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title: "Engine API v1.18"
description: "API Documentation for Docker"
keywords: "API, Docker, rcli, REST, documentation"
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## 1. Brief introduction

 - The daemon listens on `unix:///var/run/docker.sock` but you can
   [Bind Docker to another host/port or a Unix socket](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/dockerd/#bind-docker-to-another-host-port-or-a-unix-socket).
 - The API tends to be REST, but for some complex commands, like `attach`
   or `pull`, the HTTP connection is hijacked to transport `stdout`,
   `stdin` and `stderr`.
 - A `Content-Length` header should be present in `POST` requests to endpoints
   that expect a body.
 - To lock to a specific version of the API, you prefix the URL with the version
   of the API to use. For example, `/v1.18/info`. If no version is included in
   the URL, the maximum supported API version is used.
 - If the API version specified in the URL is not supported by the daemon, a HTTP
   `400 Bad Request` error message is returned.

## 2. Endpoints

### 2.1 Containers

#### List containers

`GET /containers/json`

List containers

**Example request**:

    GET /v1.18/containers/json?all=1&before=8dfafdbc3a40&size=1 HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

    [
         {
                 "Id": "8dfafdbc3a40",
                 "Names":["/boring_feynman"],
                 "Image": "ubuntu:latest",
                 "Command": "echo 1",
                 "Created": 1367854155,
                 "Status": "Exit 0",
                 "Ports": [{"PrivatePort": 2222, "PublicPort": 3333, "Type": "tcp"}],
                 "Labels": {
                         "com.example.vendor": "Acme",
                         "com.example.license": "GPL",
                         "com.example.version": "1.0"
                 },
                 "SizeRw": 12288,
                 "SizeRootFs": 0
         },
         {
                 "Id": "9cd87474be90",
                 "Names":["/coolName"],
                 "Image": "ubuntu:latest",
                 "Command": "echo 222222",
                 "Created": 1367854155,
                 "Status": "Exit 0",
                 "Ports": [],
                 "Labels": {},
                 "SizeRw": 12288,
                 "SizeRootFs": 0
         },
         {
                 "Id": "3176a2479c92",
                 "Names":["/sleepy_dog"],
                 "Image": "ubuntu:latest",
                 "Command": "echo 3333333333333333",
                 "Created": 1367854154,
                 "Status": "Exit 0",
                 "Ports":[],
                 "Labels": {},
                 "SizeRw":12288,
                 "SizeRootFs":0
         },
         {
                 "Id": "4cb07b47f9fb",
                 "Names":["/running_cat"],
                 "Image": "ubuntu:latest",
                 "Command": "echo 444444444444444444444444444444444",
                 "Created": 1367854152,
                 "Status": "Exit 0",
                 "Ports": [],
                 "Labels": {},
                 "SizeRw": 12288,
                 "SizeRootFs": 0
         }
    ]

**Query parameters**:

-   **all** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, Show all containers.
        Only running containers are shown by default (i.e., this defaults to false)
-   **limit** – Show `limit` last created
        containers, include non-running ones.
-   **since** – Show only containers created since Id, include
        non-running ones.
-   **before** – Show only containers created before Id, include
        non-running ones.
-   **size** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, Show the containers
        sizes
-   **filters** - a JSON encoded value of the filters (a `map[string][]string`) to process on the containers list. Available filters:
  -   `exited=<int>`; -- containers with exit code of  `<int>` ;
  -   `status=`(`restarting`|`running`|`paused`|`exited`)
  -   `label=key` or `label="key=value"` of a container label

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **400** – bad parameter
-   **500** – server error

#### Create a container

`POST /containers/create`

Create a container

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/containers/create HTTP/1.1
    Content-Type: application/json
    Content-Length: 12345

    {
           "Hostname": "",
           "Domainname": "",
           "User": "",
           "AttachStdin": false,
           "AttachStdout": true,
           "AttachStderr": true,
           "Tty": false,
           "OpenStdin": false,
           "StdinOnce": false,
           "Env": [
                   "FOO=bar",
                   "BAZ=quux"
           ],
           "Cmd": [
                   "date"
           ],
           "Entrypoint": null,
           "Image": "ubuntu",
           "Labels": {
                   "com.example.vendor": "Acme",
                   "com.example.license": "GPL",
                   "com.example.version": "1.0"
           },
           "Volumes": {
             "/volumes/data": {}
           },
           "WorkingDir": "",
           "NetworkDisabled": false,
           "MacAddress": "12:34:56:78:9a:bc",
           "ExposedPorts": {
                   "22/tcp": {}
           },
           "HostConfig": {
             "Binds": ["/tmp:/tmp"],
             "Links": ["redis3:redis"],
             "LxcConf": {"lxc.utsname":"docker"},
             "Memory": 0,
             "MemorySwap": 0,
             "CpuShares": 512,
             "CpusetCpus": "0,1",
             "PidMode": "",
             "PortBindings": { "22/tcp": [{ "HostPort": "11022" }] },
             "PublishAllPorts": false,
             "Privileged": false,
             "ReadonlyRootfs": false,
             "Dns": ["8.8.8.8"],
             "DnsSearch": [""],
             "ExtraHosts": null,
             "VolumesFrom": ["parent", "other:ro"],
             "CapAdd": ["NET_ADMIN"],
             "CapDrop": ["MKNOD"],
             "RestartPolicy": { "Name": "", "MaximumRetryCount": 0 },
             "NetworkMode": "bridge",
             "Devices": [],
             "Ulimits": [{}],
             "LogConfig": { "Type": "json-file", "Config": {} },
             "SecurityOpt": [],
             "CgroupParent": ""
          }
      }

