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HTTPClient baseUrl is hardcoded to localhost

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
70/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
docker, typescript
Domain
api, backend

Research direction

Start in lib/http.ts around line 94 and trace how DockerClient.fromDockerHost passes the configured endpoint to HTTPClient. Reproduce with a remote Docker host, then verify that containerList() and imageList() use that endpoint rather than localhost:2375.

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Description

Hi, I have an exposed docker engine running on a remote local server (tcp://remoteip:2375) and then initialize the client with await DockerClient.fromDockerHost('tcp://remoteip:2735') which connects properly. But when I call any methods like .containerList() or .imageList() uses the HTTPClient class with the hardcoded default baseUrl http://localhost:2375instead of the inherited value from agent prameter (https://github.com/docker/node-sdk/blob/main/lib/http.ts#L94)

Dominant language
TypeScript
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