# Groups API
## List groups
Get a list of visible groups for the authenticated user. When accessed without
authentication, only public groups are returned.
By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results [are paginated](README.md#pagination).
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| ------------------------ | ----------------- | -------- | ---------- |
| `skip_groups` | array of integers | no | Skip the group IDs passed |
| `all_available` | boolean | no | Show all the groups you have access to (defaults to `false` for authenticated users, `true` for admin); Attributes `owned` and `min_access_level` have precedence |
| `search` | string | no | Return the list of authorized groups matching the search criteria |
| `order_by` | string | no | Order groups by `name`, `path` or `id`. Default is `name` |
| `sort` | string | no | Order groups in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `asc` |
| `statistics` | boolean | no | Include group statistics (admins only) |
| `with_custom_attributes` | boolean | no | Include [custom attributes](custom_attributes.md) in response (admins only) |
| `owned` | boolean | no | Limit to groups explicitly owned by the current user |
| `min_access_level` | integer | no | Limit to groups where current user has at least this [access level](members.md) |
```plaintext
GET /groups
```
```json
[
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Foobar Group",
"path": "foo-bar",
"description": "An interesting group",
"visibility": "public",
"share_with_group_lock": false,
"require_two_factor_authentication": false,
"two_factor_grace_period": 48,
"project_creation_level": "developer",
"auto_devops_enabled": null,
"subgroup_creation_level": "owner",
"emails_disabled": null,
"mentions_disabled": null,
"lfs_enabled": true,
"default_branch_protection": 2,
"avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/group/avatar/1/foo.jpg",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/groups/foo-bar",
"request_access_enabled": false,
"full_name": "Foobar Group",
"full_path": "foo-bar",
"file_template_project_id": 1,
"parent_id": null,
"created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z"
}
]
```
When adding the parameter `statistics=true` and the authenticated user is an admin, additional group statistics are returned.
```plaintext
GET /groups?statistics=true
```
```json
[
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Foobar Group",
"path": "foo-bar",
"description": "An interesting group",
"visibility": "public",
"share_with_group_lock": false,
"require_two_factor_authentication": false,
"two_factor_grace_period": 48,
"project_creation_level": "developer",
"auto_devops_enabled": null,
"subgroup_creation_level": "owner",
"emails_disabled": null,
"mentions_disabled": null,
"lfs_enabled": true,
"default_branch_protection": 2,
"avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/group/avatar/1/foo.jpg",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/groups/foo-bar",
"request_access_enabled": false,
"full_name": "Foobar Group",
"full_path": "foo-bar",
"file_template_project_id": 1,
"parent_id": null,
"created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z",
"statistics": {
"storage_size" : 212,
"repository_size" : 33,
"wiki_size" : 100,
"lfs_objects_size" : 123,
"job_artifacts_size" : 57,
"packages_size": 0
}
}
]
```
You can search for groups by name or path, see below.
You can filter by [custom attributes](custom_attributes.md) with:
```plaintext
GET /groups?custom_attributes[key]=value&custom_attributes[other_key]=other_value
```
## List a group's subgroups
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/15142) in GitLab 10.3.
Get a list of visible direct subgroups in this group.
When accessed without authentication, only public groups are returned.
By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results [are paginated](README.md#pagination).
