How to get a Docker container's IP address from the host

Question

Is there a command I can run to get the container\'s IP address right from the host after a new container is created?

Basically, once Docker creates the container, I

Answer 1

Just for completeness:

I really like the --format option, but at first I wasn't aware of it so I used a simple Python one-liner to get the same result:

docker inspect  |python -c 'import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);print obj[0]["NetworkSettings"]["IPAddress"]'