Make "docker buildx inspect" return a json string like other inspect commands in docker
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kind/enhancement
- Dominant language
- Go
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Description
Same reasons as https://github.com/docker/buildx/issues/380 , for a third party lib, it's much easier to work with.
$ docker network inspect ffb3f184cd0a
[
{
"Name": "host",
"Id": "ffb3f184cd0a2077f75a507320a9613eec135dc6cb234340ea924d576215e96e",
"Created": "2020-05-04T17:50:40.0997657+02:00",
"Scope": "local",
"Driver": "host",
"EnableIPv6": false,
"IPAM": {
"Driver": "default",
"Options": null,
"Config": []
},
"Internal": false,
"Attachable": false,
"Ingress": false,
"ConfigFrom": {
"Network": ""
},
"ConfigOnly": false,
"Containers": {
"a8d13ad9ac75a3343da098003e22052ac6ada63fa03a216e96f549f636b5ab56": {
"Name": "gabriel_work_env",
"EndpointID": "fe22d2b01c99eca9992079cfe1bc04774d9f1e29c4c161808273a286cc018ae7",
"MacAddress": "",
"IPv4Address": "",
"IPv6Address": ""
}
},
"Options": {},
"Labels": {}
}
]
$ docker buildx inspect blissful_swartz
Name: blissful_swartz
Driver: docker-container
Nodes:
Name: blissful_swartz0
Endpoint: unix:///var/run/docker.sock
Status: inactive
Platforms:
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the entry point for docker buildx inspect and compare its current output with the JSON returned by docker network inspect. Determine the JSON shape needed for buildx inspection data; done means the command returns machine-readable JSON suitable for third-party libraries, while preserving the existing inspection information.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker, go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100