Examples using the Docker Engine SDKs and Docker API — Run a container in the background
You can also run containers in the background, the equivalent of typing docker run -d bfirsh/reticulate-splines Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```go package main import ( "context" "fmt" "io" "log" "os" "github.com/moby/moby/client" ) func main() { ctx := context
Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions).
You can also run containers in the background, the equivalent of typing docker run -d bfirsh/reticulate-splines
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```go
package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"io"
"log"
"os"
"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()
imageName := "bfirsh/reticulate-splines"
out, err := apiClient.ImagePull(ctx, imageName, client.ImagePullOptions{})
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
defer out.Close()
io.Copy(os.Stdout, out)
resp, err := apiClient.ContainerCreate(ctx, client.ContainerCreateOptions{
Image: imageName,
})
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
if _, err := apiClient.ContainerStart(ctx, resp.ID, client.ContainerStartOptions{}); err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Println(resp.ID)
}
```
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```python
import docker
client = docker.from_env()
container = client.containers.run("bfirsh/reticulate-splines", detach=True)
print(container.id)
```
Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ curl --unix-socket /var/run/docker.sock -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"Image": "bfirsh/reticulate-splines"}' \
-X POST http://localhost/v{{% param "latest_engine_api_version" %}}/containers/create
{"Id":"1c6594faf5","Warnings":null}
$ curl --unix-socket /var/run/docker.sock -X POST http://localhost/v{{% param "latest_engine_api_version" %}}/containers/1c6594faf5/start
```
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