Python getting Docker Container Name from the inside of a docker container

Question

I need to get the containers name, from within the running container in python

i could easily get the container id from inside the container in python with

bashCommand = """head -1 /proc/self/cgroup|cut -d/ -f3"""
output = subprocess.check_output(['bash','-c', bashCommand])
print output

now i need the containername

Answer 1

Just set the Name at runtime like:

docker run --name MYCOOLCONTAINER alpine:latest

Then:

bashCommandName = `echo $NAME`

output = subprocess.check_output(['bash','-c', bashCommandName]) 

print output