projects.md

Projects

Project visibility level

Project in GitLab has be either private, internal or public. You can determine it by visibility_level field in project.

Constants for project visibility levels are next:

• Private. visibility_level is 0. Project access must be granted explicitly for each user.

• Internal. visibility_level is 10. The project can be cloned by any logged in user.

• Public. visibility_level is 20. The project can be cloned without any authentication.

List projects

Get a list of projects accessible by the authenticated user.

GET /projects

Parameters:

• archived (optional) - if passed, limit by archived status
• order_by (optional) - Return requests ordered by id, name, path, created_at, updated_at or last_activity_at fields. Default is created_at
• sort (optional) - Return requests sorted in asc or desc order. Default is desc
• search (optional) - Return list of authorized projects according to a search criteria
• ci_enabled_first - Return projects ordered by ci_enabled flag. Projects with enabled GitLab CI go first

[
  {
    "id": 4,
    "description": null,
    "default_branch": "master",
    "public": false,
    "visibility_level": 0,
    "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@example.com:diaspora/diaspora-client.git",
    "http_url_to_repo": "http://example.com/diaspora/diaspora-client.git",
    "web_url": "http://example.com/diaspora/diaspora-client",
    "tag_list": [
      "example",
      "disapora client"
    ],
    "owner": {
      "id": 3,
      "name": "Diaspora",
      "created_at": "2013-09-30T13: 46: 02Z"
    },
    "name": "Diaspora Client",
    "name_with_namespace": "Diaspora / Diaspora Client",
    "path": "diaspora-client",
    "path_with_namespace": "diaspora/diaspora-client",
    "issues_enabled": true,
    "merge_requests_enabled": true,
    "wiki_enabled": true,
    "snippets_enabled": false,
    "created_at": "2013-09-30T13: 46: 02Z",
    "last_activity_at": "2013-09-30T13: 46: 02Z",
    "creator_id": 3,
    "namespace": {
      "created_at": "2013-09-30T13: 46: 02Z",
      "description": "",
      "id": 3,
      "name": "Diaspora",
      "owner_id": 1,
      "path": "diaspora",
      "updated_at": "2013-09-30T13: 46: 02Z"
    },
    "archived": false,
    "avatar_url": "http://example.com/uploads/project/avatar/4/uploads/avatar.png"
  },
  {
    "id": 6,
    "description": null,
    "default_branch": "master",
    "public": false,
    "visibility_level": 0,
    "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@example.com:brightbox/puppet.git",
    "http_url_to_repo": "http://example.com/brightbox/puppet.git",
    "web_url": "http://example.com/brightbox/puppet",
    "tag_list": [
      "example",
      "puppet"
    ],
    "owner": {
      "id": 4,
      "name": "Brightbox",
      "created_at": "2013-09-30T13:46:02Z"
    },
    "name": "Puppet",
    "name_with_namespace": "Brightbox / Puppet",
    "path": "puppet",
    "path_with_namespace": "brightbox/puppet",
    "issues_enabled": true,
    "merge_requests_enabled": true,
    "wiki_enabled": true,
    "snippets_enabled": false,
    "created_at": "2013-09-30T13:46:02Z",
    "last_activity_at": "2013-09-30T13:46:02Z",
    "creator_id": 3,
    "namespace": {
      "created_at": "2013-09-30T13:46:02Z",
      "description": "",
      "id": 4,
      "name": "Brightbox",
      "owner_id": 1,
      "path": "brightbox",
      "updated_at": "2013-09-30T13:46:02Z"
    },
    "archived": false,
    "avatar_url": null
  }
]

List owned projects

Get a list of projects which are owned by the authenticated user.

GET /projects/owned

Parameters:

• archived (optional) - if passed, limit by archived status
• order_by (optional) - Return requests ordered by id, name, path, created_at, updated_at or last_activity_at fields. Default is created_at
• sort (optional) - Return requests sorted in asc or desc order. Default is desc
• search (optional) - Return list of authorized projects according to a search criteria
• ci_enabled_first - Return projects ordered by ci_enabled flag. Projects with enabled GitLab CI go first

List ALL projects

Get a list of all GitLab projects (admin only).

