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Piston
A high performance general purpose code execution engine.
About • Public API • Getting Started • Usage • Supported Languages • Principles • Security • License
About
Piston is a high performance general purpose code execution engine. It excels at running untrusted and possibly malicious code without fear from any harmful effects.
It's used in numerous places including:
- EMKC Challenges,
- EMKC Weekly Contests,
- Engineer Man Discord Server,
- I Run Code (Discord Bot) bot as well as 1300+ other servers and 100+ direct integrations.
To get it in your own server, go here: https://emkc.org/run.
Public API
- Requires no installation and you can use it immediately.
- Reference the Versions/Execute sections below to learn about the request and response formats.
When using the public Piston API, use the base URL:
https://emkc.org/api/v1/piston
GET
https://emkc.org/api/v1/piston/versions
POST
https://emkc.org/api/v1/piston/execute
Important Note: The Piston API is rate limited to 5 requests per second. If you have a need for more requests than that and it's for a good cause, please reach out to me (EngineerMan#0001) on Discord so we can discuss potentially getting you an unlimited key.
Getting Started
Host System Package Dependencies
- Docker
- Docker Compose
- Node JS
After system dependencies are installed, clone this repository:
# clone and enter repo
git clone https://github.com/engineer-man/piston
Installation
- docker-compose up
CLI Usage
cli/execute [language] [file path] [args]
Usage
CLI
lxc/execute [language] [file path] [args]
API
To use the API, it must first be started. Please note that if root is required to access LXC then the API must also be running as root. To start the API, run the following:
cd api
./start
For your own local installation, the API is available at:
http://127.0.0.1:2000
Versions Endpoint
GET /versions
This endpoint will return the supported languages along with the current version and aliases. To execute
code for a particular language using the /execute
endpoint, either the name or one of the aliases must
be provided.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
[
{
"name": "awk",
"aliases": ["awk"],
"version": "1.3.3"
},
{
"name": "bash",
"aliases": ["bash"],
"version": "4.4.20"
},
{
"name": "c",
"aliases": ["c"],
"version": "7.5.0"
}
]
Execute Endpoint
POST /execute
This endpoint requests execution of some arbitrary code.
language
(required) The language to use for execution, must be a string and supported by Piston (see list below).source
(required) The source code to execute, must be a string.stdin
(optional) The text to pass as stdin to the program. Must be a string or left out of the request.args
(optional) The arguments to pass to the program. Must be an array or left out of the request.
{
"language": "js",
"source": "console.log(process.argv)",
"stdin": "",
"args": [
"1",
"2",
"3"
]
}
A typical response upon successful execution will contain the language
, version
, output
which
is a combination of both stdout
and stderr
but in chronological order according to program output,
as well as separate stdout
and stderr
.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{
"ran": true,
"language": "js",
"version": "12.13.0",
"output": "[ '/usr/bin/node',\n '/tmp/code.code',\n '1',\n '2',\n '3' ]",
"stdout": "[ '/usr/bin/node',\n '/tmp/code.code',\n '1',\n '2',\n '3' ]",
"stderr": ""
}
If a problem exists with the request, a 400
status code is returned and the reason in the message
key.
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Content-Type: application/json
{
"message": "Supplied language is not supported by Piston"
}
Supported Languages
python
,php
,node
License
Piston is licensed under the MIT license.