14 files changed, 981 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/API.md b/API.md
index 32f867605..34d401aca 100755
--- a/API.md
+++ b/API.md
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ in the [API.md](https://github.com/containers/libpod/blob/master/API.md) file in
 
 [error NoContainerRunning](#NoContainerRunning)
 
+[error NoContainersInPod](#NoContainersInPod)
+
 [error PodContainerError](#PodContainerError)
 
 [error PodNotFound](#PodNotFound)
@@ -1332,6 +1334,10 @@ ImageNotFound means the image could not be found by the provided name or ID in l
 ### <a name="NoContainerRunning"></a>type NoContainerRunning
 
 NoContainerRunning means none of the containers requested are running in a command that requires a running container.
+### <a name="NoContainersInPod"></a>type NoContainersInPod
+
+NoContainersInPod means a pod has no containers on which to perform operation. It contains
+the pod ID.
 ### <a name="PodContainerError"></a>type PodContainerError
 
 PodContainerError means a container associated with a pod failed to preform an operation. It contains
diff --git a/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink b/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
index 810f757ca..88ae45fb1 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
+++ b/cmd/podman/varlink/io.podman.varlink
@@ -820,6 +820,10 @@ error PodNotFound (name: string)
 # a container ID of the container that failed.
 error PodContainerError (podname: string, errors: []PodContainerErrorData)
 
