Create box

curl --request POST \
  --url https://ascii.dev/api/box/v1/boxes \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "ttlSeconds": 3600
}
'

import requests

url = "https://ascii.dev/api/box/v1/boxes"

payload = { "ttlSeconds": 3600 }
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({ttlSeconds: 3600})
};

fetch('https://ascii.dev/api/box/v1/boxes', 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://ascii.dev/api/box/v1/boxes",
  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([
    'ttlSeconds' => 3600
  ]),
  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://ascii.dev/api/box/v1/boxes"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"ttlSeconds\": 3600\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://ascii.dev/api/box/v1/boxes")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"ttlSeconds\": 3600\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://ascii.dev/api/box/v1/boxes")

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  \"ttlSeconds\": 3600\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "ok": true,
  "type": "box.created",
  "status": "provisioning",
  "ttlSeconds": 3600,
  "box": {
    "id": "bx_23456789",
    "name": "Box 2026-05-31 12:00",
    "state": "provisioning",
    "url": null,
    "ip": null,
    "createdAt": "2026-05-31T12:00:00Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-31T12:00:00Z",
    "archiveAfter": "2026-05-31T13:00:00Z",
    "desktopAvailable": false,
    "desktopUrl": null,
    "snapshotAvailable": false,
    "snapshotCompletedAt": null
  }
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "type": "box.error",
  "status": 401,
  "code": "unauthorized",
  "message": "Unauthorized",
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "Unauthorized",
    "status": 401
  },
  "requestId": "req_01HX..."
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "type": "box.error",
  "status": 409,
  "code": "provider_not_configured",
  "message": "Prompting is locked until Codex is configured on the Agents page.",
  "requestId": "req_01HX...",
  "error": {
    "code": "<string>",
    "message": "<string>",
    "status": 123,
    "details": {}
  }
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "type": "box.error",
  "status": 409,
  "code": "provider_not_configured",
  "message": "Prompting is locked until Codex is configured on the Agents page.",
  "requestId": "req_01HX...",
  "error": {
    "code": "<string>",
    "message": "<string>",
    "status": 123,
    "details": {}
  }
}

{
  "ok": false,
  "type": "box.error",
  "status": 409,
  "code": "provider_not_configured",
  "message": "Prompting is locked until Codex is configured on the Agents page.",
  "requestId": "req_01HX...",
  "error": {
    "code": "<string>",
    "message": "<string>",
    "status": 123,
    "details": {}
  }
}