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page_title: Remote API v1.5
page_description: API Documentation for Docker
page_keywords: API, Docker, rcli, REST, documentation
# [Docker Remote API v1.5](#id1)
## [1. Brief introduction](#id2)
- The Remote API is replacing rcli
- Default port in the docker daemon is 4243
- 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
## [2. Endpoints](#id3)
### [2.1 Containers](#id4)
#### [List containers](#id5)
`GET /containers/json`
: List containers
**Example request**:
GET /containers/json?all=1&before=8dfafdbc3a40&size=1 HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
[
{
"Id": "8dfafdbc3a40",
"Image": "ubuntu:latest",
"Command": "echo 1",
"Created": 1367854155,
"Status": "Exit 0",
"Ports":[{"PrivatePort": 2222, "PublicPort": 3333, "Type": "tcp"}],
"SizeRw":12288,
"SizeRootFs":0
},
{
"Id": "9cd87474be90",
"Image": "ubuntu:latest",
"Command": "echo 222222",
"Created": 1367854155,
"Status": "Exit 0",
"Ports":[],
"SizeRw":12288,
"SizeRootFs":0
},
{
"Id": "3176a2479c92",
"Image": "centos:latest",
"Command": "echo 3333333333333333",
"Created": 1367854154,
"Status": "Exit 0",
"Ports":[],
"SizeRw":12288,
"SizeRootFs":0
},
{
"Id": "4cb07b47f9fb",
"Image": "fedora:latest",
"Command": "echo 444444444444444444444444444444444",
"Created": 1367854152,
"Status": "Exit 0",
"Ports":[],
"SizeRw":12288,
"SizeRootFs":0
}
]
Query Parameters:
 
- **all** 1/True/true or 0/False/false, Show all containers.
Only running containers are shown by default
- **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
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **400** bad parameter
- **500** server error
#### [Create a container](#id6)
`POST /containers/create`
: Create a container
**Example request**:
POST /containers/create HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
{
"Hostname":"",
"User":"",
"Memory":0,
"MemorySwap":0,
"AttachStdin":false,
"AttachStdout":true,
"AttachStderr":true,
"PortSpecs":null,
"Privileged": false,
"Tty":false,
"OpenStdin":false,
"StdinOnce":false,
"Env":null,
"Cmd":[
"date"
],
"Dns":null,
"Image":"ubuntu",
"Volumes":{},
"VolumesFrom":"",
"WorkingDir":""
}
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 201 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{
"Id":"e90e34656806"
"Warnings":[]
}
Json Parameters:
 
- **config** the containers configuration
Status Codes:
- **201** no error
- **404** no such container
- **406** impossible to attach (container not running)
- **500** server error
#### [Inspect a container](#id7)
`GET /containers/`(*id*)`/json`
: Return low-level information on the container `id`
**Example request**:
GET /containers/4fa6e0f0c678/json HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{
"Id": "4fa6e0f0c6786287e131c3852c58a2e01cc697a68231826813597e4994f1d6e2",
"Created": "2013-05-07T14:51:42.041847+02:00",
"Path": "date",
"Args": [],
"Config": {
"Hostname": "4fa6e0f0c678",
"User": "",
"Memory": 0,
"MemorySwap": 0,
"AttachStdin": false,
"AttachStdout": true,
"AttachStderr": true,
"PortSpecs": null,
"Tty": false,
"OpenStdin": false,
"StdinOnce": false,
"Env": null,
"Cmd": [
"date"
],
"Dns": null,
"Image": "ubuntu",
"Volumes": {},
"VolumesFrom": "",
"WorkingDir":""
},
"State": {
"Running": false,
"Pid": 0,
"ExitCode": 0,
"StartedAt": "2013-05-07T14:51:42.087658+02:01360",
"Ghost": false
},
"Image": "b750fe79269d2ec9a3c593ef05b4332b1d1a02a62b4accb2c21d589ff2f5f2dc",
"NetworkSettings": {
"IpAddress": "",
"IpPrefixLen": 0,
"Gateway": "",
"Bridge": "",
"PortMapping": null
},
"SysInitPath": "/home/kitty/go/src/github.com/dotcloud/docker/bin/docker",
"ResolvConfPath": "/etc/resolv.conf",
"Volumes": {}
}
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **404** no such container
- **500** server error
#### [List processes running inside a container](#id8)
`GET /containers/`(*id*)`/top`
: List processes running inside the container `id`
**Example request**:
GET /containers/4fa6e0f0c678/top 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","20147","0.0","0.1","18060","1864","pts/4","S","10:06","0:00","bash"],
["root","20271","0.0","0.0","4312","352","pts/4","S+","10:07","0:00","sleep","10"]
]
}
Query Parameters:
 
