Running a docker container from Python example.

example.py

import docker
import os

def run_container(container_name):
	client = docker.from_env()

	client.containers.run(container_name, ports={8080:8080}, detach=True)

def get_id(container_name):
	client = docker.from_env()

	if client.containers.list(filters={'ancestor': container_name}):
		response = client.containers.list(filters={'ancestor': container_name})
		return str(response[0].id)
	else:
		return None

def tail_container(cid):
	client = docker.from_env()

	container = client.containers.get(cid)

	for line in container.logs(stream=True):
		print(line.strip())

def stop_container(cid):
	client = docker.from_env()

	container = client.containers.get(cid)
	
	container.stop()
	

if __name__ == '__main__':
	try:
		run_container('hello-world')
		container_id = get_id('hello-world')
		tail_container(container_id)
	except KeyboardInterrupt:
		print('Stopping container')
		try:
			stop_container(container_id)
			print('Great success! See you next time.')
		except SystemExit:
			print('oh snap')
			os._exit(1)