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GitLab CI/CD files API

Operations about files

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

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

This API exposes 8 operations across 3 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version v4.

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

8 operations 3 paths 4 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET2 HEAD1 POST1 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 files 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 8

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 2 HEAD, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

files 8

Operations about files

HEAD
/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/files/{file_path}/blame
Get blame file metadata from repository
headApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryFilesFilePathBlame 3 params → 200
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/files/{file_path}/blame
Get blame file from the repository
getApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryFilesFilePathBlame 5 params → 200
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/files/{file_path}/raw
Get raw file contents from the repository
getApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryFilesFilePathRaw 4 params → 200
HEAD
/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/files/{file_path}
Get file metadata from repository
headApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryFilesFilePath 3 params → 200
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/files/{file_path}
Get a file from the repository
getApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryFilesFilePath 3 params → 200
POST
/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/files/{file_path}
Create new file in repository
postApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryFilesFilePath 3 params → 201
PUT
/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/files/{file_path}
Update existing file in repository
putApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryFilesFilePath 3 params → 200
DELETE
/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/files/{file_path}
Delete an existing file in repository
deleteApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryFilesFilePath 8 params → 204

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are API_Entities_BlameRangeCommit (9 properties), API_Entities_BlameRange (2 properties), postApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryFilesFilePath (1 property), putApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryFilesFilePath (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

API_Entities_BlameRangeCommit
object
9 properties 9 required
putApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryFilesFilePath
object
Update existing file in repository
1 property 1 required
API_Entities_BlameRange
object
APIEntitiesBlameRange model
2 properties 2 required
postApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryFilesFilePath
object
Create new file in repository
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

gitlab-ci-files-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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