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

You can start your container with the flag -P. This "assigns" a random port to the exposed port of your image.

With docker port you can see the randomly choosen port. Access is then possible via localhost:port.