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| ------------------------ | ----------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) of the parent group |
| `skip_groups` | array of integers | no | Skip the group IDs passed |
| `all_available` | boolean | no | Show all the groups you have access to (defaults to `false` for authenticated users, `true` for admin); Attributes `owned` and `min_access_level` have precedence |
| `search` | string | no | Return the list of authorized groups matching the search criteria |
| `order_by` | string | no | Order groups by `name`, `path` or `id`. Default is `name` |
| `sort` | string | no | Order groups in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `asc` |
| `statistics` | boolean | no | Include group statistics (admins only) |
| `with_custom_attributes` | boolean | no | Include [custom attributes](custom_attributes.md) in response (admins only) |
| `owned` | boolean | no | Limit to groups explicitly owned by the current user |
| `min_access_level` | integer | no | Limit to groups where current user has at least this [access level](members.md) |
```plaintext
GET /groups/:id/subgroups
```
```json
[
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Foobar Group",
"path": "foo-bar",
"description": "An interesting group",
"visibility": "public",
"share_with_group_lock": false,
"require_two_factor_authentication": false,
"two_factor_grace_period": 48,
"project_creation_level": "developer",
"auto_devops_enabled": null,
"subgroup_creation_level": "owner",
"emails_disabled": null,
"mentions_disabled": null,
"lfs_enabled": true,
"default_branch_protection": 2,
"avatar_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/uploads/group/avatar/1/foo.jpg",
"web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/groups/foo-bar",
"request_access_enabled": false,
"full_name": "Foobar Group",
"full_path": "foo-bar",
"file_template_project_id": 1,
"parent_id": 123,
"created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z"
}
]
```
## List a group's projects
Get a list of projects in this group. When accessed without authentication, only public projects are returned.
By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results [are paginated](README.md#pagination).
```plaintext
GET /groups/:id/projects
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| ----------------------------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user |
| `archived` | boolean | no | Limit by archived status |
| `visibility` | string | no | Limit by visibility `public`, `internal`, or `private` |
| `order_by` | string | no | Return projects ordered by `id`, `name`, `path`, `created_at`, `updated_at`, or `last_activity_at` fields. Default is `created_at` |
| `sort` | string | no | Return projects sorted in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `desc` |
| `search` | string | no | Return list of authorized projects matching the search criteria |
| `simple` | boolean | no | Return only the ID, URL, name, and path of each project |
| `owned` | boolean | no | Limit by projects owned by the current user |
| `starred` | boolean | no | Limit by projects starred by the current user |
| `with_issues_enabled` | boolean | no | Limit by projects with issues feature enabled. Default is `false` |
| `with_merge_requests_enabled` | boolean | no | Limit by projects with merge requests feature enabled. Default is `false` |
| `with_shared` | boolean | no | Include projects shared to this group. Default is `true` |
| `include_subgroups` | boolean | no | Include projects in subgroups of this group. Default is `false` |
| `min_access_level` | integer | no | Limit to projects where current user has at least this [access level](members.md) |
| `with_custom_attributes` | boolean | no | Include [custom attributes](custom_attributes.md) in response (admins only) |
| `with_security_reports` | boolean | no | **(ULTIMATE)** Return only projects that have security reports artifacts present in any of their builds. This means "projects with security reports enabled". Default is `false` |
Example response:
```json
[
{
"id": 9,
"description": "foo",
"default_branch": "master",
"tag_list": [],
"archived": false,
"visibility": "internal",
"ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com/html5-boilerplate.git",
"http_url_to_repo": "http://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
"web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
"name": "Html5 Boilerplate",
"name_with_namespace": "Experimental / Html5 Boilerplate",
"path": "html5-boilerplate",
"path_with_namespace": "h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
"issues_enabled": true,
"merge_requests_enabled": true,
"wiki_enabled": true,
"jobs_enabled": true,
"snippets_enabled": true,
"created_at": "2016-04-05T21:40:50.169Z",
"last_activity_at": "2016-04-06T16:52:08.432Z",
"shared_runners_enabled": true,
"creator_id": 1,
"namespace": {
"id": 5,
"name": "Experimental",
"path": "h5bp",
"kind": "group"
},
"avatar_url": null,
"star_count": 1,
"forks_count": 0,
"open_issues_count": 3,
"public_jobs": true,
"shared_with_groups": [],
"request_access_enabled": false
}
]
```
NOTE: **Note:**
To distinguish between a project in the group and a project shared to the group, the `namespace` attribute can be used. When a project has been shared to the group, its `namespace` will be different from the group the request is being made for.
## List a group's shared projects
Get a list of projects shared to this group. When accessed without authentication, only public shared projects are returned.
By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results [are paginated](README.md#pagination).
