Internal API

The internal API is used by different GitLab components, it cannot be used by other consumers. This documentation is intended for people working on the GitLab codebase.

This documentation does not yet include the internal API used by GitLab Pages.

Add new endpoints

API endpoints should be externally accessible by default, with proper authentication and authorization. Before adding a new internal endpoint, consider if the API would potentially be useful to the wider GitLab community and can be made externally accessible.

One reason we might favor internal API endpoints sometimes is when using such an endpoint requires internal data that external actors cannot have. For example, in the internal Pages API we might use a secret token that identifies a request as internal or sign a request with a public key that is not available to a wider community.

Another reason to separate something into an internal API is when request to such API endpoint should never go through an edge (public) load balancer. This way we can configure different rate limiting rules and policies around how the endpoint is being accessed, because we know that only internal requests can be made to that endpoint going through an internal load balancer.

Authentication

These methods are all authenticated using a shared secret. This secret is stored in a file at the path configured in config/gitlab.yml by default this is in the root of the rails app named .gitlab_shell_secret

To authenticate using that token, clients:

  1. Read the contents of that file.
  2. Use the file contents to generate a JSON Web Token (JWT).
  3. Pass the JWT in the Gitlab-Shell-Api-Request header.

Git Authentication

This is called by Gitaly and GitLab Shell to check access to a repository.

  • When called from GitLab Shell: No changes are passed, and the internal API replies with the information needed to pass the request on to Gitaly.
  • When called from Gitaly in a pre-receive hook: The changes are passed and validated to determine if the push is allowed.

Calls are limited to 50 seconds each.

This endpoint is covered in more detail on its own page, due to the scope of what it covers.

POST /internal/allowed
Attribute Type Required Description
key_id string no ID of the SSH-key used to connect to GitLab Shell
username string no Username from the certificate used to connect to GitLab Shell
project string no (if gl_repository is passed) Path to the project
gl_repository string no (if project is passed) Repository identifier, such as project-7
protocol string yes SSH when called from GitLab Shell, HTTP or SSH when called from Gitaly
action string yes Git command being run (git-upload-pack, git-receive-pack, git-upload-archive)
changes string yes <oldrev> <newrev> <refname> when called from Gitaly, the magic string _any when called from GitLab Shell
check_ip string no IP address from which call to GitLab Shell was made

Example request:

curl --request POST --header "Gitlab-Shell-Api-Request: <JWT token>" \
     --data "key_id=11&project=gnuwget/wget2&action=git-upload-pack&protocol=ssh" \
     "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/internal/allowed"

Example response:

{
  "status": true,
  "gl_repository": "project-3",
  "gl_project_path": "gnuwget/wget2",
  "gl_id": "user-1",
  "gl_username": "root",
  "git_config_options": [],
  "gitaly": {
    "repository": {
      "storage_name": "default",
      "relative_path": "@hashed/4e/07/4e07408562bedb8b60ce05c1decfe3ad16b72230967de01f640b7e4729b49fce.git",
      "git_object_directory": "",
      "git_alternate_object_directories": [],
      "gl_repository": "project-3",
      "gl_project_path": "gnuwget/wget2"
    },
    "address": "unix:/Users/bvl/repos/gitlab/gitaly.socket",
    "token": null
  },
  "gl_console_messages": []
}

Known consumers

  • Gitaly
  • GitLab Shell

LFS Authentication

This is the endpoint that gets called from GitLab Shell to provide information for LFS clients when the repository is accessed over SSH.

Attribute Type Required Description
key_id string no ID of the SSH-key used to connect to GitLab Shell
username string no Username from the certificate used to connect to GitLab Shell
project string no Path to the project

Example request:

curl --request POST --header "Gitlab-Shell-Api-Request: <JWT token>" \
     --data "key_id=11&project=gnuwget/wget2" "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/internal/lfs_authenticate"
{
  "username": "root",
  "lfs_token": "eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJkYXRhIjp7ImFjdG9yIjoicm9vdCJ9LCJqdGkiOiIyYWJhZDcxZC0xNDFlLTQ2NGUtOTZlMi1mODllYWRiMGVmZTYiLCJpYXQiOjE1NzAxMTc2NzYsIm5iZiI6MTU3MDExNzY3MSwiZXhwIjoxNTcwMTE5NDc2fQ.g7atlBw1QMY7QEBVPE0LZ8ZlKtaRzaMRmNn41r2YITM",
  "repository_http_path": "http://localhost:3001/gnuwget/wget2.git",
  "expires_in": 1800
}

Known consumers

  • GitLab Shell

Authorized Keys Check

This endpoint is called by the GitLab Shell authorized keys check. Which is called by OpenSSH or GitLab SSHD for fast SSH key lookup.

Attribute Type Required Description
key string yes An authorized key used for public key authentication.
GET /internal/authorized_keys

Example request:

curl --request GET --header "Gitlab-Shell-Api-Request: <JWT token>" "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/internal/authorized_keys?key=<key>"

Example response:

{
  "id": 11,
  "title": "admin@example.com",
  "key": "ssh-rsa ...",
  "created_at": "2019-06-27T15:29:02.219Z"
}

Known consumers

  • GitLab Shell

Authorized Certs

This endpoint is called by the GitLab Shell to get the namespace that has a particular CA SSH certificate configured. It also accepts user_identifier to return a GitLab user for specified identifier.

