Dockerfile Linter

POST
/workspaces
/:workspace
/projects
/:project_name
/pipelines
/:pipeline_id
/actions

Hint

List with common parameters for all Buddy actions

List of errors that can be ignored by Linter

Code	Description
EL0001	Invalid line
ED0001	All parser directives must be at the very top of a Dockerfile
ED0002	Directive appears more then once
ED0003	Directives should be lowercase
ED0004	Parser directive will be treated as a comment
ED0005	Missing value for directive
ER0001	Set the SHELL option -o(-eo for Alpine image) pipefail before RUN with a pipe in
ER0002	Delete the apt-get lists after installing something
ER0003	Use WORKDIR to switch to a directory
ER0004	Do not use sudo, consider using gosu
ER0005	Command (ssh,shutdown,service,ps,free,top,kill,mount) does not make sense in a container
ER0006	Using (apt-get upgrade,dist-upgrade,apk upgrade,apt install) is not recommended
ER0007	Either use wget or curl but not both
ER0008	Use SHELL to change the default shell
ER0009	Use the -y switch
ER0010	Avoid additional packages by specifying --no-install-recommends
ER0011	Use the --no-cache switch
ER0012	Pin versions in apt get install
ER0013	Pin versions in pip install
ER0014	Pin versions in npm install
ER0015	Pin versions in apk add
ER0016	Pin versions in gem install
EU0001	Last user should not be root
EI0001	There can only be one instruction like (CMD,HEALTHCHECK,ENTRYPOINT)
EI0002	FROM may only be preceded by one or more ARG
EI0003	MAINTAINER is deprecated instead use LABEL
EI0004	Don't use (ONBUILD,FROM,MAINTAINTER) in ONBUILD
EI0005	Instructions should be uppercase
EF0001	Missing FROM
EF0002	FROM aliases must be unique
EF0003	Using latest is prone to errors if the image will ever update
EF0004	Always tag the version of an image explicitly
EC0001	COPY --from cannot reference its own FROM alias
EC0002	COPY --from should reference a previously defined FROM alias
EC0003	Use ADD for extracting archives into a image
EC0004	COPY with more then 2 arguments requires the last argument to end with /
EJ0001	You must use double-quotes (") in JSON array
EJ0002	CMD and ENTRYPOINT should be written in JSON form
EJ0003	SHELL must be written in JSON form
EA0001	Use curl or wget instead, and delete files when no longer needed
EA0002	Use COPY instead of ADD for files and folders
EW0001	Use absolute WORKDIR
EE0001	Valid UNIX ports range from 0 to 65535

Request

URL PARAMETERS

workspacerequired string

The workspace name.

pipeline_idrequired integer

The numerical ID of the desired pipeline.

project_namerequired string

The name ID of the project.

POST PARAMETERS

namerequired string

The name of the action.

typerequired string

The type of the action. Should be set to DOCKERFILE_LINTER.

local_pathstring

The path from which a Dockerfile is chosen.

shell_typestring

Type of shell in which the errors will be detected. Available values: sh, bash, dash, ksh

ignore_codesstring

The errors that will be ignored by linter. You can find the error codes below or use ShellCheck.

ignores_pathstring

The path to the yaml file with ignores.

Last modified on Apr 22, 2025

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Example:

curl -X POST "https://api.buddy.works/workspaces/:workspace/projects/:project_name/pipelines/:pipeline_id/actions" \
 -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{
 "name": "linter",
 "type": "DOCKERFILE_LINTER",
 "trigger_time": "ON_EVERY_EXECUTION",
 "local_path": "Dockerfile",
 "shell_type": "bash",
 "ignore_codes": "ER0012,ER0015,SC1017,SC2020",
 "ignores_path": "ignores.yaml"
}'

EXAMPLE RESPONSE
 {
 "url": "https://api.buddy.works/workspaces/buddy/projects/company-website/pipelines/2/actions/2",
 "html_url": "https://app.buddy.works/buddy/company-website/pipelines/pipeline/2/action/2/edit",
 "id": 2,
 "name": "linter",
 "type": "DOCKERFILE_LINTER",
 "trigger_time": "ON_EVERY_EXECUTION",
 "last_execution_status": "INITIAL",
 "local_path": "Dockerfile",
 "shell_type": "bash",
 "ignore_codes": "ER0012,ER0015,SC1017,SC2020",
 "ignores_path": "ignores.yaml",
 "pipeline": {
 "url": "https://api.buddy.works/workspaces/buddy/projects/company-website/pipelines/2",
 "html_url": "https://app.buddy.works/buddy/company-website/pipelines/pipeline/2",
 "id": 2,
 "name": "test server",
 "on": "CLICK",
 "refs": [
 "refs/heads/master"
 ],
 "last_execution_status": "SUCCESSFUL",
 "last_execution_revision": "506a3963507943d6908154f4bc9646e829128a08"
 }
}

STATUS
 201 Created

LIMITS
 X-Rate-Limit-Limit: 1
 X-Rate-Limit-Remaining: 999