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Podman images (compat) API

Actions related to images for the compatibility endpoints

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Podman images (compat) API is one of 18 APIs that Podman publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 13 operations across 13 paths, and defines 29 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 5.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: http://podman.io/, https://podman.io/.

13 operations 13 paths 29 schemas 1 DELETE6 GET6 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
5.0.0
Base URL
http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
Contact
Podman
License
Apache-2.0
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 13

Across 13 paths, the API surfaces 13 operations — 1 DELETE, 6 GET, 6 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

images (compat) 13

Actions related to images for the compatibility endpoints

POST
/build
Build image
ImageBuild 31 params body → 200400500
DELETE
/images/{name}
Remove Image
ImageDelete 4 params → 200404409500
GET
/images/{name}/get
Export an image
ImageGet 1 param → 200500
GET
/images/{name}/history
History of an image
ImageHistory 1 param → 200404500
GET
/images/{name}/json
Inspect an image
ImageInspect 1 param → 200404500
POST
/images/{name}/push
Push Image
ImagePush 8 params → 200404500
POST
/images/{name}/tag
Tag an image
ImageTag 3 params → 201400404409500
POST
/images/create
Create an image
ImageCreate 9 params body → 200404500
GET
/images/get
Export several images
ImageGetAll 1 param → 200500
GET
/images/json
List Images
ImageList 4 params → 200500
POST
/images/load
Import image
ImageLoad 1 param body → 200500
POST
/images/prune
Prune unused images
ImagePrune 1 param → 200500
GET
/images/search
Search images
ImageSearch 5 params → 200400500

Schemas 29

The contract defines 29 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Config (24 properties), ImageInspect (23 properties), SignerIdentity (17 properties), DockerOCIImageConfig (13 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Digest
string
The following is an example of the contents of Digest types: sha256:7173b809ca12ec5dee4506cd86be934c4596dd234ee82c0662eac04a8c2c71dc This allows to abstract th…
SignatureTimestamp
object
3 properties
ManifestKind
string
BuildIdentity
object
2 properties
SignatureType
string
Metadata
object
1 property
ImageInspect
object
23 properties
PullIdentity
object
If image was pulled via mirror, this contains the original repository location.
1 property
ImageProperties
object
4 properties 2 required
Platform
object
5 properties
Identity
object
This is trusted information verified by the daemon and cannot be modified by tagging an image to a different name.
3 properties
Summary
object
11 properties 9 required
KnownSignerIdentity
string
PortSet
object
Descriptor
object
This structure provides application/vnd.oci.descriptor.v1+json mediatype when marshalled to JSON.
8 properties
Config
object
It should hold only portable information about the container. Here, "portable" means "independent from the host we are running on". Non-portable information sh…
24 properties
Duration
integer
A Duration represents the elapsed time between two instants as an int64 nanosecond count. The representation limits the largest representable duration to appro…
ManifestSummary
object
7 properties 5 required
SignerIdentity
object
[certificate.Summary]: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/sigstore/sigstore-go/pkg/fulcio/certificateSummary
17 properties
HealthcheckConfig
object
6 properties
DriverData
object
DriverData handles the data for a storage driver
2 properties 2 required
AttestationProperties
object
1 property
HealthConfig
object
HistoryResponse
object
HistoryResponse provides details on image layers
6 properties
ErrorModel
object
ErrorModel is used in remote connections with podman
3 properties
DockerOCIImageConfig
object
13 properties
SignatureIdentity
object
8 properties
RootFS
object
2 properties
SignatureTimestampType
string

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

podman-images-compat-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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ID
podman:podman-images-compat-api
Base URL
http://d/v6.0.0/libpod
Docs
https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html
Provider
Podman
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