+# NoContainersInPod means a pod has no containers on which to perform operation. It contains
+# the pod ID.
+error NoContainersInPod (name: string)
+
 # ErrorOccurred is a generic error for an error that occurs during the execution.  The actual error message
 # is includes as part of the error's text.
 error ErrorOccurred (reason: string)
diff --git a/contrib/python/podman/.pylintrc b/contrib/python/podman/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5628a6cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/python/podman/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,564 @@
+[MASTER]
+
+# A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
+# be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
+# run arbitrary code.
+extension-pkg-whitelist=
+
+# Add files or directories to the blacklist. They should be base names, not
+# paths.
+ignore=CVS
+
+# Add files or directories matching the regex patterns to the blacklist. The
+# regex matches against base names, not paths.
+ignore-patterns=
+
+# Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
+# pygtk.require().
+#init-hook=
+
+# Use multiple processes to speed up Pylint. Specifying 0 will auto-detect the
+# number of processors available to use.
+jobs=0
+
+# Control the amount of potential inferred values when inferring a single
+# object. This can help the performance when dealing with large functions or
+# complex, nested conditions.
+limit-inference-results=100
+
+# List of plugins (as comma separated values of python modules names) to load,
+# usually to register additional checkers.
+load-plugins=
+
+# Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
+persistent=yes
+
+# Specify a configuration file.
+#rcfile=
+
+# When enabled, pylint would attempt to guess common misconfiguration and emit
+# user-friendly hints instead of false-positive error messages.
+suggestion-mode=yes
+
+# Allow loading of arbitrary C extensions. Extensions are imported into the
+# active Python interpreter and may run arbitrary code.
+unsafe-load-any-extension=no
+
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+
+# Only show warnings with the listed confidence levels. Leave empty to show
+# all. Valid levels: HIGH, INFERENCE, INFERENCE_FAILURE, UNDEFINED.
+confidence=
+
+# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You
+# can either give multiple identifiers separated by comma (,) or put this
+# option multiple times (only on the command line, not in the configuration
+# file where it should appear only once). You can also use "--disable=all" to
+# disable everything first and then reenable specific checks. For example, if
+# you want to run only the similarities checker, you can use "--disable=all
+# --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
+# no Warning level messages displayed, use "--disable=all --enable=classes
+# --disable=W".
+disable=print-statement,
+        parameter-unpacking,
+        unpacking-in-except,
+        old-raise-syntax,
+        backtick,
+        long-suffix,
+        old-ne-operator,
+        old-octal-literal,
+        import-star-module-level,
+        non-ascii-bytes-literal,
+        raw-checker-failed,
+        bad-inline-option,
+        locally-disabled,
+        locally-enabled,
+        file-ignored,
+        suppressed-message,
+        useless-suppression,
+        deprecated-pragma,
+        use-symbolic-message-instead,
+        apply-builtin,
+        basestring-builtin,
+        buffer-builtin,
+        cmp-builtin,
+        coerce-builtin,
+        execfile-builtin,
+        file-builtin,
+        long-builtin,
+        raw_input-builtin,
+        reduce-builtin,
+        standarderror-builtin,
+        unicode-builtin,
+        xrange-builtin,
+        coerce-method,
+        delslice-method,
+        getslice-method,
+        setslice-method,
+        no-absolute-import,
+        old-division,
+        dict-iter-method,
+        dict-view-method,
+        next-method-called,
+        metaclass-assignment,
+        indexing-exception,
+        raising-string,
+        reload-builtin,
+        oct-method,
+        hex-method,
+        nonzero-method,
+        cmp-method,
+        input-builtin,
+        round-builtin,
+        intern-builtin,
+        unichr-builtin,
+        map-builtin-not-iterating,
+        zip-builtin-not-iterating,
+        range-builtin-not-iterating,
+        filter-builtin-not-iterating,
+        using-cmp-argument,
+        eq-without-hash,
+        div-method,
+        idiv-method,
+        rdiv-method,
+        exception-message-attribute,
+        invalid-str-codec,
+        sys-max-int,
+        bad-python3-import,
+        deprecated-string-function,
+        deprecated-str-translate-call,
+        deprecated-itertools-function,
+        deprecated-types-field,
+        next-method-defined,
+        dict-items-not-iterating,
+        dict-keys-not-iterating,
+        dict-values-not-iterating,
+        deprecated-operator-function,
+        deprecated-urllib-function,
+        xreadlines-attribute,
+        deprecated-sys-function,
+        exception-escape,
+        comprehension-escape
+
+# Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
+# either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
+# multiple time (only on the command line, not in the configuration file where
+# it should appear only once). See also the "--disable" option for examples.
+enable=c-extension-no-member
+
+
+[REPORTS]
+
+# Python expression which should return a note less than 10 (10 is the highest
+# note). You have access to the variables errors warning, statement which
+# respectively contain the number of errors / warnings messages and the total
+# number of statements analyzed. This is used by the global evaluation report
+# (RP0004).
+evaluation=10.0 - ((float(5 * error + warning + refactor + convention) / statement) * 10)
+
+# Template used to display messages. This is a python new-style format string
+# used to format the message information. See doc for all details.
+#msg-template=
+
+# Set the output format. Available formats are text, parseable, colorized, json
+# and msvs (visual studio). You can also give a reporter class, e.g.
+# mypackage.mymodule.MyReporterClass.
+output-format=text
+
