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# License **(CORE ONLY)**
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To interact with license endpoints, you need to authenticate yourself as an
admin.
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## Retrieve information about the current license
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```plaintext
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GET /license
```
```json
{
"id": 2,
"plan": "gold",
"created_at": "2018-02-27T23:21:58.674Z",
"starts_at": "2018-01-27",
"expires_at": "2022-01-27",
"historical_max": 300,
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"maximum_user_count": 300,
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"expired": false,
"overage": 200,
"user_limit": 100,
"active_users": 300,
"licensee": {
"Name": "John Doe1"
},
"add_ons": {
"GitLab_FileLocks": 1,
"GitLab_Auditor_User": 1
}
}
```
## Retrieve information about all licenses
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```plaintext
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GET /licenses
```
```json
[
{
"id": 1,
"plan": "silver",
"created_at": "2018-02-27T23:21:58.674Z",
"starts_at": "2018-01-27",
"expires_at": "2022-01-27",
"historical_max": 300,
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"maximum_user_count": 300,
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"expired": false,
"overage": 200,
"user_limit": 100,
"licensee": {
"Name": "John Doe1"
},
"add_ons": {
"GitLab_FileLocks": 1,
"GitLab_Auditor_User": 1
}
},
{
"id": 2,
"plan": "gold",
"created_at": "2018-02-27T23:21:58.674Z",
"starts_at": "2018-01-27",
"expires_at": "2022-01-27",
"historical_max": 300,
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"maximum_user_count": 300,
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"expired": false,
"overage": 200,
"user_limit": 100,
"licensee": {
"Name": "Doe John"
},
"add_ons": {
"GitLab_FileLocks": 1,
}
}
]
```
Overage is the difference between the number of active users and the licensed number of users.
This is calculated differently depending on whether the license has expired or not.
- If the license has expired, it uses the historical maximum active user count (`historical_max`).
- If the license has not expired, it uses the current active users count.
Returns:
- `200 OK` with response containing the licenses in JSON format. This will be an empty JSON array if there are no licenses.
- `403 Forbidden` if the current user in not permitted to read the licenses.
## Add a new license
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```plaintext
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POST /license
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| `license` | string | yes | The license string |
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```shell
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curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/license?license=eyJkYXRhIjoiMHM5Q...S01Udz09XG4ifQ=="
```
Example response:
```json
{
"id": 1,
"plan": "gold",
"created_at": "2018-02-27T23:21:58.674Z",
"starts_at": "2018-01-27",
"expires_at": "2022-01-27",
"historical_max": 300,
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"maximum_user_count": 300,
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"expired": false,
"overage": 200,
"user_limit": 100,
"active_users": 300,
"licensee": {
"Name": "John Doe1"
},
"add_ons": {
"GitLab_FileLocks": 1,
"GitLab_Auditor_User": 1
}
}
```
Returns:
- `201 Created` if the license is successfully added.
- `400 Bad Request` if the license couldn't be added, with an error message explaining the reason.
## Delete a license
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```plaintext
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DELETE /license/:id
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer | yes | ID of the GitLab license. |
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```shell
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curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/license/:id"
```
Example response:
```json
{
"id": 2,
"plan": "gold",
"created_at": "2018-02-27T23:21:58.674Z",
"starts_at": "2018-01-27",
"expires_at": "2022-01-27",
"historical_max": 300,
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"maximum_user_count": 300,
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"expired": false,
"overage": 200,
"user_limit": 100,
"licensee": {
"Name": "John Doe"
},
"add_ons": {
"GitLab_FileLocks": 1,
"GitLab_Auditor_User": 1
}
}
```
Returns:
- `204 No Content` if the license is successfully deleted.
- `403 Forbidden` if the current user in not permitted to delete the license.
- `404 Not Found` if the license to delete could not be found.