debian-mirror-gitlab/doc/api/groups.md
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Groups API

List groups

Get a list of visible groups for the authenticated user. When accessed without authentication, only public groups are returned.

By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated.

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
skip_groups array of integers no Skip the group IDs passed
all_available boolean no Show all the groups you have access to (defaults to false for authenticated users, true for admin); Attributes owned and min_access_level have precedence
search string no Return the list of authorized groups matching the search criteria
order_by string no Order groups by name, path or id. Default is name
sort string no Order groups in asc or desc order. Default is asc
statistics boolean no Include group statistics (admins only)
with_custom_attributes boolean no Include custom attributes in response (admins only)
owned boolean no Limit to groups explicitly owned by the current user
min_access_level integer no Limit to groups where current user has at least this access level
GET /groups
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Foobar Group",
    "path": "foo-bar",
    "description": "An interesting group",
    "visibility": "public",
    "share_with_group_lock": false,
    "require_two_factor_authentication": false,
    "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
    "project_creation_level": "developer",
    "auto_devops_enabled": null,
    "subgroup_creation_level": "owner",
    "emails_disabled": null,
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/group/avatar/1/foo.jpg",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/groups/foo-bar",
    "request_access_enabled": false,
    "full_name": "Foobar Group",
    "full_path": "foo-bar",
    "file_template_project_id": 1,
    "parent_id": null
  }
]

When adding the parameter statistics=true and the authenticated user is an admin, additional group statistics are returned.

GET /groups?statistics=true
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Foobar Group",
    "path": "foo-bar",
    "description": "An interesting group",
    "visibility": "public",
    "share_with_group_lock": false,
    "require_two_factor_authentication": false,
    "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
    "project_creation_level": "developer",
    "auto_devops_enabled": null,
    "subgroup_creation_level": "owner",
    "emails_disabled": null,
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/group/avatar/1/foo.jpg",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/groups/foo-bar",
    "request_access_enabled": false,
    "full_name": "Foobar Group",
    "full_path": "foo-bar",
    "file_template_project_id": 1,
    "parent_id": null,
    "statistics": {
      "storage_size" : 212,
      "repository_size" : 33,
      "wiki_size" : 100,
      "lfs_objects_size" : 123,
      "job_artifacts_size" : 57,
      "packages_size": 0
    }
  }
]

You can search for groups by name or path, see below.

You can filter by custom attributes with:

GET /groups?custom_attributes[key]=value&custom_attributes[other_key]=other_value

List a group's subgroups

Introduced in GitLab 10.3.

Get a list of visible direct subgroups in this group. When accessed without authentication, only public groups are returned.

By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated.

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group of the parent group
skip_groups array of integers no Skip the group IDs passed
all_available boolean no Show all the groups you have access to (defaults to false for authenticated users, true for admin); Attributes owned and min_access_level have preceden
search string no Return the list of authorized groups matching the search criteria
order_by string no Order groups by name, path or id. Default is name
sort string no Order groups in asc or desc order. Default is asc
statistics boolean no Include group statistics (admins only)
with_custom_attributes boolean no Include custom attributes in response (admins only)
owned boolean no Limit to groups explicitly owned by the current user
min_access_level integer no Limit to groups where current user has at least this access level
GET /groups/:id/subgroups
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Foobar Group",
    "path": "foo-bar",
    "description": "An interesting group",
    "visibility": "public",
    "share_with_group_lock": false,
    "require_two_factor_authentication": false,
    "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
    "project_creation_level": "developer",
    "auto_devops_enabled": null,
    "subgroup_creation_level": "owner",
    "emails_disabled": null,
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "avatar_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/uploads/group/avatar/1/foo.jpg",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/groups/foo-bar",
    "request_access_enabled": false,
    "full_name": "Foobar Group",
    "full_path": "foo-bar",
    "file_template_project_id": 1,
    "parent_id": 123
  }
]

List a group's projects

Get a list of projects in this group. When accessed without authentication, only public projects are returned.

By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated.

