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Docker Python SDK Maintenance: What’s the Story?
Well the primary language to program docker itself is go. Then there is docker compose which allows users to configure containers to form an application stack. From there on one can use ansible for further automation. So I assume most people simply don't have a direct use case to use python to programmatically use docker. And the other thing is that docker itself is pretty mature. So once the sdk reaches a level where most or all API calls are implemented there is simply not much to work on besides bugs. I am curious: how are you using that sdk? Best regards! More on reddit.com
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May 16, 2025Python Docker SDK - Stack Overflow
So my aim is from python, build a docker image and then run the image in a container. I'm able to build the image and then run the container however the container is returning the following '/bin/... More on stackoverflow.com
Issue with Python Docker SDK
Yeah, I just started seeing this on the CI for one of my projects: https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/simplistix/testservices/530/workflows/a5bd922a-beb0-4aa7-9efc-db1c78fa1abf/jobs/3804 Seems like a new thing as of about a day ago :-/ Looks like a bug in docker-py caused by a new release of the requests library: https://github.com/docker/docker-py/issues/3256 pin the requests package to <2.32 should fix it. More on reddit.com
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May 21, 2024Python Docker SDK error: invalid proto, expected tcp
I am facing this error whenever I try to use docker unable to resolve docker endpoint: Invalid proto, expected tcp: http://127.0.0.1:5000 More on forums.docker.com
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Docker Docs
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Docker provides an API for interacting with the Docker daemon (called the Docker Engine API), as well as SDKs for Go and Python. The SDKs allow you to efficiently build and scale Docker apps and solutions.
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The Python SDK retrieves authentication information from the credentials store file and integrates with credential helpers. It's possible to override these credentials, but that's out of scope for this example guide.
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Docker Python Library: A Comprehensive Guide | by Pradeep Kumar | Medium
February 16, 2024 - Docker is a popular platform used to develop, ship, and run applications within containers. The Docker Python library, also known as docker-py, is a Python SDK for the Docker Engine API.
PyPI
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docker-py · PyPI
A Python library for the Docker Remote API.
» pip install docker-py
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Docker provides an API for interacting with the Docker daemon (called the Docker Engine API), as well as SDKs for Go and Python. The SDKs allow you to efficiently build and scale Docker apps and solutions.
Reddit
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r/docker on Reddit: Docker Python SDK Maintenance: What’s the Story?
May 16, 2025 -
I’ve been using the Docker Python SDK for a while, and it’s a fantastic tool - but I’ve noticed the GitHub repo has ~500 open issues (some from 5+ years ago) and ~90 unreviewed PRs, including small but impactful fixes.
I understand maintainers are volunteers, often busy, but it’s unusual to see such a critical project with so little activity. Does anyone know if there’s a reason for the slow review process? Is the team understaffed, or is there a shift in focus away from this SDK?
I’ve submitted a few changes myself, that would be helpful for my work, but they’ve been waiting for months. Just curious if there’s a way to help move things forward—maybe more contributors are needed?
Thanks for any insights!
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FROM frolvlad/alpine-python2 MAINTAINER Ryan Woods <[email protected]> COPY . . RUN pip install -r requirements.txt CMD ['python', '-c', 'parser.py']
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How to Use Python Docker SDK (docker-py) for Automation
February 8, 2026 - You can manage containers, images, networks, and volumes with clean Python code instead of parsing command output. This guide covers practical examples of using docker-py for real automation tasks. ... # Install the Docker SDK pip install docker # Verify the installation python -c "import docker; client = docker.from_env(); print(client.version())"
Reddit
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r/docker on Reddit: Issue with Python Docker SDK
May 21, 2024 -
I can not get the Python Docker SDK to create a client. I am on the latest version of Docker, and Python 3.11.
I have already tried restarting the docker service and socket (on Arch using systemctl).
```python
import docker
client = docker.from_env()
```
`DockerException: Error while fetching server API version: Not supported URL scheme http+docker`
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Docker Community
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Python Docker SDK error: invalid proto, expected tcp - General - Docker Community Forums
March 14, 2024 - I am facing this error whenever I try to use docker unable to resolve docker endpoint: Invalid proto, expected tcp: http://127.0.0.1:5000
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I created a package to make this easy: python-on-whales
Install with
pip install python-on-whales
Then you can do
from python_on_whales import docker
docker.compose.up()
docker.compose.stop()
# and all the other commands.
You can find the source for the package in my GitHub repository: https://gabrieldemarmiesse.github.io/python-on-whales/
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I am working on the same issue and was looking for answers, but nothing so far. The best shot I can give it is to simplify that docker-compose logic. For example, you have a YAML file with a network and services - create them separately using Python Docker SDK and connect containers to a network.
It gets cumbersome, but eventually you can get things working that way from Python.
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The base_url parameter is the URL of the Docker server, not the Docker Registry.
Try something like:
from docker.errors import APIError, TLSParameterError
try:
client = docker.from_env()
client.login(username=args.docker_user, password=args.docker_password, registry=args.docker_registry)
except (APIError, TLSParameterError) as err:
# ...
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Here's how I have logged in to Docker using Python:
import docker
client = docker.from_env()
client.login(username='USERNAME', password='PASSWORD', email='EMAIL',
registry='https://index.docker.io/v1/')
and here's what it returns:
{'IdentityToken': '', 'Status': 'Login Succeeded'}
So, that means it has been logged in successfully.
PyPI
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docker-sdk · PyPI
August 15, 2024 - Develop with Docker Engine SDKs Docker provides an API for interacting with the Docker daemon (called the Docker Engine API), as well as SDKs for Go and Python. The SDKs allow you to efficiently build and scale Docker apps and solutions.
» pip install docker-sdk
GitHub
github.com › abiosoft › colima › issues › 468
Python Docker SDK cannot create client from_env · Issue #468 · abiosoft/colima
November 8, 2022 - Description After switching from Docker Desktop to Colima, tooling written in Python which creates a Docker client using from_env() fails with the following error: Error connecting to Docker: Error while fetching server API version: ('Co...
Author adrianmace
Docker Community
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Docker SDK for python - General - Docker Community Forums
July 8, 2020 - I have been using the docker sdk for python sometime now and its pretty fun. i have a script that checks whether a container is up or down and sends an email notification to myself based on the container’s state. Im using python schedule library to run the application the script every 1 minute ...
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