8.5 KiB
Project import/export API
Introduced in GitLab 10.6.
See also:
Schedule an export
Start a new export.
The endpoint also accepts an upload
parameter. This parameter is a hash that contains
all the necessary information to upload the exported project to a web server or
to any S3-compatible platform. At the moment we only support binary
data file uploads to the final server.
From GitLab 10.7, 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
queued
started
finished
regeneration_in_progress
queued
state represents the request for export is received, and is currently in the queue to be processed.
The started
state represents that the export process has started and is currently in progress.
It includes the process of exporting, actions performed on the resultant file such as sending
an email notifying the user to download the file, uploading the exported file to a web server, etc.
finished
state is after the export process has completed and the user has been notified.
regeneration_in_progress
is when 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.
{
"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 that the project will be imported 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 will overwrite it. Default to false |
override_params |
Hash | no | Supports all fields defined in the Project API |
The override parameters passed will 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. Importing a project from a remote server can be accomplished through something like the following:
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": "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": []
}
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 will include 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: Note:
An element's id
field in failed_relations
references the failure record, not the relation.
NOTE: Note:
The failed_relations
array is currently 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",
"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"
}
]
}