**Example response**:

      HTTP/1.1 201 Created
      Content-Type: application/json

      {
           "Id":"e90e34656806",
           "Warnings":[]
      }

**JSON parameters**:

-   **Hostname** - A string value containing the hostname to use for the
      container.
-   **Domainname** - A string value containing the domain name to use
      for the container.
-   **User** - A string value specifying the user inside the container.
-   **AttachStdin** - Boolean value, attaches to `stdin`.
-   **AttachStdout** - Boolean value, attaches to `stdout`.
-   **AttachStderr** - Boolean value, attaches to `stderr`.
-   **Tty** - Boolean value, Attach standard streams to a `tty`, including `stdin` if it is not closed.
-   **OpenStdin** - Boolean value, opens `stdin`,
-   **StdinOnce** - Boolean value, close `stdin` after the 1 attached client disconnects.
-   **Env** - A list of environment variables in the form of `["VAR=value", ...]`
-   **Labels** - Adds a map of labels to a container. To specify a map: `{"key":"value", ... }`
-   **Cmd** - Command to run specified as a string or an array of strings.
-   **Entrypoint** - Set the entry point for the container as a string or an array
      of strings.
-   **Image** - A string specifying the image name to use for the container.
-   **Volumes** - An object mapping mount point paths (strings) inside the
      container to empty objects.
-   **WorkingDir** - A string specifying the working directory for commands to
      run in.
-   **NetworkDisabled** - Boolean value, when true disables networking for the
      container
-   **ExposedPorts** - An object mapping ports to an empty object in the form of:
      `"ExposedPorts": { "<port>/<tcp|udp>: {}" }`
-   **HostConfig**
    -   **Binds** – A list of bind mounts for this container. Each item is a string in one of these forms:
           + `host-src:container-dest` to bind-mount a host path into the
             container. Both `host-src`, and `container-dest` must be an
             _absolute_ path.
           + `host-src:container-dest:ro` to make the bind mount read-only
             inside the container. Both `host-src`, and `container-dest` must be
             an _absolute_ path.
    -   **Links** - A list of links for the container. Each link entry should be
          in the form of `container_name:alias`.
    -   **LxcConf** - LXC specific configurations. These configurations only
          work when using the `lxc` execution driver.
    -   **Memory** - Memory limit in bytes.
    -   **MemorySwap** - Total memory limit (memory + swap); set `-1` to enable unlimited swap.
          You must use this with `memory` and make the swap value larger than `memory`.
    -   **CpuShares** - An integer value containing the container's CPU Shares
          (ie. the relative weight vs other containers).
    -   **CpusetCpus** - String value containing the `cgroups CpusetCpus` to use.
    -   **PidMode** - Set the PID (Process) Namespace mode for the container;
          `"container:<name|id>"`: joins another container's PID namespace
          `"host"`: use the host's PID namespace inside the container
    -   **PortBindings** - A map of exposed container ports and the host port they
          should map to. A JSON object in the form
          `{ <port>/<protocol>: [{ "HostPort": "<port>" }] }`
          Take note that `port` is specified as a string and not an integer value.
    -   **PublishAllPorts** - Allocates an ephemeral host port for all of a container's
          exposed ports. Specified as a boolean value.

          Ports are de-allocated when the container stops and allocated when the container starts.
          The allocated port might be changed when restarting the container.

          The port is selected from the ephemeral port range that depends on the kernel.
          For example, on Linux the range is defined by `/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range`.
    -   **Privileged** - Gives the container full access to the host. Specified as
          a boolean value.
    -   **ReadonlyRootfs** - Mount the container's root filesystem as read only.
          Specified as a boolean value.
    -   **Dns** - A list of DNS servers for the container to use.
    -   **DnsSearch** - A list of DNS search domains
    -   **ExtraHosts** - A list of hostnames/IP mappings to add to the
        container's `/etc/hosts` file. Specified in the form `["hostname:IP"]`.
    -   **VolumesFrom** - A list of volumes to inherit from another container.
          Specified in the form `<container name>[:<ro|rw>]`
    -   **CapAdd** - A list of kernel capabilities to add to the container.
    -   **Capdrop** - A list of kernel capabilities to drop from the container.
    -   **RestartPolicy** – The behavior to apply when the container exits.  The
            value is an object with a `Name` property of either `"always"` to
            always restart or `"on-failure"` to restart only when the container
            exit code is non-zero.  If `on-failure` is used, `MaximumRetryCount`
            controls the number of times to retry before giving up.
            The default is not to restart. (optional)
            An ever increasing delay (double the previous delay, starting at 100mS)
            is added before each restart to prevent flooding the server.
    -   **NetworkMode** - Sets the networking mode for the container. Supported
          values are: `bridge`, `host`, `none`, and `container:<name|id>`
    -   **Devices** - A list of devices to add to the container specified as a JSON object in the
      form
          `{ "PathOnHost": "/dev/deviceName", "PathInContainer": "/dev/deviceName", "CgroupPermissions": "mrw"}`
    -   **Ulimits** - A list of ulimits to set in the container, specified as
          `{ "Name": <name>, "Soft": <soft limit>, "Hard": <hard limit> }`, for example:
          `Ulimits: { "Name": "nofile", "Soft": 1024, "Hard": 2048 }`
    -   **SecurityOpt**: A list of string values to customize labels for MLS
        systems, such as SELinux.
    -   **LogConfig** - Log configuration for the container, specified as a JSON object in the form
          `{ "Type": "<driver_name>", "Config": {"key1": "val1"}}`.
          Available types: `json-file`, `syslog`, `journald`, `none`.
          `json-file` logging driver.
    -   **CgroupParent** - Path to `cgroups` under which the container's `cgroup` is created. If the path is not absolute, the path is considered to be relative to the `cgroups` path of the init process. Cgroups are created if they do not already exist.

**Query parameters**:

-   **name** – Assign the specified name to the container. Must
    match `/?[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+`.

**Status codes**:

-   **201** – no error
-   **400** – bad parameter
-   **404** – no such image
-   **406** – impossible to attach (container not running)
-   **409** – conflict
-   **500** – server error

#### Inspect a container

`GET /containers/(id or name)/json`

Return low-level information on the container `id`

**Example request**:

      GET /v1.18/containers/4fa6e0f0c678/json HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

