--- stage: Manage group: Compliance info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments --- # Audit Events API **(PREMIUM)** > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/121) in GitLab 12.4. ## Instance Audit Events **(PREMIUM SELF)** The Audit Events API allows you to retrieve [instance audit events](../administration/audit_events.md#instance-events). This API cannot retrieve group or project audit events. To retrieve audit events using the API, you must [authenticate yourself](index.md#authentication) as an Administrator. ### Retrieve all instance audit events ```plaintext GET /audit_events ``` | Attribute | Type | Required | Description | | --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | `created_after` | string | no | Return audit events created on or after the given time. Format: ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ | | `created_before` | string | no | Return audit events created on or before the given time. Format: ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ | | `entity_type` | string | no | Return audit events for the given entity type. Valid values are: `User`, `Group`, or `Project`. | | `entity_id` | integer | no | Return audit events for the given entity ID. Requires `entity_type` attribute to be present. | By default, `GET` requests return 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated. Read more on [pagination](index.md#pagination). ```shell curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://primary.example.com/api/v4/audit_events" ``` Example response: ```json [ { "id": 1, "author_id": 1, "entity_id": 6, "entity_type": "Project", "details": { "custom_message": "Project archived", "author_name": "Administrator", "target_id": "flightjs/flight", "target_type": "Project", "target_details": "flightjs/flight", "ip_address": "127.0.0.1", "entity_path": "flightjs/flight" }, "created_at": "2019-08-30T07:00:41.885Z" }, { "id": 2, "author_id": 1, "entity_id": 60, "entity_type": "Group", "details": { "add": "group", "author_name": "Administrator", "target_id": "flightjs", "target_type": "Group", "target_details": "flightjs", "ip_address": "127.0.0.1", "entity_path": "flightjs" }, "created_at": "2019-08-27T18:36:44.162Z" }, { "id": 3, "author_id": 51, "entity_id": 51, "entity_type": "User", "details": { "change": "email address", "from": "hello@flightjs.com", "to": "maintainer@flightjs.com", "author_name": "Andreas", "target_id": 51, "target_type": "User", "target_details": "Andreas", "ip_address": null, "entity_path": "Andreas" }, "created_at": "2019-08-22T16:34:25.639Z" } ] ``` ### Retrieve single instance audit event ```plaintext GET /audit_events/:id ``` | Attribute | Type | Required | Description | | --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | `id` | integer | yes | The ID of the audit event | ```shell curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://primary.example.com/api/v4/audit_events/1" ``` Example response: ```json { "id": 1, "author_id": 1, "entity_id": 6, "entity_type": "Project", "details": { "custom_message": "Project archived", "author_name": "Administrator", "target_id": "flightjs/flight", "target_type": "Project", "target_details": "flightjs/flight", "ip_address": "127.0.0.1", "entity_path": "flightjs/flight" }, "created_at": "2019-08-30T07:00:41.885Z" } ``` ## Group Audit Events > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/34078) in GitLab 12.5. The Group Audit Events API allows you to retrieve [group audit events](../administration/audit_events.md#group-events). This API cannot retrieve project audit events. A user with a Owner role (or above) can retrieve group audit events of all users. A user with a Developer or Maintainer role is limited to group audit events based on their individual actions. ### Retrieve all group audit events ```plaintext GET /groups/:id/audit_events ``` | Attribute | Type | Required | Description | | --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) | | `created_after` | string | no | Return group audit events created on or after the given time. Format: ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ | | `created_before` | string | no | Return group audit events created on or before the given time. Format: ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ | By default, `GET` requests return 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated. Read more on [pagination](index.md#pagination). ```shell curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://primary.example.com/api/v4/groups/60/audit_events" ``` Example response: ```json [ { "id": 2, "author_id": 1, "entity_id": 60, "entity_type": "Group", "details": { "custom_message": "Group marked for deletion", "author_name": "Administrator", "target_id": "flightjs", "target_type": "Group", "target_details": "flightjs", "ip_address": "127.0.0.1", "entity_path": "flightjs" }, "created_at": "2019-08-28T19:36:44.162Z" }, { "id": 1, "author_id": 1, "entity_id": 60, "entity_type": "Group", "details": { "add": "group", "author_name": "Administrator", "target_id": "flightjs", "target_type": "Group", "target_details": "flightjs", "ip_address": "127.0.0.1", "entity_path": "flightjs" }, "created_at": "2019-08-27T18:36:44.162Z" } ] ``` ### Retrieve a specific group audit event Only available to group owners and administrators. ```plaintext GET /groups/:id/audit_events/:audit_event_id ``` | Attribute | Type | Required | Description | | --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) | | `audit_event_id` | integer | yes | The ID of the audit event | ```shell curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://primary.example.com/api/v4/groups/60/audit_events/2" ``` Example response: ```json { "id": 2, "author_id": 1, "entity_id": 60, "entity_type": "Group", "details": { "custom_message": "Group marked for deletion", "author_name": "Administrator", "target_id": "flightjs", "target_type": "Group", "target_details": "flightjs", "ip_address": "127.0.0.1", "entity_path": "flightjs" }, "created_at": "2019-08-28T19:36:44.162Z" } ``` ## Project Audit Events > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/219238) in GitLab 13.1. The Project Audit Events API allows you to retrieve [project audit events](../administration/audit_events.md#project-events). A user with a Maintainer role (or above) can retrieve project audit events of all users. A user with a Developer role is limited to project audit events based on their individual actions. ### Retrieve all project audit events ```plaintext GET /projects/:id/audit_events ``` | Attribute | Type | Required | Description | | --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) | | `created_after` | string | no | Return project audit events created on or after the given time. Format: ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ | | `created_before` | string | no | Return project audit events created on or before the given time. Format: ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ | By default, `GET` requests return 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated. Read more on [pagination](index.md#pagination). ```shell curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://primary.example.com/api/v4/projects/7/audit_events" ``` Example response: ```json [ { "id": 5, "author_id": 1, "entity_id": 7, "entity_type": "Project", "details": { "change": "prevent merge request approval from reviewers", "from": "", "to": "true", "author_name": "Administrator", "target_id": 7, "target_type": "Project", "target_details": "twitter/typeahead-js", "ip_address": "127.0.0.1", "entity_path": "twitter/typeahead-js" }, "created_at": "2020-05-26T22:55:04.230Z" }, { "id": 4, "author_id": 1, "entity_id": 7, "entity_type": "Project", "details": { "change": "prevent merge request approval from authors", "from": "false", "to": "true", "author_name": "Administrator", "target_id": 7, "target_type": "Project", "target_details": "twitter/typeahead-js", "ip_address": "127.0.0.1", "entity_path": "twitter/typeahead-js" }, "created_at": "2020-05-26T22:55:04.218Z" } ] ``` ### Retrieve a specific project audit event Only available to project maintainers or owners. ```plaintext GET /projects/:id/audit_events/:audit_event_id ``` | Attribute | Type | Required | Description | | --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- | | `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) | | `audit_event_id` | integer | yes | The ID of the audit event | ```shell curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://primary.example.com/api/v4/projects/7/audit_events/5" ``` Example response: ```json { "id": 5, "author_id": 1, "entity_id": 7, "entity_type": "Project", "details": { "change": "prevent merge request approval from reviewers", "from": "", "to": "true", "author_name": "Administrator", "target_id": 7, "target_type": "Project", "target_details": "twitter/typeahead-js", "ip_address": "127.0.0.1", "entity_path": "twitter/typeahead-js" }, "created_at": "2020-05-26T22:55:04.230Z" } ```