Namespaces API
Usernames and group names fall under a special category called namespaces.
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Pagination is used.
List namespaces
Get a list of the namespaces of the authenticated user. If the user is an administrator, a list of all namespaces in the GitLab instance is shown.
GET /namespaces
GET /namespaces?search=foobar
GET /namespaces?owned_only=true
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
search | string | no | Returns a list of namespaces the user is authorized to view based on the search criteria |
owned_only | boolean | no | In GitLab 14.2 and later, returns a list of owned namespaces only |
Example request:
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/namespaces"
Example response:
[
{
"id": 1,
"name": "user1",
"path": "user1",
"kind": "user",
"full_path": "user1",
"parent_id": null,
"avatar_url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/user1",
"billable_members_count": 1,
"plan": "default",
"trial_ends_on": null,
"trial": false,
"root_repository_size": 100,
"projects_count": 3
},
{
"id": 2,
"name": "group1",
"path": "group1",
"kind": "group",
"full_path": "group1",
"parent_id": null,
"avatar_url": null,
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/group1",
"members_count_with_descendants": 2,
"billable_members_count": 2,
"plan": "default",
"trial_ends_on": null,
"trial": false,
"root_repository_size": 100,
"projects_count": 3
},
{
"id": 3,
"name": "bar",
"path": "bar",
"kind": "group",
"full_path": "foo/bar",
"parent_id": 9,
"avatar_url": null,
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/foo/bar",
"members_count_with_descendants": 5,
"billable_members_count": 5,
"plan": "default",
"trial_ends_on": null,
"trial": false,
"root_repository_size": 100,
"projects_count": 3
}
"projects_count": 3
]
Owners also see the plan
property associated with a namespace:
[
{
"id": 1,
"name": "user1",
"plan": "silver",
...
}
]
Users on GitLab.com also see max_seats_used
, seats_in_use
and max_seats_used_changed_at
parameters.
max_seats_used
is the highest number of users the group had. seats_in_use
is
the number of license seats currently being used. max_seats_used_changed_at
shows the date when the max_seats_used
value changed. All the values are updated
once a day.
max_seats_used
and seats_in_use
are non-zero only for namespaces on paid plans.
[
{
"id": 1,
"name": "user1",
"billable_members_count": 2,
"max_seats_used": 3,
"max_seats_used_changed_at":"2023-02-13T12:00:02.000Z",
"seats_in_use": 2,
...
}
]
members_count_with_descendants
, root_repository_size
, projects_count
and plan
.Get namespace by ID
Get a namespace by ID.
GET /namespaces/:id
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id | integer/string | yes | ID or URL-encoded path of the namespace |
Example request:
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/namespaces/2"
Example response:
{
"id": 2,
"name": "group1",
"path": "group1",
"kind": "group",
"full_path": "group1",
"parent_id": null,
"avatar_url": null,
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/group1",
"members_count_with_descendants": 2,
"billable_members_count": 2,
"max_seats_used": 0,
"seats_in_use": 0,
"plan": "default",
"trial_ends_on": null,
"trial": false,
"root_repository_size": 100,
"projects_count": 3
}
Example request:
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/namespaces/group1"
Example response:
{
"id": 2,
"name": "group1",
"path": "group1",
"kind": "group",
"full_path": "group1",
"parent_id": null,
"avatar_url": null,
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/group1",
"members_count_with_descendants": 2,
"billable_members_count": 2,
"max_seats_used": 0,
"seats_in_use": 0,
"plan": "default",
"trial_ends_on": null,
"trial": false,
"root_repository_size": 100
}
Get existence of a namespace
Get existence of a namespace by path. Suggests a new namespace path that does not already exist.
GET /namespaces/:namespace/exists
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
namespace | string | yes | Namespace’s path. |
parent_id | integer | no | The ID of the parent namespace. If no ID is specified, only top-level namespaces are considered. |
Example request:
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/namespaces/my-group/exists?parent_id=1"
Example response:
{
"exists": true,
"suggests": [
"my-group1"
]
}