libdocker: an SDK for the Docker Engine API in C

A minimalist SDK for accessing the Docker Engine API via C.

Getting started

libdocker depends on curl, which can be installed easily via most package managers or from source. A typical workflow:

• docker_init initializes a UNIX socket connection to the Docker Engine
• docker_post and docker_get send requests to the Docker Engine REST API
• docker_buffer gets response data
• docker_destroy destroys docker object and frees any associated memory

Building the Code

• Run the compile script to build the code. By default the example will be part of the build process. ( If anybody wants to not build the example, they can manually edit the base CMakeLists. In future, the compile script will accomodate the option.)
• If the build is successful, then a deb package will be created in the build directory. Use the command sudo dpkg -i <deb package name> to install the package.
• This will add libdocker.so to the /usr/lib directory and the example executable docker_example in /usr/bin
• Also this will add the docker.h header file to /usr/include. If anybody wants to just use the library for dev purpose, they can include it directly.
• Use the sudo command to run the executable created.
• To remove the package ( i.e. the .so file, the docker.h header and the example executable in future ), use the command sudo dpkg -r docker_c_sdk

The library is pretty low-level for now (i.e., doesn't support parsing JSON responses or have any functions higher-level than post or get). An example application:

Multi-threaded applications

Should be fine, but be sure to have a look at curl's page on the subject (link here).