Docker Engine API
  1. Container
Docker Engine API
  • System
    • Ping
      GET
    • Check auth configuration
      POST
    • Monitor events
      GET
    • Get system information
      GET
    • Get data usage information
      GET
    • Get version
      GET
  • Image
    • Build an image
    • Delete builder cache
    • Create a new image from a container
    • Create an image
    • Export several images
    • List Images
    • Import images
    • Delete unused images
    • Search images
    • Remove an image
    • Export an image
    • Get the history of an image
    • Inspect an image
    • Push an image
    • Tag an image
  • Config
    • List configs
    • Create a config
    • Delete a config
    • Inspect a config
    • Update a Config
  • Container
    • Create a container
      POST
    • List containers
      GET
    • Delete stopped containers
      POST
    • Remove a container
      DELETE
    • Get an archive of a filesystem resource in a container
      GET
    • Get information about files in a container
      HEAD
    • Extract an archive of files or folders to a directory in a container
      PUT
    • Attach to a container
      POST
    • Attach to a container via a websocket
      GET
    • Get changes on a container’s filesystem
      GET
    • Export a container
      GET
    • Inspect a container
      GET
    • Kill a container
      POST
    • Get container logs
      GET
    • Pause a container
      POST
    • Rename a container
      POST
    • Resize a container TTY
      POST
    • Restart a container
      POST
    • Start a container
      POST
    • Get container stats based on resource usage
      GET
    • Stop a container
      POST
    • List processes running inside a container
      GET
    • Unpause a container
      POST
    • Update a container
      POST
    • Wait for a container
      POST
  • Exec
    • Create an exec instance
    • Inspect an exec instance
    • Resize an exec instance
    • Start an exec instance
  • Distribution
    • Get image information from the registry
  • Network
    • List networks
    • Create a network
    • Delete unused networks
    • Remove a network
    • Inspect a network
    • Connect a container to a network
    • Disconnect a container from a network
  • Node
    • List nodes
    • Delete a node
    • Inspect a node
    • Update a node
  • Plugin
    • List plugins
    • Create a plugin
    • Get plugin privileges
    • Install a plugin
    • Remove a plugin
    • Disable a plugin
    • Enable a plugin
    • Inspect a plugin
    • Push a plugin
    • Configure a plugin
    • Upgrade a plugin
  • Secret
    • List secrets
    • Create a secret
    • Delete a secret
    • Inspect a secret
    • Update a Secret
  • Service
    • List services
    • Create a service
    • Delete a service
    • Inspect a service
    • Get service logs
    • Update a service
  • Session (experimental)
    • Initialize interactive session
  • Swarm
    • Inspect swarm
    • Initialize a new swarm
    • Join an existing swarm
    • Leave a swarm
    • Unlock a locked manager
    • Get the unlock key
    • Update a swarm
  • Task
    • List tasks
    • Inspect a task
  • Volume
    • List volumes
    • Create a volume
    • Delete unused volumes
    • Remove a volume
    • Inspect a volume
  • Get task logs
    GET
  1. Container

Rename a container

/v1.33
/v1.33
/v1.33
/v1.33
POST
/containers/{id}/rename
Container
Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
Swift
curl --location --request POST '/v1.33/containers//rename?name='
Response Response Example
204 - Example 1
{}

Request

Path Params
id
string 
required
ID or name of the container
Query Params
name
string 
required
New name for the container

Responses

🟢204no error
application/json
Body
object {0}
🟠404no such container
🟠409name already in use
🔴500server error
Modified at 2022-09-10 17:56:06
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