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GitLab Application API

The Application API from GitLab — 2 operation(s) for application.

GitLab Application 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 Application. 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 4 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 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/.

4 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 GET2 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
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

GitLab Application 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 4

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

Application 4
GET
/api/v4/application/appearance
Get the current appearance
getApiV4ApplicationAppearance → 200
PUT
/api/v4/application/appearance
Modify appearance
putApiV4ApplicationAppearance body → 200
GET
/api/v4/application/plan_limits
GitLab Get Current Plan Limits
getApiV4ApplicationPlanLimits 1 param → 200401403
PUT
/api/v4/application/plan_limits
GitLab Change Plan Limits
putApiV4ApplicationPlanLimits body → 200400401403

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are API_Entities_PlanLimit (20 properties), API_Entities_Appearance (16 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

API_Entities_PlanLimit
object
APIEntitiesPlanLimit model
20 properties
API_Entities_Appearance
object
APIEntitiesAppearance model
16 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

gitlab-application-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs GitLab publishes across the network.

GitLab GraphQL API
GitLab Issues API
GitLab Merge Requests API
GitLab Pipelines API
GitLab Jobs API
GitLab Runners API
GitLab Users API
GitLab Repositories API
GitLab Commits API
GitLab Branches API
GitLab Tags API
GitLab Releases API
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