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GitLab Groups API

The Groups API from GitLab — 6 operation(s) for groups.

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GitLab Groups 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 Group. 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 10 operations across 6 paths, and defines 4 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/.

10 operations 6 paths 4 schemas 2 DELETE4 GET2 POST2 PUT

Metadata

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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 Groups 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 10

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 2 DELETE, 4 GET, 2 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Groups 10
GET
/api/v4/groups/{id}/badges/{badge_id}
GitLab Gets a Badge of a Group.
getApiV4GroupsIdBadgesBadgeId 2 params → 200
PUT
/api/v4/groups/{id}/badges/{badge_id}
GitLab Updates a Badge of a Group.
putApiV4GroupsIdBadgesBadgeId 2 params body → 200
DELETE
/api/v4/groups/{id}/badges/{badge_id}
GitLab Removes a Badge from the Group.
deleteApiV4GroupsIdBadgesBadgeId 2 params → 204
GET
/api/v4/groups/{id}/badges
GitLab Gets a List of Group Badges Viewable by the Authenticated User.
getApiV4GroupsIdBadges 4 params → 200
POST
/api/v4/groups/{id}/badges
GitLab Adds a Badge to a Group.
postApiV4GroupsIdBadges 1 param body → 201
GET
/api/v4/groups/{id}/badges/render
GitLab Preview a Badge from a Group.
getApiV4GroupsIdBadgesRender 3 params → 200
DELETE
/api/v4/groups/{id}/access_requests/{user_id}
GitLab Denies an Access Request for the Given User.
deleteApiV4GroupsIdAccessRequestsUserId 2 params → 204
PUT
/api/v4/groups/{id}/access_requests/{user_id}/approve
GitLab Approves an Access Request for the Given User.
putApiV4GroupsIdAccessRequestsUserIdApprove 2 params body → 200
GET
/api/v4/groups/{id}/access_requests
GitLab Gets a List of Access Requests for a Group.
getApiV4GroupsIdAccessRequests 3 params → 200
POST
/api/v4/groups/{id}/access_requests
GitLab Requests Access for the Authenticated User to a Group.
postApiV4GroupsIdAccessRequests 1 param → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are API_Entities_AccessRequester (10 properties), API_Entities_Badge (7 properties), API_Entities_BasicBadgeDetails (5 properties), API_Entities_CustomAttribute (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

API_Entities_Badge
object
APIEntitiesBadge model
7 properties
API_Entities_AccessRequester
object
APIEntitiesAccessRequester model
10 properties
API_Entities_BasicBadgeDetails
object
APIEntitiesBasicBadgeDetails model
5 properties
API_Entities_CustomAttribute
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

gitlab-groups-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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