```plaintext
GET /groups/:id/projects/shared
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| ----------------------------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user |
| `archived` | boolean | no | Limit by archived status |
| `visibility` | string | no | Limit by visibility `public`, `internal`, or `private` |
| `order_by` | string | no | Return projects ordered by `id`, `name`, `path`, `created_at`, `updated_at`, or `last_activity_at` fields. Default is `created_at` |
| `sort` | string | no | Return projects sorted in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `desc` |
| `search` | string | no | Return list of authorized projects matching the search criteria |
| `simple` | boolean | no | Return only the ID, URL, name, and path of each project |
| `starred` | boolean | no | Limit by projects starred by the current user |
| `with_issues_enabled` | boolean | no | Limit by projects with issues feature enabled. Default is `false` |
| `with_merge_requests_enabled` | boolean | no | Limit by projects with merge requests feature enabled. Default is `false` |
| `min_access_level` | integer | no | Limit to projects where current user has at least this [access level](members.md) |
| `with_custom_attributes` | boolean | no | Include [custom attributes](custom_attributes.md) in response (admins only) |
Example response:
```json
[
{
"id":8,
"description":"Shared project for Html5 Boilerplate",
"name":"Html5 Boilerplate",
"name_with_namespace":"H5bp / Html5 Boilerplate",
"path":"html5-boilerplate",
"path_with_namespace":"h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
"created_at":"2020-04-27T06:13:22.642Z",
"default_branch":"master",
"tag_list":[
],
"ssh_url_to_repo":"ssh://git@gitlab.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
"http_url_to_repo":"http://gitlab.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
"web_url":"http://gitlab.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
"readme_url":"http://gitlab.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/-/blob/master/README.md",
"avatar_url":null,
"star_count":0,
"forks_count":4,
"last_activity_at":"2020-04-27T06:13:22.642Z",
"namespace":{
"id":28,
"name":"H5bp",
"path":"h5bp",
"kind":"group",
"full_path":"h5bp",
"parent_id":null,
"avatar_url":null,
"web_url":"http://gitlab.com/groups/h5bp"
},
"_links":{
"self":"http://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8",
"issues":"http://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/issues",
"merge_requests":"http://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/merge_requests",
"repo_branches":"http://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/repository/branches",
"labels":"http://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/labels",
"events":"http://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/events",
"members":"http://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/members"
},
"empty_repo":false,
"archived":false,
"visibility":"public",
"resolve_outdated_diff_discussions":false,
"container_registry_enabled":true,
"container_expiration_policy":{
"cadence":"7d",
"enabled":true,
"keep_n":null,
"older_than":null,
"name_regex":null,
"name_regex_keep":null,
"next_run_at":"2020-05-04T06:13:22.654Z"
},
"issues_enabled":true,
"merge_requests_enabled":true,
"wiki_enabled":true,
"jobs_enabled":true,
"snippets_enabled":true,
"can_create_merge_request_in":true,
"issues_access_level":"enabled",
"repository_access_level":"enabled",
"merge_requests_access_level":"enabled",
"forking_access_level":"enabled",
"wiki_access_level":"enabled",
"builds_access_level":"enabled",
"snippets_access_level":"enabled",
"pages_access_level":"enabled",
"emails_disabled":null,
"shared_runners_enabled":true,
"lfs_enabled":true,
"creator_id":1,
"import_status":"failed",
"open_issues_count":10,
"ci_default_git_depth":50,
"public_jobs":true,
"build_timeout":3600,
"auto_cancel_pending_pipelines":"enabled",
"build_coverage_regex":null,
"ci_config_path":null,
"shared_with_groups":[
{
"group_id":24,
"group_name":"Commit451",
"group_full_path":"Commit451",
"group_access_level":30,
"expires_at":null
}
],
"only_allow_merge_if_pipeline_succeeds":false,
"request_access_enabled":true,
"only_allow_merge_if_all_discussions_are_resolved":false,
"remove_source_branch_after_merge":true,
"printing_merge_request_link_enabled":true,
"merge_method":"merge",
"suggestion_commit_message":null,
"auto_devops_enabled":true,
"auto_devops_deploy_strategy":"continuous",
"autoclose_referenced_issues":true,
"repository_storage":"default"
}
]
```
## Details of a group
Get all details of a group. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication
if the group is publicly accessible. In case the user that requests is admin of the group, it will return the `runners_token` for the group too.
