> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.boat.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get box > Poll this endpoint after create, stop, resume, or fork operations. ## OpenAPI ````yaml openapi/box-v1.yaml GET /boxes/{boxId} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Boat Public API v1 version: 1.0.0 description: > Public JSON API for creating, operating, prompting, observing, and exposing Boat sandboxes from backend services, CI jobs, hosted workers, and Boat automation products. The v1 reference intentionally documents the developer integration surface only. Dashboard billing actions are not part of v1. servers: - url: https://ascii.dev/api/box/v1 security: - BoxBearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Box description: >- Unified Boat account, setup, lifecycle, prompting, event history, desktop access, and SSH operations. paths: /boxes/{boxId}: parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/BoxId' get: tags: - Box summary: Get box description: Poll this endpoint after create, stop, resume, or fork operations. operationId: get responses: '200': description: Box details. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/BoxInfoResponse' examples: box: value: ok: true type: box.info box: id: bx_23456789 name: Box 2026-05-31 12:00 state: idle url: https://machine.on.ascii.dev ip: 203.0.113.10 createdAt: '2026-05-31T12:00:00Z' updatedAt: '2026-05-31T12:05:00Z' archiveAfter: '2026-05-31T13:00:00Z' desktopAvailable: true desktopUrl: https://desktop.example/stream.html?token=redacted snapshotAvailable: false snapshotCompletedAt: null '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound' components: parameters: BoxId: name: boxId in: path required: true schema: type: string pattern: ^bx_[23456789abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz]{8}$ description: Public Box id returned by create/list/get box calls. schemas: BoxInfoResponse: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessBase' - type: object required: - box properties: type: type: string examples: - box.info box: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Box' SuccessBase: type: object required: - ok - type properties: ok: type: boolean examples: - true type: type: string description: Stable success envelope discriminator added by v1. Box: type: object required: - id - name - state - desktopAvailable - snapshotAvailable properties: id: type: string pattern: ^bx_[23456789abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz]{8}$ examples: - bx_23456789 name: type: string examples: - Box 2026-05-31 12:00 state: type: string enum: - init - provisioning - provisioned - cloning - ready - idle - running - archiving - archived - error type: type: string enum: - small - default - large - xlarge description: >- Current machine size: what the box was created with, or the size it was last resumed or forked onto. Legacy bare-metal boxes read as `default`. vcpu: type: integer description: vCPUs guaranteed by this box's type. examples: - 4 memoryGB: type: integer description: RAM in GB guaranteed by this box's type. examples: - 8 billingMultiplier: type: number description: >- Rate at which this box consumes machine time. 0.5 for `small`, 1 for `default`, 2 for `large`, and 50/9 for `xlarge`. examples: - 1 url: type: - string - 'null' format: uri description: Machine URL when assigned. ip: type: - string - 'null' description: Machine IPv6 or IPv4 address when assigned. createdAt: type: - string - 'null' format: date-time updatedAt: type: - string - 'null' format: date-time archiveAfter: type: - string - 'null' format: date-time description: Automatic archival time, or null when auto-stop is disabled. desktopAvailable: type: boolean desktopUrl: type: - string - 'null' format: uri description: Secret-bearing desktop stream URL when available. Redact from logs. snapshotAvailable: type: boolean snapshotCompletedAt: type: - string - 'null' format: date-time description: >- Timestamp of the most recent successfully completed snapshot, or null. subdomain: type: - string - 'null' description: >- The box's stable three-word subdomain slug (e.g. "frazil-pneuma-rallye"), or null before one is assigned. lastSnapshotAttemptAt: type: - string - 'null' format: date-time description: >- Timestamp of the most recent snapshot attempt of any status (queued, in_progress, completed, failed, cancelled), or null. Use with snapshotCompletedAt to detect snapshots that keep failing. lastSnapshotStatus: type: - string - 'null' enum: - queued - in_progress - completed - failed - cancelled - null description: >- Status of the most recent snapshot attempt, or null if none. A value other than completed while snapshotCompletedAt stays stale indicates failing snapshots. setupStatus: type: - string - 'null' enum: - pending - running - done - failed - null description: >- Outcome of the create-time `setupScript`: `pending` (stored, not yet started), `running` (executing on the box in the background), `done` (exit code 0) or `failed` (non-zero exit, or the box lost track of the process). Null when the box was created without a setup script. setupError: type: - string - 'null' description: >- Short failure detail (exit code plus a stderr tail) when `setupStatus` is `failed`; while `pending`, may carry the last start/upload error from a retry in progress. Otherwise null. environment: type: - string - 'null' description: >- Name of the Boat environment this box is running, or null if it is attached to none (a `noEnv` box, or one whose environment was deleted). A box freezes onto one environment version when it starts and keeps it for life, so this is what the box actually holds, not what the environment says today. examples: - base environmentVersion: type: - integer - 'null' description: >- Version number of `environment` that this box is pinned to. Compare it against the environment's latest version to see whether an upgrade is pending: a box below the latest is still running the older configuration until someone calls `POST /environments/{environmentId}/upgrade`. examples: - 3 ErrorEnvelope: type: object required: - ok - type - status - code - message - error - requestId properties: ok: type: boolean examples: - false type: type: string examples: - box.error status: type: integer examples: - 409 code: type: string examples: - provider_not_configured message: type: string examples: - Prompting is locked until Codex is configured on the Agents page. requestId: type: string examples: - req_01HX... error: type: object required: - code - message - status properties: code: type: string message: type: string status: type: integer details: type: object additionalProperties: true responses: Unauthorized: description: Missing or invalid bearer token. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope' examples: unauthorized: value: ok: false type: box.error status: 401 code: unauthorized message: Unauthorized error: code: unauthorized message: Unauthorized status: 401 requestId: req_01HX... NotFound: description: Resource not found. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope' securitySchemes: BoxBearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: box_api_key description: >- Boat bearer token in the form `box_...`. Service API keys authenticate Boat operations. ````