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<p><strong>saveImage</strong>(<code>engineId</code>, <code>id</code>, <code>filename</code>, <code>token?</code>): <code>Promise</code>&lt;<code>void</code>&gt;</p>
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<p>Defined in: <a href="https://github.com/podman-desktop/podman-desktop/blob/5340002ce330bd18346ca3f6af643b71aa707d17/packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts#L3984" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts:3984</a></p>
<p>Save on disk a tarball containing the image and its metadata.</p>
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<h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="engineid">engineId<a href="#engineid" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to engineId" title="Direct link to engineId"></a></h3>
<p><code>string</code></p>
<p>the id of the engine managing the image, obtained from the result of <a href="/api/@podman-desktop/namespaces/containerEngine/functions/listImages">containerEngine.listImages</a></p>
<h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="id">id<a href="#id" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to id" title="Direct link to id"></a></h3>
<p><code>string</code></p>
<p>the id or name of the image on this engine, obtained from the result of <a href="/api/@podman-desktop/namespaces/containerEngine/functions/listImages">containerEngine.listImages</a></p>
<h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="filename">filename<a href="#filename" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to filename" title="Direct link to filename"></a></h3>
<p><code>string</code></p>
<p>the file on which to save the container image content</p>
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<p><a href="/api/interfaces/CancellationToken"><code>CancellationToken</code></a></p>
<p>an optional cancellation token which will cancel saving the image on disk when the token is canceled</p>
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+								<p><strong>saveImage</strong>(<code>engineId</code>, <code>id</code>, <code>filename</code>, <code>token?</code>): <code>Promise</code>&lt;<code>void</code>&gt;</p>
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+								<p>Defined in: <a href="https://github.com/podman-desktop/podman-desktop/blob/5340002ce330bd18346ca3f6af643b71aa707d17/packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts#L3984" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts:3984</a></p>
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+								<p>Save on disk a tarball containing the image and its metadata.</p>
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+								<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="parameters">Parameters<a href="#parameters" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Parameters" title="Direct link to Parameters"></a></h2>
 								<h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="engineid">engineId<a href="#engineid" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to engineId" title="Direct link to engineId"></a></h3>
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+								<p><code>string</code></p>
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+								<p>the id of the engine managing the image, obtained from the result of <a href="/api/@podman-desktop/namespaces/containerEngine/functions/listImages">containerEngine.listImages</a></p>
 								<h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="id">id<a href="#id" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to id" title="Direct link to id"></a></h3>
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+								<p><code>string</code></p>
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+								<p>the id or name of the image on this engine, obtained from the result of <a href="/api/@podman-desktop/namespaces/containerEngine/functions/listImages">containerEngine.listImages</a></p>
 								<h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="filename">filename<a href="#filename" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to filename" title="Direct link to filename"></a></h3>
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+								<p><code>string</code></p>
 								<p>the file on which to save the container image content</p>
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+								<h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="token">token?<a href="#token" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to token?" title="Direct link to token?"></a></h3>
 								<p><a href="/api/interfaces/CancellationToken"><code>CancellationToken</code></a></p>
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+								<p>an optional cancellation token which will cancel saving the image on disk when the token is canceled</p>
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+								<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="returns">Returns<a href="#returns" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Returns" title="Direct link to Returns"></a></h2>
 								<p><code>Promise</code>&lt;<code>void</code>&gt;</p></div></article><nav class="docusaurus-mt-lg pagination-nav" aria-label="Docs pages"><a class="pagination-nav__link pagination-nav__link--prev" href="/api/@podman-desktop/namespaces/containerEngine/functions/replicatePodmanContainer"><div class="pagination-nav__sublabel">Previous</div><div class="pagination-nav__label">replicatePodmanContainer</div></a><a class="pagination-nav__link pagination-nav__link--next" href="/api/@podman-desktop/namespaces/containerEngine/functions/startContainer"><div class="pagination-nav__sublabel">Next</div><div class="pagination-nav__label">startContainer</div></a></nav></div></div><div class="col col--3"><div class="tableOfContents_XG6w thin-scrollbar theme-doc-toc-desktop"><ul class="table-of-contents table-of-contents__left-border"><li><a href="#parameters" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">Parameters</a><ul><li><a href="#engineid" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">engineId</a></li><li><a href="#id" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">id</a></li><li><a href="#filename" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">filename</a></li><li><a href="#token" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">token?</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#returns" class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">Returns</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div></main></div></div></div><footer class="theme-layout-footer footer"><div class="container container-fluid"><div class="row footer__links"><div class="theme-layout-footer-column col footer__col"><div class="footer__title">Documentation</div><ul class="footer__items clean-list"><li class="footer__item"><a class="footer__link-item" href="/docs/installation">Installing Podman Desktop</a></li><li class="footer__item"><a class="footer__link-item" href="/docs/migrating-from-docker">Migrating from Docker</a></li><li class="footer__item"><a class="footer__link-item" href="/docs/kubernetes">Working with Kubernetes</a></li><li class="footer__item"><a class="footer__link-item" href="/docs/troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a></li></ul></div><div class="theme-layout-footer-column col footer__col"><div class="footer__title">Links</div><ul class="footer__items clean-list"><li class="footer__item"><a href="https://github.com/podman-desktop/podman-desktop" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footer__link-item">GitHub<svg width="13.5" height="13.5" aria-hidden="true" class="iconExternalLink_nPrP"><use href="#theme-svg-external-link"></use></svg></a></li><li class="footer__item"><a href="https://discord.com/invite/x5GzFF6QH4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footer__link-item">Chat (bridged): #podman-desktop on Discord<svg width="13.5" height="13.5" aria-hidden="true" class="iconExternalLink_nPrP"><use href="#theme-svg-external-link"></use></svg></a></li><li class="footer__item"><a href="https://github.com/podman-desktop/podman-desktop#communication" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footer__link-item">Other ways to Communicate<svg width="13.5" height="13.5" aria-hidden="true" class="iconExternalLink_nPrP"><use href="#theme-svg-external-link"></use></svg></a></li><li class="footer__item"><a href="https://github.com/orgs/podman-desktop/projects/4/views/3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footer__link-item">Current Sprint<svg width="13.5" height="13.5" aria-hidden="true" class="iconExternalLink_nPrP"><use href="#theme-svg-external-link"></use></svg></a></li></ul></div></div><div class="footer__bottom text--center"><div class="footer__copyright">
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