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Automation

All actions possible through the Coder dashboard can also be automated as it utilizes the same public REST API. There are several ways to extend/automate Coder:

Quickstart

Generate a token on your Coder deployment by visiting:

https://coder.example.com/settings/tokens

List your workspaces

# CLI
coder ls \
  --url https://coder.example.com \
  --token <your-token> \
  --output json

# REST API (with curl)
curl https://coder.example.com/api/v2/workspaces?q=owner:me \
  -H "Coder-Session-Token: <your-token>"

Documentation

We publish an API reference in our documentation. You can also enable a Swagger endpoint on your Coder deployment.

Use cases

We strive to keep the following use cases up to date, but please note that changes to API queries and routes can occur. For the most recent queries and payloads, we recommend checking the CLI and API documentation.

Templates

Workspace agents

Workspace agents have a special token that can send logs, metrics, and workspace activity.

  • Custom workspace logs: Expose messages prior to the Coder init script running (e.g. pulling image, VM starting, restoring snapshot). coder-logstream-kube uses this to show Kubernetes events, such as image pulls or ResourceQuota restrictions.

    curl -X PATCH https://coder.example.com/api/v2/workspaceagents/me/logs \
    -H "Coder-Session-Token: $CODER_AGENT_TOKEN" \
    -d "{
      \"logs\": [
        {
          \"created_at\": \"$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')\",
          \"level\": \"info\",
          \"output\": \"Restoring workspace from snapshot: 05%...\"
        }
      ]
    }"
    
  • Manually send workspace activity: Keep a workspace "active," even if there is not an open connection (e.g. for a long-running machine learning job).

    #!/bin/bash
    # Send workspace activity as long as the job is still running
    
    while true
    do
      if pgrep -f "my_training_script.py" > /dev/null
      then
        curl -X POST "https://coder.example.com/api/v2/workspaceagents/me/report-stats" \
        -H "Coder-Session-Token: $CODER_AGENT_TOKEN" \
        -d '{
          "connection_count": 1
        }'
    
        # Sleep for 30 minutes (1800 seconds) if the job is running
        sleep 1800
      else
        # Sleep for 1 minute (60 seconds) if the job is not running
        sleep 60
      fi
    done
    
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