Merge pull request #492 from ggtools/json-stats

Add decode parameter to be able to the the stats as a dictionary

docker/client.py

@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ class Client(requests.Session):
         res = self._post_json(url, data=start_config)
         self._raise_for_status(res)
 
-    def stats(self, container):
+    def stats(self, container, decode=None):
         if utils.compare_version('1.17', self._version) < 0:
             raise errors.InvalidVersion(
                 'Stats retrieval is not supported in API < 1.17!')
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ class Client(requests.Session):
         if isinstance(container, dict):
             container = container.get('Id')
         url = self._url("/containers/{0}/stats".format(container))
-        return self._stream_helper(self._get(url, stream=True))
+        return self._stream_helper(self._get(url, stream=True), decode=decode)
 
     def stop(self, container, timeout=10):
         if isinstance(container, dict):