```plaintext
GET /groups/:id
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| ------------------------ | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user. |
| `with_custom_attributes` | boolean | no | Include [custom attributes](custom_attributes.md) in response (admins only). |
| `with_projects` | boolean | no | Include details from projects that belong to the specified group (defaults to `true`). (Deprecated, [will be removed in API v5](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/213797). To get the details of all projects within a group, use the [list a group's projects endpoint](#list-a-groups-projects).) |
NOTE: **Note:**
The `projects` and `shared_projects` attributes in the response are deprecated and will be [removed in API v5](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/213797).
To get the details of all projects within a group, use either the [list a group's projects](#list-a-groups-projects) or the [list a group's shared projects](#list-a-groups-shared-projects) endpoint.
```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4
```
This endpoint returns:
- All projects and shared projects in GitLab 12.5 and earlier.
- A maximum of 100 projects and shared projects [in GitLab 12.6](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/31031)
and later. To get the details of all projects within a group, use the
[list a group's projects endpoint](#list-a-groups-projects) instead.
Example response:
```json
{
"id": 4,
"name": "Twitter",
"path": "twitter",
"description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
"visibility": "public",
"avatar_url": null,
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/twitter",
"request_access_enabled": false,
"full_name": "Twitter",
"full_path": "twitter",
"runners_token": "ba324ca7b1c77fc20bb9",
"file_template_project_id": 1,
"parent_id": null,
"created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z",
"projects": [ // Deprecated and will be removed in API v5
{
"id": 7,
"description": "Voluptas veniam qui et beatae voluptas doloremque explicabo facilis.",
"default_branch": "master",
"tag_list": [],
"archived": false,
"visibility": "public",
"ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com:twitter/typeahead-js.git",
"http_url_to_repo": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/typeahead-js.git",
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/typeahead-js",
"name": "Typeahead.Js",
"name_with_namespace": "Twitter / Typeahead.Js",
"path": "typeahead-js",
"path_with_namespace": "twitter/typeahead-js",
"issues_enabled": true,
"merge_requests_enabled": true,
"wiki_enabled": true,
"jobs_enabled": true,
"snippets_enabled": false,
"container_registry_enabled": true,
"created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:25.578Z",
"last_activity_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:25.881Z",
"shared_runners_enabled": true,
"creator_id": 1,
"namespace": {
"id": 4,
"name": "Twitter",
"path": "twitter",
"kind": "group"
},
"avatar_url": null,
"star_count": 0,
"forks_count": 0,
"open_issues_count": 3,
"public_jobs": true,
"shared_with_groups": [],
"request_access_enabled": false
},
{
"id": 6,
"description": "Aspernatur omnis repudiandae qui voluptatibus eaque.",
"default_branch": "master",
"tag_list": [],
"archived": false,
"visibility": "internal",
"ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com:twitter/flight.git",
"http_url_to_repo": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/flight.git",
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/flight",
"name": "Flight",
"name_with_namespace": "Twitter / Flight",
"path": "flight",
"path_with_namespace": "twitter/flight",
"issues_enabled": true,
"merge_requests_enabled": true,
"wiki_enabled": true,
"jobs_enabled": true,
"snippets_enabled": false,
"container_registry_enabled": true,
"created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:24.661Z",
"last_activity_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:24.838Z",
"shared_runners_enabled": true,
"creator_id": 1,
"namespace": {
"id": 4,
"name": "Twitter",
"path": "twitter",
"kind": "group"
},
"avatar_url": null,
"star_count": 0,
"forks_count": 0,
"open_issues_count": 8,
"public_jobs": true,
"shared_with_groups": [],
"request_access_enabled": false
}
],
"shared_projects": [ // Deprecated and will be removed in API v5
{
"id": 8,
"description": "Velit eveniet provident fugiat saepe eligendi autem.",
"default_branch": "master",
"tag_list": [],
"archived": false,
"visibility": "private",
"ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com:h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
"http_url_to_repo": "https://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
"name": "Html5 Boilerplate",
"name_with_namespace": "H5bp / Html5 Boilerplate",
"path": "html5-boilerplate",
"path_with_namespace": "h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
"issues_enabled": true,
"merge_requests_enabled": true,
"wiki_enabled": true,
"jobs_enabled": true,
"snippets_enabled": false,
"container_registry_enabled": true,
"created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:27.089Z",
"last_activity_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:27.310Z",
"shared_runners_enabled": true,
"creator_id": 1,
