# Docker Hub Exec API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/docker-hub/docker-hub-exec-api/  
**Provider:** Docker Hub — https://apis.io/providers/docker-hub/  
**Base URL:** https://hub.docker.com/v2  
**Documentation:** https://docs.docker.com/docker-hub/api/latest/

Docker Hub Exec API is one of 26 APIs that [Docker Hub](https://apis.io/providers/docker-hub/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Exec. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

Run new commands inside running containers. See the command-line reference for more information. To exec a command in a container, you first need to create an exec instance, then start it. These two API endpoints are wrapped up in a single command-line command, `docker exec`.

## Operations (4)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/containers/{id}/exec` | Create an exec instance |
| POST | `/exec/{id}/start` | Start an exec instance |
| POST | `/exec/{id}/resize` | Resize an exec instance |
| GET | `/exec/{id}/json` | Inspect an exec instance |

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/docker-hub/openapi/docker-hub-exec-api-openapi.yml

## Other Docker Hub APIs (12)

- [Docker Hub Access Tokens API](https://apis.io/apis/docker-hub/docker-hub-access-tokens-api/)
- [Docker Hub Audit Logs API](https://apis.io/apis/docker-hub/docker-hub-audit-logs-api/)
- [Docker Hub Authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/docker-hub/docker-hub-authentication-api-api/)
- [Docker Hub Groups API](https://apis.io/apis/docker-hub/docker-hub-groups-api/)
- [Docker Hub Invites API](https://apis.io/apis/docker-hub/docker-hub-invites-api/)
- [Docker Hub Org Access Tokens API](https://apis.io/apis/docker-hub/docker-hub-org-access-tokens-api/)
- [Docker Hub Org Settings API](https://apis.io/apis/docker-hub/docker-hub-org-settings-api/)
- [Docker Hub Orgs API](https://apis.io/apis/docker-hub/docker-hub-orgs-api/)
- [Docker Hub Repositories API](https://apis.io/apis/docker-hub/docker-hub-repositories-api/)
- [Docker Hub SCIM API](https://apis.io/apis/docker-hub/docker-hub-scim-api/)
- [Docker Hub Config API](https://apis.io/apis/docker-hub/docker-hub-config-api/)
- [Docker Hub Container API](https://apis.io/apis/docker-hub/docker-hub-container-api/)

## Tags

Exec

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