GET /projects/all

Parameters:

• archived (optional) - if passed, limit by archived status
• order_by (optional) - Return requests ordered by id, name, path, created_at, updated_at or last_activity_at fields. Default is created_at
• sort (optional) - Return requests sorted in asc or desc order. Default is desc
• search (optional) - Return list of authorized projects according to a search criteria
• ci_enabled_first - Return projects ordered by ci_enabled flag. Projects with enabled GitLab CI go first

Get single project

Get a specific project, identified by project ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME, which is owned by the authenticated user. If using namespaced projects call make sure that the NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME is URL-encoded, eg. /api/v3/projects/diaspora%2Fdiaspora (where / is represented by %2F).

GET /projects/:id

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of a project

{
  "id": 3,
  "description": null,
  "default_branch": "master",
  "public": false,
  "visibility_level": 0,
  "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@example.com:diaspora/diaspora-project-site.git",
  "http_url_to_repo": "http://example.com/diaspora/diaspora-project-site.git",
  "web_url": "http://example.com/diaspora/diaspora-project-site",
  "tag_list": [
    "example",
    "disapora project"
  ],
  "owner": {
    "id": 3,
    "name": "Diaspora",
    "created_at": "2013-09-30T13: 46: 02Z"
  },
  "name": "Diaspora Project Site",
  "name_with_namespace": "Diaspora / Diaspora Project Site",
  "path": "diaspora-project-site",
  "path_with_namespace": "diaspora/diaspora-project-site",
  "issues_enabled": true,
  "merge_requests_enabled": true,
  "wiki_enabled": true,
  "snippets_enabled": false,
  "created_at": "2013-09-30T13: 46: 02Z",
  "last_activity_at": "2013-09-30T13: 46: 02Z",
  "creator_id": 3,
  "namespace": {
    "created_at": "2013-09-30T13: 46: 02Z",
    "description": "",
    "id": 3,
    "name": "Diaspora",
    "owner_id": 1,
    "path": "diaspora",
    "updated_at": "2013-09-30T13: 46: 02Z"
  },
  "permissions": {
    "project_access": {
      "access_level": 10,
      "notification_level": 3
    },
    "group_access": {
      "access_level": 50,
      "notification_level": 3
    }
  },
  "archived": false,
  "avatar_url": "http://example.com/uploads/project/avatar/3/uploads/avatar.png"
}

Get project events

Get the events for the specified project. Sorted from newest to latest

GET /projects/:id/events

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of a project

[
  {
    "title": null,
    "project_id": 15,
    "action_name": "closed",
    "target_id": 830,
    "target_type": "Issue",
    "author_id": 1,
    "author_username": "john",
    "data": null,
    "target_title": "Public project search field"
  },
  {
    "title": null,
    "project_id": 15,
    "action_name": "opened",
    "target_id": null,
    "target_type": null,
    "author_id": 1,
    "author_username": "john",
    "data": {
      "before": "50d4420237a9de7be1304607147aec22e4a14af7",
      "after": "c5feabde2d8cd023215af4d2ceeb7a64839fc428",
      "ref": "refs/heads/master",
      "user_id": 1,
      "user_name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
      "repository": {
        "name": "gitlabhq",
        "url": "git@dev.gitlab.org:gitlab/gitlabhq.git",
        "description": "GitLab: self hosted Git management software. \r\nDistributed under the MIT License.",
        "homepage": "https://dev.gitlab.org/gitlab/gitlabhq"
      },
      "commits": [
        {
          "id": "c5feabde2d8cd023215af4d2ceeb7a64839fc428",
          "message": "Add simple search to projects in public area",
          "timestamp": "2013-05-13T18:18:08+00:00",
          "url": "https://dev.gitlab.org/gitlab/gitlabhq/commit/c5feabde2d8cd023215af4d2ceeb7a64839fc428",
          "author": {
            "name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
            "email": "dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com"
          }
        }
      ],
      "total_commits_count": 1
    },
    "target_title": null
  },
  {
    "title": null,
    "project_id": 15,
    "action_name": "closed",
    "target_id": 840,
    "target_type": "Issue",
    "author_id": 1,
    "author_username": "john",
    "data": null,
    "target_title": "Finish & merge Code search PR"
  }
]

Create project

Creates a new project owned by the authenticated user.

