SandboxError: 401: Invalid API key

[lukeweb3]

Describe the bug
I ran the e2b sandbox following the steps shown in the README, and it reported the error:
SandboxError: 401: Invalid API key, please visit https://e2b.dev/docs?reason=sdk-missing-api-key to get your API key.

To Reproduce
I followed the steps exactly as described in the README:

1. Install the TypeScript SDK.
2. Signed up at https://e2b.dev/.
3. Created my API key at https://e2b.dev/dashboard?tab=keys, and I saw $100 in credits.
4. Set E2B_API_KEY=<my_api_key> in the .env file and also exported it.
5. Ran the JavaScript script as shown in the README, then encountered the error.

During this process, I tried printing E2B_API_KEY in JavaScript, and it output correctly.

Terminal commands & output

> npx tsx ./index.ts 
~/github.com/e2b-dev/test/node_modules/e2b/src/api/index.ts:21
  return new SandboxError(`${response.response.status}: ${message}`)
         ^


SandboxError: 401: Invalid API key, please visit https://e2b.dev/docs?reason=sdk-missing-api-key to get your API key.
    at handleApiError (~/github.com/e2b-dev/test/node_modules/e2b/src/api/index.ts:21:10)
    at Function.<anonymous> (~/github.com/e2b-dev/test/node_modules/e2b/src/sandbox/sandboxApi.ts:179:17)
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at fulfilled (~/github.com/e2b-dev/test/node_modules/e2b/dist/index.js:51:24)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:105:5)

Desktop :

• OS: ubuntu 22.04
• "@e2b/code-interpreter": "^1.0.4"
• "typescript": "^5.8.2"

I wonder if there's anything wrong with these steps? Or is the service unavailable at this very moment?
Thanks

[linear]

E2B-1890 SandboxError: 401: Invalid API key

[mlejva]

Hi @0xDevVoyager, how are you loading the env var from the .env file in the script?

[ValentaTomas]

Also when you mentioned exporting in Set E2B_API_KEY=<my_api_key> in the .env file and also exported it. what you specifically mean by that? So we are on the same page.

Btw, code that I used (with the same version of SDK) that worked for me:

import dotenv from "dotenv";

dotenv.config();

import { Sandbox } from "@e2b/code-interpreter";

async function main() {
  const sandbox = await Sandbox.create({ timeoutMs: 10000 });

  console.log(sandbox.sandboxId);
}

main();

Then started just by using node.

[lukeweb3]

What I meant was that I added E2B_API_KEY=<my_api_key> to the .env file, and to ensure it was set correctly, I also ran export E2B_API_KEY=<my_api_key>. Additionally, I tried printing the value of E2B_API_KEY in the code, and it was correct.

I tested it using your code, but I'm still encountering the same issue. It looks like my API key is indeed not working.

[lukeweb3]

I don't know why my API key doesn't work. I registered according to the instructions in the readme. Do I need to recharge before I can try it?

[ben-fornefeld]

can you try creating a new api key here and use that one? it should be provided to you in the modal after creation in the dashboard