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The Paperspace API is the official devkit for automating your Paperspace account. It's currently available in JavaScript, and we plan to offer other languages and integrations in the future. For v0, we are offering basic actions such as creating machines and managing team members. This repo includes:
- JavaScript API client (for Node.js and the browser)
- CLI
- API documentation
- Script Guide for creating and using startup scripts
- New method: machines utilization
- Minor doc fixes
- List method exact date searches now work
- List method null value searches now work
- Support for startup scripts
- scripts namespace and methods
- Assign a new public ip address on machines create method
- Query filters on list methods
- Support for paperspace terraform provider
- fix for cli false input values being converted to strings
- minor doc fixes
- List method exact date searches don't find matches
- List method null value searches don't find matches
Your system will need Node.js v4+ installed. Check that you have a recent enough version by running node -v in your terminal. Node.js comes bundled with npm, the Node.js package management tool, which you'll use to install this package.
Install the package from npm:
$ npm install -g paperspace-node
The reason we recommend installing it globally is so the paperspace command will be available on your command line everywhere on your system. If you only want to make it available within an individual Node.js project, you can install it locally by omitting the -g flag.
Before you can use this tool, you'll need a Paperspace account. You'll use this account to obtain Paperspace API keys.
First, sign in to your Paperspace account. Click 'Launch Console' at top right. From your admin console, you should find an 'Account Info' section. There, you'll find a form where you can create API keys. You'll use the API keys you generate here to authenticate your requests.
You can interact with Paperspace's API in three ways: programatically (from within JavaScript), from the command line (using the Paperspace CLI), or using an HTTP client of your choice and the Paperspace API HTTP enpoints documented here. The JavaScript library and the CLI are backed by the same underlying API client.
We'll be illustrating all examples using ES5 syntax and the CommonJS module format. For other systems like Asynchronous Module Definition, consider using a bundler such as Browserify.
First install the paperspace-node package in your project directory using:
$ npm install paperspace-node
Within your node.js app you can import the package with:
var paperspace_node = require('paperspace-node');
Then create an instance of the client, passing in your authentication credentials:
var paperspace = paperspace_node({
apiKey: '1ba4f98e7c0...' // <- paste your api key here
});
All of the methods are namespaced by category ("machines.create" or "invoices.show") and have the same function signature. For example:
paperspace.machines.create({
// parameters
}, function (err, resp) {
// callback
});
That is, the first argument is parameters object, and the second is a error-first callback function.
For information on all the methods available, see the API documentation.
Assuming you've installed the paperspace-node package, you can invoke the Paperspace CLI with:
$ paperspace --help
For authenticated requests, the Paperspace CLI will look in two places for an api key:
-
A command argument:
--apiKey. Example:$ paperspace machines show --apiKey "1ba4f98e7c0..." --machineId "ps123abc"
-
An environment variable:
PAPERSPACE_API_KEY. Example:$ export PAPERSPACE_API_KEY=1ba4f98e7c0... $ paperspace machines show --machineId "ps123abc"
The CLI provides all methods as subcommands, using this scheme: paperspace <namespace> <subcommand>. For example:
$ paperspace machines create --apiKey "1ba4f98e7c0..." --machineName "My Machine" --size 50 ...
For information on all the methods available, see the API documentation.
If you'd prefer to interact with our HTTP API directly, and roll your own client instead of using ours, our HTTP endpoints are also described in our API documentation.
NOTE: the HTTP endpoints are subject to change in the future. We recommend using one of the programmatic APIs whenever possible to maintain forward compatibility.
If making HTTP requests directly to the Paperspace HTTP endpoints use the following address for each request: https://api.paperspace.io
In order to use the HTTP API directly you must specify the x-api-key header with the value of the API key obtained using the procedure above.
If you've created an API client in a language other than JavaScript, please let us know and we will link to it here.
See the directory samples for a few simple samples of using the node API, and the CLI in a bash script. Note: the jq tool is used in the bash sample for parsing JSON data.
We welcome contributions to this project. Please adhere to the established coding conventions within the project and submit changes using pull requests.
For bugs with the API client, command-line utility, or the HTTP API, please file tickets using GitHub Issues on this repo. We'll do our best to respond as quickly as we can. Keep in mind that Paperspace is a small team and you may need to allow up to a week for a response.
Other issues, such as those related to your Paperspace account, your team or team members, billing, or technical issues with your Paperspace machines should be directed to support@paperspace.com.
Think you've discovered a security flaw or exploit? We offer bug bounties for responsible vulnerability disclosures that match our criteria. Please contact us directly at support@paperspace.com and we will respond as quickly as we can.
Use the Paperspace API with care. This tool is provided as-is (please see our LICENSE). Know that many actions provided via our public API can result in billing charges for Paperspace services. Please be aware of Paperspace's billing policies before performing any of these actions; you'll see charges reflected in your invoice at the end of the month. Some actions, such as deactivating machines, are irreversible, resulting in permanent loss of data. Paperspace cannot recover lost data such as mistakenly deleted account information, and may only be able to give limited assistance if an action is performed mistakenly. API access will be disabled for accounts not in good standing. Keeping your account credentials secret is your responsibility. You may only use Paperspace's API to store, retrieve, query, serve, and execute content that is owned, licensed or lawfully obtained by you.
This project is open source, under the ISC license. See LICENSE.txt.
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