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title: "Daytona"
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## Daytona

Main class for interacting with the Daytona API.

Provides methods to create, retrieve, and list Sandboxes, and exposes service accessors for
Snapshots and Volumes.

Implements `AutoCloseable` for deterministic HTTP resource cleanup.

**Properties**:

- `CODE_TOOLBOX_LANGUAGE_LABEL` _String_ -

### Constructors

#### new Daytona()
```java
public Daytona()
```

Creates a client using environment variables.

Reads `DAYTONA_API_KEY`, `DAYTONA_API_URL`, and `DAYTONA_TARGET`.

**Throws**:

- `DaytonaException` - if required authentication is missing

#### new Daytona()
```java
public Daytona(DaytonaConfig config)
```

Creates a client with explicit configuration.

**Parameters**:

- `config` _DaytonaConfig_ - SDK configuration containing API key and endpoint settings

**Throws**:

- `DaytonaException` - if configuration is invalid or missing credentials

### Methods

#### create()
```java
public Sandbox create()
```

Creates a Sandbox with default parameters and timeout.

**Returns**:

- `Sandbox` - created and started `Sandbox`

**Throws**:

- `DaytonaException` - if creation or startup fails

#### create()
```java
public Sandbox create(CreateSandboxFromSnapshotParams params)
```

Creates a Sandbox from snapshot-oriented parameters using default timeout.

**Parameters**:

- `params` _CreateSandboxFromSnapshotParams_ - snapshot creation parameters

**Returns**:

- `Sandbox` - created and started `Sandbox`

**Throws**:

- `DaytonaException` - if creation or startup fails

#### create()
```java
public Sandbox create(CreateSandboxFromImageParams params)
```

Creates a Sandbox from image-oriented parameters using default timeout.

**Parameters**:

- `params` _CreateSandboxFromImageParams_ - image creation parameters

**Returns**:

- `Sandbox` - created and started `Sandbox`

**Throws**:

- `DaytonaException` - if creation or startup fails

#### create()
```java
public Sandbox create(CreateSandboxFromSnapshotParams params, long timeoutSeconds)
```

Creates a Sandbox from snapshot parameters.

**Parameters**:

- `params` _CreateSandboxFromSnapshotParams_ - snapshot creation parameters including env vars, labels, and lifecycle options
- `timeoutSeconds` _long_ - maximum seconds to wait for the Sandbox to reach `started`

**Returns**:

- `Sandbox` - created and started `Sandbox`

**Throws**:

- `DaytonaException` - if creation fails or the Sandbox does not start in time

#### create()
```java
public Sandbox create(CreateSandboxFromImageParams params, long timeoutSeconds)
```

Creates a Sandbox from image parameters.

**Parameters**:

- `params` _CreateSandboxFromImageParams_ - image creation parameters including image source and optional resources
- `timeoutSeconds` _long_ - maximum seconds to wait for the Sandbox to reach `started`

**Returns**:

- `Sandbox` - created and started `Sandbox`

**Throws**:

- `DaytonaException` - if creation fails or the Sandbox does not start in time

#### create()
```java
public Sandbox create(CreateSandboxFromImageParams params, long timeoutSeconds, java.util.function.Consumer<String> onSnapshotCreateLogs)
```

Creates a new Sandbox from a declarative image with build log streaming.

**Parameters**:

- `params` _CreateSandboxFromImageParams_ - creation parameters including the image definition
- `timeoutSeconds` _long_ - maximum seconds to wait for the Sandbox to reach `started`
- `onSnapshotCreateLogs` _java.util.function.Consumer\<String\>_ - callback for build log lines; `null` to skip streaming

**Returns**:

- `Sandbox` - created and started `Sandbox`

**Throws**:

- `DaytonaException` - if creation fails or the Sandbox does not start in time

#### get()
```java
public Sandbox get(String sandboxIdOrName)
```

Retrieves a Sandbox by ID or name.

**Parameters**:

- `sandboxIdOrName` _String_ - Sandbox identifier or name

**Returns**:

- `Sandbox` - resolved `Sandbox`

**Throws**:

- `DaytonaException` - if the Sandbox is not found or request fails

#### list()
```java
public PaginatedSandboxes list()
```

Lists Sandboxes using default pagination.

**Returns**:

- `PaginatedSandboxes` - first page of Sandboxes with default page size

**Throws**:

- `DaytonaException` - if listing fails

#### list()
```java
public PaginatedSandboxes list(Map<String, String> labels, Integer page, Integer limit)
```

Lists Sandboxes with optional label filtering and pagination.

**Parameters**:

- `labels` _Map\<String, String\>_ - label filter map; only Sandboxes with matching labels are returned
- `page` _Integer_ - page number starting from 1
- `limit` _Integer_ - maximum items per page

**Returns**:

- `PaginatedSandboxes` - paginated Sandbox list

**Throws**:

- `DaytonaException` - if listing fails

#### snapshot()
```java
public SnapshotService snapshot()
```

Returns Snapshot management service.

**Returns**:

- `SnapshotService` - snapshot service instance

#### volume()
```java
public VolumeService volume()
```

Returns Volume management service.

**Returns**:

- `VolumeService` - volume service instance

#### close()
```java
public void close()
```

Closes this client and releases underlying HTTP resources.
