File Management

Read, write, and browse files inside sandboxes

The file API lets you interact with the filesystem inside your sandboxes.

Endpoints

All file operations are scoped to a sandbox ID. Available for both E2B and Daytona:

GET /api/e2b/<sandboxId>/files/list — List files in a directory
GET /api/e2b/<sandboxId>/files/read — Read file contents
POST /api/e2b/<sandboxId>/files/write — Write file contents
GET /api/e2b/<sandboxId>/files/info — Get file metadata

Replace e2b with daytona for Daytona sandboxes.

Examples

List files

curl "https://api.yolocode.ai/api/e2b/<sandboxId>/files/list?path=/home/user/project" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"

Read a file

curl "https://api.yolocode.ai/api/e2b/<sandboxId>/files/read?path=/home/user/project/package.json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"

Write a file

curl -X POST "https://api.yolocode.ai/api/e2b/<sandboxId>/files/write" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "path": "/home/user/project/hello.txt",
    "content": "Hello from Yolocode!"
  }'

Get file info

curl "https://api.yolocode.ai/api/e2b/<sandboxId>/files/info?path=/home/user/project/package.json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"

Executing Commands

Run shell commands inside your sandbox

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Endpoints Examples List files Read a file Write a file Get file info