"namespace": {
"id": 5,
"name": "H5bp",
"path": "h5bp",
"kind": "group"
},
"avatar_url": null,
"star_count": 0,
"forks_count": 0,
"open_issues_count": 4,
"public_jobs": true,
"shared_with_groups": [
{
"group_id": 4,
"group_name": "Twitter",
"group_full_path": "twitter",
"group_access_level": 30,
"expires_at": null
},
{
"group_id": 3,
"group_name": "Gitlab Org",
"group_full_path": "gitlab-org",
"group_access_level": 10,
"expires_at": "2018-08-14"
}
]
}
]
}
```
Users on GitLab [Starter, Bronze, or higher](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) will also see
the `shared_runners_minutes_limit` and `extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit` parameters:
Additional response parameters:
```json
{
"id": 4,
"description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
"shared_runners_minutes_limit": 133,
"extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit": 133,
...
}
```
When adding the parameter `with_projects=false`, projects will not be returned.
```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4?with_projects=false
```
Example response:
```json
{
"id": 4,
"name": "Twitter",
"path": "twitter",
"description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
"visibility": "public",
"avatar_url": null,
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/twitter",
"request_access_enabled": false,
"full_name": "Twitter",
"full_path": "twitter",
"file_template_project_id": 1,
"parent_id": null
}
```
### Disabling the results limit
The 100 results limit can be disabled if it breaks integrations developed using GitLab
12.4 and earlier.
To disable the limit while migrating to using the [list a group's projects](#list-a-groups-projects) endpoint, ask a GitLab administrator
with Rails console access to run the following command:
```ruby
Feature.disable(:limit_projects_in_groups_api)
```
## New group
Creates a new project group. Available only for users who can create groups.
```plaintext
POST /groups
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| ------------------------------------ | ------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `name` | string | yes | The name of the group. |
| `path` | string | yes | The path of the group. |
| `description` | string | no | The group's description. |
| `membership_lock` | boolean | no | **(STARTER)** Prevent adding new members to project membership within this group. |
| `visibility` | string | no | The group's visibility. Can be `private`, `internal`, or `public`. |
| `share_with_group_lock` | boolean | no | Prevent sharing a project with another group within this group. |
| `require_two_factor_authentication` | boolean | no | Require all users in this group to setup Two-factor authentication. |
| `two_factor_grace_period` | integer | no | Time before Two-factor authentication is enforced (in hours). |
| `project_creation_level` | string | no | Determine if developers can create projects in the group. Can be `noone` (No one), `maintainer` (Maintainers), or `developer` (Developers + Maintainers). |
| `auto_devops_enabled` | boolean | no | Default to Auto DevOps pipeline for all projects within this group. |
| `subgroup_creation_level` | string | no | Allowed to create subgroups. Can be `owner` (Owners), or `maintainer` (Maintainers). |
| `emails_disabled` | boolean | no | Disable email notifications |
| `avatar` | mixed | no | Image file for avatar of the group. [Introduced in GitLab 12.9](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/36681) |
| `mentions_disabled` | boolean | no | Disable the capability of a group from getting mentioned |
| `lfs_enabled` | boolean | no | Enable/disable Large File Storage (LFS) for the projects in this group. |
| `request_access_enabled` | boolean | no | Allow users to request member access. |
| `parent_id` | integer | no | The parent group ID for creating nested group. |
| `default_branch_protection` | integer | no | See [Options for `default_branch_protection`](#options-for-default_branch_protection). Default to the global level default branch protection setting. |
| `shared_runners_minutes_limit` | integer | no | **(STARTER ONLY)** Pipeline minutes quota for this group. |
| `extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit` | integer | no | **(STARTER ONLY)** Extra pipeline minutes quota for this group. |
### Options for `default_branch_protection`
The `default_branch_protection` attribute determines whether developers and maintainers can push to the applicable master branch, as described in the following table:
| Value | Description |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `0` | No protection. Developers and maintainers can: <br>- Push new commits<br>- Force push changes<br>- Delete the branch |
| `1` | Partial protection. Developers and maintainers can: <br>- Push new commits |
| `2` | Full protection. Only maintainers can: <br>- Push new commits |
## Transfer project to group
Transfer a project to the Group namespace. Available only to instance administrators, although an [alternative API endpoint](projects.md#transfer-a-project-to-a-new-namespace) is available which does not require instance administrator access. Transferring projects may fail when tagged packages exist in the project's repository.
