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# List sandboxes (/docs/sandbox/list)

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Related: [Auto-resume on request](/docs/sandbox/auto-resume.md), [Connect to running sandbox](/docs/sandbox/connect.md), [Environment variables](/docs/sandbox/environment-variables.md), [Filesystem-only snapshots](/docs/sandbox/filesystem-only-snapshots.md), [Sandbox forking](/docs/sandbox/fork.md), [Git integration](/docs/sandbox/git-integration.md)

You can list sandboxes using the `Sandbox.list()` method.

<Note>Once you have information about running sandbox, you can [connect](/docs/sandbox/connect) to it using the `Sandbox.connect()` method.</Note>

### Listing sandboxes

The `Sandbox.list()` method supports pagination. In the [advanced pagination](/docs/sandbox/list#advanced-pagination) section, you can find more information about pagination techniques using the updated method.

<CodeGroup>
```js title="JavaScript & TypeScript" highlight={6,11,14,24}
import { Sandbox, SandboxInfo } from 'e2b'

const sandbox = await Sandbox.create(
  {
    metadata: {
      name: 'My Sandbox',
    },
  },
)

const paginator = Sandbox.list()

// Get the first page of sandboxes (running and paused)
const firstPage = await paginator.nextItems()

const runningSandbox = firstPage[0]

console.log('Running sandbox metadata:', runningSandbox.metadata)
console.log('Running sandbox id:', runningSandbox.sandboxId)
console.log('Running sandbox started at:', runningSandbox.startedAt)
console.log('Running sandbox template id:', runningSandbox.templateId)

// Get the next page of sandboxes
const nextPage = await paginator.nextItems()
```

```python title="Python" highlight={5,9,12,22}
from e2b import Sandbox, SandboxInfo

sandbox = Sandbox.create(
    metadata={
        "name": "My Sandbox",
    },
)

paginator = Sandbox.list()

# Get the first page of sandboxes (running and paused)
firstPage = paginator.next_items()

running_sandbox = firstPage[0]

print('Running sandbox metadata:', running_sandbox.metadata)
print('Running sandbox id:', running_sandbox.sandbox_id)
print('Running sandbox started at:', running_sandbox.started_at)
print('Running sandbox template id:', running_sandbox.template_id)

# Get the next page of sandboxes
nextPage = paginator.next_items()
```
</CodeGroup>

The code above will output something like this:

<CodeGroup>
```bash title="JavaScript & TypeScript"
Running sandbox metadata: {name: "My Sandbox"}
Running sandbox id: ixjj3iankaishgcge4jwn-b0b684e9
Running sandbox started at: 2024-10-15T21:13:07.311Z
Running sandbox template id: 3e4rngfa34txe0gxc1zf
```

```bash title="Python"
Running sandbox metadata: {'name': 'My Sandbox'}
Running sandbox id: ixjj3iankaishgcge4jwn-b0b684e9
Running sandbox started at: 2024-10-15 21:13:07.311861+00:00
Running sandbox template id: 3e4rngfa34txe0gxc1zf
```
</CodeGroup>

### Filtering sandboxes

Filter sandboxes by their current state. The state parameter can contain either "**running**" for running sandboxes or "**paused**" for paused sandboxes, or both.

<CodeGroup>
```js title="JavaScript & TypeScript" highlight={9,13}
import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'

// Create a sandbox.
const sandbox = await Sandbox.create()

// List sandboxes that are running or paused.
const paginator = Sandbox.list({
  query: {
    state: ['running', 'paused'],
  },
})

const sandboxes = await paginator.nextItems()
```

```python title="Python" highlight={9,14}
from e2b import Sandbox, SandboxQuery, SandboxState

# Create a sandbox with metadata.
sandbox = Sandbox.create()

# List sandboxes that are running or paused.
paginator = Sandbox.list(
    query=SandboxQuery(
        state=[SandboxState.RUNNING, SandboxState.PAUSED],
    ),
)

# Get the first page of sandboxes (running and paused)
sandboxes = paginator.next_items()
```
</CodeGroup>

Filter sandboxes by the metadata key value pairs specified during Sandbox creation.

<CodeGroup>
```js title="JavaScript & TypeScript" highlight={6-8,15,18}
import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'

// Create sandbox with metadata.
const sandbox = await Sandbox.create({
  metadata: {
    env: 'dev',
    app: 'my-app',
    userId: '123',
  },
})

// List all sandboxes that has `userId` key with value `123` and `env` key with value `dev`.
const paginator = Sandbox.list({
  query: {
    metadata: { userId: '123', env: 'dev' },
  },
})

const sandboxes = await paginator.nextItems()
```

```python title="Python" highlight={6-8,16-17}
from e2b import Sandbox, SandboxQuery, SandboxState

# Create sandbox with metadata.
sandbox = Sandbox.create(
    metadata={
        "env": "dev",
        "app": "my-app",
        "user_id": "123",
    },
)

# List running sandboxes that has `userId` key with value `123` and `env` key with value `dev`.
paginator = Sandbox.list(
    query=SandboxQuery(
        metadata={
            "userId": "123",
            "env": "dev",
        }
    ),
)

# Get the first page of sandboxes (running and paused)
sandboxes = paginator.next_items()
```
</CodeGroup>

### Advanced pagination

For more granular pagination, you can set custom per-page item limit (default and maximum is **100**) and specify an offset parameter (`nextToken` or `next_token`) to start paginating from.