	{
		"AppArmorProfile": "",
		"Args": [
			"-c",
			"exit 9"
		],
		"Config": {
			"AttachStderr": true,
			"AttachStdin": false,
			"AttachStdout": true,
			"Cmd": [
				"/bin/sh",
				"-c",
				"exit 9"
			],
			"Domainname": "",
			"Entrypoint": null,
			"Env": [
				"PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
			],
			"ExposedPorts": null,
			"Hostname": "ba033ac44011",
			"Image": "ubuntu",
			"Labels": {
				"com.example.vendor": "Acme",
				"com.example.license": "GPL",
				"com.example.version": "1.0"
			},
			"MacAddress": "",
			"NetworkDisabled": false,
			"OnBuild": null,
			"OpenStdin": false,
			"PortSpecs": null,
			"StdinOnce": false,
			"Tty": false,
			"User": "",
			"Volumes": null,
			"WorkingDir": ""
		},
		"Created": "2015-01-06T15:47:31.485331387Z",
		"Driver": "devicemapper",
		"ExecDriver": "native-0.2",
		"ExecIDs": null,
		"HostConfig": {
			"Binds": null,
			"CapAdd": null,
			"CapDrop": null,
			"ContainerIDFile": "",
			"CpusetCpus": "",
			"CpuShares": 0,
			"Devices": [],
			"Dns": null,
			"DnsSearch": null,
			"ExtraHosts": null,
			"IpcMode": "",
			"Links": null,
			"LxcConf": [],
			"Memory": 0,
			"MemorySwap": 0,
			"NetworkMode": "bridge",
			"PidMode": "",
			"PortBindings": {},
			"Privileged": false,
			"ReadonlyRootfs": false,
			"PublishAllPorts": false,
			"RestartPolicy": {
				"MaximumRetryCount": 2,
				"Name": "on-failure"
			},
			"LogConfig": {
				"Config": null,
				"Type": "json-file"
			},
			"SecurityOpt": null,
			"VolumesFrom": null,
			"Ulimits": [{}]
		},
		"HostnamePath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/ba033ac4401106a3b513bc9d639eee123ad78ca3616b921167cd74b20e25ed39/hostname",
		"HostsPath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/ba033ac4401106a3b513bc9d639eee123ad78ca3616b921167cd74b20e25ed39/hosts",
		"LogPath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/1eb5fabf5a03807136561b3c00adcd2992b535d624d5e18b6cdc6a6844d9767b/1eb5fabf5a03807136561b3c00adcd2992b535d624d5e18b6cdc6a6844d9767b-json.log",
		"Id": "ba033ac4401106a3b513bc9d639eee123ad78ca3616b921167cd74b20e25ed39",
		"Image": "04c5d3b7b0656168630d3ba35d8889bd0e9caafcaeb3004d2bfbc47e7c5d35d2",
		"MountLabel": "",
		"Name": "/boring_euclid",
		"NetworkSettings": {
			"Bridge": "",
			"Gateway": "",
			"IPAddress": "",
			"IPPrefixLen": 0,
			"MacAddress": "",
			"PortMapping": null,
			"Ports": null
		},
		"Path": "/bin/sh",
		"ProcessLabel": "",
		"ResolvConfPath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/ba033ac4401106a3b513bc9d639eee123ad78ca3616b921167cd74b20e25ed39/resolv.conf",
		"RestartCount": 1,
		"State": {
			"Error": "",
			"ExitCode": 9,
			"FinishedAt": "2015-01-06T15:47:32.080254511Z",
			"OOMKilled": false,
			"Paused": false,
			"Pid": 0,
			"Restarting": false,
			"Running": true,
			"StartedAt": "2015-01-06T15:47:32.072697474Z"
		},
		"Volumes": {},
		"VolumesRW": {}
	}

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

#### List processes running inside a container

`GET /containers/(id or name)/top`

List processes running inside the container `id`. On Unix systems this
is done by running the `ps` command. This endpoint is not
supported on Windows.

**Example request**:

    GET /v1.18/containers/4fa6e0f0c678/top HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

    {
       "Titles" : [
         "UID", "PID", "PPID", "C", "STIME", "TTY", "TIME", "CMD"
       ],
       "Processes" : [
         [
           "root", "13642", "882", "0", "17:03", "pts/0", "00:00:00", "/bin/bash"
         ],
         [
           "root", "13735", "13642", "0", "17:06", "pts/0", "00:00:00", "sleep 10"
         ]
       ]
    }

**Example request**:

    GET /v1.18/containers/4fa6e0f0c678/top?ps_args=aux HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

    {
      "Titles" : [
        "USER","PID","%CPU","%MEM","VSZ","RSS","TTY","STAT","START","TIME","COMMAND"
      ]
      "Processes" : [
        [
          "root","13642","0.0","0.1","18172","3184","pts/0","Ss","17:03","0:00","/bin/bash"
        ],
        [
          "root","13895","0.0","0.0","4348","692","pts/0","S+","17:15","0:00","sleep 10"
        ]
      ],
    }

**Query parameters**:

-   **ps_args** – `ps` arguments to use (e.g., `aux`), defaults to `-ef`

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

#### Get container logs

`GET /containers/(id or name)/logs`

Get `stdout` and `stderr` logs from the container ``id``

> **Note**:
> This endpoint works only for containers with the `json-file` or `journald` logging drivers.

**Example request**:

     GET /v1.18/containers/4fa6e0f0c678/logs?stderr=1&stdout=1&timestamps=1&follow=1&tail=10 HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

     HTTP/1.1 101 UPGRADED
     Content-Type: application/vnd.docker.raw-stream
     Connection: Upgrade
     Upgrade: tcp

     {% raw %}
     {{ STREAM }}
     {% endraw %}

**Query parameters**:

-   **follow** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, return stream. Default `false`.
-   **stdout** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, show `stdout` log. Default `false`.
-   **stderr** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, show `stderr` log. Default `false`.
-   **timestamps** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, print timestamps for
        every log line. Default `false`.
-   **tail** – Output specified number of lines at the end of logs: `all` or `<number>`. Default all.

**Status codes**:

-   **101** – no error, hints proxy about hijacking
-   **200** – no error, no upgrade header found
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

#### Inspect changes on a container's filesystem

`GET /containers/(id or name)/changes`

Inspect changes on container `id`'s filesystem

**Example request**:

    GET /v1.18/containers/4fa6e0f0c678/changes HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

    [
         {
                 "Path": "/dev",
                 "Kind": 0
         },
         {
                 "Path": "/dev/kmsg",
                 "Kind": 1
         },
         {
                 "Path": "/test",
                 "Kind": 1
         }
    ]

Values for `Kind`:

- `0`: Modify
- `1`: Add
- `2`: Delete

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

#### Export a container

`GET /containers/(id or name)/export`

Export the contents of container `id`

**Example request**:

    GET /v1.18/containers/4fa6e0f0c678/export HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/octet-stream

    {% raw %}
    {{ TAR STREAM }}
    {% endraw %}

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

#### Get container stats based on resource usage

`GET /containers/(id or name)/stats`

This endpoint returns a live stream of a container's resource usage statistics.

