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# GitLab Migrations (Bulk Imports) API **(FREE)**
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/64335) in GitLab 14.1.
With the GitLab Migrations API, you can view the progress of migrations initiated with
[GitLab Group Migration ](../user/group/import/index.md ).
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## Start a new GitLab migration
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/66353) in GitLab 14.2.
```plaintext
POST /bulk_imports
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------------------------------- | ------ | -------- | ----------- |
| `configuration` | Hash | yes | The source GitLab instance configuration. |
| `configuration[url]` | String | yes | Source GitLab instance URL. |
| `configuration[access_token]` | String | yes | Access token to the source GitLab instance. |
| `entities` | Array | yes | List of entities to import. |
| `entities[source_type]` | String | yes | Source entity type (only `group_entity` is supported). |
| `entities[source_full_path]` | String | yes | Source full path of the entity to import. |
| `entities[destination_name]` | String | yes | Destination name for the entity. |
| `entities[destination_namespace]` | String | no | Destination namespace for the entity. |
```shell
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/bulk_imports" \
--data '{
"configuration": {
"url": "http://gitlab.example/",
"access_token": "access_token"
},
"entities": [
{
"source_full_path": "source/full/path",
"source_type": "group_entity",
"destination_name": "destination_name",
"destination_namespace": "destination/namespace/path"
}
]
}'
```
```json
{ "id": 1, "status": "created", "source_type": "gitlab", "created_at": "2021-06-18T09:45:55.358Z", "updated_at": "2021-06-18T09:46:27.003Z" }
```
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## List all GitLab migrations
```plaintext
GET /bulk_imports
```
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|:-----------|:--------|:---------|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `per_page` | integer | no | Number of records to return per page. |
| `page` | integer | no | Page to retrieve. |
| `sort` | string | no | Return GitLab migration sorted in `asc` or `desc` order by creation date. Default is `desc` |
| `status` | string | no | Import status. |
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The status can be one of the following:
- `created`
- `started`
- `finished`
- `failed`
```shell
curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/bulk_imports?per_page=2& page=1"
```
```json
[
{
"id": 1,
"status": "finished",
"source_type": "gitlab",
"created_at": "2021-06-18T09:45:55.358Z",
"updated_at": "2021-06-18T09:46:27.003Z"
},
{
"id": 2,
"status": "started",
"source_type": "gitlab",
"created_at": "2021-06-18T09:47:36.581Z",
"updated_at": "2021-06-18T09:47:58.286Z"
}
]
```
## List all GitLab migrations' entities
```plaintext
GET /bulk_imports/entities
```
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|:-----------|:--------|:---------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `per_page` | integer | no | Number of records to return per page. |
| `page` | integer | no | Page to retrieve. |
| `sort` | string | no | Return GitLab migration entities sorted in `asc` or `desc` order by creation date. Default is `desc` |
| `status` | string | no | Import status. |
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The status can be one of the following:
- `created`
- `started`
- `finished`
- `failed`
```shell
curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/bulk_imports/entities?per_page=2& page=1& status=started"
```
```json
[
{
"id": 1,
"bulk_import_id": 1,
"status": "finished",
"source_full_path": "source_group",
"destination_name": "destination_name",
"destination_namespace": "destination_path",
"parent_id": null,
"namespace_id": 1,
"project_id": null,
"created_at": "2021-06-18T09:47:37.390Z",
"updated_at": "2021-06-18T09:47:51.867Z",
"failures": []
},
{
"id": 2,
"bulk_import_id": 2,
"status": "failed",
"source_full_path": "another_group",
"destination_name": "another_name",
"destination_namespace": "another_namespace",
"parent_id": null,
"namespace_id": null,
"project_id": null,
"created_at": "2021-06-24T10:40:20.110Z",
"updated_at": "2021-06-24T10:40:46.590Z",
"failures": [
{
"pipeline_class": "BulkImports::Groups::Pipelines::GroupPipeline",
"pipeline_step": "extractor",
"exception_class": "Exception",
"correlation_id_value": "dfcf583058ed4508e4c7c617bd7f0edd",
"created_at": "2021-06-24T10:40:46.495Z"
}
]
}
]
```
## Get GitLab migration details
```plaintext
GET /bulk_imports/:id
```
```shell
curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/bulk_imports/1"
```
```json
{
"id": 1,
"status": "finished",
"source_type": "gitlab",
"created_at": "2021-06-18T09:45:55.358Z",
"updated_at": "2021-06-18T09:46:27.003Z"
}
```
## List GitLab migration entities
```plaintext
GET /bulk_imports/:id/entities
```
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|:-----------|:--------|:---------|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `per_page` | integer | no | Number of records to return per page. |
| `page` | integer | no | Page to retrieve. |
| `sort` | string | no | Return GitLab migration sorted in `asc` or `desc` order by creation date. Default is `desc` |
| `status` | string | no | Import status. |
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The status can be one of the following:
- `created`
- `started`
- `finished`
- `failed`
```shell
curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/bulk_imports/1/entities?per_page=2& page=1& status=finished"
```
```json
[
{
"id": 1,
"status": "finished",
"source_type": "gitlab",
"created_at": "2021-06-18T09:45:55.358Z",
"updated_at": "2021-06-18T09:46:27.003Z"
}
]
```
## Get GitLab migration entity details
```plaintext
GET /bulk_imports/:id/entities/:entity_id
```
```shell
curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/bulk_imports/1/entities/2"
```
```json
{
"id": 1,
"status": "finished",
"source_type": "gitlab",
"created_at": "2021-06-18T09:45:55.358Z",
"updated_at": "2021-06-18T09:46:27.003Z"
}
```
