# Examples using the Docker Engine SDKs and Docker API — Stop all running containers

> Now that you know what containers exist, you can perform operations on them.

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Now that you know what containers exist, you can perform operations on them. This example stops all running containers.

&gt; [!NOTE] &gt; &gt; Don't run this on a production server. Also, if you're' using swarm &gt; services, the containers stop, but Docker creates new ones to keep &gt; the service running in its configured state.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```go
package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"log"

	"github.com/moby/moby/client"
)

func main() {
	ctx := context.Background()
	apiClient, err := client.New(client.FromEnv, client.WithUserAgent("my-application/1.0.0"))
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer apiClient.Close()

	containers, err := apiClient.ContainerList(ctx, client.ContainerListOptions{})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	for _, container := range containers.Items {
		fmt.Print("Stopping container ", container.ID[:10], "... ")
		noWaitTimeout := 0 // to not wait for the container to exit gracefully
		if _, err := apiClient.ContainerStop(ctx, container.ID, client.ContainerStopOptions{Timeout: &amp;noWaitTimeout}); err != nil {
			log.Fatal(err)
		}
		fmt.Println("Success")
	}
}
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```python
import docker
client = docker.from_env()
for container in client.containers.list():
  container.stop()
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ curl --unix-socket /var/run/docker.sock http://localhost/v{{% param "latest_engine_api_version" %}}/containers/json
[{
  "Id":"ae63e8b89a26f01f6b4b2c9a7817c31a1b6196acf560f66586fbc8809ffcd772",
  "Names":["/tender_wing"],
  "Image":"bfirsh/reticulate-splines",
  ...
}]

$ curl --unix-socket /var/run/docker.sock \
  -X POST http://localhost/v{{% param "latest_engine_api_version" %}}/containers/ae63e8b89a26/stop
```

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