GET /groups/:id/projects

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
archived boolean no Limit by archived status
visibility string no Limit by visibility public, internal, or private
order_by string no Return projects ordered by id, name, path, created_at, updated_at, or last_activity_at fields. Default is created_at
sort string no Return projects sorted in asc or desc order. Default is desc
search string no Return list of authorized projects matching the search criteria
simple boolean no Return only the ID, URL, name, and path of each project
owned boolean no Limit by projects owned by the current user
starred boolean no Limit by projects starred by the current user
with_issues_enabled boolean no Limit by projects with issues feature enabled. Default is false
with_merge_requests_enabled boolean no Limit by projects with merge requests feature enabled. Default is false
with_shared boolean no Include projects shared to this group. Default is true
include_subgroups boolean no Include projects in subgroups of this group. Default is false
min_access_level integer no Limit to projects where current user has at least this access level
with_custom_attributes boolean no Include custom attributes in response (admins only)
with_security_reports boolean no (ULTIMATE) Return only projects that have security reports artifacts present in any of their builds. This means "projects with security reports enabled". Default is false

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 9,
    "description": "foo",
    "default_branch": "master",
    "tag_list": [],
    "archived": false,
    "visibility": "internal",
    "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com/html5-boilerplate.git",
    "http_url_to_repo": "http://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
    "name": "Html5 Boilerplate",
    "name_with_namespace": "Experimental / Html5 Boilerplate",
    "path": "html5-boilerplate",
    "path_with_namespace": "h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
    "issues_enabled": true,
    "merge_requests_enabled": true,
    "wiki_enabled": true,
    "jobs_enabled": true,
    "snippets_enabled": true,
    "created_at": "2016-04-05T21:40:50.169Z",
    "last_activity_at": "2016-04-06T16:52:08.432Z",
    "shared_runners_enabled": true,
    "creator_id": 1,
    "namespace": {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "Experimental",
      "path": "h5bp",
      "kind": "group"
    },
    "avatar_url": null,
    "star_count": 1,
    "forks_count": 0,
    "open_issues_count": 3,
    "public_jobs": true,
    "shared_with_groups": [],
    "request_access_enabled": false
  }
]

Details of a group

Get all details of a group. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the group is publicly accessible. In case the user that requests is admin of the group, it will return the runners_token for the group too.

GET /groups/:id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user.
with_custom_attributes boolean no Include custom attributes in response (admins only).
with_projects boolean no Include details from projects that belong to the specified group (defaults to true).
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4

This endpoint returns:

  • All projects and shared projects in GitLab 12.5 and earlier.
  • A maximum of 100 projects and shared projects in GitLab 12.6 and later. To get the details of all projects within a group, use the list a group's projects endpoint instead.

Example response:

{
  "id": 4,
  "name": "Twitter",
  "path": "twitter",
  "description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
  "visibility": "public",
  "avatar_url": null,
  "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/twitter",
  "request_access_enabled": false,
  "full_name": "Twitter",
  "full_path": "twitter",
  "runners_token": "ba324ca7b1c77fc20bb9",
  "file_template_project_id": 1,
  "parent_id": null,
  "projects": [
    {
      "id": 7,
      "description": "Voluptas veniam qui et beatae voluptas doloremque explicabo facilis.",
      "default_branch": "master",
      "tag_list": [],
      "archived": false,
      "visibility": "public",
      "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com:twitter/typeahead-js.git",
      "http_url_to_repo": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/typeahead-js.git",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/typeahead-js",
      "name": "Typeahead.Js",
      "name_with_namespace": "Twitter / Typeahead.Js",
      "path": "typeahead-js",
      "path_with_namespace": "twitter/typeahead-js",
      "issues_enabled": true,
      "merge_requests_enabled": true,
      "wiki_enabled": true,
      "jobs_enabled": true,
      "snippets_enabled": false,
      "container_registry_enabled": true,
      "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:25.578Z",
      "last_activity_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:25.881Z",
      "shared_runners_enabled": true,
      "creator_id": 1,
      "namespace": {
        "id": 4,
        "name": "Twitter",
        "path": "twitter",
        "kind": "group"
      },
      "avatar_url": null,
      "star_count": 0,
      "forks_count": 0,
      "open_issues_count": 3,
      "public_jobs": true,
      "shared_with_groups": [],
      "request_access_enabled": false
    },
    {
      "id": 6,
      "description": "Aspernatur omnis repudiandae qui voluptatibus eaque.",
      "default_branch": "master",
      "tag_list": [],
      "archived": false,
      "visibility": "internal",
      "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com:twitter/flight.git",
      "http_url_to_repo": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/flight.git",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/flight",
      "name": "Flight",
      "name_with_namespace": "Twitter / Flight",
      "path": "flight",
      "path_with_namespace": "twitter/flight",
      "issues_enabled": true,
      "merge_requests_enabled": true,
      "wiki_enabled": true,
      "jobs_enabled": true,
      "snippets_enabled": false,
      "container_registry_enabled": true,
      "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:24.661Z",
      "last_activity_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:24.838Z",
      "shared_runners_enabled": true,
      "creator_id": 1,
      "namespace": {
        "id": 4,
        "name": "Twitter",
        "path": "twitter",
        "kind": "group"
      },
      "avatar_url": null,
      "star_count": 0,
      "forks_count": 0,
      "open_issues_count": 8,
      "public_jobs": true,
      "shared_with_groups": [],
      "request_access_enabled": false
    }
  ],
  "shared_projects": [
    {
      "id": 8,
      "description": "Velit eveniet provident fugiat saepe eligendi autem.",
      "default_branch": "master",
      "tag_list": [],
      "archived": false,
      "visibility": "private",
      "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com:h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "http_url_to_repo": "https://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "name": "Html5 Boilerplate",
      "name_with_namespace": "H5bp / Html5 Boilerplate",
      "path": "html5-boilerplate",
      "path_with_namespace": "h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "issues_enabled": true,
      "merge_requests_enabled": true,
      "wiki_enabled": true,
      "jobs_enabled": true,
      "snippets_enabled": false,
      "container_registry_enabled": true,
      "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:27.089Z",
      "last_activity_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:27.310Z",
      "shared_runners_enabled": true,
      "creator_id": 1,
      "namespace": {
        "id": 5,
        "name": "H5bp",
        "path": "h5bp",
        "kind": "group"
      },
      "avatar_url": null,
      "star_count": 0,
      "forks_count": 0,
      "open_issues_count": 4,
      "public_jobs": true,
      "shared_with_groups": [
        {
          "group_id": 4,
          "group_name": "Twitter",
          "group_full_path": "twitter",
          "group_access_level": 30,
          "expires_at": null
        },
        {
          "group_id": 3,
          "group_name": "Gitlab Org",
          "group_full_path": "gitlab-org",
          "group_access_level": 10,
          "expires_at": "2018-08-14"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Users on GitLab Starter, Bronze, or higher will also see the shared_runners_minutes_limit and extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit parameters:

Additional response parameters:

{
  "id": 4,
  "description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
  "shared_runners_minutes_limit": 133,
  "extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit": 133,
  ...
}

When adding the parameter with_projects=false, projects will not be returned.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4?with_projects=false

Example response:

{
  "id": 4,
  "name": "Twitter",
  "path": "twitter",
  "description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
  "visibility": "public",
  "avatar_url": null,
  "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/twitter",
  "request_access_enabled": false,
  "full_name": "Twitter",
  "full_path": "twitter",
  "file_template_project_id": 1,
  "parent_id": null
}

Disabling the results limit

The 100 results limit can be disabled if it breaks integrations developed using GitLab 12.4 and earlier.

To disable the limit while migrating to using the list a group's projects endpoint, ask a GitLab administrator with Rails console access to run the following command:

Feature.disable(:limit_projects_in_groups_api)

New group

Creates a new project group. Available only for users who can create groups.

POST /groups

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
name string yes The name of the group.
path string yes The path of the group.
description string no The group's description.
visibility string no The group's visibility. Can be private, internal, or public.
share_with_group_lock boolean no Prevent sharing a project with another group within this group.
require_two_factor_authentication boolean no Require all users in this group to setup Two-factor authentication.
two_factor_grace_period integer no Time before Two-factor authentication is enforced (in hours).
project_creation_level string no Determine if developers can create projects in the group. Can be noone (No one), maintainer (Maintainers), or developer (Developers + Maintainers).
auto_devops_enabled boolean no Default to Auto DevOps pipeline for all projects within this group.
subgroup_creation_level integer no Allowed to create subgroups. Can be owner (Owners), or maintainer (Maintainers).
emails_disabled boolean no Disable email notifications
lfs_enabled boolean no Enable/disable Large File Storage (LFS) for the projects in this group.
request_access_enabled boolean no Allow users to request member access.
parent_id integer no The parent group ID for creating nested group.
shared_runners_minutes_limit integer no (STARTER ONLY) Pipeline minutes quota for this group.
extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit integer no (STARTER ONLY) Extra pipeline minutes quota for this group.

Transfer project to group

Transfer a project to the Group namespace. Available only for admin

POST  /groups/:id/projects/:project_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
project_id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project

Update group

Updates the project group. Only available to group owners and administrators.