+# Tells whether to display a full report or only the messages.
+reports=no
+
+# Activate the evaluation score.
+score=yes
+
+
+[REFACTORING]
+
+# Maximum number of nested blocks for function / method body
+max-nested-blocks=5
+
+# Complete name of functions that never returns. When checking for
+# inconsistent-return-statements if a never returning function is called then
+# it will be considered as an explicit return statement and no message will be
+# printed.
+never-returning-functions=sys.exit
+
+
+[TYPECHECK]
+
+# List of decorators that produce context managers, such as
+# contextlib.contextmanager. Add to this list to register other decorators that
+# produce valid context managers.
+contextmanager-decorators=contextlib.contextmanager
+
+# List of members which are set dynamically and missed by pylint inference
+# system, and so shouldn't trigger E1101 when accessed. Python regular
+# expressions are accepted.
+generated-members=
+
+# Tells whether missing members accessed in mixin class should be ignored. A
+# mixin class is detected if its name ends with "mixin" (case insensitive).
+ignore-mixin-members=yes
+
+# Tells whether to warn about missing members when the owner of the attribute
+# is inferred to be None.
+ignore-none=yes
+
+# This flag controls whether pylint should warn about no-member and similar
+# checks whenever an opaque object is returned when inferring. The inference
+# can return multiple potential results while evaluating a Python object, but
+# some branches might not be evaluated, which results in partial inference. In
+# that case, it might be useful to still emit no-member and other checks for
+# the rest of the inferred objects.
+ignore-on-opaque-inference=yes
+
+# List of class names for which member attributes should not be checked (useful
+# for classes with dynamically set attributes). This supports the use of
+# qualified names.
+ignored-classes=optparse.Values,thread._local,_thread._local
+
+# List of module names for which member attributes should not be checked
+# (useful for modules/projects where namespaces are manipulated during runtime
+# and thus existing member attributes cannot be deduced by static analysis. It
+# supports qualified module names, as well as Unix pattern matching.
+ignored-modules=
+
+# Show a hint with possible names when a member name was not found. The aspect
+# of finding the hint is based on edit distance.
+missing-member-hint=yes
+
+# The minimum edit distance a name should have in order to be considered a
+# similar match for a missing member name.
+missing-member-hint-distance=1
+
+# The total number of similar names that should be taken in consideration when
+# showing a hint for a missing member.
+missing-member-max-choices=1
+
+
+[SPELLING]
+
+# Limits count of emitted suggestions for spelling mistakes.
+max-spelling-suggestions=4
+
+# Spelling dictionary name. Available dictionaries: none. To make it working
+# install python-enchant package..
+spelling-dict=
+
+# List of comma separated words that should not be checked.
+spelling-ignore-words=
+
+# A path to a file that contains private dictionary; one word per line.
+spelling-private-dict-file=
+
+# Tells whether to store unknown words to indicated private dictionary in
+# --spelling-private-dict-file option instead of raising a message.
+spelling-store-unknown-words=no
+
+
+[MISCELLANEOUS]
+
+# List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
+notes=FIXME,
+      XXX,
+      TODO
+
+
+[FORMAT]
+
+# Expected format of line ending, e.g. empty (any line ending), LF or CRLF.
+expected-line-ending-format=
+
+# Regexp for a line that is allowed to be longer than the limit.
+ignore-long-lines=^\s*(# )?<?https?://\S+>?$
+
+# Number of spaces of indent required inside a hanging  or continued line.
+indent-after-paren=4
+
+# String used as indentation unit. This is usually "    " (4 spaces) or "\t" (1
+# tab).
+indent-string='    '
+
+# Maximum number of characters on a single line.
+max-line-length=100
+
+# Maximum number of lines in a module.
+max-module-lines=1000
+
+# List of optional constructs for which whitespace checking is disabled. `dict-
+# separator` is used to allow tabulation in dicts, etc.: {1  : 1,\n222: 2}.
+# `trailing-comma` allows a space between comma and closing bracket: (a, ).
+# `empty-line` allows space-only lines.
+no-space-check=trailing-comma,
+               dict-separator
+
+# Allow the body of a class to be on the same line as the declaration if body
+# contains single statement.
+single-line-class-stmt=no
+
+# Allow the body of an if to be on the same line as the test if there is no
+# else.
+single-line-if-stmt=no
+
+
+[BASIC]
+
+# Naming style matching correct argument names.
+#argument-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct argument names. Overrides argument-
+# naming-style.
+argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{1,30}$
+argument-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{1,30}$
+
+# Naming style matching correct attribute names.
+attr-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct attribute names. Overrides attr-naming-
+# style.
+#attr-rgx=
+
+# Bad variable names which should always be refused, separated by a comma.
+bad-names=foo,
+          bar,
+          baz,
+          toto,
+          tutu,
+          tata
+
+# Naming style matching correct class attribute names.
+class-attribute-naming-style=any
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class attribute names. Overrides class-
+# attribute-naming-style.
+#class-attribute-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct class names.
+class-naming-style=PascalCase
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class names. Overrides class-naming-
+# style.
+#class-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct constant names.
+const-naming-style=UPPER_CASE
+
+# Regular expression matching correct constant names. Overrides const-naming-
+# style.
+#const-rgx=
+
+# Minimum line length for functions/classes that require docstrings, shorter
+# ones are exempt.
+docstring-min-length=-1
+
+# Naming style matching correct function names.
+function-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct function names. Overrides function-
+# naming-style.
+#function-rgx=
+
+# Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma.
+good-names=c,
+           e,
+           i,
+           j,
+           k,
+           r,
+           v,
+           ex,
+           Run,
+           _
+
+# Include a hint for the correct naming format with invalid-name.
+include-naming-hint=no
+
+# Naming style matching correct inline iteration names.
+inlinevar-naming-style=any
+
+# Regular expression matching correct inline iteration names. Overrides
+# inlinevar-naming-style.
+#inlinevar-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct method names.
+method-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct method names. Overrides method-naming-
+# style.
+#method-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct module names.
+module-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct module names. Overrides module-naming-
+# style.
+#module-rgx=
+
+# Colon-delimited sets of names that determine each other's naming style when
+# the name regexes allow several styles.
+name-group=
+
+# Regular expression which should only match function or class names that do
+# not require a docstring.
+no-docstring-rgx=^_
+
+# List of decorators that produce properties, such as abc.abstractproperty. Add
+# to this list to register other decorators that produce valid properties.
+# These decorators are taken in consideration only for invalid-name.
+property-classes=abc.abstractproperty
+
+# Naming style matching correct variable names.
+#variable-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct variable names. Overrides variable-
+# naming-style.
+variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
+variable-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
+
+[SIMILARITIES]
+
+# Ignore comments when computing similarities.
+ignore-comments=yes
+
+# Ignore docstrings when computing similarities.
+ignore-docstrings=yes
+
+# Ignore imports when computing similarities.
+ignore-imports=no
+
+# Minimum lines number of a similarity.
+min-similarity-lines=4
+
+
+[VARIABLES]
+
+# List of additional names supposed to be defined in builtins. Remember that
+# you should avoid to define new builtins when possible.
+additional-builtins=
+
+# Tells whether unused global variables should be treated as a violation.
+allow-global-unused-variables=yes
+
+# List of strings which can identify a callback function by name. A callback
+# name must start or end with one of those strings.
+callbacks=cb_,
+          _cb
+
+# A regular expression matching the name of dummy variables (i.e. expected to
+# not be used).
+dummy-variables-rgx=_+$|(_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+?$)|dummy|^ignored_|^unused_
+
+# Argument names that match this expression will be ignored. Default to name
+# with leading underscore.
+ignored-argument-names=_.*|^ignored_|^unused_
+
+# Tells whether we should check for unused import in __init__ files.
+init-import=no
+
+# List of qualified module names which can have objects that can redefine
+# builtins.
+redefining-builtins-modules=six.moves,past.builtins,future.builtins,builtins,io
+
+
+[LOGGING]
+
+# Logging modules to check that the string format arguments are in logging
+# function parameter format.
+logging-modules=logging
+
+
+[IMPORTS]
+
+# Allow wildcard imports from modules that define __all__.
+allow-wildcard-with-all=no
+
+# Analyse import fallback blocks. This can be used to support both Python 2 and
+# 3 compatible code, which means that the block might have code that exists
+# only in one or another interpreter, leading to false positives when analysed.
+analyse-fallback-blocks=no
+
+# Deprecated modules which should not be used, separated by a comma.
+deprecated-modules=optparse,tkinter.tix
+
+# Create a graph of external dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
+# not be disabled).
+ext-import-graph=
+
+# Create a graph of every (i.e. internal and external) dependencies in the
+# given file (report RP0402 must not be disabled).
+import-graph=
+
+# Create a graph of internal dependencies in the given file (report RP0402 must
+# not be disabled).
+int-import-graph=
+
+# Force import order to recognize a module as part of the standard
+# compatibility libraries.
+known-standard-library=
+
+# Force import order to recognize a module as part of a third party library.
+known-third-party=enchant
+
+
+[DESIGN]
+
+# Support argparse.Action constructor API
+# Maximum number of arguments for function / method.
+max-args=12
+
+# Maximum number of attributes for a class (see R0902).
+max-attributes=7
+
+# Maximum number of boolean expressions in an if statement.
+max-bool-expr=5
+
+# Maximum number of branch for function / method body.
+max-branches=12
+
+# Maximum number of locals for function / method body.
+max-locals=15
+
+# Maximum number of parents for a class (see R0901).
+max-parents=10
+
+# Maximum number of public methods for a class (see R0904).
+max-public-methods=20
+
+# Maximum number of return / yield for function / method body.
+max-returns=6
+
+# Maximum number of statements in function / method body.
+max-statements=50
+
+# Minimum number of public methods for a class (see R0903).
+min-public-methods=2
+
+
+[CLASSES]
+
+# List of method names used to declare (i.e. assign) instance attributes.
+defining-attr-methods=__init__,
+                      __new__,
+                      setUp
+
+# List of member names, which should be excluded from the protected access
+# warning.
+exclude-protected=_asdict,
+                  _fields,
+                  _replace,
+                  _source,
+                  _make
+
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a class method.
+valid-classmethod-first-arg=cls
+
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a metaclass class method.
+valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=cls
+
+
+[EXCEPTIONS]
+
+# Exceptions that will emit a warning when being caught. Defaults to
+# "Exception".
+overgeneral-exceptions=Exception
diff --git a/contrib/python/podman/podman/__init__.py b/contrib/python/podman/podman/__init__.py
index 3b083f007..1cdb72773 100644
--- a/contrib/python/podman/podman/__init__.py
+++ b/contrib/python/podman/podman/__init__.py
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 import pkg_resources
 
