How to get IP address of running docker container

Question

I am using Docker for Mac. I am running a nodejs based microservice in a Docker container. I want to test node microservice through the browser. How to get IP address of run

Answer 1

For modern docker engines use this command :

docker inspect -f '{{range .NetworkSettings.Networks}}{{.IPAddress}}{{end}}' container_name_or_id

and for older engines use :

docker inspect --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}' container_name_or_id