---
title: "Pull Image"
method: POST
path: "/docker/pull-image"
tags: ["Docker"]
---

# Pull Image

`POST /docker/pull-image`

Initiate Docker image pull as background task.
Returns immediately with task status for monitoring.

Args:
    image: DockerImage object containing the image name to pull
    docker_service: Docker service dependency
    
Returns:
    Status of the pull operation initiation

## Request body

- DockerImage
  - `image_name` string, required — Docker image name with optional tag (e.g., 'hummingbot/hummingbot:latest')

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-04-08** `92703f48a69e` — 2 info
  - added the optional property `detail/items/ctx` to the response with the `422` status
  - added the optional property `detail/items/input` to the response with the `422` status
- **2026-01-18** `2ad95b6a84b2` — 1 breaking
  - the response's body type/format changed from `object`/`` to ``/`` for status `200`
- **2026-01-18** `576ec8539f76` — 1 breaking
  - the response's body type/format changed from ``/`` to `object`/`` for status `200`
- **2026-01-17** `daa29248aacc` — 1 info
  - api operation id `pull_image_docker_pull_image__post` removed and replaced with `pull_image_docker_pull_image_post`
- **2025-12-20** `1005bcd47280` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/hummingbot/apis/hummingbot-api/changes/docker/pull-image/post.md)

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