 from .client import Client
-from .libs import datetime_format, datetime_parse
+from .libs import FoldedString, datetime_format, datetime_parse
 from .libs.errors import (ContainerNotFound, ErrorOccurred, ImageNotFound,
-                          PodmanError)
+                          NoContainerRunning, NoContainersInPod,
+                          PodContainerError, PodmanError, PodNotFound)
+
+assert FoldedString
 
 try:
     __version__ = pkg_resources.get_distribution('podman').version
@@ -18,5 +21,9 @@ __all__ = [
     'datetime_parse',
     'ErrorOccurred',
     'ImageNotFound',
+    'NoContainerRunning',
+    'NoContainersInPod',
+    'PodContainerError',
     'PodmanError',
+    'PodNotFound',
 ]
diff --git a/contrib/python/podman/podman/client.py b/contrib/python/podman/podman/client.py
index 24df65e23..ad603166e 100644
--- a/contrib/python/podman/podman/client.py
+++ b/contrib/python/podman/podman/client.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from .libs.errors import error_factory
 from .libs.images import Images
 from .libs.system import System
 from .libs.tunnel import Context, Portal, Tunnel
+from .libs.pods import Pods
 
 
 class BaseClient():
@@ -204,3 +205,8 @@ class Client():
     def containers(self):
         """Manage containers model for libpod."""
         return Containers(self._client)
+
+    @cached_property
+    def pods(self):
+        """Manage pods model for libpod."""
+        return Pods(self._client)
diff --git a/contrib/python/podman/podman/libs/__init__.py b/contrib/python/podman/podman/libs/__init__.py
index e9859bee5..5193313ed 100644
--- a/contrib/python/podman/podman/libs/__init__.py
+++ b/contrib/python/podman/podman/libs/__init__.py
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ from dateutil.parser import parse as dateutil_parse
 
 __all__ = [
     'cached_property',
-    'datetime_parse',
     'datetime_format',
+    'datetime_parse',
+    'fold_keys',
 ]
 
 
@@ -17,12 +18,12 @@ def cached_property(fn):
     return property(functools.lru_cache(maxsize=8)(fn))
 
 
-class Config(collections.UserDict):
+class ConfigDict(collections.UserDict):
     """Silently ignore None values, only take key once."""
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         """Construct dictionary."""
-        super(Config, self).__init__(kwargs)
+        super().__init__(kwargs)
 
     def __setitem__(self, key, value):
         """Store unique, not None values."""
@@ -35,6 +36,25 @@ class Config(collections.UserDict):
         super().__setitem__(key, value)
 
 
+class FoldedString(collections.UserString):
+    """Foldcase sequences value."""
+
+    def __init__(self, seq):
+        super().__init__(seq)
+        self.data.casefold()
+
+
+def fold_keys():  # noqa: D202
+    """Fold case of dictionary keys."""
+
+    @functools.wraps(fold_keys)
+    def wrapped(mapping):
+        """Fold case of dictionary keys."""
+        return {k.casefold(): v for (k, v) in mapping.items()}
+
+    return wrapped
+
+
 def datetime_parse(string):
     """Convert timestamps to datetime.
 
diff --git a/contrib/python/podman/podman/libs/errors.py b/contrib/python/podman/podman/libs/errors.py
index 9d7559c84..1b94344c4 100644
--- a/contrib/python/podman/podman/libs/errors.py
+++ b/contrib/python/podman/podman/libs/errors.py
@@ -25,13 +25,25 @@ class VarlinkErrorProxy(VarlinkError):
 class ContainerNotFound(VarlinkErrorProxy):
     """Raised when Client can not find requested container."""
 
-    pass
-
 
 class ImageNotFound(VarlinkErrorProxy):
     """Raised when Client can not find requested image."""
 
-    pass
+
+class PodNotFound(VarlinkErrorProxy):
+    """Raised when Client can not find requested image."""
+
+
+class PodContainerError(VarlinkErrorProxy):
+    """Raised when a container fails requested pod operation."""
+
+
+class NoContainerRunning(VarlinkErrorProxy):
+    """Raised when no container is running in pod."""
+
+
+class NoContainersInPod(VarlinkErrorProxy):
+    """Raised when Client fails to connect to runtime."""
 
 
 class ErrorOccurred(VarlinkErrorProxy):
@@ -40,19 +52,19 @@ class ErrorOccurred(VarlinkErrorProxy):
     See error() to see actual error text.
     """
 
-    pass
-
 
 class PodmanError(VarlinkErrorProxy):
     """Raised when Client fails to connect to runtime."""
 
