10 Docker Remote API Commands for Images – Flux7 Blog
In the last post of this series, we discussed Docker Remote API and explored the commands specific to containers. In this post, let’s discuss commands specific to images.
Create an Image
Images can be created in one of the following ways:
- By performing a registry pull
- By importing the image
POST /images/create
A sample request is shown in this screenshot.
Create an Image from a Container
To create an image from the container’s commits, use:
POST /commit
A sample request is in this screenshot.
List of Images
To obtain the list of images, use:
GET /images/json
A sample request is shown in this screenshot.
Insert a File
To insert a file at a specific path, use:
POST /images/(name)/insert
A sample request is shown in this screenshot.
Delete Image
To delete an image by name, use:
DELETE /images/(name)
A sample request is shown in this screenshot.
Registry Push
To push an image to the registry, use:
POST /images/(name)/push
A sample execution is shown in this screenshot.
Tag Image
To tag an image, use:
POST /images/(name)/tag
A sample execution is shown in this screenshot.
Search an Image
To search for an image, use:
GET /images/search
A sample execution is shown in this screenshot.
History
To view an image’s history, use:
GET /images/(name)/history
A sample execution is shown in this screenshot.
Build an Image
An image can be built with DockerFile using:
POST /build
A sample execution is shown in this screenshot.
We have now completed three legs of this Docker API journey. Check out the next post of this on-going Docker Tutorial Series, which you can find here every Thursday.
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