- **ps\_args** ps arguments to use (eg. aux)
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **404** no such container
- **500** server error
#### [Inspect changes on a containers filesystem](#id9)
`GET /containers/`(*id*)`/changes`
: Inspect changes on container `id` s filesystem
**Example request**:
GET /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
}
]
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **404** no such container
- **500** server error
#### [Export a container](#id10)
`GET /containers/`(*id*)`/export`
: Export the contents of container `id`
**Example request**:
GET /containers/4fa6e0f0c678/export HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
{{ STREAM }}
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **404** no such container
- **500** server error
#### [Start a container](#id11)
`POST /containers/`(*id*)`/start`
: Start the container `id`
**Example request**:
POST /containers/(id)/start HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
{
"Binds":["/tmp:/tmp"],
"LxcConf":[{"Key":"lxc.utsname","Value":"docker"}]
}
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Content-Type: text/plain
Json Parameters:
 
- **hostConfig** the containers host configuration (optional)
Status Codes:
- **204** no error
- **404** no such container
- **500** server error
#### [Stop a container](#id12)
`POST /containers/`(*id*)`/stop`
: Stop the container `id`
**Example request**:
POST /containers/e90e34656806/stop?t=5 HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 204 OK
Query Parameters:
 
- **t** number of seconds to wait before killing the container
Status Codes:
- **204** no error
- **404** no such container
- **500** server error
#### [Restart a container](#id13)
`POST /containers/`(*id*)`/restart`
: Restart the container `id`
**Example request**:
POST /containers/e90e34656806/restart?t=5 HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 204 OK
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](#id14)
`POST /containers/`(*id*)`/kill`
: Kill the container `id`
**Example request**:
POST /containers/e90e34656806/kill HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 204 OK
Status Codes:
- **204** no error
- **404** no such container
- **500** server error
#### [Attach to a container](#id15)
`POST /containers/`(*id*)`/attach`
: Attach to the container `id`
**Example request**:
POST /containers/16253994b7c4/attach?logs=1&stream=0&stdout=1 HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.docker.raw-stream
{{ STREAM }}
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:
- **200** no error
- **400** bad parameter
- **404** no such container
- **500** server error
#### [Wait a container](#id16)
`POST /containers/`(*id*)`/wait`
: Block until container `id` stops, then returns
the exit code
**Example request**:
POST /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](#id17)
`DELETE /containers/`(*id*)
: Remove the container `id` from the filesystem
**Example request**:
DELETE /containers/16253994b7c4?v=1 HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 204 OK
Query Parameters:
 
