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Project import/export API (FREE)
See also:
Schedule an export
Start a new export.
The endpoint also accepts an upload
hash parameter. It contains all the necessary information to upload the exported
project to a web server or to any S3-compatible platform. For exports, GitLab:
- Only supports binary data file uploads to the final server.
- Sends the
Content-Type: application/gzip
header with upload requests. Ensure that your pre-signed URL includes this as part of the signature. - Can take some time to complete the project export process. Make sure the upload URL doesn't have a short expiration time and is available throughout the export process.
- Administrators can modify the maximum export file size. By default, the maximum is unlimited (
0
). To change this, editmax_export_size
using either:
The upload[url]
parameter is required if the upload
parameter is present.
POST /projects/:id/export
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
description |
string | no | Overrides the project description |
upload |
hash | no | Hash that contains the information to upload the exported project to a web server |
upload[url] |
string | yes | The URL to upload the project |
upload[http_method] |
string | no | The HTTP method to upload the exported project. Only PUT and POST methods allowed. Default is PUT |
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/export" \
--data "upload[http_method]=PUT" \
--data-urlencode "upload[url]=https://example-bucket.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/backup?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAIMBJHN2O62W8IELQ%2F20180312%2Feu-west-3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20180312T110328Z&X-Amz-Expires=900&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=8413facb20ff33a49a147a0b4abcff4c8487cc33ee1f7e450c46e8f695569dbd"
{
"message": "202 Accepted"
}
Export status
Get the status of export.
GET /projects/:id/export
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/export"
Status can be one of:
none
: No exports queued, started, finished, or being regenerated.queued
: The request for export is received, and is in the queue to be processed.started
: The export process has started and is in progress. It includes:- The process of exporting.
- Actions performed on the resulting file, such as sending an email notifying the user to download the file, or uploading the exported file to a web server.
finished
: After the export process has completed and the user has been notified.regeneration_in_progress
: An export file is available to download, and a request to generate a new export is in process.
_links
are only present when export has finished.
created_at
is the project create timestamp, not the export start time.
{
"id": 1,
"description": "Itaque perspiciatis minima aspernatur corporis consequatur.",
"name": "Gitlab Test",
"name_with_namespace": "Gitlab Org / Gitlab Test",
"path": "gitlab-test",
"path_with_namespace": "gitlab-org/gitlab-test",
"created_at": "2017-08-29T04:36:44.383Z",
"export_status": "finished",
"_links": {
"api_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/export/download",
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-test/download_export"
}
}
Export download
Download the finished export.
GET /projects/:id/export/download
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --remote-header-name \
--remote-name "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/export/download"
ls *export.tar.gz
2017-12-05_22-11-148_namespace_project_export.tar.gz
Import a file
POST /projects/import
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
namespace |
integer/string | no | The ID or path of the namespace to import the project to. Defaults to the current user's namespace |
name |
string | no | The name of the project to be imported. Defaults to the path of the project if not provided |
file |
string | yes | The file to be uploaded |
path |
string | yes | Name and path for new project |
overwrite |
boolean | no | If there is a project with the same path the import overwrites it. Default to false |
override_params |
Hash | no | Supports all fields defined in the Project API |
The override parameters passed take precedence over all values defined inside the export file.
To upload a file from your file system, use the --form
argument. This causes
cURL to post data using the header Content-Type: multipart/form-data
.
The file=
parameter must point to a file on your file system and be preceded
by @
. For example:
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --form "path=api-project" \
--form "file=@/path/to/file" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/import"
cURL doesn't support posting a file from a remote server. This example imports a project
using Python's open
method:
import requests
url = 'https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/import'
files = { "file": open("project_export.tar.gz", "rb") }
data = {
"path": "example-project",
"namespace": "example-group"
}
headers = {
'Private-Token': "<your_access_token>"
}
requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=data, files=files)
{
"id": 1,
"description": null,
"name": "api-project",
"name_with_namespace": "Administrator / api-project",
"path": "api-project",
"path_with_namespace": "root/api-project",
"created_at": "2018-02-13T09:05:58.023Z",
"import_status": "scheduled",
"correlation_id": "mezklWso3Za",
"failed_relations": []
}
NOTE:
The maximum import file size can be set by the Administrator, default is 0
(unlimited)..
As an administrator, you can modify the maximum import file size. To do so, use the max_import_size
option in the Application settings API or the Admin Area. Default modified from 50MB to 0 in GitLab 13.8.
Import a file from a remote object storage
Introduced in GitLab 13.12 in Beta.
This endpoint is behind a feature flag that is enabled by default.
To enable this endpoint:
Feature.enable(:import_project_from_remote_file)
To disable this endpoint:
Feature.disable(:import_project_from_remote_file)
POST /projects/remote-import
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
namespace |
integer/string | no | The ID or path of the namespace to import the project to. Defaults to the current user's namespace. |
name |
string | no | The name of the project to import. If not provided, defaults to the path of the project. |
url |
string | yes | URL for the file to import. |
path |
string | yes | Name and path for the new project. |
overwrite |
boolean | no | Whether to overwrite a project with the same path when importing. Defaults to false . |
override_params |
Hash | no | Supports all fields defined in the Project API. |
The passed override parameters take precedence over all values defined in the export file.
curl --request POST \
--header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/remote-import" \
--data '{"url":"https://remoteobject/file?token=123123","path":"remote-project"}'
{
"id": 1,
"description": null,
"name": "remote-project",
"name_with_namespace": "Administrator / remote-project",
"path": "remote-project",
"path_with_namespace": "root/remote-project",
"created_at": "2018-02-13T09:05:58.023Z",
"import_status": "scheduled",
"correlation_id": "mezklWso3Za",
"failed_relations": [],
"import_error": null
}
The Content-Length
header must return a valid number. The maximum file size is 10 gigabytes.
