Podman quadlets API
The quadlets API from Podman — 5 operation(s) for quadlets.
The quadlets API from Podman — 5 operation(s) for quadlets.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
contact:
email: podman@lists.podman.io
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description: 'This documentation describes the Podman v2.x+ RESTful API. It consists of a Docker-compatible
API and a Libpod API providing support for Podman’s unique features such as pods.
To start the service and keep it running for 5,000 seconds (-t 0 runs forever):
podman system service -t 5000 &
You can then use cURL on the socket using requests documented below.
NOTE: if you install the package podman-docker, it will create a symbolic
link for /run/docker.sock to /run/podman/podman.sock
NOTE: Some fields in the API response JSON are encoded as omitempty, which means that
if said field has a zero value, they will not be encoded in the API response. This
is a feature to help reduce the size of the JSON responses returned via the API.
NOTE: Due to the limitations of [go-swagger](https://github.com/go-swagger/go-swagger),
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Quick Examples:
''podman info''
curl --unix-socket /run/podman/podman.sock http://d/v6.0.0/libpod/info
''podman pull quay.io/containers/podman''
curl -XPOST --unix-socket /run/podman/podman.sock -v ''http://d/v6.0.0/images/create?fromImage=quay.io%2Fcontainers%2Fpodman''
''podman list images''
curl --unix-socket /run/podman/podman.sock -v ''http://d/v6.0.0/libpod/images/json'' | jq'
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 artifacts Quadlets 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:
- name: quadlets
paths:
/libpod/quadlets:
delete:
description: 'Remove one or more quadlet files. Supports removing specific quadlets by name or all quadlets
for the current user. Can force removal of running quadlets and control systemd reload behavior.
'
operationId: QuadletDeleteAllLibpod
parameters:
- description: Names of quadlets to remove (e.g., "myapp.container"). Required unless all=true
in: query
name: quadlets
schema:
type: array
items:
type: string
- description: Remove all quadlets for the current user
in: query
name: all
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
- description: Remove running quadlets by stopping them first
in: query
name: force
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
- description: Do not error for quadlets that do not exist
in: query
name: ignore
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
- description: Reload systemd after removing quadlets
in: query
name: reload-systemd
schema:
type: boolean
default: true
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/quadletRemoveResponse'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/badParamError'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/internalError'
summary: Remove quadlet files (batch operation)
tags:
- quadlets
post:
description: 'Install one or more files for a quadlet application. Each request should contain a single quadlet file
and optionally more files such as containerfile, kube yaml or configuration files. Supports both tar
archives and multipart form data uploads.
'
operationId: QuadletInstallLibpod
parameters:
- description: Replace the installation files even if the files already exists
in: query
name: replace
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
- description: Reload systemd after installing quadlets
in: query
name: reload-systemd
schema:
type: boolean
default: true
responses:
'200':
description: Quadlet installation report
content:
application/json:
schema:
properties:
InstalledQuadlets:
additionalProperties:
type: string
description: Map of source path to installed path for successfully installed quadlets
type: object
QuadletErrors:
additionalProperties:
type: string
description: Map of source path to error message for failed installations
type: object
type: object
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/badParamError'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/internalError'
summary: Install quadlet files
tags:
- quadlets
requestBody:
content:
application/x-tar:
schema:
format: binary
type: string
multipart/form-data:
schema:
format: binary
type: string
description: 'Quadlet files to install. Can be provided as:
- application/x-tar: A tar archive containing one quadlet file and optionally additional files
- multipart/form-data: One quadlet file as form data and optionally additional files
'
/libpod/quadlets/{name}:
delete:
description: 'Remove a quadlet file by name. Can force removal of running quadlets and control systemd reload behavior.