```plaintext
POST /groups/:id/projects/:project_id
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| ------------ | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the target group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) |
| `project_id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) |
```shell
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4/projects/56
```
## Update group
Updates the project group. Only available to group owners and administrators.
```plaintext
PUT /groups/:id
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| ------------------------------------ | ------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer | yes | The ID of the group. |
| `name` | string | no | The name of the group. |
| `path` | string | no | The path of the group. |
| `description` | string | no | The description of the group. |
| `membership_lock` | boolean | no | **(STARTER)** Prevent adding new members to project membership within this group. |
| `share_with_group_lock` | boolean | no | Prevent sharing a project with another group within this group. |
| `visibility` | string | no | The visibility level of the group. Can be `private`, `internal`, or `public`. |
| `require_two_factor_authentication` | boolean | no | Require all users in this group to setup Two-factor authentication. |
| `two_factor_grace_period` | integer | no | Time before Two-factor authentication is enforced (in hours). |
| `project_creation_level` | string | no | Determine if developers can create projects in the group. Can be `noone` (No one), `maintainer` (Maintainers), or `developer` (Developers + Maintainers). |
| `auto_devops_enabled` | boolean | no | Default to Auto DevOps pipeline for all projects within this group. |
| `subgroup_creation_level` | string | no | Allowed to create subgroups. Can be `owner` (Owners), or `maintainer` (Maintainers). |
| `emails_disabled` | boolean | no | Disable email notifications |
| `avatar` | mixed | no | Image file for avatar of the group. [Introduced in GitLab 12.9](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/36681) |
| `mentions_disabled` | boolean | no | Disable the capability of a group from getting mentioned |
| `lfs_enabled` (optional) | boolean | no | Enable/disable Large File Storage (LFS) for the projects in this group. |
| `request_access_enabled` | boolean | no | Allow users to request member access. |
| `default_branch_protection` | integer | no | See [Options for `default_branch_protection`](#options-for-default_branch_protection). |
| `file_template_project_id` | integer | no | **(PREMIUM)** The ID of a project to load custom file templates from. |
| `shared_runners_minutes_limit` | integer | no | **(STARTER ONLY)** Pipeline minutes quota for this group. |
| `extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit` | integer | no | **(STARTER ONLY)** Extra pipeline minutes quota for this group. |
NOTE: **Note:**
The `projects` and `shared_projects` attributes in the response are deprecated and will be [removed in API v5](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/213797).
To get the details of all projects within a group, use either the [list a group's projects](#list-a-groups-projects) or the [list a group's shared projects](#list-a-groups-shared-projects) endpoint.
```shell
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5?name=Experimental"
```
This endpoint returns:
- All projects and shared projects in GitLab 12.5 and earlier.
- A maximum of 100 projects and shared projects [in GitLab 12.6](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/31031)
and later. To get the details of all projects within a group, use the
[list a group's projects endpoint](#list-a-groups-projects) instead.