PUT /groups/:id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes The ID of the group.
name string no The name of the group.
path string no The path of the group.
description string no The description of the group.
membership_lock boolean no (STARTER) Prevent adding new members to project membership within this group.
share_with_group_lock boolean no Prevent sharing a project with another group within this group.
visibility string no The visibility level of the group. Can be private, internal, or public.
share_with_group_lock boolean no Prevent sharing a project with another group within this group.
require_two_factor_authentication boolean no Require all users in this group to setup Two-factor authentication.
two_factor_grace_period integer no Time before Two-factor authentication is enforced (in hours).
project_creation_level string no Determine if developers can create projects in the group. Can be noone (No one), maintainer (Maintainers), or developer (Developers + Maintainers).
auto_devops_enabled boolean no Default to Auto DevOps pipeline for all projects within this group.
subgroup_creation_level integer no Allowed to create subgroups. Can be owner (Owners), or maintainer (Maintainers).
emails_disabled boolean no Disable email notifications
lfs_enabled (optional) boolean no Enable/disable Large File Storage (LFS) for the projects in this group.
request_access_enabled boolean no Allow users to request member access.
file_template_project_id integer no (PREMIUM) The ID of a project to load custom file templates from.
shared_runners_minutes_limit integer no (STARTER ONLY) Pipeline minutes quota for this group.
extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit integer no (STARTER ONLY) Extra pipeline minutes quota for this group.
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5?name=Experimental"

This endpoint returns:

  • All projects and shared projects in GitLab 12.5 and earlier.
  • A maximum of 100 projects and shared projects in GitLab 12.6 and later. To get the details of all projects within a group, use the list a group's projects endpoint instead.

Example response:

{
  "id": 5,
  "name": "Experimental",
  "path": "h5bp",
  "description": "foo",
  "visibility": "internal",
  "avatar_url": null,
  "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/groups/h5bp",
  "request_access_enabled": false,
  "full_name": "Foobar Group",
  "full_path": "foo-bar",
  "file_template_project_id": 1,
  "parent_id": null,
  "projects": [
    {
      "id": 9,
      "description": "foo",
      "default_branch": "master",
      "tag_list": [],
      "public": false,
      "archived": false,
      "visibility": "internal",
      "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "http_url_to_repo": "http://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "name": "Html5 Boilerplate",
      "name_with_namespace": "Experimental / Html5 Boilerplate",
      "path": "html5-boilerplate",
      "path_with_namespace": "h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "issues_enabled": true,
      "merge_requests_enabled": true,
      "wiki_enabled": true,
      "jobs_enabled": true,
      "snippets_enabled": true,
      "created_at": "2016-04-05T21:40:50.169Z",
      "last_activity_at": "2016-04-06T16:52:08.432Z",
      "shared_runners_enabled": true,
      "creator_id": 1,
      "namespace": {
        "id": 5,
        "name": "Experimental",
        "path": "h5bp",
        "kind": "group"
      },
      "avatar_url": null,
      "star_count": 1,
      "forks_count": 0,
      "open_issues_count": 3,
      "public_jobs": true,
      "shared_with_groups": [],
      "request_access_enabled": false
    }
  ]
}

Disabling the results limit

The 100 results limit can be disabled if it breaks integrations developed using GitLab 12.4 and earlier.

To disable the limit while migrating to using the list a group's projects endpoint, ask a GitLab administrator with Rails console access to run the following command:

Feature.disable(:limit_projects_in_groups_api)

Remove group

Removes group with all projects inside. Only available to group owners and administrators.

DELETE /groups/:id

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID or path of a user group

This will queue a background job to delete all projects in the group. The response will be a 202 Accepted if the user has authorization.

Search for group

Get all groups that match your string in their name or path.

GET /groups?search=foobar
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Foobar Group",
    "path": "foo-bar",
    "description": "An interesting group"
  }
]

Group Audit Events (STARTER)

Group audit events can be accessed via the Group Audit Events API

Sync group with LDAP (CORE ONLY)

Syncs the group with its linked LDAP group. Only available to group owners and administrators.

POST /groups/:id/ldap_sync

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID or path of a user group

Group members

Please consult the Group Members documentation.

Adds an LDAP group link.

POST /groups/:id/ldap_group_links

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of a group
  • cn (required) - The CN of a LDAP group
  • group_access (required) - Minimum access level for members of the LDAP group
  • provider (required) - LDAP provider for the LDAP group

Deletes an LDAP group link.

DELETE /groups/:id/ldap_group_links/:cn

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of a group
  • cn (required) - The CN of a LDAP group

Deletes a LDAP group link for a specific LDAP provider

DELETE /groups/:id/ldap_group_links/:provider/:cn

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of a group
  • cn (required) - The CN of a LDAP group
  • provider (required) - Name of a LDAP provider

Namespaces in groups

By default, groups only get 20 namespaces at a time because the API results are paginated.

To get more (up to 100), pass the following as an argument to the API call:

/groups?per_page=100

And to switch pages add:

/groups?per_page=100&page=2

Group badges

Read more in the Group Badges documentation.