Get ip of a conainer (feature request)
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Description
Hello,
It will be nice if we could have the IP address of a container, in order to run tcp request on it for test purposes.
Today my workaround is this, but I don't know if there is a better way to do this
def getIpAddress(self):
assert self.container.status=="running"
cl =docker.api.client.APIClient(docker.utils.kwargs_from_env())
return cl.inspect_container(self.__container.name)["NetworkSettings"]["IPAddress"]
Have a nice day ;)
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Start by reviewing the existing container-facing API and the Python workaround using APIClient.inspect_container and NetworkSettings["IPAddress"]. Determine where a supported container IP accessor belongs and define its behavior for running containers. Done means callers can obtain a container IP through the library for TCP test requests without relying on the workaround.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker, python
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100