Example response:
```json
{
"id": 5,
"name": "Experimental",
"path": "h5bp",
"description": "foo",
"visibility": "internal",
"avatar_url": null,
"web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/groups/h5bp",
"request_access_enabled": false,
"full_name": "Foobar Group",
"full_path": "foo-bar",
"file_template_project_id": 1,
"parent_id": null,
"created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z",
"projects": [ // Deprecated and will be removed in API v5
{
"id": 9,
"description": "foo",
"default_branch": "master",
"tag_list": [],
"public": false,
"archived": false,
"visibility": "internal",
"ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com/html5-boilerplate.git",
"http_url_to_repo": "http://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
"web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
"name": "Html5 Boilerplate",
"name_with_namespace": "Experimental / Html5 Boilerplate",
"path": "html5-boilerplate",
"path_with_namespace": "h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
"issues_enabled": true,
"merge_requests_enabled": true,
"wiki_enabled": true,
"jobs_enabled": true,
"snippets_enabled": true,
"created_at": "2016-04-05T21:40:50.169Z",
"last_activity_at": "2016-04-06T16:52:08.432Z",
"shared_runners_enabled": true,
"creator_id": 1,
"namespace": {
"id": 5,
"name": "Experimental",
"path": "h5bp",
"kind": "group"
},
"avatar_url": null,
"star_count": 1,
"forks_count": 0,
"open_issues_count": 3,
"public_jobs": true,
"shared_with_groups": [],
"request_access_enabled": false
}
]
}
```
### Disabling the results limit
The 100 results limit can be disabled if it breaks integrations developed using GitLab
12.4 and earlier.
To disable the limit while migrating to using the
[list a group's projects](#list-a-groups-projects) endpoint, ask a GitLab administrator
with Rails console access to run the following command:
```ruby
Feature.disable(:limit_projects_in_groups_api)
```
## Remove group
Only available to group owners and administrators.
This endpoint either:
- Removes group, and queues a background job to delete all projects in the group as well.
- Since [GitLab 12.8](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/33257), on [Premium or Silver](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) or higher tiers, marks a group for deletion. The deletion will happen 7 days later by default, but this can be changed in the [instance settings](../user/admin_area/settings/visibility_and_access_controls.md#default-deletion-adjourned-period-premium-only).
```plaintext
DELETE /groups/:id
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) |
The response will be `202 Accepted` if the user has authorization.
## Restore group marked for deletion **(PREMIUM)**
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/33257) in GitLab 12.8.
Restores a group marked for deletion.
```plaintext
POST /groups/:id/restore
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) |
## Search for group
Get all groups that match your string in their name or path.
```plaintext
GET /groups?search=foobar
```
```json
[
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Foobar Group",
"path": "foo-bar",
"description": "An interesting group"
}
]
```
## Hooks
Also called Group Hooks and Webhooks.
These are different from [System Hooks](system_hooks.md) that are system wide and [Project Hooks](projects.md#hooks) that are limited to one project.
### List group hooks
Get a list of group hooks
```plaintext
GET /groups/:id/hooks
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | --------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) |
### Get group hook
Get a specific hook for a group.
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) |
| `hook_id` | integer | yes | The ID of a group hook |
```plaintext
GET /groups/:id/hooks/:hook_id
```
```json
{
"id": 1,
"url": "http://example.com/hook",
"group_id": 3,
"push_events": true,
"issues_events": true,
"confidential_issues_events": true,
"merge_requests_events": true,
"tag_push_events": true,
"note_events": true,
"confidential_note_events": true,
"job_events": true,
"pipeline_events": true,
"wiki_page_events": true,
"enable_ssl_verification": true,
"created_at": "2012-10-12T17:04:47Z"
}
```
### Add group hook
Adds a hook to a specified group.
```plaintext
POST /groups/:id/hooks
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| -----------------------------| -------------- | ---------| ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) |
| `url` | string | yes | The hook URL |
| `push_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on push events |
| `issues_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on issues events |
| `confidential_issues_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on confidential issues events |
| `merge_requests_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on merge requests events |
| `tag_push_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on tag push events |
| `note_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on note events |
| `confidential_note_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on confidential note events |
| `job_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on job events |
| `pipeline_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on pipeline events |
| `wiki_page_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on wiki events |
| `enable_ssl_verification` | boolean | no | Do SSL verification when triggering the hook |
| `token` | string | no | Secret token to validate received payloads; this will not be returned in the response |
### Edit group hook
Edits a hook for a specified group.