POST /projects

Parameters:

• name (required) - new project name
• path (optional) - custom repository name for new project. By default generated based on name
• namespace_id (optional) - namespace for the new project (defaults to user)
• description (optional) - short project description
• issues_enabled (optional)
• merge_requests_enabled (optional)
• wiki_enabled (optional)
• snippets_enabled (optional)
• public (optional) - if true same as setting visibility_level = 20
• visibility_level (optional)
• import_url (optional)

Create project for user

Creates a new project owned by the specified user. Available only for admins.

POST /projects/user/:user_id

Parameters:

• user_id (required) - user_id of owner
• name (required) - new project name
• description (optional) - short project description
• default_branch (optional) - 'master' by default
• issues_enabled (optional)
• merge_requests_enabled (optional)
• wiki_enabled (optional)
• snippets_enabled (optional)
• public (optional) - if true same as setting visibility_level = 20
• visibility_level (optional)
• import_url (optional)

Edit project

Updates an existing project

PUT /projects/:id

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project
• name (optional) - project name
• path (optional) - repository name for project
• description (optional) - short project description
• default_branch (optional)
• issues_enabled (optional)
• merge_requests_enabled (optional)
• wiki_enabled (optional)
• snippets_enabled (optional)
• public (optional) - if true same as setting visibility_level = 20
• visibility_level (optional)

On success, method returns 200 with the updated project. If parameters are invalid, 400 is returned.

Fork project

Forks a project into the user namespace of the authenticated user.

POST /projects/fork/:id

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of the project to be forked

Remove project

Removes a project including all associated resources (issues, merge requests etc.)

DELETE /projects/:id

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project

Team members

List project team members

Get a list of a project's team members.

GET /projects/:id/members

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of a project
• query (optional) - Query string to search for members

Get project team member

Gets a project team member.

GET /projects/:id/members/:user_id

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of a project
• user_id (required) - The ID of a user

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "john_smith",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "name": "John Smith",
  "state": "active",
  "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
  "access_level": 40
}

Add project team member

Adds a user to a project team. This is an idempotent method and can be called multiple times with the same parameters. Adding team membership to a user that is already a member does not affect the existing membership.

POST /projects/:id/members

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of a project
• user_id (required) - The ID of a user to add
• access_level (required) - Project access level

Edit project team member

Updates a project team member to a specified access level.

PUT /projects/:id/members/:user_id

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of a project
• user_id (required) - The ID of a team member
• access_level (required) - Project access level

Remove project team member

Removes a user from a project team.

DELETE /projects/:id/members/:user_id

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of a project
• user_id (required) - The ID of a team member

This method is idempotent and can be called multiple times with the same parameters. Revoking team membership for a user who is not currently a team member is considered success. Please note that the returned JSON currently differs slightly. Thus you should not rely on the returned JSON structure.

Hooks

Also called Project Hooks and Webhooks. These are different for System Hooks that are system wide.

List project hooks

Get a list of project hooks.

GET /projects/:id/hooks

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of a project

Get project hook

Get a specific hook for a project.

GET /projects/:id/hooks/:hook_id

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of a project
• hook_id (required) - The ID of a project hook

{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "http://example.com/hook",
  "project_id": 3,
  "push_events": "true",
  "issues_events": "true",
  "merge_requests_events": "true",
  "created_at": "2012-10-12T17:04:47Z"
}

Add project hook

Adds a hook to a specified project.

