---
title: "Bind a sandbox to a GitHub branch or pull request"
method: POST
path: "/api/v0beta1/sandboxes/{sandbox_ref}/bindings"
tags: ["SandboxBindings"]
---

# Bind a sandbox to a GitHub branch or pull request

`POST /api/v0beta1/sandboxes/{sandbox_ref}/bindings`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://app.amika.dev` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://app.amika.dev/api/v0beta1/sandboxes/{sandbox_ref}/bindings`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in cookie `wos-session`

## Path parameters

- `sandbox_ref` string, required

## Query parameters

- `sandbox_by` 'name' | 'id' | 'ref' | 'name_or_id': How to resolve the parent sandbox: ref/name_or_id (default), name, or id.

## Request body

- union
  - object
    - `target_url` string, uri, required
  - object
    - `target` object, required
      - `kind` 'github_branch', required
      - `repository` object, required
        - `owner` string, required
        - `name` string, required
      - `branch` string, required
    - `rebind` boolean

## Response `201`

Binding created or already present.

- CreateSandboxBindingResponse
  - `id` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Error
- `401`: Error
- `403`: Error
- `404`: Error
- `409`: Error

## Changes

- **2026-09-21** `4d4f02352fdb`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/amika/apis/amika-api/changes/api/v0beta1/sandboxes/:sandbox_ref/bindings/post.md)

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