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Akash Yadav 1fbf24b65b feat: add --format flag to artifact inspect
Many commands support the `--format` flag which accept a go template to
allow for formatting for certain values, but it is not
yet implemented for artifact inspect command.

Adding this feature will allow easy formatting in scripts as well as
running it on a terminal.

This feature is implemented for artifact inspect by taking reference
from images and network commands implementation.

Fixes: [#27112](https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/27112)

Signed-off-by: Akash Yadav <akashyadav256526@gmail.com>
2025-10-21 16:58:03 +05:30

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NAME

podman-artifact-inspect - Inspect an OCI artifact

SYNOPSIS

podman artifact inspect [name] ...

DESCRIPTION

Inspect an artifact in the local store and output the results in JSON format. The artifact can be referred to with either:

  1. Fully qualified artifact name
  2. Full or partial digest of the artifact's manifest

The inspect output includes the artifact manifest with annotations. All artifacts automatically include a creation timestamp in the org.opencontainers.image.created annotation using RFC3339Nano format, showing when the artifact was initially created.

OPTIONS

--format, -f=format

Format the output using the given Go template. The keys of the returned JSON can be used as the values for the --format flag (see examples below).

Valid placeholders for the Go template are listed below:

Placeholder Description
.Artifact ... Artifact details (nested struct)
.Digest Artifact digest (sha256:+64-char hash)
.Manifest ... Artifact manifest details (struct)
.Name Artifact name (string)
.TotalSizeBytes Total Size of the artifact in bytes

EXAMPLES

Inspect an OCI image in the local store.

$ podman artifact inspect quay.io/myartifact/myml:latest
{
     "Manifest": {
          "schemaVersion": 2,
          "mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json",
          "config": {
               "mediaType": "application/vnd.oci.empty.v1+json",
               "digest": "sha256:44136fa355b3678a1146ad16f7e8649e94fb4fc21fe77e8310c060f61caaff8a",
               "size": 2,
               "data": "e30="
          },
          "layers": [
               {
                    "mediaType": "text/plain; charset=utf-8",
                    "digest": "sha256:f2ca1bb6c7e907d06dafe4687e579fce76b37e4e93b7605022da52e6ccc26fd2",
                    "size": 5,
                    "annotations": {
                         "org.opencontainers.image.title": "foobar.txt"
                    }
               }
          ]
     },
     "Name": "quay.io/myartifact/mytxt:latest",
     "Digest": "sha256:6c28fa07a5b0a1cee29862c1f6ea38a66df982495b14da2c052427eb628ed8c6"
}

Inspect artifact digest for the specified artifact:

$ podman artifact inspect quay.io/myartifact/mytxt:latest --format {{.Digest}}
sha256:6c28fa07a5b0a1cee29862c1f6ea38a66df982495b14da2c052427eb628ed8c6

SEE ALSO

podman(1), podman-artifact(1)

HISTORY

Sept 2024, Originally compiled by Brent Baude bbaude@redhat.com