**Example request**:

    GET /v1.18/containers/redis1/stats HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

      HTTP/1.1 200 OK
      Content-Type: application/json

      {
         "read" : "2015-01-08T22:57:31.547920715Z",
         "network" : {
            "rx_dropped" : 0,
            "rx_bytes" : 648,
            "rx_errors" : 0,
            "tx_packets" : 8,
            "tx_dropped" : 0,
            "rx_packets" : 8,
            "tx_errors" : 0,
            "tx_bytes" : 648
         },
         "memory_stats" : {
            "stats" : {
               "total_pgmajfault" : 0,
               "cache" : 0,
               "mapped_file" : 0,
               "total_inactive_file" : 0,
               "pgpgout" : 414,
               "rss" : 6537216,
               "total_mapped_file" : 0,
               "writeback" : 0,
               "unevictable" : 0,
               "pgpgin" : 477,
               "total_unevictable" : 0,
               "pgmajfault" : 0,
               "total_rss" : 6537216,
               "total_rss_huge" : 6291456,
               "total_writeback" : 0,
               "total_inactive_anon" : 0,
               "rss_huge" : 6291456,
               "hierarchical_memory_limit" : 67108864,
               "total_pgfault" : 964,
               "total_active_file" : 0,
               "active_anon" : 6537216,
               "total_active_anon" : 6537216,
               "total_pgpgout" : 414,
               "total_cache" : 0,
               "inactive_anon" : 0,
               "active_file" : 0,
               "pgfault" : 964,
               "inactive_file" : 0,
               "total_pgpgin" : 477
            },
            "max_usage" : 6651904,
            "usage" : 6537216,
            "failcnt" : 0,
            "limit" : 67108864
         },
         "blkio_stats" : {},
         "cpu_stats" : {
            "cpu_usage" : {
               "percpu_usage" : [
                  16970827,
                  1839451,
                  7107380,
                  10571290
               ],
               "usage_in_usermode" : 10000000,
               "total_usage" : 36488948,
               "usage_in_kernelmode" : 20000000
            },
            "system_cpu_usage" : 20091722000000000,
            "throttling_data" : {}
         }
      }

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

#### Resize a container TTY

`POST /containers/(id or name)/resize?h=<height>&w=<width>`

Resize the TTY for container with  `id`. You must restart the container for the resize to take effect.

**Example request**:

      POST /v1.18/containers/4fa6e0f0c678/resize?h=40&w=80 HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

      HTTP/1.1 200 OK
      Content-Length: 0
      Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

**Query parameters**:

-   **h** – height of `tty` session
-   **w** – width

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **404** – No such container
-   **500** – Cannot resize container

#### Start a container

`POST /containers/(id or name)/start`

Start the container `id`

> **Note**:
> For backwards compatibility, this endpoint accepts a `HostConfig` as JSON-encoded request body.
> See [create a container](#create-a-container) for details.

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/containers/e90e34656806/start HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

**Status codes**:

-   **204** – no error
-   **304** – container already started
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

#### Stop a container

`POST /containers/(id or name)/stop`

Stop the container `id`

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/containers/e90e34656806/stop?t=5 HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

**Query parameters**:

-   **t** – number of seconds to wait before killing the container

**Status codes**:

-   **204** – no error
-   **304** – container already stopped
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

#### Restart a container

`POST /containers/(id or name)/restart`

Restart the container `id`

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/containers/e90e34656806/restart?t=5 HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

**Query parameters**:

-   **t** – number of seconds to wait before killing the container

**Status codes**:

-   **204** – no error
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

#### Kill a container

`POST /containers/(id or name)/kill`

Kill the container `id`

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/containers/e90e34656806/kill HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

**Query parameters**:

-   **signal** - Signal to send to the container: integer or string like `SIGINT`.
        When not set, `SIGKILL` is assumed and the call waits for the container to exit.

**Status codes**:

-   **204** – no error
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

#### Rename a container

`POST /containers/(id or name)/rename`

Rename the container `id` to a `new_name`

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/containers/e90e34656806/rename?name=new_name HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

**Query parameters**:

-   **name** – new name for the container

**Status codes**:

-   **204** – no error
-   **404** – no such container
-   **409** - conflict name already assigned
-   **500** – server error

#### Pause a container

`POST /containers/(id or name)/pause`

Pause the container `id`

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/containers/e90e34656806/pause HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

**Status codes**:

-   **204** – no error
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

#### Unpause a container

`POST /containers/(id or name)/unpause`

Unpause the container `id`

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/containers/e90e34656806/unpause HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

**Status codes**:

-   **204** – no error
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

#### Attach to a container

`POST /containers/(id or name)/attach`

Attach to the container `id`

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/containers/16253994b7c4/attach?logs=1&stream=0&stdout=1 HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 101 UPGRADED
    Content-Type: application/vnd.docker.raw-stream
    Connection: Upgrade
    Upgrade: tcp

    {% raw %}
    {{ STREAM }}
    {% endraw %}

**Query parameters**:

-   **logs** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, return logs. Default `false`.
-   **stream** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, return stream.
        Default `false`.
-   **stdin** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, if `stream=true`, attach
        to `stdin`. Default `false`.
-   **stdout** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, if `logs=true`, return
        `stdout` log, if `stream=true`, attach to `stdout`. Default `false`.
-   **stderr** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, if `logs=true`, return
        `stderr` log, if `stream=true`, attach to `stderr`. Default `false`.

**Status codes**:

-   **101** – no error, hints proxy about hijacking
-   **200** – no error, no upgrade header found
-   **400** – bad parameter
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

**Stream details**:

When using the TTY setting is enabled in
[`POST /containers/create`
](#create-a-container),
the stream is the raw data from the process PTY and client's `stdin`.
When the TTY is disabled, then the stream is multiplexed to separate
`stdout` and `stderr`.

The format is a **Header** and a **Payload** (frame).

**HEADER**

The header contains the information which the stream writes (`stdout` or
`stderr`). It also contains the size of the associated frame encoded in the
last four bytes (`uint32`).

It is encoded on the first eight bytes like this:

    header := [8]byte{STREAM_TYPE, 0, 0, 0, SIZE1, SIZE2, SIZE3, SIZE4}

`STREAM_TYPE` can be:

-   0: `stdin` (is written on `stdout`)
-   1: `stdout`
-   2: `stderr`

`SIZE1, SIZE2, SIZE3, SIZE4` are the four bytes of
the `uint32` size encoded as big endian.

**PAYLOAD**

The payload is the raw stream.

**IMPLEMENTATION**

The simplest way to implement the Attach protocol is the following:

    1.  Read eight bytes.
    2.  Choose `stdout` or `stderr` depending on the first byte.
    3.  Extract the frame size from the last four bytes.
    4.  Read the extracted size and output it on the correct output.
    5.  Goto 1.

#### Attach to a container (websocket)

`GET /containers/(id or name)/attach/ws`

Attach to the container `id` via websocket

Implements websocket protocol handshake according to [RFC 6455](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455)

**Example request**

    GET /v1.18/containers/e90e34656806/attach/ws?logs=0&stream=1&stdin=1&stdout=1&stderr=1 HTTP/1.1

**Example response**

    {% raw %}
    {{ STREAM }}
    {% endraw %}

**Query parameters**:

-   **logs** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, return logs. Default `false`.
-   **stream** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, return stream.
        Default `false`.