- **v** 1/True/true or 0/False/false, Remove the volumes
associated to the container. Default false
Status Codes:
- **204** no error
- **400** bad parameter
- **404** no such container
- **500** server error
#### [Copy files or folders from a container](#id18)
`POST /containers/`(*id*)`/copy`
: Copy files or folders of container `id`
**Example request**:
POST /containers/4fa6e0f0c678/copy HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
{
"Resource":"test.txt"
}
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
{{ STREAM }}
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **404** no such container
- **500** server error
### [2.2 Images](#id19)
#### [List Images](#id20)
`GET /images/`(*format*)
: List images `format` could be json or viz (json
default)
**Example request**:
GET /images/json?all=0 HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
[
{
"Repository":"ubuntu",
"Tag":"precise",
"Id":"b750fe79269d",
"Created":1364102658,
"Size":24653,
"VirtualSize":180116135
},
{
"Repository":"ubuntu",
"Tag":"12.04",
"Id":"b750fe79269d",
"Created":1364102658,
"Size":24653,
"VirtualSize":180116135
}
]
**Example request**:
GET /images/viz HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/plain
digraph docker {
"d82cbacda43a" -> "074be284591f"
"1496068ca813" -> "08306dc45919"
"08306dc45919" -> "0e7893146ac2"
"b750fe79269d" -> "1496068ca813"
base -> "27cf78414709" [style=invis]
"f71189fff3de" -> "9a33b36209ed"
"27cf78414709" -> "b750fe79269d"
"0e7893146ac2" -> "d6434d954665"
"d6434d954665" -> "d82cbacda43a"
base -> "e9aa60c60128" [style=invis]
"074be284591f" -> "f71189fff3de"
"b750fe79269d" [label="b750fe79269d\nubuntu",shape=box,fillcolor="paleturquoise",style="filled,rounded"];
"e9aa60c60128" [label="e9aa60c60128\ncentos",shape=box,fillcolor="paleturquoise",style="filled,rounded"];
"9a33b36209ed" [label="9a33b36209ed\nfedora",shape=box,fillcolor="paleturquoise",style="filled,rounded"];
base [style=invisible]
}
Query Parameters:
 
- **all** 1/True/true or 0/False/false, Show all containers.
Only running containers are shown by default
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **400** bad parameter
- **500** server error
#### [Create an image](#id21)
`POST /images/create`
: Create an image, either by pull it from the registry or by importing
it
**Example request**:
POST /images/create?fromImage=ubuntu HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{"status":"Pulling..."}
{"status":"Pulling", "progress":"1/? (n/a)"}
{"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, - means stdin
- **repo** repository
- **tag** tag
- **registry** the registry to pull from
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **500** server error
#### [Insert a file in an image](#id22)
`POST /images/`(*name*)`/insert`
: Insert a file from `url` in the image
`name` at `path`
**Example request**:
POST /images/test/insert?path=/usr&url=myurl HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{"status":"Inserting..."}
{"status":"Inserting", "progress":"1/? (n/a)"}
{"error":"Invalid..."}
...
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **500** server error
#### [Inspect an image](#id23)
`GET /images/`(*name*)`/json`
: Return low-level information on the image `name`
**Example request**:
GET /images/centos/json HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{
"id":"b750fe79269d2ec9a3c593ef05b4332b1d1a02a62b4accb2c21d589ff2f5f2dc",
"parent":"27cf784147099545",
"created":"2013-03-23T22:24:18.818426-07:00",
"container":"3d67245a8d72ecf13f33dffac9f79dcdf70f75acb84d308770391510e0c23ad0",
"container_config":
{
"Hostname":"",
"User":"",
"Memory":0,
"MemorySwap":0,
"AttachStdin":false,
"AttachStdout":false,
"AttachStderr":false,
"PortSpecs":null,
"Tty":true,
"OpenStdin":true,
"StdinOnce":false,
"Env":null,
"Cmd": ["/bin/bash"]
,"Dns":null,
"Image":"centos",
"Volumes":null,
"VolumesFrom":"",
"WorkingDir":""
},
"Size": 6824592
}
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **404** no such image
- **500** server error
#### [Get the history of an image](#id24)
`GET /images/`(*name*)`/history`
: Return the history of the image `name`
**Example request**:
GET /images/fedora/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](#id25)
`POST /images/`(*name*)`/push`
: Push the image `name` on the registry
**Example request**:
POST /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)"}
{"error":"Invalid..."}
...
The `X-Registry-Auth` header can be used to
include a base64-encoded AuthConfig object.
Query Parameters:
 
- **registry** the registry you wan to push, optional
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **404** no such image
- **500** server error
#### [Tag an image into a repository](#id26)
`POST /images/`(*name*)`/tag`
: Tag the image `name` into a repository
**Example request**:
POST /images/test/tag?repo=myrepo&force=0 HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 201 OK
Query Parameters:
 
