curl --request POST \
--url https://sailbox-api.sailresearch.com/v1/sailbox-volumes \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "shared-datasets"
}
'import requests
url = "https://sailbox-api.sailresearch.com/v1/sailbox-volumes"
payload = { "name": "shared-datasets" }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({name: 'shared-datasets'})
};
fetch('https://sailbox-api.sailresearch.com/v1/sailbox-volumes', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://sailbox-api.sailresearch.com/v1/sailbox-volumes",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'shared-datasets'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://sailbox-api.sailresearch.com/v1/sailbox-volumes"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"shared-datasets\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://sailbox-api.sailresearch.com/v1/sailbox-volumes")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"shared-datasets\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://sailbox-api.sailresearch.com/v1/sailbox-volumes")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"shared-datasets\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"volume_id": "vol_4d2e8a11-6c3f-4b95-8e7a-1f0c5d9b3a26",
"name": "shared-datasets",
"backend": "nfs",
"status": "ready",
"created_at": "2026-07-01T12:00:00Z",
"updated_at": "2026-07-01T12:00:00Z"
}{
"error": {
"message": "memory_limit_gib for size m must be between 8 and 128",
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"param": null,
"code": null
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "Invalid API key",
"type": "authentication_error",
"param": null,
"code": "invalid_api_key"
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "Your API key has been disabled due to insufficient credits. Visit https://app.sailresearch.com/billing to add credits.",
"type": "billing_error",
"param": null,
"code": "credits_exhausted",
"billing_url": "https://app.sailresearch.com/billing"
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "sailboxes require an organization-scoped API key",
"type": "permission_error",
"param": null,
"code": null
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "idempotency key reused with a different request body",
"type": "conflict_error",
"param": null,
"code": null
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "request body too large",
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"param": null,
"code": null
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "Too many concurrent requests. Please retry after some of your organization's in-flight requests complete.",
"type": "rate_limit_error",
"param": null,
"code": "rate_limited"
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "failed to fetch sailbox",
"type": "server_error",
"param": null,
"code": null
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "Authentication service unavailable",
"type": "server_error",
"param": null,
"code": null
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "idempotent request still in flight",
"type": "server_error",
"param": null,
"code": null
}
}Create a volume
Creates a volume you can mount into Sailboxes. Volume names are unique within an organization, so creating a name that already exists returns the existing volume rather than failing. That makes this safe to call on every start.
curl --request POST \
--url https://sailbox-api.sailresearch.com/v1/sailbox-volumes \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "shared-datasets"
}
'import requests
url = "https://sailbox-api.sailresearch.com/v1/sailbox-volumes"
payload = { "name": "shared-datasets" }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({name: 'shared-datasets'})
};
fetch('https://sailbox-api.sailresearch.com/v1/sailbox-volumes', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://sailbox-api.sailresearch.com/v1/sailbox-volumes",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'shared-datasets'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://sailbox-api.sailresearch.com/v1/sailbox-volumes"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"shared-datasets\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://sailbox-api.sailresearch.com/v1/sailbox-volumes")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"shared-datasets\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://sailbox-api.sailresearch.com/v1/sailbox-volumes")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"shared-datasets\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"volume_id": "vol_4d2e8a11-6c3f-4b95-8e7a-1f0c5d9b3a26",
"name": "shared-datasets",
"backend": "nfs",
"status": "ready",
"created_at": "2026-07-01T12:00:00Z",
"updated_at": "2026-07-01T12:00:00Z"
}{
"error": {
"message": "memory_limit_gib for size m must be between 8 and 128",
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"param": null,
"code": null
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "Invalid API key",
"type": "authentication_error",
"param": null,
"code": "invalid_api_key"
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "Your API key has been disabled due to insufficient credits. Visit https://app.sailresearch.com/billing to add credits.",
"type": "billing_error",
"param": null,
"code": "credits_exhausted",
"billing_url": "https://app.sailresearch.com/billing"
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "sailboxes require an organization-scoped API key",
"type": "permission_error",
"param": null,
"code": null
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "idempotency key reused with a different request body",
"type": "conflict_error",
"param": null,
"code": null
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "request body too large",
"type": "invalid_request_error",
"param": null,
"code": null
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "Too many concurrent requests. Please retry after some of your organization's in-flight requests complete.",
"type": "rate_limit_error",
"param": null,
"code": "rate_limited"
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "failed to fetch sailbox",
"type": "server_error",
"param": null,
"code": null
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "Authentication service unavailable",
"type": "server_error",
"param": null,
"code": null
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "idempotent request still in flight",
"type": "server_error",
"param": null,
"code": null
}
}Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Headers
Makes the request retry-safe. Sail remembers the answer it sent under a key, including a 400 or a 409, and replays it with Idempotent-Replayed: true for a retry that repeats the key, the method, the path, and the body. Bodies are compared byte for byte. Reusing a key for a different request returns 409, so send a corrected request under a new key. A key that is blank or only spaces is ignored, and the request runs without idempotency.
Any string of up to 255 bytes works, and characters outside ASCII count for more than one. A UUID is a good default. Keys are remembered for at least 24 hours and scoped to the API key that sent them.
A server error, or a failure to record the answer, can leave a key unsettled, and creating a Sailbox is where that matters. See Retrying safely.
255Body
Name for the volume. Letters, numbers, ., -, and _ only. Names are unique within your organization.
1 - 128^[A-Za-z0-9._-]+$Response
The volume.
Id to pass when mounting the volume.
Name of the volume.
Storage type of the volume.
Current state of the volume: ready once it can be mounted, and deleted once it has been removed.
When the volume was created.
When the volume last changed.