---
title: "Execute a sandbox process"
method: POST
path: "/v1/sandboxes/{sandbox_id}/processes"
tags: ["Sandboxes"]
---

# Execute a sandbox process

`POST /v1/sandboxes/{sandbox_id}/processes`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.dexto.ai`
- URL: `https://api.dexto.ai/v1/sandboxes/{sandbox_id}/processes`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Execute a sandbox process

## Path parameters

- `sandbox_id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `command` string, required
  - `cwd` string
  - `timeout_ms` integer

## Response `200`

Successful response.

- object
  - `exit_code` integer, required
  - `stderr` string, required
  - `stderr_truncated` boolean, required
  - `stdout` string, required
  - `stdout_truncated` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid JSON or request fields.
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key.
- `402`: The account has insufficient credits.
- `403`: The account cannot perform this operation.
- `404`: The requested resource was not found.
- `409`: The request conflicts with existing resource state.
- `429`: The account exceeded this operation's request rate.
- `500`: Unexpected Dexto failure.
- `502`: The upstream model provider failed.
- `503`: A required Dexto service is temporarily unavailable.

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