Docker Engine API
  1. Container
Docker Engine API
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      POST
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      POST
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      GET
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      POST
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      POST
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      GET
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      POST
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      POST
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      POST
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      POST
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    GET
  1. Container

Delete stopped containers

/v1.33
/v1.33
/v1.33
/v1.33
POST
/containers/prune
Container
Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
Swift
curl --location --request POST '/v1.33/containers/prune'
Response Response Example
200 - Example 1
{
    "ContainersDeleted": [
        "string"
    ],
    "SpaceReclaimed": 0
}

Request

Query Params
filters
string 
optional
Filters to process on the prune list, encoded as JSON (a map[string][]string).
Available filters:
until=<timestamp> Prune containers created before this timestamp. The <timestamp> can be Unix timestamps, date formatted timestamps, or Go duration strings (e.g. 10m, 1h30m) computed relative to the daemon machine’s time.
label (label=<key>, label=<key>=<value>, label!=<key>, or label!=<key>=<value>) Prune containers with (or without, in case label!=... is used) the specified labels.

Responses

🟢200No error
application/json
Body
ContainersDeleted
array[string]
optional
Container IDs that were deleted
SpaceReclaimed
integer <int64>
optional
Disk space reclaimed in bytes
🔴500Server error
Modified at 2022-09-10 17:56:06
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