1 files changed, 51 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_start.go b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_start.go
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+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_start.go
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+package compat
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod/define"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/api/handlers/utils"
+	"github.com/gorilla/schema"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+func StartContainer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	decoder := r.Context().Value("decoder").(*schema.Decoder)
+	query := struct {
+		DetachKeys string `schema:"detachKeys"`
+	}{
+		// Override golang default values for types
+	}
+	if err := decoder.Decode(&query, r.URL.Query()); err != nil {
+		utils.BadRequest(w, "url", r.URL.String(), err)
+		return
+	}
+	if len(query.DetachKeys) > 0 {
+		// TODO - start does not support adding detach keys
+		utils.BadRequest(w, "detachKeys", query.DetachKeys, errors.New("the detachKeys parameter is not supported yet"))
+		return
+	}
+	runtime := r.Context().Value("runtime").(*libpod.Runtime)
+	name := utils.GetName(r)
+	con, err := runtime.LookupContainer(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		utils.ContainerNotFound(w, name, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	state, err := con.State()
+	if err != nil {
+		utils.InternalServerError(w, err)
+		return
+	}
+	if state == define.ContainerStateRunning {
+		utils.WriteResponse(w, http.StatusNotModified, "")
+		return
+	}
+	if err := con.Start(r.Context(), false); err != nil {
+		utils.InternalServerError(w, err)
+		return
+	}
+	utils.WriteResponse(w, http.StatusNoContent, "")
+}