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Docker Volume API

Create and manage persistent storage that can be attached to containers.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

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

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

This API exposes 6 operations across 4 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 1.54.

6 operations 4 paths 8 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET2 POST1 PUT

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 2.0
API Version
1.54
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 6

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

Volume 6

Create and manage persistent storage that can be attached to containers.

GET
/volumes
List volumes
VolumeList 1 param → 200500
POST
/volumes/create
Create a volume
VolumeCreate 1 param → 201500
GET
/volumes/{name}
Inspect a volume
VolumeInspect 1 param → 200404500
PUT
/volumes/{name}
"Update a volume. Valid only for Swarm cluster volumes"
VolumeUpdate 3 params → 200400404500503
DELETE
/volumes/{name}
Remove a volume
VolumeDelete 2 params → 204404409500
POST
/volumes/prune
Delete unused volumes
VolumePrune 1 param → 200500

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Volume (10 properties), ClusterVolume (7 properties), VolumeCreateRequest (5 properties), VolumeListResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ObjectVersion
object
The version number of the object such as node, service, etc. This is needed to avoid conflicting writes. The client must send the version number along with the…
1 property
ClusterVolumeSpec
object
Cluster-specific options used to create the volume.
2 properties
VolumeListResponse
object
Volume list response
2 properties
Volume
object
10 properties 6 required
ErrorResponse
object
Represents an error.
1 property 1 required
ClusterVolume
object
Options and information specific to, and only present on, Swarm CSI cluster volumes.
7 properties
VolumeCreateRequest
object
Volume configuration
5 properties
Topology
object
A map of topological domains to topological segments. For in depth details, see documentation for the Topology object in the CSI specification.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

docker-volume-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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