Method CreateCodespace

internal/codespaces/api/api.go:824–857

CreateCodespace creates a codespace with the given parameters and returns a non-nil error if it fails to create.

(ctx context.Context, params *CreateCodespaceParams)

// CreateCodespace creates a codespace with the given parameters and returns a non-nil error if it
// fails to create.
func (a *API) CreateCodespace(ctx context.Context, params *CreateCodespaceParams) (*Codespace, error) {
	codespace, err := a.startCreate(ctx, params)
	if !errors.Is(err, errProvisioningInProgress) {
		return codespace, err
	}

	// errProvisioningInProgress indicates that codespace creation did not complete
	// within the GitHub API RPC time limit (10s), so it continues asynchronously.
	// We must poll the server to discover the outcome.
	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 2*time.Minute)
	defer cancel()

	ticker := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Second)
	defer ticker.Stop()

	for {
		select {
		case <-ctx.Done():
			return nil, ctx.Err()
		case <-ticker.C:
			codespace, err = a.GetCodespace(ctx, codespace.Name, false)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get codespace: %w", err)
			}

			// we continue to poll until the codespace shows as provisioned
			if codespace.State != CodespaceStateAvailable {
				continue
			}

			return codespace, nil
		}
	}
}

type startCreateRequest struct {
	RepositoryID           int    `json:"repository_id"`