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Podman volumes API

Actions related to volumes

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

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

This API exposes 8 operations across 8 paths, and defines 4 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/.

8 operations 8 paths 4 schemas 1 DELETE4 GET3 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 8

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

volumes 8

Actions related to volumes

DELETE
/libpod/volumes/{name}
Remove volume
VolumeDeleteLibpod 3 params → 204404409500
GET
/libpod/volumes/{name}/exists
Volume exists
VolumeExistsLibpod 1 param → 204404500
GET
/libpod/volumes/{name}/export
Export a volume
VolumeExportLibpod 1 param → 200404500
POST
/libpod/volumes/{name}/import
Populate a volume by importing provided tar
VolumeImportLibpod 1 param body → 204404500
GET
/libpod/volumes/{name}/json
Inspect volume
VolumeInspectLibpod 1 param → 200404500
POST
/libpod/volumes/create
Create a volume
VolumeCreateLibpod body → 201500
GET
/libpod/volumes/json
List volumes
VolumeListLibpod 1 param → 200500
POST
/libpod/volumes/prune
Prune volumes
VolumePruneLibpod 1 param → 200500

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are VolumeCreateOptions (8 properties), ErrorModel (3 properties), PruneReport (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

VolumeCreateOptions
object
8 properties
PruneReport
object
POST "/volumes/prune"
3 properties
VolumeConfigResponse
object
ErrorModel
object
ErrorModel is used in remote connections with podman
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

podman-volumes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
podman:podman-volumes-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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