DockerRestApi/routes/start.js

var express = require('express');
var router = express.Router();
var docker = require('../bin/dockerode')


router.get('/', function (req, res, next) {

  res.send(getContainer('Portainer'));
});

module.exports = router;

function getContainer(containername) {
  var container = docker.getContainer(containername);
  container.inspect(function (err, data) {
    return data
  });
}