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **400** – bad parameter
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

#### Wait a container

`POST /containers/(id or name)/wait`

Block until container `id` stops, then returns the exit code

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/containers/16253994b7c4/wait HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

    {"StatusCode": 0}

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

#### Remove a container

`DELETE /containers/(id or name)`

Remove the container `id` from the filesystem

**Example request**:

    DELETE /v1.18/containers/16253994b7c4?v=1 HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

**Query parameters**:

-   **v** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, Remove the volumes
        associated to the container. Default `false`.
-   **force** - 1/True/true or 0/False/false, Kill then remove the container.
        Default `false`.
-   **link** - 1/True/true or 0/False/false, Remove the specified
        link associated to the container. Default `false`.

**Status codes**:

-   **204** – no error
-   **400** – bad parameter
-   **404** – no such container
-   **409** – conflict
-   **500** – server error

#### Copy files or folders from a container

`POST /containers/(id or name)/copy`

Copy files or folders of container `id`

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/containers/4fa6e0f0c678/copy HTTP/1.1
    Content-Type: application/json
    Content-Length: 12345

    {
         "Resource": "test.txt"
    }

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/x-tar

    {% raw %}
    {{ TAR STREAM }}
    {% endraw %}

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

### 2.2 Images

#### List Images

`GET /images/json`

**Example request**:

    GET /v1.18/images/json?all=0 HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

    [
      {
         "RepoTags": [
           "ubuntu:12.04",
           "ubuntu:precise",
           "ubuntu:latest"
         ],
         "Id": "8dbd9e392a964056420e5d58ca5cc376ef18e2de93b5cc90e868a1bbc8318c1c",
         "Created": 1365714795,
         "Size": 131506275,
         "VirtualSize": 131506275
      },
      {
         "RepoTags": [
           "ubuntu:12.10",
           "ubuntu:quantal"
         ],
         "ParentId": "27cf784147099545",
         "Id": "b750fe79269d2ec9a3c593ef05b4332b1d1a02a62b4accb2c21d589ff2f5f2dc",
         "Created": 1364102658,
         "Size": 24653,
         "VirtualSize": 180116135
      }
    ]

**Example request, with digest information**:

    GET /v1.18/images/json?digests=1 HTTP/1.1

**Example response, with digest information**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

    [
      {
        "Created": 1420064636,
        "Id": "4986bf8c15363d1c5d15512d5266f8777bfba4974ac56e3270e7760f6f0a8125",
        "ParentId": "ea13149945cb6b1e746bf28032f02e9b5a793523481a0a18645fc77ad53c4ea2",
        "RepoDigests": [
          "localhost:5000/test/busybox@sha256:cbbf2f9a99b47fc460d422812b6a5adff7dfee951d8fa2e4a98caa0382cfbdbf"
        ],
        "RepoTags": [
          "localhost:5000/test/busybox:latest",
          "playdate:latest"
        ],
        "Size": 0,
        "VirtualSize": 2429728
      }
    ]

The response shows a single image `Id` associated with two repositories
(`RepoTags`): `localhost:5000/test/busybox`: and `playdate`. A caller can use
either of the `RepoTags` values `localhost:5000/test/busybox:latest` or
`playdate:latest` to reference the image.

You can also use `RepoDigests` values to reference an image. In this response,
the array has only one reference and that is to the
`localhost:5000/test/busybox` repository; the `playdate` repository has no
digest. You can reference this digest using the value:
`localhost:5000/test/busybox@sha256:cbbf2f9a99b47fc460d...`

See the `docker run` and `docker build` commands for examples of digest and tag
references on the command line.

**Query parameters**:

-   **all** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, default false
-   **filters** – a JSON encoded value of the filters (a map[string][]string) to process on the images list. Available filters:
  -   `dangling=true`
  -   `label=key` or `label="key=value"` of an image label
-   **filter** - only return images with the specified name

#### Build image from a Dockerfile

`POST /build`

Build an image from a Dockerfile

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/build HTTP/1.1
    Content-Type: application/x-tar

    {% raw %}
    {{ TAR STREAM }}
    {% endraw %}

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

    {"stream": "Step 1/5..."}
    {"stream": "..."}
    {"error": "Error...", "errorDetail": {"code": 123, "message": "Error..."}}

The input stream must be a `tar` archive compressed with one of the
following algorithms: `identity` (no compression), `gzip`, `bzip2`, `xz`.

The archive must include a build instructions file, typically called
`Dockerfile` at the archive's root. The `dockerfile` parameter may be
used to specify a different build instructions file. To do this, its value must be
the path to the alternate build instructions file to use.

The archive may include any number of other files,
which are accessible in the build context (See the [*ADD build
command*](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#add)).

The Docker daemon performs a preliminary validation of the `Dockerfile` before
starting the build, and returns an error if the syntax is incorrect. After that,
each instruction is run one-by-one until the ID of the new image is output.

The build is canceled if the client drops the connection by quitting
or being killed.

**Query parameters**:

-   **dockerfile** - Path within the build context to the Dockerfile. This is
        ignored if `remote` is specified and points to an individual filename.
-   **t** – A name and optional tag to apply to the image in the `name:tag` format.
        If you omit the `tag` the default `latest` value is assumed.
-   **remote** – A Git repository URI or HTTP/HTTPS context URI. If the
        URI points to a single text file, the file's contents are placed into
        a file called `Dockerfile` and the image is built from that file.
-   **q** – Suppress verbose build output.
-   **nocache** – Do not use the cache when building the image.
-   **pull** - Attempt to pull the image even if an older image exists locally.
-   **rm** - Remove intermediate containers after a successful build (default behavior).
-   **forcerm** - Always remove intermediate containers (includes `rm`).
-   **memory** - Set memory limit for build.
-   **memswap** - Total memory (memory + swap), `-1` to enable unlimited swap.
-   **cpushares** - CPU shares (relative weight).
-   **cpusetcpus** - CPUs in which to allow execution (e.g., `0-3`, `0,1`).

**Request Headers**:

-   **Content-type** – Set to `"application/x-tar"`.
-   **X-Registry-Config** – base64-encoded ConfigFile object

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **500** – server error

#### Create an image

`POST /images/create`

Create an image either by pulling it from the registry or by importing it

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/images/create?fromImage=busybox&tag=latest HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

    {"status": "Pulling..."}
    {"status": "Pulling", "progress": "1 B/ 100 B", "progressDetail": {"current": 1, "total": 100}}
    {"error": "Invalid..."}
    ...