<CodeGroup>
```js title="JavaScript & TypeScript" highlight={4-5,16}
import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'

const paginator = Sandbox.list({
  limit: 100,
  nextToken: '<base64-encoded-token>',
})

// Additional paginator properties
// Whether there is a next page
paginator.hasNext

// Next page token
paginator.nextToken

// Fetch the next page
await paginator.nextItems()
```

```python title="Python" highlight={5-6,13}
from e2b import Sandbox

# List running sandboxes that has `userId` key with value `123` and `env` key with value `dev`.
paginator = Sandbox.list(
    limit=100,
    next_token="<base64-encoded-token>",
)

paginator.has_next  # Whether there is a next page
paginator.next_token  # Next page token

# Fetch the next page
paginator.next_items()
```
</CodeGroup>

You can fetch all pages by looping through the paginator while checking if there is a next page (using `hasNext` or `has_next` property) and fetching until there are no more pages left to fetch:

<CodeGroup>
```js title="JavaScript & TypeScript" highlight={7}
import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'

const paginator = Sandbox.list()

// Loop through all pages
const sandboxes: SandboxInfo[] = []
while (paginator.hasNext) {
  const items = await paginator.nextItems()
  sandboxes.push(...items)
}
```

```python title="Python" highlight={7}
from e2b import Sandbox, SandboxQuery

paginator = Sandbox.list()

# Loop through all pages
sandboxes: list[SandboxInfo] = []
while paginator.has_next:
    items = paginator.next_items()
    sandboxes.extend(items)
```
</CodeGroup>

## Old SDK (v1.x.y)

<Note>If you're using SDK with version lower than `2.0.0`, the `Sandbox.list()` method behaves differently.</Note>

<CodeGroup>
```js title="JavaScript & TypeScript" highlight={11}
import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'

// Create a sandbox.
const sandbox = await Sandbox.create({
  metadata: {
    name: 'My Sandbox',
  },
})

// List all running sandboxes.
const runningSandboxes = await Sandbox.list()
const runningSandbox = runningSandboxes[0]

console.log('Running sandbox metadata:', runningSandbox.metadata)
console.log('Running sandbox id:', runningSandbox.sandboxId)
console.log('Running sandbox started at:', runningSandbox.startedAt)
console.log('Running sandbox template id:', runningSandbox.templateId)
```

```python title="Python" highlight={11}
from e2b import Sandbox

# Create a sandbox.
sandbox = Sandbox.create(
  metadata: {
    name: 'My Sandbox',
  },
)

# List all running sandboxes.
running_sandboxes = Sandbox.list() 
running_sandbox = running_sandboxes[0]

print('Running sandbox metadata:', running_sandbox.metadata)
print('Running sandbox id:', running_sandbox.sandbox_id)
print('Running sandbox started at:', running_sandbox.started_at)
print('Running sandbox template id:', running_sandbox.template_id)
```
</CodeGroup>

## Filtering sandboxes

You can filter sandboxes by specifying [Metadata](/docs/sandbox/metadata) key value pairs.
Specifying multiple key value pairs will return sandboxes that match all of them.

This can be useful when you have a large number of sandboxes and want to find only specific ones. The filtering is performed on the server.

<CodeGroup>
```js title="JavaScript & TypeScript" highlight={6-8,15}
import { Sandbox } from 'e2b'

// Create sandbox with metadata.
const sandbox = await Sandbox.create({
  metadata: {
    env: 'dev',
    app: 'my-app',
    userId: '123',
  },
})

// List running sandboxes that has `userId` key with value `123` and `env` key with value `dev`.
const runningSandboxes = await Sandbox.list({
  query: {
    metadata: { userId: '123', env: 'dev' },
  },
})
```

```python title="Python" highlight={7-9,17-18}
from e2b import Sandbox
from e2b.sandbox.sandbox_api import SandboxQuery

# Create sandbox with metadata.
sandbox = Sandbox.create(
    metadata={
        "env": "dev",
        "app": "my-app",
        "user_id": "123",
    },
)

# List running sandboxes that has `userId` key with value `123` and `env` key with value `dev`.
running_sandboxes = Sandbox.list(
    query=SandboxQuery(
        metadata={
            "userId": "123",
            "env": "dev",
        }
    ),
)
```
</CodeGroup>