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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.
Add LDAP group link (CORE ONLY)
Adds an LDAP group link.
POST /groups/:id/ldap_group_links
Parameters:
id
(required) - The ID of a groupcn
(required) - The CN of a LDAP groupgroup_access
(required) - Minimum access level for members of the LDAP groupprovider
(required) - LDAP provider for the LDAP group
Delete LDAP group link (CORE ONLY)
Deletes an LDAP group link.
DELETE /groups/:id/ldap_group_links/:cn
Parameters:
id
(required) - The ID of a groupcn
(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 groupcn
(required) - The CN of a LDAP groupprovider
(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.