API

[ArtyomCZ]

Hi,

I wonder if there is any API, I haven't tried Dockge yet and I don't have much experience with docker.

My intention is to develop a SaaS, and for that, I'll require a dedicated container for each user. Dockge seems promising for container management, but I'm unsure if there's a method to create and oversee containers through an API rather than relying solely on the web interface.

[louislam]

I think you don't need Dockge. Dockge is literally just a docker compose wrapper with a fancy GUI.

If you are going to develop something else, why not just call docker compose up/down directly from your application.

[qroac]

I'd also like to have some functions available via API.
At the moment, I use dockge for manual management and overview of deployed stacks.

For Deployment in CI I have to perform steps via SSH on the machines that I'd very much like to handle via dockge API:

• Edit specific env variable for a service or in .env file
• Pull new image version
• Build services in compose file
• Restart specific stack service with the new image version (down; up -d)

[Gandalf-the-Blue]

Can I also add a use case of displaying basic stats such as active containers/stacks, inactive containers using the API so that dashboards such as homepage, dashy etc. can display the information.

[spupuz]

this is for sure the best use case for having api

[vednolacni]

+1

[ForsakenRei]

also wondering if stats API will be available.

[mgundelfinger]

My usecase for this would be to allow my Home Assistant to be able to access containers running on my docker host, I could add a button to start/stop a stack/container, as well as display the current status of it. With portainer this is doable, and pretty much the only thing I'm missing from portainer. Alternatively add ssh to the image so you can just execute the docker compose commands remotely.

[pops199]

An API will also be usefull for Homepage, Uptime Kuma already has the Widget, would be nice to see "Running" "Stopped" "Healthy" "Unhealthy" gethomepage/homepage#2350 (comment)

[suicidaleggroll]

Any update on this? Even just a basic read-only API which provides stats for the number of stacks and their state would be enough for integration into various dashboards. I like Dockge more than Portainer, but this is keeping me from switching.

[4r1-60ld]

Was also looking for this today. API for use for homepage, dashy etc would be a great addition to this app.

[ForsakenRei]

I think these API end points will definitely be helpful for a homepage deployment, too.

[KiARC]

I have another use case for an API: I have a website which is built into a Docker container by a CICD job on my server. The image gets pushed to a private registry, and the Compose file for the project pulls it from that registry. Currently I have to manually hit the "Update" button in Dockge (or pull and re-up the stack from the CLI directly), which adds friction. If Dockge could have an API endpoint by which an authenticated client (via a bearer token maybe) could update a specific stack programmatically, I could add a curl step to my CICD pipeline to call that endpoint after pushing the image, making the entire process seamless to automate.