{ } 📦 Code Sandboxes

Code Sandboxes (code_sandboxes) is a Python package for running code in isolated sandbox variants through a unified API.

Canonical variant names:

• datalayer
• daytona
• docker
• eval
• google-colab
• jupyter-server
• kaggle
• modal
• monty

Documentation

The full documentation is the single source of truth:

• Docs home: https://code-sandboxes.datalayer.tech
• Sandboxes and variant setup: https://code-sandboxes.datalayer.tech/sandboxes
• Installation: https://code-sandboxes.datalayer.tech/installation
• CLI usage: https://code-sandboxes.datalayer.tech/cli
• API reference: https://code-sandboxes.datalayer.tech/api-reference
• Examples: https://code-sandboxes.datalayer.tech/examples
• Comparison: https://code-sandboxes.datalayer.tech/comparison

Published site:

• https://code-sandboxes.datalayer.tech

Install

pip install code-sandboxes

For backend-specific extras and credentials, see https://code-sandboxes.datalayer.tech/installation and https://code-sandboxes.datalayer.tech/sandboxes.

Jupyter Server Sandbox

from code_sandboxes import Sandbox

# Option 1: manage a local Jupyter server automatically
with Sandbox.create(variant="jupyter-server") as sandbox:
  print(sandbox.run_code("1 + 1").text)  # 2

# Option 2: connect to an existing Jupyter server
with Sandbox.create(
  variant="jupyter-server",
  server_url="http://localhost:8888",
  token="MY_TOKEN",
) as sandbox:
  sandbox.run_code("x = 40")
  print(sandbox.run_code("x + 2").text)  # 42

Kaggle Sandbox

Kaggle supports both batch execution and interactive connections through the kaggle sandbox. Install its optional dependency first:

pip install "code-sandboxes[kaggle]"

Required credentials for batch mode:

• ~/.kaggle/kaggle.json, or
• KAGGLE_API_KEY

# Install Kaggle support
pip install code-sandboxes[kaggle]

# Optional: env-based credentials (if not using ~/.kaggle/kaggle.json)
export KAGGLE_API_KEY="<your-kaggle-api-key>"

# Launch the REPL
code-sandboxes repl --variant kaggle

For batch execution, configure Kaggle credentials and create the sandbox without a runtime URL:

from code_sandboxes import Sandbox

with Sandbox.create(variant="kaggle") as sandbox:
    result = sandbox.run_code("print('hello from kaggle')")
    print(result.stdout)

The lower-level batch API is also available directly:

from code_sandboxes import KaggleKernelExecutor

executor = KaggleKernelExecutor()
result = executor.execute(
    "print('hello from kaggle')",
    title="code-sandboxes-demo",
    accelerator="NvidiaTeslaT4",
    wait=True,
)
print(result.status, result.stdout)
print(result.to_kernel_reply())

For interactive execution, copy the WebSocket channels URL from an active Kaggle notebook session and pass it to the sandbox or client:

from code_sandboxes import KaggleKernelClient

with KaggleKernelClient.from_channels_url(channels_url, token=None) as kernel:
    print(kernel.execute("x = 1 + 1; print(x)"))

See the complete Kaggle guide for authentication, accelerators, channels URL retrieval, and execution options.

Google Colab

Google Colab exposes an already-running kernel through an authenticating proxy. Copy its WebSocket channels URL from the browser's Network tools, then pass it directly to the sandbox:

from code_sandboxes import Sandbox

with Sandbox.create(variant="google-colab", channels_url=channels_url) as sandbox:
    print(sandbox.run_code("x = 1 + 1; print(x)").stdout)

The lower-level client and parser are owned by Code Sandboxes as well:

from code_sandboxes import GoogleColabKernelClient, parse_google_colab_channels_url

server_url, kernel_id, proxy_token = parse_google_colab_channels_url(channels_url)
with GoogleColabKernelClient.from_channels_url(channels_url) as kernel:
    print(kernel.execute("print('hello from colab')"))

See the complete Google Colab guide for proxy authentication, explicit connection values, and channels URL retrieval.

Manage Sandboxes (CRUD)

Every variant answers the same verbs — create, list, get, update, delete — from Python or from the CLI, rendered as rich tables:

code-sandboxes list                 # every variant that answers, one table
code-sandboxes list -v kaggle       # one variant
code-sandboxes get <id> -v modal    # one sandbox, live status
code-sandboxes create -v modal      # create detached, leave it running
code-sandboxes update <id> -v modal --tag team=ai   # tags (modal), --name
                                    # (docker), --capability (datalayer),
                                    # --code (kaggle: a new version)
code-sandboxes delete <id> -v modal --yes
code-sandboxes environments         # what sandboxes can be created in

from code_sandboxes import get_manager

manager = get_manager("modal")
for info in manager.list():
    print(info.id, info.status)
manager.delete("sb-...")

See the management guide for what each variant maps to and its connection settings.

License

BSD 3-Clause License