debian-mirror-gitlab/doc/api/releases/index.md

# Releases API

> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/41766) in GitLab 11.7.
> - Using this API you can manipulate GitLab's [Release](../../user/project/releases/index.md) entries.
> - For manipulating links as a release asset, see [Release Links API](links.md)

## List Releases

Paginated list of Releases, sorted by `created_at`.

```
GET /projects/:id/releases
```

| Attribute     | Type           | Required | Description                             |
| ------------- | -------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------- |
| `id`          | integer/string | yes      | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding). |

Example request:

```sh
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: gDybLx3yrUK_HLp3qPjS" "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/projects/24/releases"
```

Example response:

```json
[
   {
      "tag_name":"v0.2",
      "description":"## CHANGELOG\r\n\r\n- Escape label and milestone titles to prevent XSS in GFM autocomplete. !2740\r\n- Prevent private snippets from being embeddable.\r\n- Add subresources removal to member destroy service.",
      "name":"Awesome app v0.2 beta",
      "description_html":"\u003ch2 dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003ca id=\"user-content-changelog\" class=\"anchor\" href=\"#changelog\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003eCHANGELOG\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEscape label and milestone titles to prevent XSS in GFM autocomplete. !2740\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrevent private snippets from being embeddable.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd subresources removal to member destroy service.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e",
      "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:56:19.539Z",
      "author":{
         "id":1,
         "name":"Administrator",
         "username":"root",
         "state":"active",
         "avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
         "web_url":"http://localhost:3000/root"
      },
      "commit":{
         "id":"079e90101242458910cccd35eab0e211dfc359c0",
         "short_id":"079e9010",
         "title":"Update README.md",
         "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:55:38.000Z",
         "parent_ids":[
            "f8d3d94cbd347e924aa7b715845e439d00e80ca4"
         ],
         "message":"Update README.md",
         "author_name":"Administrator",
         "author_email":"admin@example.com",
         "authored_date":"2019-01-03T01:55:38.000Z",
         "committer_name":"Administrator",
         "committer_email":"admin@example.com",
         "committed_date":"2019-01-03T01:55:38.000Z"
      },
      "assets":{
         "count":6,
         "sources":[
            {
               "format":"zip",
               "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.2/awesome-app-v0.2.zip"
            },
            {
               "format":"tar.gz",
               "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.2/awesome-app-v0.2.tar.gz"
            },
            {
               "format":"tar.bz2",
               "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.2/awesome-app-v0.2.tar.bz2"
            },
            {
               "format":"tar",
               "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.2/awesome-app-v0.2.tar"
            }
         ],
         "links":[
            {
               "id":2,
               "name":"awesome-v0.2.msi",
               "url":"http://192.168.10.15:3000/msi",
               "external":true
            },
            {
               "id":1,
               "name":"awesome-v0.2.dmg",
               "url":"http://192.168.10.15:3000",
               "external":true
            }
         ]
      }
   },
   {
      "tag_name":"v0.1",
      "description":"## CHANGELOG\r\n\r\n-Remove limit of 100 when searching repository code. !8671\r\n- Show error message when attempting to reopen an MR and there is an open MR for the same branch. !16447 (Akos Gyimesi)\r\n- Fix a bug where internal email pattern wasn't respected. !22516",
      "name":"Awesome app v0.1 alpha",
      "description_html":"\u003ch2 dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003ca id=\"user-content-changelog\" class=\"anchor\" href=\"#changelog\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003eCHANGELOG\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemove limit of 100 when searching repository code. !8671\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShow error message when attempting to reopen an MR and there is an open MR for the same branch. !16447 (Akos Gyimesi)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFix a bug where internal email pattern wasn't respected. !22516\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e",
      "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:55:18.203Z",
      "author":{
         "id":1,
         "name":"Administrator",
         "username":"root",
         "state":"active",
         "avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
         "web_url":"http://localhost:3000/root"
      },
      "commit":{
         "id":"f8d3d94cbd347e924aa7b715845e439d00e80ca4",
         "short_id":"f8d3d94c",
         "title":"Initial commit",
         "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z",
         "parent_ids":[

         ],
         "message":"Initial commit",
         "author_name":"Administrator",
         "author_email":"admin@example.com",
         "authored_date":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z",
         "committer_name":"Administrator",
         "committer_email":"admin@example.com",
         "committed_date":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z"
      },
      "assets":{
         "count":4,
         "sources":[
            {
               "format":"zip",
               "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.zip"
            },
            {
               "format":"tar.gz",
               "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar.gz"
            },
            {
               "format":"tar.bz2",
               "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar.bz2"
            },
            {
               "format":"tar",
               "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar"
            }
         ],
         "links":[

         ]
      }
   }
]
```

