GitLab API

The GitLab API provides a way to interact with GitLab from external applications. It’s a RESTful API that allows you to perform actions like creating projects, managing users, and triggering pipelines.

This outline provides a comprehensive overview of the GitLab API, its endpoints, and how to use it effectively.

Accessing the API

The GitLab API is available at /api/v4 of your GitLab instance. For example, the GitLab.com API is available at https://gitlab.com/api/v4.

You can access the API using any HTTP client.

Authentication

To use the GitLab API, you need to authenticate. Here are the available authentication methods:

Endpoints

The GitLab API offers various endpoints, each responsible for managing a specific area of the GitLab platform. Here are some examples:

API Response Format

The GitLab API responds with JSON-formatted data, including status codes to indicate success or failure.

Using the API

To use the GitLab API, you need to make HTTP requests to the appropriate endpoint using your chosen HTTP client. You need to include authentication details in your requests, as outlined in the authentication section.

Example

This example uses the curl command to retrieve a list of projects.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: YOUR_PRIVATE_TOKEN" "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects"
          

Replace YOUR_PRIVATE_TOKEN with your actual personal access token.

The response will be in JSON format, containing a list of projects.

Further Information

The GitLab API documentation provides comprehensive information on all available endpoints, their parameters, and response formats.

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/README.html

Contributing

You can contribute to the GitLab API by reporting issues, suggesting improvements, or submitting code changes.

-/issues

-/merge_requests