# Go client for the Docker Engine API
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The `docker` command uses this package to communicate with the daemon. It can
also be used by your own Go applications to do anything the command-line
interface does; running containers, pulling or pushing images, etc.
For example, to list all containers (the equivalent of `docker ps --all`):
```go
package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"github.com/moby/moby/client"
)
func main() {
apiClient, err := client.NewClientWithOpts(client.FromEnv, client.WithAPIVersionNegotiation())
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer apiClient.Close()
containers, err := apiClient.ContainerList(context.Background(), client.ContainerListOptions{All: true})
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
for _, ctr := range containers {
fmt.Printf("%s %s (status: %s)\n", ctr.ID, ctr.Image, ctr.Status)
}
}
```
[Full documentation is available on pkg.go.dev.](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/moby/moby/client)