
}

start(sandbox: Sandbox, timeout?: number): Promise<void>

Starts a Sandbox and waits for it to be ready.

Parameters:

  • sandbox Sandbox - The Sandbox to start
  • timeout? number - Optional timeout in seconds (0 means no timeout)

Returns:

  • Promise<void>

Example:

const sandbox = await daytona.get('my-sandbox-id');
// Wait up to 60 seconds for the sandbox to start
await daytona.start(sandbox, 60);

stop(sandbox: Sandbox): Promise<void>

Stops a Sandbox.

Parameters:

  • sandbox Sandbox - The Sandbox to stop

Returns:

  • Promise<void>

Example:

const sandbox = await daytona.get('my-sandbox-id');
await daytona.stop(sandbox);

Supported programming languages for code execution

Python is used as the default sandbox language when no language is explicitly specified.

Enum Members:

  • JAVASCRIPT (“javascript”)
  • PYTHON (“python”)
  • TYPESCRIPT (“typescript”)

Base parameters for creating a new Sandbox.

Properties:

  • autoArchiveInterval? number - Auto-archive interval in minutes (0 means the maximum interval will be used). Default is 7 days.
  • autoDeleteInterval? number - Auto-delete interval in minutes (negative value means disabled, 0 means delete immediately upon stopping). By default, auto-delete is disabled.
  • autoStopInterval? number - Auto-stop interval in minutes (0 means disabled). Default is 15 minutes.
  • envVars? Record<string, string> - Optional environment variables to set in the Sandbox
  • ephemeral? boolean - Whether the Sandbox should be ephemeral. If true, autoDeleteInterval will be set to 0.
  • labels? Record<string, string> - Sandbox labels
  • language? string - Programming language for direct code execution. Defaults to “python” if not specified.
  • linkedSandbox? string - ID or name of an existing sandbox to link the new sandbox to. The new sandbox will be scheduled on the same runner as the linked sandbox so a local network can be established between them. Linked sandboxes must be ephemeral (autoDeleteInterval=0) and cannot themselves be linked to another sandbox.
  • name? string
  • networkAllowList? string - Comma-separated list of allowed CIDR network addresses for the Sandbox
  • networkBlockAll? boolean - Whether to block all network access for the Sandbox
  • public? boolean - Is the Sandbox port preview public
  • user? string - Optional os user to use for the Sandbox
  • volumes? VolumeMount[] - Optional array of volumes to mount to the Sandbox

Parameters for creating a new Sandbox.

Properties:

  • autoArchiveInterval? number
  • autoDeleteInterval? number
  • autoStopInterval? number
  • envVars? Record<string, string>
  • ephemeral? boolean
  • image string | Image - Custom Docker image to use for the Sandbox. If an Image object is provided, the image will be dynamically built.
  • labels? Record<string, string>
  • language? string
  • linkedSandbox? string
  • name? string
  • networkAllowList? string
  • networkBlockAll? boolean
  • public? boolean
  • resources? Resources - Resource allocation for the Sandbox. If not provided, sandbox will have default resources.
  • user? string
  • volumes? VolumeMount[]

Parameters for creating a new Sandbox from a snapshot.

Properties:

  • autoArchiveInterval? number
  • autoDeleteInterval? number
  • autoStopInterval? number
  • envVars? Record<string, string>
  • ephemeral? boolean
  • labels? Record<string, string>
  • language? string
  • linkedSandbox? string
  • name? string
  • networkAllowList? string
  • networkBlockAll? boolean
  • public? boolean
  • snapshot? string - Name of the snapshot to use for the Sandbox.
  • user? string
  • volumes? VolumeMount[]

Configuration options for initializing the Daytona client.

Properties:

  • \_experimental? Record<string, any> - Configuration for experimental features
  • apiKey? string - API key for authentication with the Daytona API
  • apiUrl? string - URL of the Daytona API. Defaults to ‘https://app.daytona.io/api’ if not set here and not set in environment variable DAYTONA_API_URL.
  • jwtToken? string - JWT token for authentication with the Daytona API. If not set, it must be provided via the environment variable DAYTONA_JWT_TOKEN, or an API key must be provided instead.
  • organizationId? string - Organization ID used for JWT-based authentication. Required if a JWT token is provided, and must be set either here or in the environment variable DAYTONA_ORGANIZATION_ID.
  • otelEnabled? boolean - OpenTelemetry tracing enabled. If set, all SDK operations will be traced.
  • serverUrl? string - Deprecated - Use apiUrl instead. This property will be removed in future versions.
  • target? string - Target location for Sandboxes

Example:

const config: DaytonaConfig = {
apiKey: "your-api-key",
apiUrl: "https://your-api.com",
target: "us"
};
const daytona = new Daytona(config);

Resource allocation for a Sandbox.

Properties:

  • cpu? number - CPU allocation for the Sandbox in cores
  • disk? number - Disk space allocation for the Sandbox in GiB
  • gpu? number - GPU allocation for the Sandbox in units
  • memory? number - Memory allocation for the Sandbox in GiB

Example:

const resources: SandboxResources = {
cpu: 2,
memory: 4, // 4GiB RAM
disk: 20 // 20GiB disk
};

Represents a volume mount for a Sandbox.

Properties:

  • mountPath string - Path on the Sandbox to mount the Volume

  • subpath? string - Optional subpath within the volume to mount. When specified, only this S3 prefix will be accessible. When omitted, the entire volume is mounted.

    • Inherited from: SandboxVolume.subpath
  • volumeId string - ID of the Volume to mount

Extends:

  • SandboxVolume
const CODE_TOOLBOX_LANGUAGE_LABEL: "code-toolbox-language" = 'code-toolbox-language';