Group access tokens API

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List group access tokens

Introduced in GitLab 14.7.

Get a list of group access tokens.

GET groups/:id/access_tokens
AttributeTyperequiredDescription
idinteger or stringyesID or URL-encoded path of the group 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/<group_id>/access_tokens"

[
   {
      "user_id" : 141,
      "scopes" : [
         "api"
      ],
      "name" : "token",
      "expires_at" : "2021-01-31",
      "id" : 42,
      "active" : true,
      "created_at" : "2021-01-20T22:11:48.151Z",
      "revoked" : false,
      "access_level": 40
   }
]

Get a group access token

Introduced in GitLab 14.10.

Get a group access token by ID.

GET groups/:id/access_tokens/:token_id
AttributeTyperequiredDescription
idinteger or stringyesID or URL-encoded path of the group
token_idinteger or stringyesID of the group access token
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/<group_id>/access_tokens/<token_id>"

{
   "user_id" : 141,
   "scopes" : [
      "api"
   ],
   "name" : "token",
   "expires_at" : "2021-01-31",
   "id" : 42,
   "active" : true,
   "created_at" : "2021-01-20T22:11:48.151Z",
   "revoked" : false,
   "access_level": 40
}

Create a group access token

Version history

Create a group access token. You must have the Owner role for the group to create group access tokens.

POST groups/:id/access_tokens
AttributeTyperequiredDescription
idinteger or stringyesID or URL-encoded path of the group
nameStringyesName of the group access token
scopesArray[String]yesList of scopes
access_levelIntegernoAccess level. Valid values are 10 (Guest), 20 (Reporter), 30 (Developer), 40 (Maintainer), and 50 (Owner).
expires_atDateyesExpiration date of the access token in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD). The date cannot be set later than the maximum allowable lifetime of an access token.
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
--header "Content-Type:application/json" \
--data '{ "name":"test_token", "scopes":["api", "read_repository"], "expires_at":"2021-01-31", "access_level": 30 }' \
"https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/<group_id>/access_tokens"

{
   "scopes" : [
      "api",
      "read_repository"
   ],
   "active" : true,
   "name" : "test",
   "revoked" : false,
   "created_at" : "2021-01-21T19:35:37.921Z",
   "user_id" : 166,
   "id" : 58,
   "expires_at" : "2021-01-31",
   "token" : "D4y...Wzr",
   "access_level": 30
}

Rotate a group access token

Introduced in GitLab 16.0

Rotate a group access token. Revokes the previous token and creates a new token that expires in one week.

POST /groups/:id/access_tokens/:token_id/rotate
AttributeTyperequiredDescription
idinteger or stringyesID or URL-encoded path of the group
token_idinteger or stringyesID of the project access token
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/<group_id>/access_tokens/<token_id>/rotate"

Example response:

{
    "id": 42,
    "name": "Rotated Token",
    "revoked": false,
    "created_at": "2023-08-01T15:00:00.000Z",
    "scopes": ["api"],
    "user_id": 1337,
    "last_used_at": null,
    "active": true,
    "expires_at": "2023-08-15",
    "access_level": 30,
    "token": "s3cr3t"
}

Responses

  • 200: OK if existing token is successfully revoked and the new token is created.
  • 400: Bad Request if not rotated successfully.
  • 401: Unauthorized if either the:
    • User does not have access to the token with the specified ID.
    • Token with the specified ID does not exist.
  • 404: Not Found if the user is an administrator but the token with the specified ID does not exist.

Automatic reuse detection

Refer to automatic reuse detection for personal access tokens for more information.

Revoke a group access token

Introduced in GitLab 14.7.

Revoke a group access token.

DELETE groups/:id/access_tokens/:token_id
AttributeTyperequiredDescription
idinteger or stringyesID or URL-encoded path of the group
token_idinteger or stringyesID of the group access token
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/<group_id>/access_tokens/<token_id>"

Responses

  • 204: No Content if successfully revoked.
  • 400 Bad Request or 404 Not Found if not revoked successfully.