POST /projects/:id/hooks

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of a project
• url (required) - The hook URL
• push_events - Trigger hook on push events
• issues_events - Trigger hook on issues events
• merge_requests_events - Trigger hook on merge_requests events
• tag_push_events - Trigger hook on push_tag events

Edit project hook

Edits a hook for a specified project.

PUT /projects/:id/hooks/:hook_id

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of a project
• hook_id (required) - The ID of a project hook
• url (required) - The hook URL
• push_events - Trigger hook on push events
• issues_events - Trigger hook on issues events
• merge_requests_events - Trigger hook on merge_requests events
• tag_push_events - Trigger hook on push_tag events

Delete project hook

Removes a hook from a project. This is an idempotent method and can be called multiple times. Either the hook is available or not.

DELETE /projects/:id/hooks/:hook_id

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of a project
• hook_id (required) - The ID of hook to delete

Note the JSON response differs if the hook is available or not. If the project hook is available before it is returned in the JSON response or an empty response is returned.

Branches

List branches

Lists all branches of a project.

GET /projects/:id/repository/branches

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of a project

[
  {
    "name": "async",
    "commit": {
      "id": "a2b702edecdf41f07b42653eb1abe30ce98b9fca",
      "parents": [
        {
          "id": "3f94fc7c85061973edc9906ae170cc269b07ca55"
        }
      ],
      "tree": "c68537c6534a02cc2b176ca1549f4ffa190b58ee",
      "message": "give Caolan credit where it's due (up top)",
      "author": {
        "name": "Jeremy Ashkenas",
        "email": "jashkenas@example.com"
      },
      "committer": {
        "name": "Jeremy Ashkenas",
        "email": "jashkenas@example.com"
      },
      "authored_date": "2010-12-08T21:28:50+00:00",
      "committed_date": "2010-12-08T21:28:50+00:00"
    },
    "protected": false
  },
  {
    "name": "gh-pages",
    "commit": {
      "id": "101c10a60019fe870d21868835f65c25d64968fc",
      "parents": [
        {
          "id": "9c15d2e26945a665131af5d7b6d30a06ba338aaa"
        }
      ],
      "tree": "fb5cc9d45da3014b17a876ad539976a0fb9b352a",
      "message": "Underscore.js 1.5.2",
      "author": {
        "name": "Jeremy Ashkenas",
        "email": "jashkenas@example.com"
      },
      "committer": {
        "name": "Jeremy Ashkenas",
        "email": "jashkenas@example.com"
      },
      "authored_date": "2013-09-07T12: 58: 21+00: 00",
      "committed_date": "2013-09-07T12: 58: 21+00: 00"
    },
    "protected": false
  }
]

List single branch

Lists a specific branch of a project.

GET /projects/:id/repository/branches/:branch

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of a project
• branch (required) - The name of the branch.

Protect single branch

Protects a single branch of a project.

PUT /projects/:id/repository/branches/:branch/protect

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of a project
• branch (required) - The name of the branch.

Unprotect single branch

Unprotects a single branch of a project.

PUT /projects/:id/repository/branches/:branch/unprotect

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of a project
• branch (required) - The name of the branch.

Admin fork relation

Allows modification of the forked relationship between existing projects. Available only for admins.

Create a forked from/to relation between existing projects.

POST /projects/:id/fork/:forked_from_id

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of the project
• forked_from_id: (required) - The ID of the project that was forked from

Delete an existing forked from relationship

DELETE /projects/:id/fork

Parameter:

• id (required) - The ID of the project

Search for projects by name

Search for projects by name which are accessible to the authenticated user.

GET /projects/search/:query

Parameters:

• query (required) - A string contained in the project name
• per_page (optional) - number of projects to return per page
• page (optional) - the page to retrieve
• order_by (optional) - Return requests ordered by id, name, created_at or last_activity_at fields
• sort (optional) - Return requests sorted in asc or desc order