```plaintext
PUT /groups/:id/hooks/:hook_id
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| ---------------------------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) |
| `hook_id` | integer | yes | The ID of the group hook |
| `url` | string | yes | The hook URL |
| `push_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on push events |
| `issues_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on issues events |
| `confidential_issues_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on confidential issues events |
| `merge_requests_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on merge requests events |
| `tag_push_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on tag push events |
| `note_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on note events |
| `confidential_note_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on confidential note events |
| `job_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on job events |
| `pipeline_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on pipeline events |
| `wiki_events` | boolean | no | Trigger hook on wiki events |
| `enable_ssl_verification` | boolean | no | Do SSL verification when triggering the hook |
| `token` | string | no | Secret token to validate received payloads; this will not be returned in the response |
### Delete group hook
Removes a hook from a group. This is an idempotent method and can be called multiple times.
Either the hook is available or not.
```plaintext
DELETE /groups/:id/hooks/:hook_id
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) |
| `hook_id` | integer | yes | The ID of the group hook. |
## Group Audit Events **(STARTER)**
Group audit events can be accessed via the [Group Audit Events API](audit_events.md#group-audit-events-starter)
## Sync group with LDAP **(STARTER)**
Syncs the group with its linked LDAP group. Only available to group owners and administrators.
```plaintext
POST /groups/:id/ldap_sync
```
Parameters:
- `id` (required) - The ID or path of a user group
## Group members
Please consult the [Group Members](members.md) documentation.
## LDAP Group Links
List, add, and delete LDAP group links.
### List LDAP group links **(STARTER)**
Lists LDAP group links.
```plaintext
GET /groups/:id/ldap_group_links
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) |
### Add LDAP group link with CN or filter **(STARTER)**
Adds an LDAP group link using a CN or filter. Adding a group link by filter is only supported in the Premium tier and above.
```plaintext
POST /groups/:id/ldap_group_links
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) |
| `cn` | string | no | The CN of an LDAP group |
| `filter` | string | no | The LDAP filter for the group |
| `group_access` | integer | yes | Minimum access level for members of the LDAP group |
| `provider` | string | yes | LDAP provider for the LDAP group link |
NOTE: **Note:**
To define the LDAP group link, provide either a `cn` or a `filter`, but not both.
### Delete LDAP group link **(STARTER)**
Deletes an LDAP group link. Deprecated. Will be removed in a future release.
```plaintext
DELETE /groups/:id/ldap_group_links/:cn
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) |
| `cn` | string | yes | The CN of an LDAP group |
Deletes an LDAP group link for a specific LDAP provider. Deprecated. Will be removed in a future release.
```plaintext
DELETE /groups/:id/ldap_group_links/:provider/:cn
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) |
| `cn` | string | yes | The CN of an LDAP group |
| `provider` | string | yes | LDAP provider for the LDAP group link |
### Delete LDAP group link with CN or filter **(STARTER)**
Deletes an LDAP group link using a CN or filter. Deleting by filter is only supported in the Premium tier and above.
```plaintext
DELETE /groups/:id/ldap_group_links
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) |
| `cn` | string | no | The CN of an LDAP group |
| `filter` | string | no | The LDAP filter for the group |
| `provider` | string | yes | LDAP provider for the LDAP group link |
NOTE: **Note:**
To delete the LDAP group link, provide either a `cn` or a `filter`, but not both.
## Namespaces in groups
By default, groups only get 20 namespaces at a time because the API results are paginated.
To get more (up to 100), pass the following as an argument to the API call:
```plaintext
/groups?per_page=100
```
And to switch pages add:
```plaintext
/groups?per_page=100&page=2
```
## Group badges
Read more in the [Group Badges](group_badges.md) documentation.
## Group Import/Export
Read more in the [Group Import/Export](group_import_export.md) documentation.