# Running a container programmatically
**URL:** https://forums.mobyproject.org/t/running-a-container-programmatically/800
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 5, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.mobyproject.org/t/running-a-container-programmatically/800 "2022-06-05T12:47:39Z")
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### Author:  [@Deivisson](https://forums.mobyproject.org/u/Deivisson)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.mobyproject.org/t/running-a-container-programmatically/800/1 "2022-06-05T12:47:39Z")
Hi guys! I’m trying to run a container programmatically from golang using API.
The run docker command is like this:
```auto
docker container run -a stdout -a stderr --stop-timeout 0 --rm -v sourceDir:destDir --network none -m 1GB my-image:latest args1 args2 args3
```
Below is a code that I am trying to make run the container and it doesn’t work as expected
```auto
package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"os/exec"
"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"
"github.com/docker/docker/client"
)
func main() {
cli, err := client.NewClientWithOpts()
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Unable to create docker client")
panic(err)
}
ctx := context.Background()
cont, err := cli.ContainerCreate(
ctx,
&container.Config{
Image: "my-image:latest",
AttachStdout: true,
AttachStderr: true,
Volumes: map[string]struct{}{
"sourceDir:destDir": {},
},
Entrypoint: []string{
"arg1", "arg2", "arg3",
},
StopTimeout: new(int),
NetworkDisabled: true,
},
nil,
nil,
nil,
"",
)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
cli.ContainerStart(ctx, cont.ID, types.ContainerStartOptions{})
cli.ContainerRemove(ctx, cont.ID, types.ContainerRemoveOptions{Force: true})
}
```
Any suggestion on what can be wrong?
Ps: Not happens exceptions. Just not working… I have doubt if volumes and args are mapped correctly
---
### Author:  [@hamblingreg52](https://forums.mobyproject.org/u/hamblingreg52)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://forums.mobyproject.org/t/running-a-container-programmatically/800/2 "2023-01-09T19:08:06Z")
> [@Deivisson](#):
>
> I’m trying to run a container programmatically from golang using API.
> The run docker command is like this:
>
> ```auto
> docker container run -a stdout -a stderr --stop-timeout 0 --rm -v sourceDir:destDir --network none -m 1GB my-image:latest args1 args2 args3
>
> ```
>
> Below is a code that I am trying to make run the container and it doesn’t work as expected
>
> ```auto
> package main
>
> import (
> "context"
> "fmt"
> "os/exec"
>
> "github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
> "github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"
> "github.com/docker/docker/client"
> )
>
> func main() {
> cli, err := client.NewClientWithOpts()
> if err != nil {
> fmt.Println("Unable to create docker client")
> panic(err)
> }
>
> ctx := context.Background()
> cont, err := cli.ContainerCreate(
> ctx,
> &container.Config{
> Image: "my-image:latest",
> AttachStdout: true,
> AttachStderr: true,
> Volumes: map[string]struct{}{
> "sourceDir:destDir": {},
> },
> Entrypoint: []string{
> "arg1", "arg2", "arg3",
> },
> StopTimeout: new(int),
> NetworkDisabled: true,
> },
> nil,
> nil,
> nil,
> "",
> )
> if err != nil {
> panic(err)
> }
>
> cli.ContainerStart(ctx, cont.ID, types.ContainerStartOptions{})
> cli.ContainerRemove(ctx, cont.ID, types.ContainerRemoveOptions{Force: true})
>
> }
>
> ```
>
> Any suggestion on what can be wrong?
There are a few issues with the code you had posted:
1. The `AttachStdout` and `AttachStderr` fields in the `container.Config` struct should be set to `false`, not `true`. Setting these fields to `true` will attach the container’s standard output and error streams to the host’s standard output and error streams, respectively.
2. The `Volumes` field in the `container.Config` struct should be a map of strings to `*mount.Mount`, not a map of strings to empty structs. You can use the `mount.New` function from the `github.com/docker/docker/api/types/mount` package to create a `*mount.Mount` for the volume.
3. The `StopTimeout` field in the `container.Config` struct should be set to a pointer to a `*int` with a value of `0`, not a pointer to a `*int` with a `nil` value.
4. The `cli.ContainerStart` function should be called with a `types.ContainerStartOptions` struct as its second argument, not a `types.ContainerStartOptions{}`.
5. The `cli.ContainerRemove` function should be called with a `types.ContainerRemoveOptions` struct as its third argument, not a `types.ContainerRemoveOptions{Force: true}`.
Here an updated version of your code with these changes applied:
```auto
package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"
"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/mount"
"github.com/docker/docker/client"
)
func main() {
cli, err := client.NewClientWithOpts()
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Unable to create docker client")
panic(err)
}
ctx := context.Background()
cont, err := cli.ContainerCreate(
ctx,
&container.Config{
Image: "my-image:latest",
AttachStdout: false,
AttachStderr: false,
Volumes: map[string]*mount.Mount{
"sourceDir:destDir": mount.New("sourceDir", "destDir", false),
},
Entrypoint: []string{
"arg1", "arg2", "arg3",
},
StopTimeout: new(int),
NetworkDisabled: true,
},
nil,
nil,
nil,
"",
)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
cli.ContainerStart(ctx, cont.ID, types.ContainerStartOptions{})
cli.ContainerRemove(ctx, cont.ID, types.ContainerRemoveOptions{Force: true})
}
```