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Update Derivative API tutorial to reflect the HTTP API
Once the HTTP API becomes stable, I think we want to drive people towards using it, as opposed to directly calling our CLI (when possible). Signed-off-by: Matthew Heon <matthew.heon@pm.me>
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libpod today is a Golang library and a CLI. The choice of interface you make has advantages and disadvantages.
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Using the REST API
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Advantages:
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- Stable, versioned API
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- Language-agnostic
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- [Well-documented](http://docs.podman.io/en/latest/_static/api.html) API
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Disadvantages:
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- Error handling is less verbose than Golang API
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- May be slower
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Running as a subprocess
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Varlink
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Some code exists for this; splits the difference. Future uncertain.
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The Varlink API is presently deprecated. We do not recommend adopting it for new projects.
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Making the choice
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A good question to ask first is: Do you want users to be able to use `podman` to manipulate the containers created by your project?
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If so, that makes it more likely that you want to run `podman` as a subprocess. If you want a separate image store and a fundamentally
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If so, that makes it more likely that you want to run `podman` as a subprocess or using the HTTP API. If you want a separate image store and a fundamentally
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different experience; if what you're doing with containers is quite different from those created by the `podman` CLI,
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that may drive you towards vendoring.
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