e2b-dev--e2b

E2B is an open-source infrastructure that allows you to run AI-generated code in secure isolated sandboxes in the cloud. To start and control sandboxes, use our JavaScript SDK or Python SDK.

Run your first Sandbox

1. Install SDK

npm i e2b

2. Get your E2B API key

Sign up to E2B here.
Get your API key here.
Set environment variable with your API key

E2B_API_KEY=e2b_***

3. Start a sandbox and run commands

import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'

const sandbox = await Sandbox.create()
const result = await sandbox.commands.run('echo "Hello from E2B!"')
console.log(result.stdout) // Hello from E2B!

4. Bind the configuration to a client

The top-level Sandbox, Volume, Template and Secret exports read their configuration from the environment variables. To use an explicit configuration — e.g. several API keys or domains in one process — create an E2B client and use the resources it exposes:

import { E2B } from 'e2b'

const client = new E2B({ apiKey: 'e2b_***', domain: 'e2b.dev' })

const sandbox = await client.Sandbox.create()
const volume = await client.Volume.create('my-volume')
const exists = await client.Template.exists('my-template')
await client.Secret.create('openai-api-key', 'sk-***')

// The classes can be destructured and used like the top-level ones.
const { Sandbox } = client
const paginator = Sandbox.list()

Per-call options still take precedence over the client's options, and clients are isolated from each other and from the env-configured top-level exports.

5. Code execution with Code Interpreter

If you need runCode(), install the Code Interpreter SDK:

npm i @e2b/code-interpreter

import { Sandbox } from '@e2b/code-interpreter'

const sandbox = await Sandbox.create()
const execution = await sandbox.runCode('x = 1; x += 1; x')
console.log(execution.text)  // outputs 2

6. Check docs

Visit E2B documentation.

7. E2B cookbook

Visit our Cookbook to get inspired by examples with different LLMs and AI frameworks.