When using this endpoint to pull an image from the registry, the
`X-Registry-Auth` header can be used to include
a base64-encoded AuthConfig object.

**Query parameters**:

-   **fromImage** – Name of the image to pull.
-   **fromSrc** – Source to import.  The value may be a URL from which the image
        can be retrieved or `-` to read the image from the request body.
-   **repo** – Repository name.
-   **tag** – Tag. If empty when pulling an image, this causes all tags
        for the given image to be pulled.

**Request Headers**:

-   **X-Registry-Auth** – base64-encoded AuthConfig object

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **404** - repository does not exist or no read access
-   **500** – server error



#### Inspect an image

`GET /images/(name)/json`

Return low-level information on the image `name`

**Example request**:

    GET /v1.18/images/ubuntu/json HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

    {
       "Created": "2013-03-23T22:24:18.818426-07:00",
       "Container": "3d67245a8d72ecf13f33dffac9f79dcdf70f75acb84d308770391510e0c23ad0",
       "ContainerConfig": {
          "Hostname": "",
          "User": "",
          "AttachStdin": false,
          "AttachStdout": false,
          "AttachStderr": false,
          "Tty": true,
          "OpenStdin": true,
          "StdinOnce": false,
          "Env": null,
          "Cmd": ["/bin/bash"],
          "Dns": null,
          "Image": "ubuntu",
          "Labels": {
             "com.example.vendor": "Acme",
             "com.example.license": "GPL",
             "com.example.version": "1.0"
          },
          "Volumes": null,
          "VolumesFrom": "",
          "WorkingDir": ""
       },
       "Id": "b750fe79269d2ec9a3c593ef05b4332b1d1a02a62b4accb2c21d589ff2f5f2dc",
       "Parent": "27cf784147099545",
       "Size": 6824592
    }

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **404** – no such image
-   **500** – server error

#### Get the history of an image

`GET /images/(name)/history`

Return the history of the image `name`

**Example request**:

    GET /v1.18/images/ubuntu/history HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

    [
        {
            "Id": "b750fe79269d",
            "Created": 1364102658,
            "CreatedBy": "/bin/bash"
        },
        {
            "Id": "27cf78414709",
            "Created": 1364068391,
            "CreatedBy": ""
        }
    ]

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **404** – no such image
-   **500** – server error

#### Push an image on the registry

`POST /images/(name)/push`

Push the image `name` on the registry

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/images/test/push HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

    {"status": "Pushing..."}
    {"status": "Pushing", "progress": "1/? (n/a)", "progressDetail": {"current": 1}}}
    {"error": "Invalid..."}
    ...

If you wish to push an image on to a private registry, that image must already have a tag
into a repository which references that registry `hostname` and `port`.  This repository name should
then be used in the URL. This duplicates the command line's flow.

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/images/registry.acme.com:5000/test/push HTTP/1.1


**Query parameters**:

-   **tag** – The tag to associate with the image on the registry. This is optional.

**Request Headers**:

-   **X-Registry-Auth** – base64-encoded AuthConfig object.

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **404** – no such image
-   **500** – server error

#### Tag an image into a repository

`POST /images/(name)/tag`

Tag the image `name` into a repository

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/images/test/tag?repo=myrepo&force=0&tag=v42 HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 201 Created

**Query parameters**:

-   **repo** – The repository to tag in
-   **force** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, default false
-   **tag** - The new tag name

**Status codes**:

-   **201** – no error
-   **400** – bad parameter
-   **404** – no such image
-   **409** – conflict
-   **500** – server error

#### Remove an image

`DELETE /images/(name)`

Remove the image `name` from the filesystem

**Example request**:

    DELETE /v1.18/images/test HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-type: application/json

    [
     {"Untagged": "3e2f21a89f"},
     {"Deleted": "3e2f21a89f"},
     {"Deleted": "53b4f83ac9"}
    ]

**Query parameters**:

-   **force** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, default false
-   **noprune** – 1/True/true or 0/False/false, default false

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **404** – no such image
-   **409** – conflict
-   **500** – server error

#### Search images

`GET /images/search`

Search for an image on [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com).

> **Note**:
> The response keys have changed from API v1.6 to reflect the JSON
> sent by the registry server to the docker daemon's request.

**Example request**:

    GET /v1.18/images/search?term=sshd HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

    [
            {
                "star_count": 12,
                "is_official": false,
                "name": "wma55/u1210sshd",
                "is_automated": false,
                "description": ""
            },
            {
                "star_count": 10,
                "is_official": false,
                "name": "jdswinbank/sshd",
                "is_automated": false,
                "description": ""
            },
            {
                "star_count": 18,
                "is_official": false,
                "name": "vgauthier/sshd",
                "is_automated": false,
                "description": ""
            }
    ...
    ]

**Query parameters**:

-   **term** – term to search

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **500** – server error

### 2.3 Misc

#### Check auth configuration

`POST /auth`

Get the default username and email

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/auth HTTP/1.1
    Content-Type: application/json
    Content-Length: 12345

    {
         "username": "hannibal",
         "password": "xxxx",
         "email": "hannibal@a-team.com",
         "serveraddress": "https://index.docker.io/v1/"
    }

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **204** – no error
-   **500** – server error

#### Display system-wide information

`GET /info`

Display system-wide information

**Example request**:

    GET /v1.18/info HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

    {
        "Containers": 11,
        "Debug": 0,
        "DockerRootDir": "/var/lib/docker",
        "Driver": "btrfs",
        "DriverStatus": [[""]],
        "ExecutionDriver": "native-0.1",
        "HttpProxy": "http://test:test@localhost:8080",
        "HttpsProxy": "https://test:test@localhost:8080",
        "ID": "7TRN:IPZB:QYBB:VPBQ:UMPP:KARE:6ZNR:XE6T:7EWV:PKF4:ZOJD:TPYS",
        "IPv4Forwarding": 1,
        "Images": 16,
        "IndexServerAddress": "https://index.docker.io/v1/",
        "InitPath": "/usr/bin/docker",
        "InitSha1": "",
        "KernelVersion": "3.12.0-1-amd64",
        "Labels": [
            "storage=ssd"
        ],
        "MemTotal": 2099236864,
        "MemoryLimit": 1,
        "NCPU": 1,
        "NEventsListener": 0,
        "NFd": 11,
        "NGoroutines": 21,
        "Name": "prod-server-42",
        "NoProxy": "9.81.1.160",
        "OperatingSystem": "Boot2Docker",
        "RegistryConfig": {
            "IndexConfigs": {
                "docker.io": {
                    "Mirrors": null,
                    "Name": "docker.io",
                    "Official": true,
                    "Secure": true
                }
            },
            "InsecureRegistryCIDRs": [
                "127.0.0.0/8"
            ]
        },
        "SwapLimit": 0,
        "SystemTime": "2015-03-10T11:11:23.730591467-07:00"
    }

