Protected tags API

Valid access levels

Currently, these levels are recognized:

0  => No access
30 => Developer access
40 => Maintainer access

List protected tags

Gets a list of protected tags from a project. This function takes pagination parameters page and per_page to restrict the list of protected tags.

GET /projects/:id/protected_tags
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/protected_tags"

Example response:

[
  {
    "name": "release-1-0",
    "create_access_levels": [
      {
        "access_level": 40,
        "access_level_description": "Maintainers"
      }
    ]
  },
  ...
]

Get a single protected tag or wildcard protected tag

Gets a single protected tag or wildcard protected tag. The pagination parameters page and per_page can be used to restrict the list of protected tags.

GET /projects/:id/protected_tags/:name
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
name string yes The name of the tag or wildcard
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/protected_tags/release-1-0"

Example response:

{
  "name": "release-1-0",
  "create_access_levels": [
    {
      "access_level": 40,
      "access_level_description": "Maintainers"
    }
  ]
}

Protect repository tags

Protects a single repository tag or several project repository tags using a wildcard protected tag.

POST /projects/:id/protected_tags
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/protected_tags?name=*-stable&create_access_level=30"
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
name string yes The name of the tag or wildcard
create_access_level string no Access levels allowed to create (defaults: 40, Maintainer role)

Example response:

{
  "name": "*-stable",
  "create_access_levels": [
    {
      "access_level": 30,
      "access_level_description": "Developers + Maintainers"
    }
  ]
}

Unprotect repository tags

Unprotects the given protected tag or wildcard protected tag.

DELETE /projects/:id/protected_tags/:name
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/protected_tags/*-stable"
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
name string yes The name of the tag