Docker volumes

Don't use the constructor directly. Instead use

from python_on_whales import docker

my_docker_volume = docker.volume.inspect("my-volume")

# or

my_docker_image = docker.volume.create()

For type hints, use this

from python_on_whales import docker, Volume

def print_file(my_volume: Volume):
    print(
        docker.run(
            "ubuntu", 
            ["cat", "/some_volume/some_file"],
            volumes=[(my_volume, "/some_volume/some_file")]
        )
    )

Attributes

It attributes are the same that you get with the command line: docker volume inspect ...

To get a complete description of those attributes, you can take a look at the daemon api reference page and click on "200 No error".

An example is worth many lines of descriptions.

In [1]: from python_on_whales import docker

In [2]: volume = docker.volume.create()

In [3]: def super_print(obj):
   ...:     print(f"type={type(obj)}, value={obj}")
   ...:

In [4]: super_print(volume.name)
type = <class 'str'>, value = 488287cbe19df71215a9788b2024123c0f9479f5325d040d6dfa672013285224

In [5]: super_print(volume.driver)
type = <class 'str'>, value = local

In [6]: super_print(volume.mountpoint)
type = <class 'pathlib.PosixPath'>, value = /var/lib/docker/volumes/488287cbe19df71215a9788b2024123c0f9479f5325d040d6dfa672013285224/_data

In [7]: super_print(volume.created_at)
type = <class 'datetime.datetime'>, value = 2025-10-24 09:07:30+00:00

In [8]: super_print(volume.status)
type = <class 'NoneType'>, value = None

In [9]: super_print(volume.labels)
type = <class 'dict'>, value = {'com.docker.volume.anonymous': ''}

In [10]: super_print(volume.scope)
type = <class 'str'>, value = local

In [11]: super_print(volume.options)
type = <class 'NoneType'>, value = None

Methods

Volume

clone

clone(new_volume_name=None, driver=None, labels={}, options={})

Creates a new volume and copy all the data inside.

See the docker.volume.clone command for information about the arguments.

exists

exists()

Returns True if the docker volume exists and False if it doesn't exists.

If it doesn't exists, it most likely mean that it was removed.

See the docker.volume.exists command for information about the arguments.

remove

remove()

Removes this volume