Reuse container by name

server/docker.js

@@ -13,15 +13,19 @@ const containerOptions = {
   StdinOnce: false,
 }
 
-export async function createContainer() {
+export async function getOrCreateContainer(name) {
   try {
-    const container = await engine.createContainer(containerOptions)
+    const container = engine.getContainer(name)
+    await container.inspect()
+    return container
+  } catch (error) {
+    const container = await engine.createContainer({
+      ...containerOptions,
+      name,
+    })
     await container.start()
     console.log(container.id)
     return container
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error(error)
-    throw error
   }
 }
 

server/websocket.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import express from 'express'
 import http from 'http'
 import { Server } from 'socket.io'
-import { createContainer, attachContainer } from './docker.js'
+import { getOrCreateContainer, attachContainer } from './docker.js'
 
 const app = express()
 const server = http.createServer(app)
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const io = new Server(server)
 
 io.on('connection', async (socket) => {
   console.log('Connected to the client.')
-  const container = await createContainer()
+  const container = await getOrCreateContainer('odyssey-test')
   const stream = await attachContainer(container)
 
   stream.on('data', (chunk) => {