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **500** – server error

#### Show the docker version information

`GET /version`

Show the docker version information

**Example request**:

    GET /v1.18/version HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

    {
         "Version": "1.5.0",
         "Os": "linux",
         "KernelVersion": "3.18.5-tinycore64",
         "GoVersion": "go1.4.1",
         "GitCommit": "a8a31ef",
         "Arch": "amd64",
         "ApiVersion": "1.18"
    }

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **500** – server error

#### Ping the docker server

`GET /_ping`

Ping the docker server

**Example request**:

    GET /v1.18/_ping HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: text/plain

    OK

**Status codes**:

-   **200** - no error
-   **500** - server error

#### Create a new image from a container's changes

`POST /commit`

Create a new image from a container's changes

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/commit?container=44c004db4b17&comment=message&repo=myrepo HTTP/1.1
    Content-Type: application/json
    Content-Length: 12345

    {
         "Hostname": "",
         "Domainname": "",
         "User": "",
         "AttachStdin": false,
         "AttachStdout": true,
         "AttachStderr": true,
         "PortSpecs": null,
         "Tty": false,
         "OpenStdin": false,
         "StdinOnce": false,
         "Env": null,
         "Cmd": [
                 "date"
         ],
         "Volumes": {
                 "/tmp": {}
         },
         "WorkingDir": "",
         "NetworkDisabled": false,
         "ExposedPorts": {
                 "22/tcp": {}
         }
    }

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 201 Created
    Content-Type: application/json

    {"Id": "596069db4bf5"}

**JSON parameters**:

-  **config** - the container's configuration

**Query parameters**:

-   **container** – source container
-   **repo** – repository
-   **tag** – tag
-   **comment** – commit message
-   **author** – author (e.g., "John Hannibal Smith
    <[hannibal@a-team.com](mailto:hannibal%40a-team.com)>")

**Status codes**:

-   **201** – no error
-   **404** – no such container
-   **500** – server error

#### Monitor Docker's events

`GET /events`

Get container events from docker, in real time via streaming.

Docker containers report the following events:

    create, destroy, die, exec_create, exec_start, export, kill, oom, pause, restart, start, stop, unpause

Docker images report the following events:

    untag, delete

**Example request**:

    GET /v1.18/events?since=1374067924

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/json

    {"status": "create", "id": "dfdf82bd3881","from": "ubuntu:latest", "time":1374067924}
    {"status": "start", "id": "dfdf82bd3881","from": "ubuntu:latest", "time":1374067924}
    {"status": "stop", "id": "dfdf82bd3881","from": "ubuntu:latest", "time":1374067966}
    {"status": "destroy", "id": "dfdf82bd3881","from": "ubuntu:latest", "time":1374067970}

**Query parameters**:

-   **since** – Timestamp. Show all events created since timestamp and then stream
-   **until** – Timestamp. Show events created until given timestamp and stop streaming
-   **filters** – A json encoded value of the filters (a map[string][]string) to process on the event list. Available filters:
  -   `container=<string>`; -- container to filter
  -   `event=<string>`; -- event to filter
  -   `image=<string>`; -- image to filter

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **500** – server error

#### Get a tarball containing all images in a repository

`GET /images/(name)/get`

Get a tarball containing all images and metadata for the repository specified
by `name`.

If `name` is a specific name and tag (e.g. ubuntu:latest), then only that image
(and its parents) are returned. If `name` is an image ID, similarly only that
image (and its parents) are returned, but with the exclusion of the
'repositories' file in the tarball, as there were no image names referenced.

See the [image tarball format](#image-tarball-format) for more details.

**Example request**

    GET /v1.18/images/ubuntu/get

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/x-tar

    Binary data stream

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **500** – server error

#### Get a tarball containing all images

`GET /images/get`

Get a tarball containing all images and metadata for one or more repositories.

For each value of the `names` parameter: if it is a specific name and tag (e.g.
`ubuntu:latest`), then only that image (and its parents) are returned; if it is
an image ID, similarly only that image (and its parents) are returned and there
would be no names referenced in the 'repositories' file for this image ID.

See the [image tarball format](#image-tarball-format) for more details.

**Example request**

    GET /v1.18/images/get?names=myname%2Fmyapp%3Alatest&names=busybox

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/x-tar

    Binary data stream

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **500** – server error

#### Load a tarball with a set of images and tags into docker

`POST /images/load`

Load a set of images and tags into a Docker repository.
See the [image tarball format](#image-tarball-format) for more details.

**Example request**

    POST /v1.18/images/load
    Content-Type: application/x-tar
    Content-Length: 12345

    Tarball in body

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **500** – server error

#### Image tarball format

An image tarball contains one directory per image layer (named using its long ID),
each containing these files:

- `VERSION`: currently `1.0` - the file format version
- `json`: detailed layer information, similar to `docker inspect layer_id`
- `layer.tar`: A tarfile containing the filesystem changes in this layer

The `layer.tar` file contains `aufs` style `.wh..wh.aufs` files and directories
for storing attribute changes and deletions.

If the tarball defines a repository, the tarball should also include a `repositories` file at
the root that contains a list of repository and tag names mapped to layer IDs.

```
{"hello-world":
    {"latest": "565a9d68a73f6706862bfe8409a7f659776d4d60a8d096eb4a3cbce6999cc2a1"}
}
```

#### Exec Create

`POST /containers/(id or name)/exec`

Sets up an exec instance in a running container `id`

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/containers/e90e34656806/exec HTTP/1.1
    Content-Type: application/json
    Content-Length: 12345

    {
      "AttachStdin": true,
      "AttachStdout": true,
      "AttachStderr": true,
      "Cmd": ["sh"],
      "Tty": true
    }

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 201 Created
    Content-Type: application/json

    {
         "Id": "f90e34656806",
         "Warnings":[]
    }

**JSON parameters**:

-   **AttachStdin** - Boolean value, attaches to `stdin` of the `exec` command.
-   **AttachStdout** - Boolean value, attaches to `stdout` of the `exec` command.
-   **AttachStderr** - Boolean value, attaches to `stderr` of the `exec` command.
-   **Tty** - Boolean value to allocate a pseudo-TTY.
-   **Cmd** - Command to run specified as a string or an array of strings.