'
operationId: QuadletDeleteLibpod
parameters:
- description: the name of the quadlet with extension (e.g., "myapp.container")
in: path
name: name
required: true
schema:
type: string
- description: Remove running quadlet by stopping it first
in: query
name: force
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
- description: Do not error if the quadlet does not exist
in: query
name: ignore
schema:
type: boolean
default: false
- description: Reload systemd after removing the quadlet
in: query
name: reload-systemd
schema:
type: boolean
default: true
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/quadletRemoveResponse'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/badParamError'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/quadletNotFound'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/internalError'
summary: Remove a quadlet file
tags:
- quadlets
/libpod/quadlets/{name}/exists:
get:
description: Check if a quadlet exists by name
operationId: QuadletExistsLibpod
parameters:
- description: the name of the quadlet with extension (e.g., "myapp.container")
in: path
name: name
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'204':
description: quadlet exists
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/quadletNotFound'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/internalError'
summary: Check if quadlet exists
tags:
- quadlets
/libpod/quadlets/{name}/file:
get:
description: Get the contents of a Quadlet, displaying the file including all comments
operationId: QuadletFileLibpod
parameters:
- description: the name of the quadlet with extension (e.g., "myapp.container")
in: path
name: name
required: true
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/quadletFileResponse'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/quadletNotFound'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/internalError'
summary: Get quadlet file
tags:
- quadlets
/libpod/quadlets/json:
get:
description: Return a list of all quadlets.
operationId: QuadletListLibpod
parameters:
- description: "JSON encoded value of the filters (a map[string][]string).\nSupported filters:\n - name=<quadlet-name> Filter by quadlet name\n - pod=<pod-quadlet> Filter by Pod= value (container quadlets only)\n"
in: query
name: filters
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/quadletListResponse'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/internalError'
summary: List quadlets
tags:
- quadlets
components:
responses:
quadletRemoveResponse:
description: Quadlet remove
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/QuadletRemoveReport'
application/octet-stream:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/QuadletRemoveReport'
text/plain:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/QuadletRemoveReport'
quadletListResponse:
description: Quadlet list
content:
application/json:
schema:
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ListQuadlet'
type: array
application/octet-stream:
schema:
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ListQuadlet'
type: array
text/plain:
schema:
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ListQuadlet'
type: array
internalError:
description: Internal server error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
application/octet-stream:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
text/plain:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
badParamError:
description: Bad parameter in request
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
application/octet-stream:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
text/plain:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
quadletNotFound:
description: No such quadlet
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
application/octet-stream:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
text/plain:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorModel'
quadletFileResponse:
description: Quadlet file
schemas:
QuadletRemoveReport:
description: QuadletRemoveReport contains the results of an operation to remove obe or more quadlets
properties:
Errors:
additionalProperties:
type: string
x-go-type: error
description: Errors is a map of Quadlet name to error that occurred during removal.
type: object
Removed:
description: Removed is a list of quadlets that were successfully removed
items:
type: string
type: array
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/pkg/domain/entities
ListQuadlet:
description: A ListQuadlet is a single Quadlet to be listed by `podman quadlet list`
properties:
App:
description: 'If multiple quadlets were installed together they will belong
to common App.'
type: string
Name:
description: Name is the name of the Quadlet file
type: string
Path:
description: Path to the Quadlet on disk
type: string
Pod:
description: 'Pod is the pod Quadlet file referenced by Pod= in [Container]
Empty for quadlet types that do not support Pod='
type: string
Status:
description: 'What is the status of the Quadlet - if present in systemd, will be a
systemd status, else will mention if the Quadlet has syntax errors'
type: string
UnitName:
description: 'UnitName is the name of the systemd unit created from the Quadlet.
May be empty if systemd has not be reloaded since it was installed.'
type: string
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/pkg/domain/entities
ErrorModel:
description: ErrorModel is used in remote connections with podman
properties:
cause:
description: API root cause formatted for automated parsing
example: API root cause
type: string
x-go-name: Because
message:
description: human error message, formatted for a human to read
example: human error message
type: string
x-go-name: Message
response:
description: HTTP response code
format: int64
minimum: 400
type: integer
x-go-name: ResponseCode
type: object
x-go-package: go.podman.io/podman/v6/pkg/errorhandling