-    pass
-
 
 ERROR_MAP = {
     'io.podman.ContainerNotFound': ContainerNotFound,
     'io.podman.ErrorOccurred': ErrorOccurred,
     'io.podman.ImageNotFound': ImageNotFound,
+    'io.podman.NoContainerRunning': NoContainerRunning,
+    'io.podman.NoContainersInPod': NoContainersInPod,
+    'io.podman.PodContainerError': PodContainerError,
+    'io.podman.PodNotFound': PodNotFound,
     'io.podman.RuntimeError': PodmanError,
 }
 
diff --git a/contrib/python/podman/podman/libs/images.py b/contrib/python/podman/podman/libs/images.py
index 547994798..325ee46f4 100644
--- a/contrib/python/podman/podman/libs/images.py
+++ b/contrib/python/podman/podman/libs/images.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import functools
 import json
 import logging
 
-from . import Config
+from . import ConfigDict
 from .containers import Container
 
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Image(collections.UserDict):
         """
         details = self.inspect()
 
-        config = Config(image_id=self._id, **kwargs)
+        config = ConfigDict(image_id=self._id, **kwargs)
         config['command'] = details.containerconfig['cmd']
         config['env'] = self._split_token(details.containerconfig['env'])
         config['image'] = copy.deepcopy(details.repotags[0])
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class Images():
         elif not hasattr(tags, '__iter__'):
             raise ValueError('"tags" is required to be an iter.')
 
