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GitLab CI/CD ci_variables API

Operations related to CI/CD variables

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GitLab CI/CD ci_variables API is one of 98 APIs that GitLab CI/CD publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 15 operations across 6 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version v4.

Requests are made against the base URL https://gitlab.com/api/v4.

15 operations 6 paths 7 schemas 3 DELETE6 GET3 POST3 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 2.0
API Version
v4
Base URL
https://gitlab.com/api/v4
Authentication
API Key, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

GitLab CI/CD ci_variables API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as PRIVATE-TOKEN (access_token_header). An API key is passed in the query as private_token (access_token_query).

Paths & Operations 15

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 15 operations — 3 DELETE, 6 GET, 3 POST, 3 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

ci_variables 15

Operations related to CI/CD variables

GET
/api/v4/groups/{id}/variables
Get a list of group-level variables
getApiV4GroupsIdVariables 3 params → 200
POST
/api/v4/groups/{id}/variables
Create a new variable in a group
postApiV4GroupsIdVariables 2 params → 201400
GET
/api/v4/groups/{id}/variables/{key}
Get the details of a group’s specific variable
getApiV4GroupsIdVariablesKey 2 params → 200404
PUT
/api/v4/groups/{id}/variables/{key}
Update an existing variable from a group
putApiV4GroupsIdVariablesKey 3 params → 200400404
DELETE
/api/v4/groups/{id}/variables/{key}
Delete an existing variable from a group
deleteApiV4GroupsIdVariablesKey 2 params → 404204
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/variables
Get project variables
getApiV4ProjectsIdVariables 3 params → 200
POST
/api/v4/projects/{id}/variables
Create a new variable in a project
postApiV4ProjectsIdVariables 2 params → 201400
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/variables/{key}
Get the details of a single variable from a project
getApiV4ProjectsIdVariablesKey 3 params → 200404
PUT
/api/v4/projects/{id}/variables/{key}
Update an existing variable from a project
putApiV4ProjectsIdVariablesKey 3 params → 200404
DELETE
/api/v4/projects/{id}/variables/{key}
Delete an existing variable from a project
deleteApiV4ProjectsIdVariablesKey 3 params → 404204
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 1 param → 201400
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 2 params → 200404
DELETE
/api/v4/admin/ci/variables/{key}
Delete an existing instance-level variable
deleteApiV4AdminCiVariablesKey 1 param → 204

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are API_Entities_Ci_Variable (9 properties), postApiV4GroupsIdVariables (9 properties), postApiV4ProjectsIdVariables (9 properties), putApiV4ProjectsIdVariablesKey (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

postApiV4AdminCiVariables
object
Create a new instance-level variable
7 properties 2 required
postApiV4ProjectsIdVariables
object
Create a new variable in a project
9 properties 2 required
postApiV4GroupsIdVariables
object
Create a new variable in a group
9 properties 2 required
putApiV4GroupsIdVariablesKey
object
Update an existing variable from a group
7 properties
API_Entities_Ci_Variable
object
APIEntitiesCiVariable model
9 properties 3 required
putApiV4ProjectsIdVariablesKey
object
Update an existing variable from a project
8 properties
putApiV4AdminCiVariablesKey
object
Update an instance-level variable
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

gitlab-ci-ci-variables-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
gitlab-ci:gitlab-ci-ci-variables-api
Base URL
https://gitlab.com/api/v4
Docs
https://docs.gitlab.com/api/
Provider
GitLab CI/CD
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