Group relations export API

Introduced in GitLab 13.12.

The group relations export API partially exports a group’s structure as separate files for each top-level relation (for example, milestones, boards, and labels).

The group relations export API is primarily used in group migration by direct transfer and can’t be used with the group import and export API.

Schedule new export

Start a new group relations export: 

POST /groups/:id/export_relations
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes ID of the group owned by the authenticated user.
batched boolean no Whether to export in batches. 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/export_relations"

{
  "message": "202 Accepted"
}

Export status

View the status of the relations export: 

GET /groups/:id/export_relations/status
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes ID of the group owned by the authenticated user.
relation string no Name of the project top-level relation to view. 
curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/export_relations/status"

The status can be one of the following:

  • 0: started
  • 1: finished
  • -1: failed 
[
  {
    "relation": "badges",
    "status": 1,
    "error": null,
    "updated_at": "2021-05-04T11:25:20.423Z",
    "batched": true,
    "batches_count": 1,
    "batches": [
      {
        "status": 1,
        "batch_number": 1,
        "objects_count": 1,
        "error": null,
        "updated_at": "2021-05-04T11:25:20.423Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "relation": "boards",
    "status": 1,
    "error": null,
    "updated_at": "2021-05-04T11:25:20.085Z",
    "batched": false,
    "batches_count": 0
  }
]

Export download

Download the finished relations export: 

GET /groups/:id/export_relations/download
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes ID of the group owned by the authenticated user.
relation string yes Name of the group top-level relation to download.
batched boolean no Whether the export is batched.
batch_number integer no Number of export batch to download. 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --remote-header-name \
     --remote-name "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/export_relations/download?relation=labels"

ls labels.ndjson.gz
labels.ndjson.gz