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This guide helps you migrate from E2B SDK v1 to v2, covering all breaking changes and new patterns.

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Table of contents

SDK v2 introduces several important changes:

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Breaking changes

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1. Sandbox creation in synchronous Python SDK

In v2, the synchronous Python SDK uses a class method create() instead of the constructor Sandbox(). 
from e2b_code_interpreter import Sandbox

sandbox = Sandbox.create()
sandbox = Sandbox.create(template="base")
In the v1, you would instantiate directly: 
from e2b_code_interpreter import Sandbox

sandbox = Sandbox()
sandbox = Sandbox(template="base")

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2. Secure communication by default

Sandboxes are now secure by default. This means you can’t access the sandbox controller directly through its URL without an authentication header. The SDK automatically handles the authentication header for you. For custom templates created before envd v0.2.0, you need to rebuild them to enable secure communication. Otherwise, you will receive error messages when creating sandboxes. You can check the template envd version using the e2b template list command or view the templates list in the dashboard. You can temporarily disable secure communication by setting secure to false during sandbox creation, but this is not recommended for production environments. 
import { Sandbox } from '@e2b/code-interpreter'

const sandbox = await Sandbox.create({ secure: false }) // Explicitly disable
Check more details in the secured access documentation.

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3. File writing in Python SDK

The file writing API in Python has been made more consistent. In v2, use sandbox.files.write() for single files and sandbox.files.write_files() for multiple files: 
from e2b_code_interpreter import Sandbox

sandbox = Sandbox.create()

# Write single file
info = sandbox.files.write("/tmp/file.txt", "content")

# Write multiple files
infos = sandbox.files.write_files([
    {"path": "/tmp/file1.txt", "data": "content1"},
    {"path": "/tmp/file2.txt", "data": "content2"}
])
In v1, the same write() method was overloaded for both single and multiple files: 
from e2b_code_interpreter import Sandbox

sandbox = Sandbox.create()

# Write single file
info = sandbox.write(path="/tmp/file.txt", data="content")

# Write multiple files
infos = sandbox.write([
    {"path": "/tmp/file1.txt", "data": "content1"},
    {"path": "/tmp/file2.txt", "data": "content2"}
])

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4. Listing sandboxes

The method for listing sandboxes has been updated to use pagination. 
import { Sandbox, SandboxInfo } from '@e2b/code-interpreter'

// Get paginator
const paginator = Sandbox.list()

// Iterate through all sandboxes
for (const sandbox of await paginator.nextItems()) {
    console.log(sandbox.sandboxId)
}

// Iterate through all sandboxes
const allSandboxes: SandboxInfo[] = []
while (paginator.hasNext) {
    const items = await paginator.nextItems()
    allSandboxes.push(...items)
}

// With query
const queryPaginator = Sandbox.list({query: {metadata: {key: "value"}}})