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Docker Network API

Networks are user-defined networks that containers can be attached to.See the [networking documentation](https://docs.docker.com/network/)for more information.

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Docker Network API is one of 15 APIs that Docker publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Network. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 7 operations across 6 paths, and defines 17 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 1.54.

7 operations 6 paths 17 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET4 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 2.0
API Version
1.54
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 7

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Network 7

Networks are user-defined networks that containers can be attached to. See the [networking documentation](https://docs.docker.com/network/) for more information.

GET
/networks
List networks
NetworkList 1 param → 200500
GET
/networks/{id}
Inspect a network
NetworkInspect 3 params → 200404500
DELETE
/networks/{id}
Remove a network
NetworkDelete 1 param → 204403404500
POST
/networks/create
Create a network
NetworkCreate 1 param → 201400403404500
POST
/networks/{id}/connect
Connect a container to a network
NetworkConnect 2 params → 200400403404500
POST
/networks/{id}/disconnect
Disconnect a container from a network
NetworkDisconnect 2 params → 200403404500
POST
/networks/prune
Delete unused networks
NetworkPrune 1 param → 200500

Schemas 17

The contract defines 17 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Network (16 properties), EndpointSettings (15 properties), EndpointResource (5 properties), IPAMConfig (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

NetworkCreateResponse
object
OK response to NetworkCreate operation
2 properties 2 required
NetworkSummary
object
Network list response item
PeerInfo
object
represents one peer of an overlay network.
2 properties
IPAMStatus
object
1 property
NetworkDisconnectRequest
object
NetworkDisconnectRequest represents the data to be used to disconnect a container from a network.
2 properties 1 required
EndpointResource
object
contains network resources allocated and used for a container in a network.
5 properties
NetworkStatus
object
provides runtime information about the network such as the number of allocated IPs.
1 property
EndpointIPAMConfig
object
EndpointIPAMConfig represents an endpoint's IPAM configuration.
3 properties
SubnetStatus
object
2 properties
Network
object
16 properties
IPAM
object
3 properties
ConfigReference
object
The config-only network source to provide the configuration for this network.
1 property
NetworkConnectRequest
object
NetworkConnectRequest represents the data to be used to connect a container to a network.
2 properties 1 required
IPAMConfig
object
4 properties
EndpointSettings
object
Configuration for a network endpoint.
15 properties
NetworkInspect
object
The body of the "get network" http response message.
3 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Represents an error.
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

docker-network-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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