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# 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: <your_access_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: <your_access_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.
> - [Support for keyset pagination added](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/333968) in GitLab 15.2.
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:
- The Owner role can retrieve group audit events of all users.
- The Developer or Maintainer role is limited to group audit events based on their individual actions.
This endpoint supports both offset-based and [keyset-based](index.md#keyset-based-pagination) pagination. Keyset-based
pagination is recommended when requesting consecutive pages of results.
### 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: <your_access_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: <your_access_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: <your_access_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 committers",
"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 users with at least the Maintainer role for the project.
```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: <your_access_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 committers",
"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"
}
```