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stage: Create
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group: Source Code
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info: "To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments"
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type: reference, api
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---
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# Repository files API **(FREE)**
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You can fetch, create, update, and delete files in your repository with this API.
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You can also [configure rate limits](../user/admin_area/settings/files_api_rate_limits.md)
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for this API.
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## Available scopes for personal access tokens
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The different scopes available using [personal access tokens](../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md) are depicted
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in the following table.
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| Scope | Description |
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| ----- | ----------- |
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| `api` | Allows read-write access to the repository files. |
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| `read_repository` | Allows read-access to the repository files. |
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## Get file from repository
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> The `execute_filemode` field in the response was [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83499) in GitLab 14.10.
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Allows you to receive information about file in repository like name, size, and
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content. File content is Base64 encoded. This endpoint can be accessed
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without authentication if the repository is publicly accessible.
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```plaintext
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GET /projects/:id/repository/files/:file_path
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```
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```shell
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curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/app%2Fmodels%2Fkey%2Erb?ref=master"
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```
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
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|-------------|----------------|----------|-------------|
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| `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user. |
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| `file_path` | string | yes | URL encoded full path to new file, such as `lib%2Fclass%2Erb`. |
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| `ref` | string | yes | The name of branch, tag or commit. |
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Example response:
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```json
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{
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"file_name": "key.rb",
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"file_path": "app/models/key.rb",
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"size": 1476,
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"encoding": "base64",
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"content": "IyA9PSBTY2hlbWEgSW5mb3...",
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"content_sha256": "4c294617b60715c1d218e61164a3abd4808a4284cbc30e6728a01ad9aada4481",
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"ref": "master",
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"blob_id": "79f7bbd25901e8334750839545a9bd021f0e4c83",
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"commit_id": "d5a3ff139356ce33e37e73add446f16869741b50",
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"last_commit_id": "570e7b2abdd848b95f2f578043fc23bd6f6fd24d",
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"execute_filemode": false
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}
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```
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NOTE:
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`blob_id` is the blob SHA. Refer to [Get a blob from repository](repositories.md#get-a-blob-from-repository)
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in the Repositories API.
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In addition to the `GET` method, you can also use `HEAD` to get just file metadata.
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```plaintext
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HEAD /projects/:id/repository/files/:file_path
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```
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```shell
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curl --head --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/app%2Fmodels%2Fkey%2Erb?ref=master"
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```
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Example response:
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```plaintext
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
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...
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X-Gitlab-Blob-Id: 79f7bbd25901e8334750839545a9bd021f0e4c83
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X-Gitlab-Commit-Id: d5a3ff139356ce33e37e73add446f16869741b50
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X-Gitlab-Content-Sha256: 4c294617b60715c1d218e61164a3abd4808a4284cbc30e6728a01ad9aada4481
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X-Gitlab-Encoding: base64
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X-Gitlab-File-Name: key.rb
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X-Gitlab-File-Path: app/models/key.rb
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X-Gitlab-Last-Commit-Id: 570e7b2abdd848b95f2f578043fc23bd6f6fd24d
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X-Gitlab-Ref: master
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X-Gitlab-Size: 1476
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X-Gitlab-Execute-Filemode: false
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...
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```
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## Get file blame from repository
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Allows you to receive blame information. Each blame range contains lines and corresponding commit information.
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```plaintext
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GET /projects/:id/repository/files/:file_path/blame
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```
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
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|-----------------|-------------------|----------|-------------|
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| `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user. |
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| `file_path` | string | yes | URL-encoded full path to new file, such as`lib%2Fclass%2Erb`. |
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| `ref` | string | yes | The name of branch, tag or commit. |
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| `range[end]` | integer | yes | The last line of the range to blame. |
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| `range[start]` | integer | yes | The first line of the range to blame. |
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| `range` | hash | no | Blame range. |
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```shell
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curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/path%2Fto%2Ffile.rb/blame?ref=master"
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```
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Example response:
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```json
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[
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{
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"commit": {
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"id": "d42409d56517157c48bf3bd97d3f75974dde19fb",
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"message": "Add feature\n\nalso fix bug\n",
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"parent_ids": [
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"cc6e14f9328fa6d7b5a0d3c30dc2002a3f2a3822"
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],
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"authored_date": "2015-12-18T08:12:22.000Z",
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"author_name": "John Doe",
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"author_email": "john.doe@example.com",
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"committed_date": "2015-12-18T08:12:22.000Z",
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"committer_name": "John Doe",
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"committer_email": "john.doe@example.com"
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},
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"lines": [
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"require 'fileutils'",
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"require 'open3'",
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""
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]
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},
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...
