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GitLab Projects API

The Projects API from GitLab — 17 operation(s) for projects.

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GitLab Projects 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 Project. 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 26 operations across 17 paths, and defines 9 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/.

26 operations 17 paths 9 schemas 5 DELETE9 GET1 HEAD6 POST5 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
License
CC BY-SA 4.0
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

GitLab Projects 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 26

Across 17 paths, the API surfaces 26 operations — 5 DELETE, 9 GET, 1 HEAD, 6 POST, 5 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Projects 26
DELETE
/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/merged_branches
Delete all merged branches
deleteApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryMergedBranches 1 param → 202404
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/branches/{branch}
Get a single repository branch
getApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryBranchesBranch 2 params → 200404
DELETE
/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/branches/{branch}
Delete a branch
deleteApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryBranchesBranch 2 params → 204404
HEAD
/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/branches/{branch}
Check if a branch exists
headApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryBranchesBranch 2 params → 204404
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/branches
Get a project repository branches
getApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryBranches 7 params → 200404
POST
/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/branches
Create branch
postApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryBranches 3 params → 201400
PUT
/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/branches/{branch}/unprotect
Unprotect a single branch
putApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryBranchesBranchUnprotect 2 params → 200404
PUT
/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/branches/{branch}/protect
Protect a single branch
putApiV4ProjectsIdRepositoryBranchesBranchProtect 2 params body → 200404
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/badges/{badge_id}
GitLab Gets a Badge of a Project.
getApiV4ProjectsIdBadgesBadgeId 2 params → 200
PUT
/api/v4/projects/{id}/badges/{badge_id}
GitLab Updates a Badge of a Project.
putApiV4ProjectsIdBadgesBadgeId 2 params body → 200
DELETE
/api/v4/projects/{id}/badges/{badge_id}
GitLab Removes a Badge from the Project.
deleteApiV4ProjectsIdBadgesBadgeId 2 params → 204
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/badges
GitLab Gets a List of Project Badges Viewable by the Authenticated User.
getApiV4ProjectsIdBadges 4 params → 200
POST
/api/v4/projects/{id}/badges
GitLab Adds a Badge to a Project.
postApiV4ProjectsIdBadges 1 param body → 201
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/badges/render
GitLab Preview a Badge from a Project.
getApiV4ProjectsIdBadgesRender 3 params → 200
DELETE
/api/v4/projects/{id}/access_requests/{user_id}
GitLab Denies an Access Request for the Given User.
deleteApiV4ProjectsIdAccessRequestsUserId 2 params → 204
PUT
/api/v4/projects/{id}/access_requests/{user_id}/approve
GitLab Approves an Access Request for the Given User.
putApiV4ProjectsIdAccessRequestsUserIdApprove 2 params body → 200
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/access_requests
GitLab Gets a List of Access Requests for a Project.
getApiV4ProjectsIdAccessRequests 3 params → 200
POST
/api/v4/projects/{id}/access_requests
GitLab Requests Access for the Authenticated User to a Project.
postApiV4ProjectsIdAccessRequests 1 param → 200
PUT
/api/v4/projects/{id}/alert_management_alerts/{alert_iid}/metric_images/{metric_image_id}
Update a metric image for an alert
putApiV4ProjectsIdAlertManagementAlertsAlertIidMetricImagesMetricImageId 3 params body → 200403422
DELETE
/api/v4/projects/{id}/alert_management_alerts/{alert_iid}/metric_images/{metric_image_id}
Remove a metric image for an alert
deleteApiV4ProjectsIdAlertManagementAlertsAlertIidMetricImagesMetricImageId 3 params → 204403422
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/alert_management_alerts/{alert_iid}/metric_images
Metric Images for alert
getApiV4ProjectsIdAlertManagementAlertsAlertIidMetricImages 2 params → 200404
POST
/api/v4/projects/{id}/alert_management_alerts/{alert_iid}/metric_images
Upload a metric image for an alert
postApiV4ProjectsIdAlertManagementAlertsAlertIidMetricImages 2 params body → 200403
POST
/api/v4/projects/{id}/alert_management_alerts/{alert_iid}/metric_images/authorize
Workhorse authorize metric image file upload
postApiV4ProjectsIdAlertManagementAlertsAlertIidMetricImagesAuthorize 2 params → 200403
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/jobs
GitLab List Jobs for a Project
listProjectJobs 2 params → 200
GET
/api/v4/projects/{id}/jobs/{job_id}
GitLab Get a Single Job by ID
getSingleJob 2 params → 200
POST
/api/v4/projects/{id}/jobs/{job_id}/play
GitLab Run a Manual Job
triggerManualJob 3 params → 200

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are API_Entities_Job (19 properties), API_Entities_Commit (14 properties), API_Entities_AccessRequester (10 properties), API_Entities_UserBasic (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

API_Entities_Job
object
APIEntitiesJob model
19 properties
API_Entities_Branch
object
APIEntitiesBranch model
9 properties
API_Entities_MetricImage
object
APIEntitiesMetricImage model
6 properties
API_Entities_CustomAttribute
object
2 properties
API_Entities_BasicBadgeDetails
object
APIEntitiesBasicBadgeDetails model
5 properties
API_Entities_AccessRequester
object
APIEntitiesAccessRequester model
10 properties
API_Entities_Commit
object
14 properties
API_Entities_UserBasic
object
9 properties
API_Entities_Badge
object
APIEntitiesBadge model
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

gitlab-projects-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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gitlab:gitlab-projects-api
Base URL
https://gitlab.com/api/graphql
Docs
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/graphql/
Provider
GitLab
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