- Get job artifacts
- Download the artifacts archive
- Download a single artifact file by job ID
- Download a single artifact file from specific tag or branch
- Keep artifacts
- Delete job artifacts
- Delete project artifacts
Job Artifacts API
Use the job artifacts API to download or delete job artifacts.
Authentication with a CI/CD job token available in the Premium and Ultimate tier.
Get job artifacts
The use of CI_JOB_TOKEN
in the artifacts download API was introduced in GitLab Premium 9.5.
Get the job’s artifacts zipped archive of a project.
If you use cURL to download artifacts from GitLab.com, use the --location
parameter
as the request might redirect through a CND.
GET /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/artifacts
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id | integer/string | Yes | ID or URL-encoded path of the project. |
job_id | integer | Yes | ID of a job. |
job_token
| string | No | To be used with triggers for multi-project pipelines. It should be invoked only in a CI/CD job defined in the .gitlab-ci.yml file. The value is always $CI_JOB_TOKEN . The job associated with the $CI_JOB_TOKEN must be running when this token is used. |
Example request using the PRIVATE-TOKEN
header:
curl --location --output artifacts.zip --location --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/42/artifacts"
In the Premium and Ultimate tier you can authenticate with this endpoint in a CI/CD job by using a CI/CD job token.
Use either:
-
The
job_token
attribute with the GitLab-providedCI_JOB_TOKEN
predefined variable. For example, the following job downloads the artifacts of the job with ID42
:artifact_download: stage: test script: - 'curl --location --output artifacts.zip "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/42/artifacts?job_token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN"'
-
The
JOB-TOKEN
header with the GitLab-providedCI_JOB_TOKEN
predefined variable. For example, the following job downloads the artifacts of the job with ID42
. The command is wrapped in single quotes because it contains a colon (:
):artifact_download: stage: test script: - 'curl --location --output artifacts.zip --header "JOB-TOKEN: $CI_JOB_TOKEN" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/42/artifacts"'
Possible response status codes:
Status | Description |
---|---|
200 | Serves the artifacts file. |
404 | Build not found or no artifacts. |
Download the artifacts archive
The use of CI_JOB_TOKEN
in the artifacts download API was introduced in GitLab Premium 9.5.
Download the artifacts zipped archive from the latest successful pipeline for the given reference name and job, provided the job finished successfully. This is the same as getting the job’s artifacts, but by defining the job’s name instead of its ID.
If you use cURL to download artifacts from GitLab.com, use the --location
parameter
as the request might redirect through a CND.
GET /projects/:id/jobs/artifacts/:ref_name/download?job=name
Parameters
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id | integer/string | Yes | ID or URL-encoded path of the project. |
ref_name | string | Yes | Branch or tag name in repository. HEAD or SHA references are not supported. |
job | string | Yes | The name of the job. |
job_token
| string | No | To be used with triggers for multi-project pipelines. It should be invoked only in a CI/CD job defined in the .gitlab-ci.yml file. The value is always $CI_JOB_TOKEN . The job associated with the $CI_JOB_TOKEN must be running when this token is used. |
Example request using the PRIVATE-TOKEN
header:
curl --location --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/artifacts/main/download?job=test"
In the Premium and Ultimate tier you can authenticate with this endpoint in a CI/CD job by using a CI/CD job token.
Use either:
-
The
job_token
attribute with the GitLab-providedCI_JOB_TOKEN
predefined variable. For example, the following job downloads the artifacts of thetest
job of themain
branch:artifact_download: stage: test script: - 'curl --location --output artifacts.zip "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/jobs/artifacts/main/download?job=test&job_token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN"'
-
The
JOB-TOKEN
header with the GitLab-providedCI_JOB_TOKEN
predefined variable. For example, the following job downloads the artifacts of thetest
job of themain
branch. The command is wrapped in single quotes because it contains a colon (:
):artifact_download: stage: test script: - 'curl --location --output artifacts.zip --header "JOB-TOKEN: $CI_JOB_TOKEN" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/jobs/artifacts/main/download?job=test"'
Possible response status codes:
Status | Description |
---|---|
200 | Serves the artifacts file. |
404 | Build not found or no artifacts. |
Download a single artifact file by job ID
Download a single artifact file from a job with a specified ID from inside the job’s artifacts zipped archive. The file is extracted from the archive and streamed to the client.
If you use cURL to download artifacts from GitLab.com, use the --location
parameter
as the request might redirect through a CND.