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]
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```
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NOTE:
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`HEAD` method returns just file metadata, as in [Get file from repository](repository_files.md#get-file-from-repository).
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```shell
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curl --head --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/path%2Fto%2Ffile.rb/blame?ref=master"
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```
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Example response:
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```plaintext
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
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...
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X-Gitlab-Blob-Id: 79f7bbd25901e8334750839545a9bd021f0e4c83
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X-Gitlab-Commit-Id: d5a3ff139356ce33e37e73add446f16869741b50
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X-Gitlab-Content-Sha256: 4c294617b60715c1d218e61164a3abd4808a4284cbc30e6728a01ad9aada4481
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X-Gitlab-Encoding: base64
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X-Gitlab-File-Name: file.rb
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X-Gitlab-File-Path: path/to/file.rb
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X-Gitlab-Last-Commit-Id: 570e7b2abdd848b95f2f578043fc23bd6f6fd24d
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X-Gitlab-Ref: master
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X-Gitlab-Size: 1476
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X-Gitlab-Execute-Filemode: false
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...
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```
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### Examples
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To request a blame range, specify `range[start]` and `range[end]` parameters with
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the starting and ending line numbers of the file.
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```shell
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curl --head --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/path%2Fto%2Ffile.rb/blame?ref=master&range[start]=1&range[end]=2"
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```
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Example response:
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```json
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[
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{
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"commit": {
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"id": "d42409d56517157c48bf3bd97d3f75974dde19fb",
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"message": "Add feature\n\nalso fix bug\n",
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"parent_ids": [
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"cc6e14f9328fa6d7b5a0d3c30dc2002a3f2a3822"
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],
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"authored_date": "2015-12-18T08:12:22.000Z",
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"author_name": "John Doe",
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"author_email": "john.doe@example.com",
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"committed_date": "2015-12-18T08:12:22.000Z",
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"committer_name": "John Doe",
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"committer_email": "john.doe@example.com"
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},
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"lines": [
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"require 'fileutils'",
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"require 'open3'"
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]
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},
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...
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]
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```
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## Get raw file from repository
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```plaintext
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GET /projects/:id/repository/files/:file_path/raw
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```
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
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|-------------|----------------|----------|------------|
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| `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user. |
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| `file_path` | string | yes | URL-encoded full path to new file, such as `lib%2Fclass%2Erb`. |
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| `ref` | string | yes | The name of branch, tag or commit. Default is the `HEAD` of the project. |
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| `lfs` | boolean | no | Determines if the response should be Git LFS file contents, rather than the pointer. If the file is not tracked by Git LFS, ignored. Defaults to `false`. |
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```shell
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curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/app%2Fmodels%2Fkey%2Erb/raw?ref=master"
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```
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NOTE:
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Like [Get file from repository](repository_files.md#get-file-from-repository), you can use `HEAD` to get just file metadata.
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## Create new file in repository
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> The `execute_filemode` parameter was [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83499) in GitLab 14.10.
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Allows you to create a single file. For creating multiple files with a single request,
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refer to the [commits API](commits.md#create-a-commit-with-multiple-files-and-actions).
