Podman

Podman Containers API

Actions related to containers

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Operations 37

POST /libpod/commit Commit #
DELETE /libpod/containers/{name} Delete container #
PUT /libpod/containers/{name}/archive Copy files into a container #
POST /libpod/containers/{name}/attach Attach to a container #
GET /libpod/containers/{name}/changes Report on changes to container's filesystem; adds, deletes or modifications #
POST /libpod/containers/{name}/checkpoint Checkpoint a container #
GET /libpod/containers/{name}/exists Check if container exists #
GET /libpod/containers/{name}/export Export a container #
GET /libpod/containers/{name}/healthcheck Run a container's healthcheck #
POST /libpod/containers/{name}/init Initialize a container #
GET /libpod/containers/{name}/json Inspect container #
POST /libpod/containers/{name}/kill Kill container #
GET /libpod/containers/{name}/logs Get container logs #
POST /libpod/containers/{name}/mount Mount a container #
POST /libpod/containers/{name}/pause Pause a container #
POST /libpod/containers/{name}/rename Rename an existing container #
POST /libpod/containers/{name}/resize Resize a container's TTY #
POST /libpod/containers/{name}/restart Restart a container #
POST /libpod/containers/{name}/restore Restore a container #
POST /libpod/containers/{name}/start Start a container #
GET /libpod/containers/{name}/stats Get stats for a container #
POST /libpod/containers/{name}/stop Stop a container #
GET /libpod/containers/{name}/top List processes #
POST /libpod/containers/{name}/unmount Unmount a container #
POST /libpod/containers/{name}/unpause Unpause Container #
POST /libpod/containers/{name}/update Updates the configuration of an existing container, allowing changes to… #
POST /libpod/containers/{name}/wait Wait on a container #
POST /libpod/containers/create Create a container #
GET /libpod/containers/json List containers #
POST /libpod/containers/prune Delete stopped containers #
GET /libpod/containers/showmounted Show mounted containers #
GET /libpod/containers/stats Get stats for one or more containers #
GET /libpod/generate/{name}/systemd Generate Systemd Units #
GET /libpod/generate/kube Generate a Kubernetes YAML file #
POST /libpod/kube/apply Apply a podman workload or Kubernetes YAML file #
DELETE /libpod/play/kube Remove resources created from kube play #
POST /libpod/play/kube Play a Kubernetes YAML file #

Documentation

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https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
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GettingStarted
https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-system-service.1.html

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/podman/refs/heads/main/openapi/podman-containers-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

podman-containers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: podman@lists.podman.io
    name: Podman
    url: https://podman.io/community/
  description: This documentation describes the Podman v2.x+ RESTful API.
  license:
    name: Apache-2.0
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0
  termsOfService: https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/913caaa9b1de2b63692c9bae15120208194c9eb3/LICENSE
  title: supports a RESTful API for the Libpod library Containers API
  version: 5.0.0
  x-logo:
  - url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containers/libpod/main/logo/podman-logo.png
  - altText: Podman logo
servers:
- url: http://podman.io/
- url: https://podman.io/
tags:


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