| # Go client for the Docker Engine API | |
| The `docker` command uses this package to communicate with the daemon. It can also be used by your own Go applications to do anything the command-line interface does – running containers, pulling images, managing swarms, etc. | |
| For example, to list running containers (the equivalent of `docker ps`): | |
| ```go | |
| package main | |
| import ( | |
| "context" | |
| "fmt" | |
| "github.com/docker/docker/api/types" | |
| "github.com/docker/docker/client" | |
| ) | |
| func main() { | |
| cli, err := client.NewClientWithOpts(client.FromEnv) | |
| if err != nil { | |
| panic(err) | |
| } | |
| containers, err := cli.ContainerList(context.Background(), types.ContainerListOptions{}) | |
| if err != nil { | |
| panic(err) | |
| } | |
| for _, container := range containers { | |
| fmt.Printf("%s %s\n", container.ID[:10], container.Image) | |
| } | |
| } | |
| ``` | |
| [Full documentation is available on GoDoc.](https://godoc.org/github.com/docker/docker/client) |