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GitLab CI/CD project_import API

Operations related to importing projects

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GitLab CI/CD project_import 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 19 operations across 18 paths, and defines 15 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version v4.

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

19 operations 18 paths 15 schemas 6 GET13 POST

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 project_import 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 19

Across 18 paths, the API surfaces 19 operations — 6 GET, 13 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

project_import 19

Operations related to importing projects

GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/export
Get export status
getApiV4ProjectsIdExport 1 param → 200401403404503
POST
/api/v4/projects/{id}/export
Start export
postApiV4ProjectsIdExport 2 params → 202400401403404429503
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/export/download
Download export
getApiV4ProjectsIdExportDownload 1 param → 200401403404503
POST
/api/v4/projects/{id}/export_relations
Start relations export
postApiV4ProjectsIdExportRelations 2 params → 202400401403404503
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/export_relations/download
Download relations export
getApiV4ProjectsIdExportRelationsDownload 4 params → 200400401403404500503
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/export_relations/status
Relations export status
getApiV4ProjectsIdExportRelationsStatus 2 params → 200401403404503
POST
/api/v4/projects/import/authorize
Workhorse authorize the project import upload
postApiV4ProjectsImportAuthorize → 201
POST
/api/v4/projects/import
Create a new project import
postApiV4ProjectsImport 105 params → 201401403400404503
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/import
Get a project import status
getApiV4ProjectsIdImport 1 param → 200401403400404503
POST
/api/v4/projects/{id}/import/git
Import a project from a Git URL
postApiV4ProjectsIdImportGit 2 params → 201401403400404409422
POST
/api/v4/projects/remote-import
Create a new project import using a remote object storage path
postApiV4ProjectsRemoteImport 95 params → 201401403400404429503
POST
/api/v4/projects/import-relation/authorize
Workhorse authorize the project relation import upload
postApiV4ProjectsImportRelationAuthorize → 201
POST
/api/v4/projects/import-relation
Re-import a relation into a project
postApiV4ProjectsImportRelation 13 params → 201401403400404503
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/relation-imports
Get the statuses of relation imports for specified project
getApiV4ProjectsIdRelationImports 1 param → 200401403400404503
POST
/api/v4/projects/remote-import-s3
Create a new project import using a file from AWS S3
postApiV4ProjectsRemoteImportS3 99 params → 201401403400404429503
POST
/api/v4/import/bitbucket
Import a BitBucket Cloud repository
postApiV4ImportBitbucket 1 param → 201400401403422503
POST
/api/v4/import/bitbucket_server
Import a BitBucket Server repository
postApiV4ImportBitbucketServer 1 param → 201400401403422503
POST
/api/v4/import/github
Import a GitHub project
postApiV4ImportGithub 1 param → 201400401403422503
POST
/api/v4/import/github/cancel
Cancel GitHub project import
postApiV4ImportGithubCancel 1 param → 200400401403404503

Schemas 15

The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are API_Entities_ProjectImportStatus (13 properties), ProjectImportEntity (13 properties), API_Entities_ProjectExportStatus (9 properties), postApiV4ImportBitbucketServer (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

API_Entities_BulkImports_ExportStatus
object
APIEntitiesBulkImportsExportStatus model
8 properties 7 required
postApiV4ProjectsIdImportGit
object
Import a project from a Git URL
3 properties 1 required
postApiV4ProjectsIdExportRelations
object
Start relations export
1 property
postApiV4ImportGithubCancel
object
Cancel GitHub project import
1 property 1 required
postApiV4ImportGithub
object
Import a GitHub project
8 properties 3 required
postApiV4ImportBitbucketServer
object
Import a BitBucket Server repository
8 properties 5 required
API_Entities_ProjectImportFailedRelation
object
7 properties 7 required
ProjectEntity
object
ProjectEntity model
6 properties 6 required
postApiV4ProjectsIdExport
object
Start export
3 properties
API_Entities_RelationImportTracker
object
APIEntitiesRelationImportTracker model
6 properties 6 required
API_Entities_ProjectExportStatus
object
APIEntitiesProjectExportStatus model
9 properties 8 required
API_Entities_BulkImports_ExportBatchStatus
object
5 properties 5 required
postApiV4ImportBitbucket
object
Import a BitBucket Cloud repository
5 properties 4 required
ProjectImportEntity
object
ProjectImportEntity model
13 properties 11 required
API_Entities_ProjectImportStatus
object
APIEntitiesProjectImportStatus model
13 properties 13 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

gitlab-ci-project-import-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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