docker-composer

docker-composer

Generate Docker Compose descriptor from a JSON document.

About the package

The reason behind this package is support the Docker Compose descriptor generation from Javascript. You are able to use all Docker Compose keyword to describe your containers and services.

Docker Compose Reference is HERE.

Changes of the Latest Release

Version 5.2.3 (26.03.2026)

• Update dependencies

Version 5.2.2 (15.03.2026)

• Update dependencies
• Migrate from mocha to jest

You can find all Release Notes HERE.

Usage

  const composer = require('docker-composer');
    .
  const generatedYML = composer.generate(inputJSON);

Full Example

Input

{
"version" : "3",
"services" :
    {
        "nginx" : {
            "ports" : [
                "80"
                        ],
            "image" : "nginx:latest"
        },
        "http" : {
            "ports" : [
                "443"
            ],
            "image" : "apache:latest"
        }
    }
}

Result

---
  version: "3"
  services:
    nginx:
      ports:
      - "80"
      image: "nginx:latest"
    http:
      ports:
      - "443"
      image: "nginx:latest"

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Tibor Udvari. Released under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.