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[@salesforce/b2c-tooling-sdk](../../../modules.md) / [operations/ods](../index.md) / resolveSandboxId

# Function: resolveSandboxId()

> **resolveSandboxId**(`client`, `identifier`): `Promise`\<`string`\>

Defined in: [packages/b2c-tooling-sdk/src/operations/ods/sandbox-lookup.ts:120](https://github.com/SalesforceCommerceCloud/b2c-developer-tooling/blob/e7c16f1ae423da0aa47b3e10be88f9770b53619b/packages/b2c-tooling-sdk/src/operations/ods/sandbox-lookup.ts#L120)

Resolves a sandbox identifier to a UUID.

If the identifier is already a UUID, it is returned directly without making an API call.
If the identifier is a friendly format (realm-instance), it queries the ODS API to find
the matching sandbox and returns its UUID.

## Parameters

### client

[`OdsClient`](../../../clients/type-aliases/OdsClient.md)

The ODS API client

### identifier

`string`

Sandbox identifier (UUID or friendly format like "abcd-123")

## Returns

`Promise`\<`string`\>

The sandbox UUID

## Throws

If the sandbox cannot be found

## Example

```typescript
// UUID is returned directly
const uuid = await resolveSandboxId(client, 'abc12345-1234-1234-1234-abc123456789');
// => 'abc12345-1234-1234-1234-abc123456789'

// Friendly ID is looked up
const uuid = await resolveSandboxId(client, 'zzzv-123');
// => 'abc12345-1234-1234-1234-abc123456789' (actual UUID from API)
```