Interface: DockerDesktopClient

An amalgam of the v0 and v1 interfaces of the Docker Desktop API client, provided for backwards compatibility reasons. Unless you're working with a legacy extension, use the v1 type instead.

Properties

backend

• Readonly backend: undefined | BackendV0

The window.ddClient.backend object can be used to communicate with the backend defined in the vm section of the extension metadata. The client is already connected to the backend.

Warning
It will be removed in a future version. Use extension instead.

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.backend

extension

• Readonly extension: Extension

The ddClient.extension object can be used to communicate with the backend defined in the vm section of the extension metadata. The client is already connected to the backend.

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV1.extension

desktopUI

• Readonly desktopUI: DesktopUI

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV1.desktopUI

host

• Readonly host: Host

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV1.host

docker

• Readonly docker: Docker

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV1.docker

Container Methods

listContainers

▸ listContainers(options): Promise<unknown>

Get the list of running containers (same as docker ps).

By default, this will not list stopped containers. You can use the option {"all": true} to list all the running and stopped containers.

const containers = await window.ddClient.listContainers();

Warning
It will be removed in a future version. Use listContainers instead.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`options`	`never`	(Optional). A JSON like `{ "all": true, "limit": 10, "size": true, "filters": JSON.stringify({ status: ["exited"] }), }` For more information about the different properties see the Docker API endpoint documentation.

Returns

Promise<unknown>

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.listContainers

Image Methods

listImages

▸ listImages(options): Promise<unknown>

Get the list of images

const images = await window.ddClient.listImages();

Warning
It will be removed in a future version. Use listImages instead.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`options`	`never`	(Optional). A JSON like `{ "all": true, "filters": JSON.stringify({ dangling: ["true"] }), "digests": true }` For more information about the different properties see the Docker API endpoint documentation.

Returns

Promise<unknown>

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.listImages

navigateToContainers

▸ navigateToContainers(): void

Navigate to the container's window in Docker Desktop.

window.ddClient.navigateToContainers();

Warning
It will be removed in a future version. Use viewContainers instead.

Returns

void

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.navigateToContainers

navigateToContainer

▸ navigateToContainer(id): Promise<any>

Navigate to the container window in Docker Desktop.

await window.ddClient.navigateToContainer(id);

Warning
It will be removed in a future version.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	The full container id, e.g. `46b57e400d801762e9e115734bf902a2450d89669d85881058a46136520aca28`. You can use the `--no-trunc` flag as part of the `docker ps` command to display the full container id.

Returns

Promise<any>

A promise that fails if the container doesn't exist.

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.navigateToContainer

navigateToContainerLogs

▸ navigateToContainerLogs(id): Promise<any>

Navigate to the container logs window in Docker Desktop.

await window.ddClient.navigateToContainerLogs(id);

Warning
It will be removed in a future version.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	The full container id, e.g. `46b57e400d801762e9e115734bf902a2450d89669d85881058a46136520aca28`. You can use the `--no-trunc` flag as part of the `docker ps` command to display the full container id.

Returns

Promise<any>

A promise that fails if the container doesn't exist.

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.navigateToContainerLogs

navigateToContainerInspect

▸ navigateToContainerInspect(id): Promise<any>

Navigate to the container inspect window in Docker Desktop.

await window.ddClient.navigateToContainerInspect(id);

Warning
It will be removed in a future version.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	The full container id, e.g. `46b57e400d801762e9e115734bf902a2450d89669d85881058a46136520aca28`. You can use the `--no-trunc` flag as part of the `docker ps` command to display the full container id.

Returns

Promise<any>

A promise that fails if the container doesn't exist.

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.navigateToContainerInspect

navigateToContainerStats

▸ navigateToContainerStats(id): Promise<any>

Navigate to the container stats to see the CPU, memory, disk read/write and network I/O usage.

await window.ddClient.navigateToContainerStats(id);

Warning
It will be removed in a future version.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	The full container id, e.g. `46b57e400d801762e9e115734bf902a2450d89669d85881058a46136520aca28`. You can use the `--no-trunc` flag as part of the `docker ps` command to display the full container id.

Returns

Promise<any>

A promise that fails if the container doesn't exist.

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.navigateToContainerStats

navigateToImages

▸ navigateToImages(): void

Navigate to the images window in Docker Desktop.

await window.ddClient.navigateToImages(id);

Warning
It will be removed in a future version. Use viewImages instead.

Returns

void

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.navigateToImages

navigateToImage

▸ navigateToImage(id, tag): Promise<any>

Navigate to a specific image referenced by id and tag in Docker Desktop. In this navigation route you can find the image layers, commands, created time and size.

await window.ddClient.navigateToImage(id, tag);

Warning
It will be removed in a future version. Use viewImage instead.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`id`	`string`	The full image id (including sha), e.g. `sha256:34ab3ae068572f4e85c448b4035e6be5e19cc41f69606535cd4d768a63432673`.
`tag`	`string`	The tag of the image, e.g. `latest`, `0.0.1`, etc.

