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GitLab Admin API

The Admin API from GitLab — 11 operation(s) for admin.

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GitLab Admin API is one of 44 APIs that GitLab publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Admin. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, an API reference, rate-limit docs, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 16 operations across 11 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version v4.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.gitlab.com/api/.

16 operations 11 paths 9 schemas 2 DELETE7 GET3 POST4 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
v4
Base URL
https://gitlab.com/api/graphql
Authentication
API Key
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

GitLab Admin API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Private-Token (ApiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 16

Across 11 paths, the API surfaces 16 operations — 2 DELETE, 7 GET, 3 POST, 4 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Admin 16
GET
/api/v4/admin/batched_background_migrations/{id}
Retrieve a batched background migration
getApiV4AdminBatchedBackgroundMigrationsId 2 params → 200401403404
GET
/api/v4/admin/batched_background_migrations
Get the list of batched background migrations
getApiV4AdminBatchedBackgroundMigrations 1 param → 200401403
PUT
/api/v4/admin/batched_background_migrations/{id}/resume
Resume a batched background migration
putApiV4AdminBatchedBackgroundMigrationsIdResume 1 param body → 200401403404422
PUT
/api/v4/admin/batched_background_migrations/{id}/pause
Pause a batched background migration
putApiV4AdminBatchedBackgroundMigrationsIdPause 1 param body → 200401403404422
GET
/api/v4/admin/ci/variables/{key}
Get the details of a specific instance-level variable
getApiV4AdminCiVariablesKey 1 param → 200404
PUT
/api/v4/admin/ci/variables/{key}
Update an instance-level variable
putApiV4AdminCiVariablesKey 1 param body → 200404
DELETE
/api/v4/admin/ci/variables/{key}
Delete an existing instance-level variable
deleteApiV4AdminCiVariablesKey 1 param → 204404
GET
/api/v4/admin/ci/variables
List all instance-level variables
getApiV4AdminCiVariables 2 params → 200
POST
/api/v4/admin/ci/variables
Create a new instance-level variable
postApiV4AdminCiVariables body → 201400
GET
/api/v4/admin/databases/{database_name}/dictionary/tables/{table_name}
Retrieve dictionary details
getApiV4AdminDatabasesDatabaseNameDictionaryTablesTableName 2 params → 200401403404
GET
/api/v4/admin/clusters/{cluster_id}
GitLab Get a Single Instance Cluster
getApiV4AdminClustersClusterId 1 param → 200403404
PUT
/api/v4/admin/clusters/{cluster_id}
GitLab Edit Instance Cluster
putApiV4AdminClustersClusterId 1 param body → 200400403404
DELETE
/api/v4/admin/clusters/{cluster_id}
GitLab Delete Instance Cluster
deleteApiV4AdminClustersClusterId 1 param → 204403404
POST
/api/v4/admin/clusters/add
GitLab Add Existing Instance Cluster
postApiV4AdminClustersAdd body → 201400403404
GET
/api/v4/admin/clusters
GitLab List Instance Clusters
getApiV4AdminClusters → 200403
POST
/api/v4/admin/migrations/{timestamp}/mark
Mark the migration as successfully executed
postApiV4AdminMigrationsTimestampMark 1 param body → 201401403404422

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are API_Entities_Cluster (15 properties), API_Entities_UserBasic (9 properties), API_Entities_Ci_Variable (7 properties), API_Entities_ProjectIdentity (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

API_Entities_Ci_Variable
object
APIEntitiesCiVariable model
7 properties
API_Entities_Dictionary_Table
object
APIEntitiesDictionaryTable model
2 properties
API_Entities_ProjectIdentity
object
7 properties
API_Entities_CustomAttribute
object
2 properties
API_Entities_Provider_Gcp
object
7 properties
API_Entities_Platform_Kubernetes
object
4 properties
API_Entities_UserBasic
object
9 properties
API_Entities_Cluster
object
APIEntitiesCluster model
15 properties
API_Entities_BatchedBackgroundMigration
object
APIEntitiesBatchedBackgroundMigration model
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

gitlab-admin-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
gitlab:gitlab-admin-api
Base URL
https://gitlab.com/api/graphql
Docs
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/graphql/
Provider
GitLab
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