Docker provides an API for interacting with the Docker daemon (called the Docker Engine API), as well as SDKs for Go and Python. The SDKs allow you to efficiently build and scale Docker apps and solutions. If Go or Python don't work for you, you can use the Docker Engine API directly.
The Docker Engine API is a RESTful API accessed by an HTTP client such as wget
or curl
, or the HTTP library which is part of most modern programming languages.
Use the following commands to install the Go or Python SDK. Both SDKs can be installed and coexist together.
Go SDKThe client requires a recent version of Go. Run go version
and ensure that you're running a currently supported version of Go.
For more information, see Docker Engine Go SDK reference.
Python SDKRecommended: Run pip install docker
.
If you can't use pip
:
python setup.py install
.For more information, see Docker Engine Python SDK reference.
You can view the reference for the latest version of the API or choose a specific version.
The version of the Docker Engine API you should use depends on the version of your Docker daemon and Docker client. See the versioned API and SDK section in the API documentation for details.
Use the following guidelines to choose the SDK or API version to use in your code:
As an example, the docker run
command can be implemented using the Docker API directly, or using the Python or Go SDK.
When using cURL to connect over a Unix socket, the hostname is not important. The previous examples use localhost
, but any hostname would work.
The previous examples assume you're using cURL 7.50.0 or above. Older versions of cURL used a non-standard URL notation when using a socket connection.
If you're' using an older version of cURL, use
http:/<API version>/
instead, for example:http:/v1.51/containers/1c6594faf5/start
.
For more examples, take a look at the SDK examples.
There are a number of community supported libraries available for other languages. They haven't been tested by Docker, so if you run into any issues, file them with the library maintainers.
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