**Status codes**:

-   **201** – no error
-   **404** – no such container

#### Exec Start

`POST /exec/(id)/start`

Starts a previously set up `exec` instance `id`. If `detach` is true, this API
returns after starting the `exec` command. Otherwise, this API sets up an
interactive session with the `exec` command.

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/exec/e90e34656806/start HTTP/1.1
    Content-Type: application/json
    Content-Length: 12345

    {
     "Detach": false,
     "Tty": false
    }

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: application/vnd.docker.raw-stream

    {% raw %}
    {{ STREAM }}
    {% endraw %}

**JSON parameters**:

-   **Detach** - Detach from the `exec` command.
-   **Tty** - Boolean value to allocate a pseudo-TTY.

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **404** – no such exec instance

**Stream details**:

Similar to the stream behavior of `POST /containers/(id or name)/attach` API

#### Exec Resize

`POST /exec/(id)/resize`

Resizes the `tty` session used by the `exec` command `id`.  The unit is number of characters.
This API is valid only if `tty` was specified as part of creating and starting the `exec` command.

**Example request**:

    POST /v1.18/exec/e90e34656806/resize?h=40&w=80 HTTP/1.1
    Content-Type: text/plain

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 201 Created
    Content-Type: text/plain

**Query parameters**:

-   **h** – height of `tty` session
-   **w** – width

**Status codes**:

-   **201** – no error
-   **404** – no such exec instance

#### Exec Inspect

`GET /exec/(id)/json`

Return low-level information about the `exec` command `id`.

**Example request**:

    GET /v1.18/exec/11fb006128e8ceb3942e7c58d77750f24210e35f879dd204ac975c184b820b39/json HTTP/1.1

**Example response**:

    HTTP/1.1 200 OK
    Content-Type: plain/text

    {
      "ID" : "11fb006128e8ceb3942e7c58d77750f24210e35f879dd204ac975c184b820b39",
      "Running" : false,
      "ExitCode" : 2,
      "ProcessConfig" : {
        "privileged" : false,
        "user" : "",
        "tty" : false,
        "entrypoint" : "sh",
        "arguments" : [
          "-c",
          "exit 2"
        ]
      },
      "OpenStdin" : false,
      "OpenStderr" : false,
      "OpenStdout" : false,
      "Container" : {
        "State" : {
          "Running" : true,
          "Paused" : false,
          "Restarting" : false,
          "OOMKilled" : false,
          "Pid" : 3650,
          "ExitCode" : 0,
          "Error" : "",
          "StartedAt" : "2014-11-17T22:26:03.717657531Z",
          "FinishedAt" : "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
        },
        "ID" : "8f177a186b977fb451136e0fdf182abff5599a08b3c7f6ef0d36a55aaf89634c",
        "Created" : "2014-11-17T22:26:03.626304998Z",
        "Path" : "date",
        "Args" : [],
        "Config" : {
          "Hostname" : "8f177a186b97",
          "Domainname" : "",
          "User" : "",
          "AttachStdin" : false,
          "AttachStdout" : false,
          "AttachStderr" : false,
          "PortSpecs": null,
          "ExposedPorts" : null,
          "Tty" : false,
          "OpenStdin" : false,
          "StdinOnce" : false,
          "Env" : [ "PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin" ],
          "Cmd" : [
            "date"
          ],
          "Image" : "ubuntu",
          "Volumes" : null,
          "WorkingDir" : "",
          "Entrypoint" : null,
          "NetworkDisabled" : false,
          "MacAddress" : "",
          "OnBuild" : null,
          "SecurityOpt" : null
        },
        "Image" : "5506de2b643be1e6febbf3b8a240760c6843244c41e12aa2f60ccbb7153d17f5",
        "NetworkSettings" : {
          "IPAddress" : "172.17.0.2",
          "IPPrefixLen" : 16,
          "MacAddress" : "02:42:ac:11:00:02",
          "Gateway" : "172.17.42.1",
          "Bridge" : "docker0",
          "PortMapping" : null,
          "Ports" : {}
        },
        "ResolvConfPath" : "/var/lib/docker/containers/8f177a186b977fb451136e0fdf182abff5599a08b3c7f6ef0d36a55aaf89634c/resolv.conf",
        "HostnamePath" : "/var/lib/docker/containers/8f177a186b977fb451136e0fdf182abff5599a08b3c7f6ef0d36a55aaf89634c/hostname",
        "HostsPath" : "/var/lib/docker/containers/8f177a186b977fb451136e0fdf182abff5599a08b3c7f6ef0d36a55aaf89634c/hosts",
        "LogPath": "/var/lib/docker/containers/1eb5fabf5a03807136561b3c00adcd2992b535d624d5e18b6cdc6a6844d9767b/1eb5fabf5a03807136561b3c00adcd2992b535d624d5e18b6cdc6a6844d9767b-json.log",
        "Name" : "/test",
        "Driver" : "aufs",
        "ExecDriver" : "native-0.2",
        "MountLabel" : "",
        "ProcessLabel" : "",
        "AppArmorProfile" : "",
        "RestartCount" : 0,
        "Volumes" : {},
        "VolumesRW" : {}
      }
    }

**Status codes**:

-   **200** – no error
-   **404** – no such exec instance
-   **500** - server error

## 3. Going further

### 3.1 Inside `docker run`

As an example, the `docker run` command line makes the following API calls:

- Create the container

- If the status code is 404, it means the image doesn't exist:
    - Try to pull it.
    - Then, retry to create the container.

- Start the container.

- If you are not in detached mode:
- Attach to the container, using `logs=1` (to have `stdout` and
      `stderr` from the container's start) and `stream=1`

- If in detached mode or only `stdin` is attached, display the container's id.

### 3.2 Hijacking

In this version of the API, `/attach`, uses hijacking to transport `stdin`,
`stdout`, and `stderr` on the same socket.

To hint potential proxies about connection hijacking, Docker client sends
connection upgrade headers similarly to websocket.

    Upgrade: tcp
    Connection: Upgrade

When Docker daemon detects the `Upgrade` header, it switches its status code
from **200 OK** to **101 UPGRADED** and resends the same headers.

This might change in the future.

### 3.3 CORS Requests

To set cross origin requests to the Engine API please give values to
`--api-cors-header` when running Docker in daemon mode. Set * (asterisk) allows all,
default or blank means CORS disabled

    $ docker -d -H="192.168.1.9:2375" --api-cors-header="http://foo.bar"