The Content-Type
header must be application/gzip
.
Import a file from AWS S3
- Introduced in GitLab 14.9 in Beta, with a flag named
import_project_from_remote_file_s3
. Disabled by default.- Enabled on GitLab.com in GitLab 14.10.
FLAG:
On self-managed GitLab, by default this feature is not available. To make it available, ask an administrator to enable the feature flag named import_project_from_remote_file_s3
. On GitLab.com, this feature is available.
POST /projects/remote-import-s3
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
namespace |
integer/string | no | The ID or path of the namespace to import the project to. Defaults to the current user's namespace. |
name |
string | no | The name of the project to import. If not provided, defaults to the path of the project. |
path |
string | yes | The full path of the new project. |
region |
string | yes | AWS S3 region name where the file is stored. |
bucket_name |
string | yes | AWS S3 bucket name where the file is stored. |
file_key |
string | yes | AWS S3 file key to identify the file. |
access_key_id |
string | yes | AWS S3 access key ID.. |
secret_access_key |
string | yes | AWS S3 secret access key. |
The passed override parameters take precedence over all values defined in the export file.
curl --request POST \
--url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/remote-import-s3" \
--header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your gitlab access key>" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"name": "Sample Project",
"path": "sample-project",
"region": "<Your S3 region name>",
"bucket_name": "<Your S3 bucket name>",
"file_key": "<Your S3 file key>",
"access_key_id": "<Your AWS access key id>",
"secret_access_key": "<Your AWS secret access key>"
}'
This example imports from an Amazon S3 bucket, using a module that connects to Amazon S3:
import requests
from io import BytesIO
s3_file = requests.get(presigned_url)
url = 'https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/import'
files = {'file': ('file.tar.gz', BytesIO(s3_file.content))}
data = {
"path": "example-project",
"namespace": "example-group"
}
headers = {
'Private-Token': "<your_access_token>"
}
requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=data, files=files)
{
"id": 1,
"description": null,
"name": "Sample project",
"name_with_namespace": "Administrator / sample-project",
"path": "sample-project",
"path_with_namespace": "root/sample-project",
"created_at": "2018-02-13T09:05:58.023Z",
"import_status": "scheduled",
"correlation_id": "mezklWso3Za",
"failed_relations": [],
"import_error": null
}
Import status
Get the status of an import.
GET /projects/:id/import
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/import"
Status can be one of:
none
scheduled
failed
started
finished
If the status is failed
, it includes the import error message under import_error
.
If the status is failed
, started
or finished
, the failed_relations
array might
be populated with any occurrences of relations that failed to import either due to
unrecoverable errors or because retries were exhausted (a typical example are query timeouts.)
NOTE:
An element's id
field in failed_relations
references the failure record, not the relation.
NOTE:
The failed_relations
array is capped to 100 items.
{
"id": 1,
"description": "Itaque perspiciatis minima aspernatur corporis consequatur.",
"name": "Gitlab Test",
"name_with_namespace": "Gitlab Org / Gitlab Test",
"path": "gitlab-test",
"path_with_namespace": "gitlab-org/gitlab-test",
"created_at": "2017-08-29T04:36:44.383Z",
"import_status": "started",
"import_type": "github",
"correlation_id": "mezklWso3Za",
"failed_relations": [
{
"id": 42,
"created_at": "2020-04-02T14:48:59.526Z",
"exception_class": "RuntimeError",
"exception_message": "A failure occurred",
"source": "custom error context",
"relation_name": "merge_requests",
"line_number": 0
}
]
}
When importing from GitHub, the a stats
field lists how many objects were already fetched from
GitHub and how many were already imported:
{
"id": 1,
"description": "Itaque perspiciatis minima aspernatur corporis consequatur.",
"name": "Gitlab Test",
"name_with_namespace": "Gitlab Org / Gitlab Test",
"path": "gitlab-test",
"path_with_namespace": "gitlab-org/gitlab-test",
"created_at": "2017-08-29T04:36:44.383Z",
"import_status": "started",
"import_type": "github",
"correlation_id": "mezklWso3Za",
"failed_relations": [
{
"id": 42,
"created_at": "2020-04-02T14:48:59.526Z",
"exception_class": "RuntimeError",
"exception_message": "A failure occurred",
"source": "custom error context",
"relation_name": "merge_requests",
"line_number": 0
}
],
"stats": {
"fetched": {
"diff_note": 19,
"issue": 3,
"label": 1,
"note": 3,
"pull_request": 2,
"pull_request_merged_by": 1,
"pull_request_review": 16
},
"imported": {
"diff_note": 19,
"issue": 3,
"label": 1,
"note": 3,
"pull_request": 2,
"pull_request_merged_by": 1,
"pull_request_review": 16
}
}
}