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# webbox create

> Create Web Box

Creates a Web Box from a ready Web Box Snapshot and starts it. It returns at once with status starting; get the Web Box until it is running. Open its url in a browser: the app is served at a host of its own, open to anyone with the URL. Each Web Box has its own state, and runs in real time.

```bash theme={null}
continuous webbox create [flags]
```

## Examples

```bash theme={null}
continuous webbox create --snapshot-id wbs_01J8Z5X4K70000000000000005
```

## Flags

**--body** `string`

Request body as JSON (alternative to individual flags). Can also be provided via stdin.

**--idempotency-key** `string`

Optional key for retrying this create safely. A retry with the same key and request returns the same Web Box. The same key with a different request returns 409 idempotency\_conflict.

**--include-sample-data**

Start with the Snapshot's sample data: a realistic account loaded on top of its seed before the first request. Defaults to false, a brand-new workspace. Requires a Snapshot that carries sample data; see its composition.

**--metadata, -m** `string`

Customer JSON metadata, up to 16 KiB and 64 nesting levels.

**--name, -n** `string`

Name for the Web Box. Omission generates a name.

**--snapshot-id, -s** `string` *required*

A ready Web Box Snapshot of the workspace or the catalog.

Global flags apply to every command. See [Global flags](https://docs.continuouslabs.ai/cli/global-flags.md).


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