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```plaintext
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POST /projects/:id/repository/files/:file_path
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```
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
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| ---------------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
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| `branch` | string | yes | Name of the new branch to create. The commit is added to this branch. |
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| `commit_message` | string | yes | The commit message. |
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| `content` | string | yes | The file's content. |
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| `file_path` | string | yes | URL-encoded full path to new file. For example: `lib%2Fclass%2Erb`. |
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| `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user. |
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| `author_email` | string | no | The commit author's email address. |
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| `author_name` | string | no | The commit author's name. |
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| `encoding` | string | no | Change encoding to `base64`. Default is `text`. |
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| `execute_filemode` | boolean | no | Enables or disables the `execute` flag on the file. Can be `true` or `false`. |
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| `start_branch` | string | no | Name of the base branch to create the new branch from. |
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```shell
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curl --request POST --header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>' \
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--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
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--data '{"branch": "master", "author_email": "author@example.com", "author_name": "Firstname Lastname",
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"content": "some content", "commit_message": "create a new file"}' \
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"https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/app%2Fproject%2Erb"
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```
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Example response:
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```json
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{
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"file_path": "app/project.rb",
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"branch": "master"
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}
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```
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## Update existing file in repository
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> The `execute_filemode` parameter was [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/83499) in GitLab 14.10.
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Allows you to update a single file. For updating multiple files with a single request,
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refer to the [commits API](commits.md#create-a-commit-with-multiple-files-and-actions).
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```plaintext
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PUT /projects/:id/repository/files/:file_path
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```
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
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| ---------------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
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| `branch` | string | yes | Name of the new branch to create. The commit is added to this branch. |
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| `commit_message` | string | yes | The commit message. |
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| `content` | string | yes | The file's content. |
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| `file_path` | string | yes | URL-encoded full path to new file. For example: `lib%2Fclass%2Erb`. |
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| `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user |
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| `author_email` | string | no | The commit author's email address. |
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| `author_name` | string | no | The commit author's name. |
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| `encoding` | string | no | Change encoding to `base64`. Default is `text`. |
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| `execute_filemode` | boolean | no | Enables or disables the `execute` flag on the file. Can be `true` or `false`. |
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| `last_commit_id` | string | no | Last known file commit ID. |
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| `start_branch` | string | no | Name of the base branch to create the new branch from. |
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```shell
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curl --request PUT --header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>' \
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--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
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--data '{"branch": "master", "author_email": "author@example.com", "author_name": "Firstname Lastname",
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"content": "some content", "commit_message": "update file"}' \
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"https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/app%2Fproject%2Erb"
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```
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Example response:
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```json
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{
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"file_path": "app/project.rb",
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"branch": "master"
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}
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```
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If the commit fails for any reason we return a `400 Bad Request` error with a non-specific
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error message. Possible causes for a failed commit include:
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- The `file_path` contained `/../` (attempted directory traversal).
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- The commit was empty: new file contents were identical to the current file contents.
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- The branch was updated by `git push` while the file edit was in progress.
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[GitLab Shell](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-shell/) has a boolean return code, preventing GitLab from specifying the error.
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## Delete existing file in repository
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This allows you to delete a single file. For deleting multiple files with a single request,
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refer to the [commits API](commits.md#create-a-commit-with-multiple-files-and-actions).
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```plaintext
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DELETE /projects/:id/repository/files/:file_path
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```
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
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| ---------------- | -------------- | -------- | ----------- |
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| `branch` | string | yes | Name of the new branch to create. The commit is added to this branch. |
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| `commit_message` | string | yes | The commit message. |
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| `file_path` | string | yes | URL-encoded full path to new file. For example: `lib%2Fclass%2Erb`. |
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| `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user. |
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| `author_email` | string | no | The commit author's email address. |
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| `author_name` | string | no | The commit author's name. |
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| `last_commit_id` | string | no | Last known file commit ID. |
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| `start_branch` | string | no | Name of the base branch to create the new branch from. |
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```shell
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curl --request DELETE --header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>' \
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--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
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--data '{"branch": "master", "author_email": "author@example.com", "author_name": "Firstname Lastname",
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"commit_message": "delete file"}' \
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"https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/app%2Fproject%2Erb"
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```
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