---
title: "Convert docker run commands to a Docker Compose file and Compose services back."
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/docker-compose"
tags: ["Converters"]
---

# Convert docker run commands to a Docker Compose file and Compose services back.

`POST /api/v1/docker-compose`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://programmes.net`
- URL: `https://programmes.net/api/v1/docker-compose`
- Auth: none declared

docker run to Compose Converter. Operations: `to-compose` — Convert one or more docker run commands to Compose services (ports, volumes, env, name, restart, network, command). `to-run` — Convert a Compose file (or one service) to a docker run command per service.

## Request body

- union
  - DockerComposeToCompose: Convert one or more docker run commands to Compose services (ports, volumes, env, name, restart, network, command).
    - `operation` 'to-compose', required
    - `input` string: docker run commands; separate several with a blank line, ; or &&.
    - `options` object
  - DockerComposeToRun: Convert a Compose file (or one service) to a docker run command per service.
    - `operation` 'to-run', required
    - `input` string: A Compose file in YAML, or a single service mapping.
    - `options` object
      - `detach` boolean: Add -d so each container runs in the background, as Compose does.

## Response `200`

The operation ran.

- object
  - `ok` unknown, required
  - `tool` 'docker-compose', required
  - `operation` 'to-compose' | 'to-run', required
  - `result` unknown, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is not valid (https://programmes.net/api#invalid-request); The tool has no such operation (https://programmes.net/api#unknown-operation)
- `404`: No such tool (https://programmes.net/api#unknown-tool)
- `413`: The request or its input is too large (https://programmes.net/api#content-too-large)
- `415`: The body must be JSON (https://programmes.net/api#unsupported-media-type)
- `422`: An option is missing, of the wrong type or out of range (https://programmes.net/api#invalid-options); This call needs more CPU than one API call may use (https://programmes.net/api#refused); The operation could not process the input (https://programmes.net/api#tool-error)
- `429`: Too many requests (https://programmes.net/api#rate-limited)
- `500`: Internal error (https://programmes.net/api#internal-error)

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/programmes/apis/programmes-net-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/programmes/apis/programmes-net-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/programmes/apis/programmes-net-api/revisions/aa939784a2e6?raw)