Description

# Docker SDK for Python [](https://github.com/docker/docker-py/actions/workflows/ci.yml) A Python library for the Docker Engine API. It lets you do anything the `docker` command does, but from within Python apps – run containers, manage containers, manage Swarms, etc. ## Installation The latest stable version [is available on PyPI](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/docker/). Install with pip: pip install docker > Older versions (< 6.0) required installing `docker[tls]` for SSL/TLS support. > This is no longer necessary and is a no-op, but is supported for backwards compatibility. ## Usage Connect to Docker using the default socket or the configuration in your environment: ```python import docker client = docker.from_env() ``` You can run containers: ```python >>> client.containers.run("ubuntu:latest", "echo hello world") 'hello world\n' ``` You can run containers in the background: ```python >>> client.containers.run("bfirsh/reticulate-splines", detach=True) <Container '45e6d2de7c54'> ``` You can manage containers: ```python >>> client.containers.list() [<Container '45e6d2de7c54'>, <Container 'db18e4f20eaa'>, ...] >>> container = client.containers.get('45e6d2de7c54') >>> container.attrs['Config']['Image'] "bfirsh/reticulate-splines" >>> container.logs() "Reticulating spline 1...\n" >>> container.stop() ``` You can stream logs: ```python >>> for line in container.logs(stream=True): ... print(line.strip()) Reticulating spline 2... Reticulating spline 3... ... ``` You can manage images: ```python >>> client.images.pull('nginx') <Image 'nginx'> >>> client.images.list() [<Image 'ubuntu'>, <Image 'nginx'>, ...] ``` [Read the full documentation](https://docker-py.readthedocs.io) to see everything you can do.