-        config = Config(dockerfile=dockerfile, tags=tags, **kwargs)
+        config = ConfigDict(dockerfile=dockerfile, tags=tags, **kwargs)
         with self._client() as podman:
             result = podman.BuildImage(config)
         return self.get(result['image']['id']), \
diff --git a/contrib/python/podman/podman/libs/pods.py b/contrib/python/podman/podman/libs/pods.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6aec2c186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/python/podman/podman/libs/pods.py
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+"""Model for accessing details of Pods from podman service."""
+import collections
+import json
+import signal
+import time
+
+from . import ConfigDict, FoldedString, fold_keys
+
+
+class Pod(collections.UserDict):
+    """Model for a Pod."""
+
+    def __init__(self, client, ident, data):
+        """Construct Pod model."""
+        super().__init__(data)
+
+        self._ident = ident
+        self._client = client
+
+        with client() as podman:
+            self._refresh(podman)
+
+    def _refresh(self, podman):
+        pod = podman.GetPod(self._ident)
+        super().update(pod['pod'])
+
+        for k, v in self.data.items():
+            setattr(self, k, v)
+        return self
+
+    def inspect(self):
+        """Retrieve details about pod."""
+        with self._client() as podman:
+            results = podman.InspectPod(self._ident)
+        obj = json.loads(results['pod'], object_hook=fold_keys())
+        obj['id'] = obj['config']['id']
+        return collections.namedtuple('PodInspect', obj.keys())(**obj)
+
+    def kill(self, signal_=signal.SIGTERM, wait=25):
+        """Send signal to all containers in pod.
+
+        default signal is signal.SIGTERM.
+        wait n of seconds, 0 waits forever.
+        """
+        running = FoldedString(self.status)
+
+        with self._client() as podman:
+            podman.KillPod(self._ident, signal_)
+            timeout = time.time() + wait
+            while True:
+                # pylint: disable=maybe-no-member
+                self._refresh(podman)
+                if running != 'running':
+                    return self
+
+                if wait and timeout < time.time():
+                    raise TimeoutError()
+
+                time.sleep(0.5)
+        return self
+
+    def pause(self):
+        """Pause all containers in the pod."""
+        with self._client() as podman:
+            podman.PausePod(self._ident)
+            return self._refresh(podman)
+
+    def refresh(self):
+        """Refresh status fields for this pod."""
+        with self._client() as podman:
+            return self._refresh(podman)
+
+    def remove(self, force=False):
+        """Remove all containers in the pod, the pod, return pod ident.
+
+        force=True, stop any running container.
+        """
+        with self._client() as podman:
+            results = podman.RemovePod(self._ident, force)
+        return results['pod']
+
+    def restart(self):
+        """Restart all containers in the pod."""
+        with self._client() as podman:
+            podman.RestartPod(self._ident)
+            return self._refresh(podman)
+
+    def stats(self):
+        """Stats on all containers in the pod."""
+        with self._client() as podman:
+            results = podman.GetPodStats(self._ident)
+        for obj in results['containers']:
+            yield collections.namedtuple('ContainerStats', obj.keys())(**obj)
+
+    def start(self):
+        """Start all containers in the pod."""
+        with self._client() as podman:
+            podman.StartPod(self._ident)
+            return self._refresh(podman)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """Stop all containers in the pod."""
+        with self._client() as podman:
+            podman.StopPod(self._ident)
+            return self._refresh(podman)
+
+    def top(self):
+        """Display stats for all containers exit."""
+        with self._client() as podman:
+            results = podman.TopPod(self._ident)
+        return results['pod']
+
+    def unpause(self):
+        """Unpause all containers in the pod."""
+        with self._client() as podman:
+            podman.UnpausePod(self._ident)
+            return self._refresh(podman)
+
+    def wait(self):
+        """Wait for all containers to exit."""
+        with self._client() as podman:
+            results = podman.WaitPod(self._ident)
+        return results['pod']
+
+
+class Pods():
+    """Model for accessing pods."""
+
+    def __init__(self, client):
+        """Construct pod model."""
+        self._client = client
+
+    def create(self,
+               ident,
+               cgroupparent=None,
+               labels=None,
+               share=None,
+               infra=False):
+        """Create a new empty pod."""
+        config = ConfigDict(
+            name=ident,
+            cgroupParent=cgroupparent,
+            labels=labels,
+            share=share,
+            infra=infra,
+        )
+
+        with self._client() as podman:
+            result = podman.CreatePod(config)
+            details = podman.GetPod(result['pod'])
+        return Pod(self._client, result['pod'], details['pod'])
+
+    def get(self, ident):
+        """Get Pod from ident."""
+        with self._client() as podman:
+            result = podman.GetPod(ident)
+        return Pod(self._client, result['pod']['id'], result['pod'])
+
+    def list(self):
+        """List all pods."""
+        with self._client() as podman:
+            results = podman.ListPods()
+        for pod in results['pods']:
+            yield Pod(self._client, pod['id'], pod)
diff --git a/contrib/python/podman/test/test_pods_ctnrs.py b/contrib/python/podman/test/test_pods_ctnrs.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5733091c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/python/podman/test/test_pods_ctnrs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import os
+from test.podman_testcase import PodmanTestCase
+
+import podman
+from podman import FoldedString
+
+pod = None
+
+
+class TestPodsCtnrs(PodmanTestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        # Populate storage
+        super().setUpClass()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        super().tearDownClass()
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.tmpdir = os.environ['TMPDIR']
+        self.host = os.environ['PODMAN_HOST']
+
+        self.pclient = podman.Client(self.host)
+
+    def test_010_populate(self):
+        global pod
+
+        pod = self.pclient.pods.create('pod1')
+        self.assertEqual('pod1', pod.name)
+
+        img = self.pclient.images.get('docker.io/library/alpine:latest')
+        ctnr = img.container(pod=pod.id)
+
+        pod.refresh()
+        self.assertEqual('1', pod.numberofcontainers)
+        self.assertEqual(ctnr.id, pod.containersinfo[0]['id'])
+
+    def test_015_one_shot(self):
+        global pod
+
+        details = pod.inspect()
+        state = FoldedString(details.containers[0]['state'])
+        self.assertEqual(state, 'configured')
+
+        pod = pod.start()
+        status = FoldedString(pod.containersinfo[0]['status'])
+        # Race on whether container is still running or finished
+        self.assertIn(status, ('exited', 'running'))
+
+        pod = pod.restart()
+        status = FoldedString(pod.containersinfo[0]['status'])
+        self.assertIn(status, ('exited', 'running'))
+
+        killed = pod.kill()
+        self.assertEqual(pod, killed)
+
+    def test_999_remove(self):
+        global pod
+
+        ident = pod.remove(force=True)
+        self.assertEqual(ident, pod.id)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(StopIteration):
+            next(self.pclient.pods.list())
diff --git a/contrib/python/podman/test/test_pods_no_ctnrs.py b/contrib/python/podman/test/test_pods_no_ctnrs.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48b4f74e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/python/podman/test/test_pods_no_ctnrs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+import os
+import unittest
+
+import podman
+import varlink
+
+ident = None
+pod = None
+
+
+class TestPodsNoCtnrs(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.tmpdir = os.environ['TMPDIR']
+        self.host = os.environ['PODMAN_HOST']
+
+        self.pclient = podman.Client(self.host)
+
+    def test_010_create(self):
+        global ident
+
+        actual = self.pclient.pods.create('pod0')
+        self.assertIsNotNone(actual)
+        ident = actual.id
+
+    def test_015_list(self):
+        global ident, pod
+
+        actual = next(self.pclient.pods.list())
+        self.assertEqual('pod0', actual.name)
+        self.assertEqual(ident, actual.id)
+        self.assertEqual('Created', actual.status)
+        self.assertEqual('0', actual.numberofcontainers)
+        self.assertFalse(actual.containersinfo)
+        pod = actual
+
+    def test_020_get(self):
+        global ident, pod
+
+        actual = self.pclient.pods.get(pod.id)
+        self.assertEqual('pod0', actual.name)
+        self.assertEqual(ident, actual.id)
+        self.assertEqual('Created', actual.status)
+        self.assertEqual('0', actual.numberofcontainers)
+        self.assertFalse(actual.containersinfo)
+
+    def test_025_inspect(self):
+        global ident, pod
+
+        details = pod.inspect()
+        self.assertEqual(ident, details.id)
+        self.assertEqual('pod0', details.config['name'])
+        self.assertIsNone(details.containers)
+
+    def test_030_ident_no_ctnrs(self):
+        global ident, pod
+
+        actual = pod.kill()
+        self.assertEqual(pod, actual)
+
+        actual = pod.pause()
+        self.assertEqual(pod, actual)
+
+        actual = pod.unpause()
+        self.assertEqual(pod, actual)
+
+        actual = pod.stop()
+        self.assertEqual(pod, actual)
+
+    def test_045_raises_no_ctnrs(self):
+        global ident, pod
+
+        with self.assertRaises(podman.NoContainersInPod):
+            pod.start()
+
+        with self.assertRaises(podman.NoContainersInPod):
+            pod.restart()
+
+        with self.assertRaises(podman.NoContainerRunning):
+            next(pod.stats())
+
+        with self.assertRaises(varlink.error.MethodNotImplemented):
+            pod.top()
+
+        with self.assertRaises(varlink.error.MethodNotImplemented):
+            pod.wait()
+
+    def test_999_remove(self):
+        global ident, pod
+
+        actual = pod.remove()
+        self.assertEqual(ident, actual)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(StopIteration):
+            next(self.pclient.pods.list())
diff --git a/contrib/python/podman/test/test_runner.sh b/contrib/python/podman/test/test_runner.sh
index 76432cf47..ce518e7ed 100755
--- a/contrib/python/podman/test/test_runner.sh
+++ b/contrib/python/podman/test/test_runner.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fi
 export PATH=../../../bin:$PATH
 
