Personal access tokens API

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List personal access tokens

Version history
  • Introduced in GitLab 13.3.
  • Moved from GitLab Ultimate to GitLab Free in 13.6.

Get a list of personal access tokens. 

GET /personal_access_tokens
Attribute Type required Description
user_id integer/string no The ID of the user to filter by
note
Administrators can use the user_id parameter to filter by a user. Non-administrators cannot filter by any user except themselves. Attempting to do so will result in a 401 Unauthorized response.
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/personal_access_tokens"

[
    {
        "id": 4,
        "name": "Test Token",
        "revoked": false,
        "created_at": "2020-07-23T14:31:47.729Z",
        "scopes": [
            "api"
        ],
        "user_id": 24,
        "last_used_at": "2021-10-06T17:58:37.550Z",
        "active": true,
        "expires_at": null
    }
]

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/personal_access_tokens?user_id=3"

[
    {
        "id": 4,
        "name": "Test Token",
        "revoked": false,
        "created_at": "2020-07-23T14:31:47.729Z",
        "scopes": [
            "api"
        ],
        "user_id": 3,
        "last_used_at": "2021-10-06T17:58:37.550Z",
        "active": true,
        "expires_at": null
    }
]

Revoke a personal access token

Version history
  • Introduced in GitLab 13.3.
  • Moved from GitLab Ultimate to GitLab Free in 13.6.

Revoke a personal access token. 

DELETE /personal_access_tokens/:id
Attribute Type required Description
id integer/string yes ID of personal access token
note
Non-administrators can revoke their own tokens. Administrators can revoke tokens of any user.
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/personal_access_tokens/<personal_access_token_id>"

Responses

  • 204: No Content if successfully revoked.
  • 400 Bad Request if not revoked successfully.

Create a personal access token (administrator only)

See the Users API documentation for information on creating a personal access token.