Import API

Import repository from GitHub

Import your projects from GitHub to GitLab via the API.

POST /import/github

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`personal_access_token`	string	yes	GitHub personal access token
`repo_id`	integer	yes	GitHub repository ID
`new_name`	string	no	New repository name
`target_namespace`	string	yes	Namespace to import repository into

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --data "personal_access_token=abc123&repo_id=12345&target_namespace=root" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/import/github"

Example response:

{
    "id": 27,
    "name": "my-repo",
    "full_path": "/root/my-repo",
    "full_name": "Administrator / my-repo"
}

Import repository from Bitbucket Server

Import your projects from Bitbucket Server to GitLab via the API.

NOTE: Note: The Bitbucket Project Key is only used for finding the repository in Bitbucket. You must specify a target_namespace if you want to import the repository to a GitLab group. If you do not specify target_namespace, the project will import to your personal user namespace.

POST /import/bitbucket_server

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`bitbucket_server_url`	string	yes	Bitbucket Server URL
`bitbucket_server_username`	string	yes	Bitbucket Server Username
`personal_access_token`	string	yes	Bitbucket Server personal access token/password
`bitbucket_server_project`	string	yes	Bitbucket Project Key
`bitbucket_server_repo`	string	yes	Bitbucket Repository Name
`new_name`	string	no	New repo name
`target_namespace`	string	no	Namespace to import repo into

curl --request POST \
  --url https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/import/bitbucket_server \
  --header "content-type: application/json" \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" \
  --data '{
    "bitbucket_server_url": "http://bitbucket.example.com",
    "bitbucket_server_username": "root",
    "personal_access_token": "Nzk4MDcxODY4MDAyOiP8y410zF3tGAyLnHRv/E0+3xYs",
    "bitbucket_server_project": "NEW",
    "bitbucket_server_repo": "my-repo"
}'

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Import API

Import repository from GitHub

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