## Get a Release by a tag name

Get a Release for the given tag.

```
GET /projects/:id/releases/:tag_name
```

| Attribute     | Type           | Required | Description                             |
| ------------- | -------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------- |
| `id`          | integer/string | yes      | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding). |
| `tag_name`    | string         | yes      | The tag where the release will be created from. |

Example request:

```sh
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: gDybLx3yrUK_HLp3qPjS" "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/projects/24/releases/v0.1"
```

Example response:

```json
{
   "tag_name":"v0.1",
   "description":"## CHANGELOG\r\n\r\n- Remove limit of 100 when searching repository code. !8671\r\n- Show error message when attempting to reopen an MR and there is an open MR for the same branch. !16447 (Akos Gyimesi)\r\n- Fix a bug where internal email pattern wasn't respected. !22516",
   "name":"Awesome app v0.1 alpha",
   "description_html":"\u003ch2 dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003ca id=\"user-content-changelog\" class=\"anchor\" href=\"#changelog\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003eCHANGELOG\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemove limit of 100 when searching repository code. !8671\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShow error message when attempting to reopen an MR and there is an open MR for the same branch. !16447 (Akos Gyimesi)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFix a bug where internal email pattern wasn't respected. !22516\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e",
   "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:55:18.203Z",
   "author":{
      "id":1,
      "name":"Administrator",
      "username":"root",
      "state":"active",
      "avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
      "web_url":"http://localhost:3000/root"
   },
   "commit":{
      "id":"f8d3d94cbd347e924aa7b715845e439d00e80ca4",
      "short_id":"f8d3d94c",
      "title":"Initial commit",
      "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z",
      "parent_ids":[

      ],
      "message":"Initial commit",
      "author_name":"Administrator",
      "author_email":"admin@example.com",
      "authored_date":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z",
      "committer_name":"Administrator",
      "committer_email":"admin@example.com",
      "committed_date":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z"
   },
   "assets":{
      "count":4,
      "sources":[
         {
            "format":"zip",
            "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.zip"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar.gz",
            "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar.gz"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar.bz2",
            "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar.bz2"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar",
            "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar"
         }
      ],
      "links":[

      ]
   }
}
```

## Create a release

Create a Release. You need push access to the repository to create a Release.

```
POST /projects/:id/releases
```

| Attribute     | Type           | Required | Description                             |
| ------------- | -------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------- |
| `id`          | integer/string | yes      | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding). |
| `name`        | string         | yes      | The release name.                       |
| `tag_name`    | string         | yes      | The tag where the release will be created from. |
| `description` | string         | yes      | The description of the release. You can use [markdown](../user/markdown.md). |
| `ref`         | string         | no       | If `tag_name` doesn't exist, the release will be created from `ref`. It can be a commit SHA, another tag name, or a branch name. |
| `assets:links`| array of hash  | no       | An array of assets links.               |
| `assets:links:name`| string    | no (if `assets:links` specified, it's required)    | The name of the link. |
| `assets:links:url`| string    | no (if `assets:links` specified, it's required)    | The url of the link. |

Example request:

```sh
curl --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: gDybLx3yrUK_HLp3qPjS" \
     --data '{ "name": "New release", "tag_name": "v0.3", "description": "Super nice release", "assets": { "links": [{ "name": "hoge", "url": "https://google.com" }] } }' \
     --request POST http://localhost:3000/api/v4/projects/24/releases
```

Example response:

```json
{
   "tag_name":"v0.3",
   "description":"Super nice release",
   "name":"New release",
   "description_html":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eSuper nice release\u003c/p\u003e",
   "created_at":"2019-01-03T02:22:45.118Z",
   "author":{
      "id":1,
      "name":"Administrator",
      "username":"root",
      "state":"active",
      "avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
      "web_url":"http://localhost:3000/root"
   },
   "commit":{
      "id":"079e90101242458910cccd35eab0e211dfc359c0",
      "short_id":"079e9010",
      "title":"Update README.md",
      "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:55:38.000Z",
      "parent_ids":[
         "f8d3d94cbd347e924aa7b715845e439d00e80ca4"
      ],
      "message":"Update README.md",
      "author_name":"Administrator",
      "author_email":"admin@example.com",
      "authored_date":"2019-01-03T01:55:38.000Z",
      "committer_name":"Administrator",
      "committer_email":"admin@example.com",
      "committed_date":"2019-01-03T01:55:38.000Z"
   },
   "assets":{
      "count":5,
      "sources":[
         {
            "format":"zip",
            "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.3/awesome-app-v0.3.zip"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar.gz",
            "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.3/awesome-app-v0.3.tar.gz"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar.bz2",
            "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.3/awesome-app-v0.3.tar.bz2"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar",
            "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.3/awesome-app-v0.3.tar"
         }
      ],
      "links":[
         {
            "id":3,
            "name":"hoge",
            "url":"https://google.com",
            "external":true
         }
      ]
   }
}
```

