containers.py

import json
import urllib2
import requests
def  awake_db():
    payload = json.dumps({

        "Hostname":"",
        "User":"",
        "Memory":0,
        "Memoryswap":0,
        "attachstdin":False,
        "attachstdout":True,
        "attachstderr":True,
        "privileged": False,
        "tty":False,
        "openstdin":False,
        "stdinonce":False,
        "Image":"mongo",
        "Volumes":{},
        "Volumesdrom":"",
        "Workingdir":""
    })


    req = urllib2.Request('http://10.47.105.92:4243/containers/create')
    req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')

    response = urllib2.urlopen(req, payload)
    container_meta_data = response.read()
    data = json.loads(container_meta_data)
    container_id  = data['Id']
    print container_id
    start_request = requests.post('http://10.47.105.92:4243/containers/{}/start'.format(container_id))

awake_db()