Remote API for docker exec commands

Question

Could someone please help me with remote api for docker exec to run a command?

I am able to run it directly:

# docker exec 941430a3060c date
Fri Apr          


        

Answer 1

The API section which would help you is: Exec Create/Start

You can see some example in integration-cli/docker_api_exec_test.go

• create:

  sockRequest("POST", fmt.Sprintf("/containers/%s/exec", name), map[string]interface{}{"Cmd": []string{"true"}})
  

• start:

  sockRequestRaw("POST", fmt.Sprintf("/exec/%s/start", id), strings.NewReader(`{"Detach": true}`), "application/json")
  

• inspect:

  sockRequestRaw("GET", fmt.Sprintf("/exec/%s/json", id), nil, "")