Vast.ai Hello World

Overview

Minimal working example demonstrating core Vast.ai functionality.

Prerequisites

• Completed vastai-install-auth setup
• Valid API credentials configured
• Development environment ready

Instructions

Step 1: Create Entry File

Create a new file for your hello world example.

Step 2: Import and Initialize Client

import { Vast.aiClient } from '@vastai/sdk';

const client = new Vast.aiClient({
  apiKey: process.env.VASTAI_API_KEY,
});

Step 3: Make Your First API Call

async function main() {
  // Your first API call here
}

main().catch(console.error);

Output

• Working code file with Vast.ai client initialization
• Successful API response confirming connection
• Console output showing:

Success! Your Vast.ai connection is working.

Error Handling

Examples

TypeScript Example

import { Vast.aiClient } from '@vastai/sdk';

const client = new Vast.aiClient({
  apiKey: process.env.VASTAI_API_KEY,
});

async function main() {
  // Your first API call here
}

main().catch(console.error);

Python Example

from vastai import Vast.aiClient

client = Vast.aiClient()

# Your first API call here

Resources

• Vast.ai Getting Started
• Vast.ai API Reference
• Vast.ai Examples

Next Steps

Proceed to vastai-local-dev-loop for development workflow setup.