 function usage {
-  echo 1>&2 $0 [-v] [-h] [test.TestCase|test.TestCase.step]
+  echo 1>&2 $0 '[-v] [-h] [test.<TestCase>|test.<TestCase>.<step>]'
 }
 
 while getopts "vh" arg; do
diff --git a/contrib/python/pypodman/pypodman/lib/podman_parser.py b/contrib/python/pypodman/pypodman/lib/podman_parser.py
index 4150e5d50..a7c869a98 100644
--- a/contrib/python/pypodman/pypodman/lib/podman_parser.py
+++ b/contrib/python/pypodman/pypodman/lib/podman_parser.py
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ class PodmanArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
         self.add_argument(
             '--username',
             '-l',
-            default=getpass.getuser(),
-            help='Authenicating user on remote host. (default: %(default)s)')
+            help='Authenicating user on remote host. (default: {})'.format(
+                getpass.getuser()))
         self.add_argument(
             '--host', help='name of remote host. (default: None)')
         self.add_argument(
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ class PodmanArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
         )   # yapf:disable
 
         reqattr(
+            'port',
+            getattr(args, 'port')
+            or os.environ.get('PORT')
+            or config['default'].get('port', None)
+        )   # yapf:disable
+
+        reqattr(
             'remote_socket_path',
             getattr(args, 'remote_socket_path')
             or os.environ.get('REMOTE_SOCKET_PATH')
diff --git a/pkg/varlinkapi/pods.go b/pkg/varlinkapi/pods.go
index d95b631f2..8b72492b0 100644
--- a/pkg/varlinkapi/pods.go
+++ b/pkg/varlinkapi/pods.go
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ func (i *LibpodAPI) StartPod(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, name string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return call.ReplyPodNotFound(name)
 	}
+	ctnrs, err := pod.AllContainers()
+	if err != nil {
+		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred(err.Error())
+	}
+	if 0 == len(ctnrs) {
+		return call.ReplyNoContainersInPod(name)
+	}
 	ctrErrs, err := pod.Start(getContext())
 	callErr := handlePodCall(call, pod, ctrErrs, err)
 	if callErr != nil {
@@ -132,6 +139,13 @@ func (i *LibpodAPI) RestartPod(call iopodman.VarlinkCall, name string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return call.ReplyPodNotFound(name)
 	}
+	ctnrs, err := pod.AllContainers()
+	if err != nil {
+		return call.ReplyErrorOccurred(err.Error())
+	}
+	if 0 == len(ctnrs) {
+		return call.ReplyNoContainersInPod(name)
+	}
 	ctrErrs, err := pod.Restart(getContext())
 	callErr := handlePodCall(call, pod, ctrErrs, err)
 	if callErr != nil {