GET /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/artifacts/*artifact_path
Parameters
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id | integer/string | Yes | ID or URL-encoded path of the project. |
job_id | integer | Yes | The unique job identifier. |
artifact_path | string | Yes | Path to a file inside the artifacts archive. |
job_token
| string | No | To be used with triggers for multi-project pipelines. It should be invoked only in a CI/CD job defined in the .gitlab-ci.yml file. The value is always $CI_JOB_TOKEN . The job associated with the $CI_JOB_TOKEN must be running when this token is used. |
Example request:
curl --location --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/5/artifacts/some/release/file.pdf"
In the Premium and Ultimate tier you can authenticate with this endpoint in a CI/CD job by using a CI/CD job token.
Possible response status codes:
Status | Description |
---|---|
200 | Sends a single artifact file |
400 | Invalid path provided |
404 | Build not found or no file/artifacts |
Download a single artifact file from specific tag or branch
Download a single artifact file for a specific job of the latest successful pipeline for the given reference name from inside the job’s artifacts archive. The file is extracted from the archive and streamed to the client.
The artifact file provides more detail than what is available in the CSV export.
Artifacts for parent and child pipelines are searched in hierarchical order from parent to child. For example, if both parent and child pipelines have a job with the same name, the artifact from the parent pipeline is returned.
If you use cURL to download artifacts from GitLab.com, use the --location
parameter
as the request might redirect through a CND.
GET /projects/:id/jobs/artifacts/:ref_name/raw/*artifact_path?job=name
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id | integer/string | Yes | ID or URL-encoded path of the project. |
ref_name | string | Yes | Branch or tag name in repository. HEAD or SHA references are not supported. |
artifact_path | string | Yes | Path to a file inside the artifacts archive. |
job | string | Yes | The name of the job. |
job_token
| string | No | To be used with triggers for multi-project pipelines. It should be invoked only in a CI/CD job defined in the .gitlab-ci.yml file. The value is always $CI_JOB_TOKEN . The job associated with the $CI_JOB_TOKEN must be running when this token is used. |
Example request:
curl --location --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/artifacts/main/raw/some/release/file.pdf?job=pdf"
In the Premium and Ultimate tier you can authenticate with this endpoint in a CI/CD job by using a CI/CD job token.
Possible response status codes:
Status | Description |
---|---|
200 | Sends a single artifact file |
400 | Invalid path provided |
404 | Build not found or no file/artifacts |
Keep artifacts
Prevents artifacts from being deleted when expiration is set.
POST /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/artifacts/keep
Parameters
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id | integer/string | Yes | ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user. |
job_id | integer | Yes | ID of a job. |
Example request:
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/1/artifacts/keep"
Example response:
{
"commit": {
"author_email": "admin@example.com",
"author_name": "Administrator",
"created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
"id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
"message": "Test the CI integration.",
"short_id": "0ff3ae19",
"title": "Test the CI integration."
},
"coverage": null,
"allow_failure": false,
"download_url": null,
"id": 42,
"name": "rubocop",
"ref": "main",
"artifacts": [],
"runner": null,
"stage": "test",
"created_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
"started_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
"finished_at": "2016-01-11T10:15:10.506Z",
"duration": 97.0,
"status": "failed",
"failure_reason": "script_failure",
"tag": false,
"web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/42",
"user": null
}
Delete job artifacts
Delete artifacts of a job.
Prerequisites:
- Must have at least the maintainer role in the project.
DELETE /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/artifacts
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id | integer/string | Yes | ID or URL-encoded path of the project. |
job_id | integer | Yes | ID of a job. |
Example request:
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/1/artifacts"
If the artifacts were deleted successfully, a response with status 204 No Content
is returned.
Delete project artifacts
-
Introduced in GitLab 14.7 with a flag named
bulk_expire_project_artifacts
. Enabled by default on GitLab self-managed. Enabled on GitLab.com. - Feature flag removed in GitLab 14.10.
Delete artifacts eligible for deletion in a project. By default, artifacts from the most recent successful pipeline of each ref. are not deleted.
Requests to this endpoint set the expiry of all artifacts that can be deleted to the current time. The files are then deleted from the system as part of the regular cleanup of expired job artifacts. Job logs are never deleted.
The regular cleanup occurs asynchronously on a schedule, so there might be a short delay before artifacts are deleted.
Prerequisite:
- You must have at least the Maintainer role for the project.
DELETE /projects/:id/artifacts
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id | integer/string | Yes | ID or URL-encoded path of the project. |
Example request:
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/artifacts"
A response with status 202 Accepted
is returned.