Read, write, and manage files in the sandbox filesystem. All paths are absolute (e.g., /workspace/app.js).
Write content to a file.
await sandbox.writeFile(path: string, content: string, options?: WriteFileOptions): Promise<void>Parameters:
path- Absolute path to the filecontent- Content to writeoptions(optional):encoding- File encoding ("utf-8"or"base64", default:"utf-8")
await sandbox.writeFile("/workspace/app.js", `console.log('Hello!');`);
// Binary data
await sandbox.writeFile("/tmp/image.png", base64Data, { encoding: "base64" });await sandbox.writeFile('/workspace/app.js', `console.log('Hello!');`);
// Binary data
await sandbox.writeFile('/tmp/image.png', base64Data, { encoding: 'base64' });When using the rpc transport the writeFile() method supports passing a ReadableStream as the content parameter. This allows binary data and files greater than 32 MiB to be written to the sandbox. It replaces the "base64" encoding option.
// Requires SANDBOX_TRANSPORT to be "rpc" in wrangler.jsonc
const req = await fetch("https://example.com/archive.tar.gz");
await sandbox.writeFile('/workspace/archive.tar.gz', req.body);Read a file from the sandbox. By default returns the content as a string. This is useful for small text files. For larger files and binary data use encoding: "none" to get back a ReadableStream with the file data.
const file = await sandbox.readFile(path: string, options?: ReadFileOptions): Promise<ReadFileResult | ReadFileStreamResult>Parameters:
path- Absolute path to the fileoptions(optional):encoding- File encoding ("utf-8","base64"or"none", default: auto-detected from MIME type)
Returns: Promise<ReadFileResult | ReadFileStreamResult>.
const file = await sandbox.readFile("/workspace/package.json");
const pkg = JSON.parse(file.content);
// Binary data (since 0.10.1 using `rpc` transport)
const { content, size, mimeType } = await sandbox.readFile(
"/workspace/archive.tar.gz",
{
encoding: "none",
},
);
// Example 1: Store on R2:
const stream = request.body.pipeThrough(new FixedLengthStream(size));
await env.MY_BUCKET.put("/bucket/archive.tar.gz", stream, {
httpMetadata: { contentType: mimeType },
});
// Example 2: Stream an HTTP response:
return new Response(content, { headers: { "Content-Type": mimeType } });
// Older versions/transports used the base64 encoding for binary data:
const archive = await sandbox.readFile("/workspace/archive.tar.gz", {
encoding: "base64",
});
console.log(archive.content); // => "<base64 encoded string>";const file = await sandbox.readFile('/workspace/package.json');
const pkg = JSON.parse(file.content);
// Binary data (since 0.10.1 using `rpc` transport)
const { content, size, mimeType } = await sandbox.readFile("/workspace/archive.tar.gz", {
encoding: "none"
});
// Example 1: Store on R2:
const stream = request.body.pipeThrough(new FixedLengthStream(size));
await env.MY_BUCKET.put('/bucket/archive.tar.gz', stream, {
httpMetadata: { contentType: mimeType }
});
// Example 2: Stream an HTTP response:
return new Response(content, { headers: { "Content-Type": mimeType } });
// Older versions/transports used the base64 encoding for binary data:
const archive = await sandbox.readFile("/workspace/archive.tar.gz", {
encoding: "base64"
});
console.log(archive.content); // => "<base64 encoded string>";Check if a file or directory exists.
const result = await sandbox.exists(path: string): Promise<FileExistsResult>Parameters:
path- Absolute path to check
Returns: Promise<FileExistsResult> with exists boolean
const result = await sandbox.exists("/workspace/package.json");
if (result.exists) {
const file = await sandbox.readFile("/workspace/package.json");
// process file
}
// Check directory
const dirResult = await sandbox.exists("/workspace/src");
if (!dirResult.exists) {
await sandbox.mkdir("/workspace/src");
}const result = await sandbox.exists('/workspace/package.json');
if (result.exists) {
const file = await sandbox.readFile('/workspace/package.json');
// process file
}
// Check directory
const dirResult = await sandbox.exists('/workspace/src');
if (!dirResult.exists) {
await sandbox.mkdir('/workspace/src');
}Create a directory.
await sandbox.mkdir(path: string, options?: MkdirOptions): Promise<void>Parameters:
path- Absolute path to the directoryoptions(optional):recursive- Create parent directories if needed (default:false)
await sandbox.mkdir("/workspace/src");
// Nested directories
await sandbox.mkdir("/workspace/src/components/ui", { recursive: true });await sandbox.mkdir('/workspace/src');
// Nested directories
await sandbox.mkdir('/workspace/src/components/ui', { recursive: true });Delete a file.
await sandbox.deleteFile(path: string): Promise<void>Parameters:
path- Absolute path to the file
await sandbox.deleteFile("/workspace/temp.txt");await sandbox.deleteFile('/workspace/temp.txt');Rename a file.
await sandbox.renameFile(oldPath: string, newPath: string): Promise<void>Parameters:
oldPath- Current file pathnewPath- New file path
await sandbox.renameFile("/workspace/draft.txt", "/workspace/final.txt");await sandbox.renameFile('/workspace/draft.txt', '/workspace/final.txt');Move a file to a different directory.
await sandbox.moveFile(sourcePath: string, destinationPath: string): Promise<void>Parameters:
sourcePath- Current file pathdestinationPath- Destination path
await sandbox.moveFile("/tmp/download.txt", "/workspace/data.txt");await sandbox.moveFile('/tmp/download.txt', '/workspace/data.txt');Clone a git repository.
await sandbox.gitCheckout(repoUrl: string, options?: GitCheckoutOptions): Promise<void>Parameters:
repoUrl- Git repository URLoptions(optional):branch- Branch to checkout (default: repository default branch)targetDir- Directory to clone into (default:/workspace/{repoName})depth- Clone depth for shallow clones (e.g.,1for latest commit only)
await sandbox.gitCheckout("https://github.com/user/repo");
// Specific branch
await sandbox.gitCheckout("https://github.com/user/repo", {
branch: "develop",
targetDir: "/workspace/my-project",
});
// Shallow clone (faster for large repositories)
await sandbox.gitCheckout("https://github.com/facebook/react", {
depth: 1,
});await sandbox.gitCheckout('https://github.com/user/repo');
// Specific branch
await sandbox.gitCheckout('https://github.com/user/repo', {
branch: 'develop',
targetDir: '/workspace/my-project'
});
// Shallow clone (faster for large repositories)
await sandbox.gitCheckout('https://github.com/facebook/react', {
depth: 1
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