- **repo** The repository to tag in
- **force** 1/True/true or 0/False/false, default false
Status Codes:
- **201** no error
- **400** bad parameter
- **404** no such image
- **409** conflict
- **500** server error
#### [Remove an image](#id27)
`DELETE /images/`(*name*)
: Remove the image `name` from the filesystem
**Example request**:
DELETE /images/test HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
[
{"Untagged":"3e2f21a89f"},
{"Deleted":"3e2f21a89f"},
{"Deleted":"53b4f83ac9"}
]
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **404** no such image
- **409** conflict
- **500** server error
#### [Search images](#id28)
`GET /images/search`
: Search for an image in the docker index
**Example request**:
GET /images/search?term=sshd HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
[
{
"Name":"cespare/sshd",
"Description":""
},
{
"Name":"johnfuller/sshd",
"Description":""
},
{
"Name":"dhrp/mongodb-sshd",
"Description":""
}
]
Query Parameters:
 
- **term** term to search
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **500** server error
### [2.3 Misc](#id29)
#### [Build an image from Dockerfile via stdin](#id30)
`POST /build`
: Build an image from Dockerfile via stdin
**Example request**:
POST /build HTTP/1.1
{{ STREAM }}
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{{ STREAM }}
The stream must be a tar archive compressed with one of the
following algorithms: identity (no compression), gzip, bzip2, xz.
The archive must include a file called Dockerfile at its root. It
may include any number of other files, which will be accessible in
the build context (See the ADD build command).
The Content-type header should be set to "application/tar".
Query Parameters:
 
- **t** repository name (and optionally a tag) to be applied to
the resulting image in case of success
- **q** suppress verbose build output
- **nocache** do not use the cache when building the image
- **rm** remove intermediate containers after a successful build
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **500** server error
#### [Check auth configuration](#id31)
`POST /auth`
: Get the default username and email
**Example request**:
POST /auth HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
{
"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](#id32)
`GET /info`
: Display system-wide information
**Example request**:
GET /info HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{
"Containers":11,
"Images":16,
"Debug":false,
"NFd": 11,
"NGoroutines":21,
"MemoryLimit":true,
"SwapLimit":false,
"IPv4Forwarding":true
}
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **500** server error
#### [Show the docker version information](#id33)
`GET /version`
: Show the docker version information
**Example request**:
GET /version HTTP/1.1
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
{
"Version":"0.2.2",
"GitCommit":"5a2a5cc+CHANGES",
"GoVersion":"go1.0.3"
}
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **500** server error
#### [Create a new image from a containers changes](#id34)
`POST /commit`
: Create a new image from a containers changes
**Example request**:
POST /commit?container=44c004db4b17&m=message&repo=myrepo HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
{
"Cmd": ["cat", "/world"],
"PortSpecs":["22"]
}
**Example response**:
HTTP/1.1 201 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.docker.raw-stream
{"Id":"596069db4bf5"}
Query Parameters:
 
- **container** source container
- **repo** repository
- **tag** tag
- **m** commit message
- **author** author (eg. "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 Dockers events](#id35)
`GET /events`
: Get events from docker, either in real time via streaming, or via
polling (using since)
**Example request**:
GET /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 used for polling
Status Codes:
- **200** no error
- **500** server error
## [3. Going further](#id36)
### [3.1 Inside docker run](#id37)
Here are the steps of docker run :
- Create the container
- If the status code is 404, it means the image doesnt exists: \* 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 containers start) and
stream=1
- If in detached mode or only stdin is attached: \* Display the
containers id
### [3.2 Hijacking](#id38)
In this version of the API, /attach, uses hijacking to transport stdin,
stdout and stderr on the same socket. This might change in the future.
### [3.3 CORS Requests](#id39)
To enable cross origin requests to the remote api add the flag
"api-enable-cors" when running docker in daemon mode.
docker -d -H="192.168.1.9:4243" --api-enable-cors