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Docker Engine API API Technical Specs & Reference

Detailed technical specifications for Docker Engine API API including version 1.33 data.
📅 Last updated: April 20, 2026

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Docker Engine API API Overview

The Engine API is an HTTP API served by Docker Engine. It is the API the Docker client uses to communicate with the Engine, so everything the Docker client can do can be done with the API.

Most of the client’s commands map directly to API endpoints (e.g. docker ps is GET /containers/json). The notable exception is running containers, which consists of several API calls.

Errors

The API uses standard HTTP status codes to indicate the success or failure of the API call. The body of the res…

Technical Specifications

AttributeDetails
Providerdocker.com
Current Version1.33
FormatOpenAPI / JSON

Integration Information

Reference for version 1.33.


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