---
title: "Save a lab instance"
slug: "save-a-lab-instance-1"
updated: 2025-08-07T14:39:28Z
published: 2025-08-07T14:41:42Z
canonical: "docs.skillable.com/save-a-lab-instance-1"
---

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# Save a lab instance

Get/save

The **Save** command allows you to save a specified lab instance.

SecurityAPI Key: api_keyHeader parameter nameapi_key

All methods require an API key, which must be obtained from Skillable. This key is used by Skillable to validate your account. The key can be passed as an HTTP request header with the header name "api_key".

Query parameterslabinstanceidinteger (int64) Required

The ID of the lab instance to save.

Example2393049

Responses200

OK Response.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='22a7d57c-3ce4-4667-a496-37d28eeccc96'>application/json</option>
</select><select class='select-example' aria-label='Media type'><option value='6ab9566a-8434-4f5b-8b96-db173e322079'>Example of successfully saving a specified lab instance</option>
</select>Example of successfully saving a specified lab instance

```json
{
  "Result": 1,
  "Expires": 1337977153,
  "Status": 1,
  "Error": null
}
```

object  Resultinteger  (int32)    

Result of the Save command. Possible values are: 0 = Unknown Error 1 = Success 2 = Invalid State

Expiresinteger  (int32)    

When the saved lab will expire (in Unix epoch time).

Statusinteger  (int32)    

Indicates the status of the API request. 0 = Error 1 = Success

Errorstring   | null  

In the event of an error, this will contain a detailed error message.