## Update a release

Update a Release.

```
PUT /projects/:id/releases/:tag_name
```

| Attribute     | Type           | Required | Description                             |
| ------------- | -------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------- |
| `id`          | integer/string | yes      | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding). |
| `tag_name`    | string         | yes      | The tag where the release will be created from. |
| `name`        | string         | no       | The release name.                       |
| `description` | string         | no       | The description of the release. You can use [markdown](../user/markdown.md). |

Example request:

```sh
curl --request PUT --data name="new name" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: gDybLx3yrUK_HLp3qPjS" "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/projects/24/releases/v0.1"
```

Example response:

```json
{
   "tag_name":"v0.1",
   "description":"## CHANGELOG\r\n\r\n- Remove limit of 100 when searching repository code. !8671\r\n- Show error message when attempting to reopen an MR and there is an open MR for the same branch. !16447 (Akos Gyimesi)\r\n- Fix a bug where internal email pattern wasn't respected. !22516",
   "name":"new name",
   "description_html":"\u003ch2 dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003ca id=\"user-content-changelog\" class=\"anchor\" href=\"#changelog\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003eCHANGELOG\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemove limit of 100 when searching repository code. !8671\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShow error message when attempting to reopen an MR and there is an open MR for the same branch. !16447 (Akos Gyimesi)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFix a bug where internal email pattern wasn't respected. !22516\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e",
   "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:55:18.203Z",
   "author":{
      "id":1,
      "name":"Administrator",
      "username":"root",
      "state":"active",
      "avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
      "web_url":"http://localhost:3000/root"
   },
   "commit":{
      "id":"f8d3d94cbd347e924aa7b715845e439d00e80ca4",
      "short_id":"f8d3d94c",
      "title":"Initial commit",
      "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z",
      "parent_ids":[

      ],
      "message":"Initial commit",
      "author_name":"Administrator",
      "author_email":"admin@example.com",
      "authored_date":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z",
      "committer_name":"Administrator",
      "committer_email":"admin@example.com",
      "committed_date":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z"
   },
   "assets":{
      "count":4,
      "sources":[
         {
            "format":"zip",
            "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.zip"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar.gz",
            "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar.gz"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar.bz2",
            "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar.bz2"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar",
            "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar"
         }
      ],
      "links":[

      ]
   }
}
```

## Delete a Release

Delete a Release. Deleting a Release will not delete the associated tag.

```
DELETE /projects/:id/releases/:tag_name
```

| Attribute     | Type           | Required | Description                             |
| ------------- | -------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------- |
| `id`          | integer/string | yes      | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding). |
| `tag_name`    | string         | yes      | The tag where the release will be created from. |

Example request:

```sh
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: gDybLx3yrUK_HLp3qPjS" "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/projects/24/releases/v0.1"
```

Example response:

```json
{
   "tag_name":"v0.1",
   "description":"## CHANGELOG\r\n\r\n- Remove limit of 100 when searching repository code. !8671\r\n- Show error message when attempting to reopen an MR and there is an open MR for the same branch. !16447 (Akos Gyimesi)\r\n- Fix a bug where internal email pattern wasn't respected. !22516",
   "name":"new name",
   "description_html":"\u003ch2 dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003ca id=\"user-content-changelog\" class=\"anchor\" href=\"#changelog\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003eCHANGELOG\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemove limit of 100 when searching repository code. !8671\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShow error message when attempting to reopen an MR and there is an open MR for the same branch. !16447 (Akos Gyimesi)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFix a bug where internal email pattern wasn't respected. !22516\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e",
   "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:55:18.203Z",
   "author":{
      "id":1,
      "name":"Administrator",
      "username":"root",
      "state":"active",
      "avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
      "web_url":"http://localhost:3000/root"
   },
   "commit":{
      "id":"f8d3d94cbd347e924aa7b715845e439d00e80ca4",
      "short_id":"f8d3d94c",
      "title":"Initial commit",
      "created_at":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z",
      "parent_ids":[

      ],
      "message":"Initial commit",
      "author_name":"Administrator",
      "author_email":"admin@example.com",
      "authored_date":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z",
      "committer_name":"Administrator",
      "committer_email":"admin@example.com",
      "committed_date":"2019-01-03T01:53:28.000Z"
   },
   "assets":{
      "count":4,
      "sources":[
         {
            "format":"zip",
            "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.zip"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar.gz",
            "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar.gz"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar.bz2",
            "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar.bz2"
         },
         {
            "format":"tar",
            "url":"http://localhost:3000/root/awesome-app/-/archive/v0.1/awesome-app-v0.1.tar"
         }
      ],
      "links":[

      ]
   }
}
```