Fix archived parameter for projects API

app/finders/projects_finder.rb

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #     personal: boolean
 #     search: string
 #     non_archived: boolean
+#     archived: 'only' or boolean
 #
 class ProjectsFinder < UnionFinder
   include CustomAttributesFilter
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ class ProjectsFinder < UnionFinder
   def by_archived(projects)
     if params[:non_archived]
       projects.non_archived
-    elsif params.key?(:archived) # Back-compatibility with the places where `params[:archived]` can be set explicitly to `false`
+    elsif params.key?(:archived)
       if params[:archived] == 'only'
         projects.archived
       elsif Gitlab::Utils.to_boolean(params[:archived])

changelogs/unreleased/fix-project-api-archived.yml

+---
+title: Fix archived parameter for projects API
+merge_request: 20566
+author: Peter Marko
+type: fixed

lib/api/helpers.rb

@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ module API
       finder_params[:non_public] = true if params[:membership].present?
       finder_params[:starred] = true if params[:starred].present?
       finder_params[:visibility_level] = Gitlab::VisibilityLevel.level_value(params[:visibility]) if params[:visibility]
-      finder_params[:archived] = params[:archived]
+      finder_params[:archived] = archived_param unless params[:archived].nil?
       finder_params[:search] = params[:search] if params[:search]
       finder_params[:user] = params.delete(:user) if params[:user]
       finder_params[:custom_attributes] = params[:custom_attributes] if params[:custom_attributes]
@@ -496,5 +496,11 @@ module API
       exception.status == 500
     end
+
+    def archived_param
+      return 'only' if params[:archived]
+
+      params[:archived]
+    end
   end
 end

lib/api/projects.rb

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module API
       end
       params :filter_params do
-        optional :archived, type: Boolean, default: false, desc: 'Limit by archived status'
+        optional :archived, type: Boolean, desc: 'Limit by archived status'
         optional :visibility, type: String, values: Gitlab::VisibilityLevel.string_values,
                               desc: 'Limit by visibility'
         optional :search, type: String, desc: 'Return list of projects matching the search criteria'

spec/requests/api/projects_spec.rb

@@ -237,6 +237,39 @@ describe API::Projects do
         end
       end
+      context 'and using archived' do
+        let!(:archived_project) { create(:project, creator_id: user.id, namespace: user.namespace, archived: true) }
+
+        it 'returns archived projects' do
+          get api('/projects?archived=true', user)
+
+          expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(200)
+          expect(response).to include_pagination_headers
+          expect(json_response).to be_an Array
+          expect(json_response.length).to eq(Project.public_or_visible_to_user(user).where(archived: true).size)
+          expect(json_response.map { |project| project['id'] }).to include(archived_project.id)
+        end
+
+        it 'returns non-archived projects' do
+          get api('/projects?archived=false', user)
+
+          expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(200)
+          expect(response).to include_pagination_headers
+          expect(json_response).to be_an Array
+          expect(json_response.length).to eq(Project.public_or_visible_to_user(user).where(archived: false).size)
+          expect(json_response.map { |project| project['id'] }).not_to include(archived_project.id)
+        end
+
+        it 'returns every project' do
+          get api('/projects', user)
+
+          expect(response).to have_gitlab_http_status(200)
+          expect(response).to include_pagination_headers
+          expect(json_response).to be_an Array
+          expect(json_response.map { |project| project['id'] }).to contain_exactly(*Project.public_or_visible_to_user(user).pluck(:id))
+        end
+      end
+
       context 'and using search' do
         it_behaves_like 'projects response' do
           let(:filter) { { search: project.name } }