Returns

Promise<any>

A promise that fails if the container doesn't exist.

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.navigateToImage

navigateToVolumes

▸ navigateToVolumes(): void

Navigate to the volumes window in Docker Desktop.

await window.ddClient.navigateToVolumes();

Warning
It will be removed in a future version. Use viewVolumes instead.

Returns

void

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.navigateToVolumes

navigateToVolume

▸ navigateToVolume(volume): void

Navigate to a specific volume in Docker Desktop.

window.ddClient.navigateToVolume(volume);

Warning
It will be removed in a future version. Use viewVolume instead.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`volume`	`string`	The name of the volume, e.g. `my-volume`.

Returns

void

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.navigateToVolume

navigateToDevEnvironments

▸ navigateToDevEnvironments(): void

Navigate to the Dev Environments window in Docker Desktop.

window.ddClient.navigateToDevEnvironments();

Warning
It will be removed in a future version. Use viewDevEnvironments instead.

Returns

void

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.navigateToDevEnvironments

Other Methods

execHostCmd

▸ execHostCmd(cmd): Promise< ExecResultV0>

You can run binaries defined in the host section in the extension metadata.

window.ddClient.execHostCmd(`cliShippedOnHost xxx`).then((cmdResult: any) => {
 console.log(cmdResult);
});

Warning
It will be removed in a future version. Use exec instead.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`cmd`	`string`	The command to be executed.

Returns

Promise< ExecResultV0>

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.execHostCmd

spawnHostCmd

▸ spawnHostCmd(cmd, args, callback): void

Invoke an extension binary on your host and get the output stream.

window.ddClient.spawnHostCmd(
  `cliShippedOnHost`,
  [`arg1`, `arg2`],
  (data: any, err: any) => {
    console.log(data.stdout, data.stderr);
    // Once the command exits we get the status code
    if (data.code) {
      console.log(data.code);
    }
  }
);

Warning
It will be removed in a future version. Use exec instead.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`cmd`	`string`	The command to be executed.
`args`	`string`[]	The arguments of the command to execute.
`callback`	(`data`: `any`, `error`: `any`) => `void`	The callback function where to listen from the command output data and errors.

Returns

void

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.spawnHostCmd

execDockerCmd

▸ execDockerCmd(cmd, ...args): Promise< ExecResultV0>

You can also directly execute the Docker binary.

const output = await window.ddClient.execDockerCmd("info");

Warning
It will be removed in a future version. Use exec instead.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`cmd`	`string`	The command to execute.
`...args`	`string`[]	The arguments of the command to execute.

Returns

Promise< ExecResultV0>

The result will contain both the standard output and the standard error of the executed command:

{
  "stderr": "...",
  "stdout": "..."
}

For convenience, the command result object also has methods to easily parse it depending on the output format:

output.lines(): string[] splits output lines.
output.parseJsonObject(): any parses a well-formed JSON output.
output.parseJsonLines(): any[] parses each output line as a JSON object.

If the output of the command is too long, or you need to get the output as a stream you can use the

spawnDockerCmd function:

window.ddClient.spawnDockerCmd("logs", ["-f", "..."], (data, error) => {
  console.log(data.stdout);
});

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.execDockerCmd

spawnDockerCmd

▸ spawnDockerCmd(cmd, args, callback): void

Warning
It will be removed in a future version. Use exec instead.

Parameters

Name	Type
`cmd`	`string`
`args`	`string`[]
`callback`	(`data`: `any`, `error`: `any`) => `void`

Returns

void

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.spawnDockerCmd

openExternal

▸ openExternal(url): void

Opens an external URL with the system default browser.

window.ddClient.openExternal("https://docker.com");

Warning

It will be removed in a future version. Use openExternal instead.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`url`	`string`	The URL the browser opens (must have the protocol `http` or `https`).

Returns

void

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.openExternal

Toast Methods

toastSuccess

▸ toastSuccess(msg): void

Display a toast message of type success.

window.ddClient.toastSuccess("message");

Warning`
It will be removed in a future version. Use success instead.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`msg`	`string`	The message to display in the toast.

Returns

void

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.toastSuccess

toastWarning

▸ toastWarning(msg): void

Display a toast message of type warning.

window.ddClient.toastWarning("message");

Warning
It will be removed in a future version. Use warning instead.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`msg`	`string`	The message to display in the toast.

Returns

void

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.toastWarning

toastError

▸ toastError(msg): void

Display a toast message of type error.

window.ddClient.toastError("message");

Warning
It will be removed in a future version. Use error instead.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`msg`	`string`	The message to display in the toast.

Returns

void

Inherited from

DockerDesktopClientV0.toastError