Attribute Type Required Description
key string yes The fingerprint of the SSH certificate.
user_identifier string yes The identifier of the user to whom the SSH certificate has been issued (username or primary email).
GET /internal/authorized_certs

Example request:

curl --request GET --header "Gitlab-Shell-Api-Request: <JWT token>" "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/internal/authorized_certs?key=<key>&user_identifier=<user_identifier>"

Example response:

{
  "success": true,
  "namespace": "gitlab-org",
  "username": "root"
}

Known consumers

  • GitLab Shell

Get user for user ID or key

This endpoint is used when a user performs ssh git@gitlab.com. It discovers the user associated with an SSH key.

Attribute Type Required Description
key_id integer no The ID of the SSH key used as found in the authorized-keys file or through the /authorized_keys check
username string no Username of the user being looked up, used by GitLab Shell when authenticating using a certificate
GET /internal/discover

Example request:

curl --request GET --header "Gitlab-Shell-Api-Request: <JWT token>" "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/internal/discover?key_id=7"

Example response:

{
  "id": 7,
  "name": "Dede Eichmann",
  "username": "rubi"
}

Known consumers

  • GitLab Shell

Instance information

This gets some generic information about the instance. This is used by Geo nodes to get information about each other.

GET /internal/check

Example request:

curl --request GET --header "Gitlab-Shell-Api-Request: <JWT token>" "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/internal/check"

Example response:

{
  "api_version": "v4",
  "gitlab_version": "12.3.0-pre",
  "gitlab_rev": "d69c988e6a6",
  "redis": true
}

Known consumers

  • GitLab Geo
  • GitLab Shell’s bin/check
  • Gitaly

Get new 2FA recovery codes using an SSH key

This is called from GitLab Shell and allows users to get new 2FA recovery codes based on their SSH key.

Attribute Type Required Description
key_id integer no The ID of the SSH key used as found in the authorized-keys file or through the /authorized_keys check
user_id integer no Deprecated User ID for which to generate new recovery codes
GET /internal/two_factor_recovery_codes

Example request:

curl --request POST --header "Gitlab-Shell-Api-Request: <JWT token>" \
     --data "key_id=7" "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/internal/two_factor_recovery_codes"

Example response:

{
  "success": true,
  "recovery_codes": [
    "d93ee7037944afd5",
    "19d7b84862de93dd",
    "1e8c52169195bf71",
    "be50444dddb7ca84",
    "26048c77d161d5b7",
    "482d5c03d1628c47",
    "d2c695e309ce7679",
    "dfb4748afc4f12a7",
    "0e5f53d1399d7979",
    "af04d5622153b020"
  ]
}

Known consumers

  • GitLab Shell

Get new personal access-token

This is called from GitLab Shell and allows users to generate a new personal access token.

Attribute Type Required Description
name string yes The name of the new token
scopes string array yes The authorization scopes for the new token, these must be valid token scopes
expires_at string no The expiry date for the new token
key_id integer no The ID of the SSH key used as found in the authorized-keys file or through the /authorized_keys check
user_id integer no User ID for which to generate the new token
POST /internal/personal_access_token

Example request:

curl --request POST --header "Gitlab-Shell-Api-Request: <JWT token>" \
     --data "user_id=29&name=mytokenname&scopes[]=read_user&scopes[]=read_repository&expires_at=2020-07-24" \
     "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/internal/personal_access_token"

Example response:

{
  "success": true,
  "token": "Hf_79B288hRv_3-TSD1R",
  "scopes": ["read_user","read_repository"],
  "expires_at": "2020-07-24"
}

Known consumers

  • GitLab Shell

Authenticate Error Tracking requests

This endpoint is called by the error tracking Go REST API application to authenticate a project. > Introduced in GitLab 15.1.

Attribute Type Required Description
project_id integer yes The ID of the project which has the associated key.
public_key string yes The public key generated by the integrated Error Tracking feature.
POST /internal/error_tracking/allowed

Example request:

curl --request POST --header "Gitlab-Shell-Api-Request: <JWT token>" \
     --data "project_id=111&public_key=generated-error-tracking-key" \
          "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/internal/error_tracking/allowed"

Example response:

{ "enabled": true }

Known consumers

  • OpsTrace

Incrementing counter on pre-receive

This is called from the Gitaly hooks increasing the reference counter for a push that might be accepted.

Attribute Type Required Description
gl_repository string yes repository identifier for the repository receiving the push
POST /internal/pre_receive

Example request:

curl --request POST --header "Gitlab-Shell-Api-Request: <JWT token>" \
     --data "gl_repository=project-7" "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/internal/pre_receive"

Example response:

{
  "reference_counter_increased": true
}

PostReceive

Called from Gitaly after a receiving a push. This triggers the PostReceive-worker in Sidekiq, processes the passed push options and builds the response including messages that need to be displayed to the user.

Attribute Type Required Description
identifier string yes user-[id] or key-[id] Identifying the user performing the push
gl_repository string yes identifier of the repository being pushed to
push_options string array no array of push options
changes string no refs to be updated in the push in the format oldrev newrev refname\n.
POST /internal/post_receive

Example Request:

curl --request POST --header "Gitlab-Shell-Api-Request: <JWT token>" \
     --data "gl_repository=project-7" --data "identifier=user-1" \
     --data "changes=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 fd9e76b9136bdd9fe217061b497745792fe5a5ee gh-pages\n" \
     "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/internal/post_receive"

Example response:

{
  "messages": [
    {
      "message": "Hello from post-receive",
      "type": "alert"
    }
  ],
  "reference_counter_decreased": true
}

GitLab agent endpoints

Version history

The following endpoints are used by the GitLab agent server (kas) for various purposes.

These endpoints are all authenticated using JWT. The JWT secret is stored in a file specified in config/gitlab.yml. By default, the location is in the root of the GitLab Rails app in a file called .gitlab_kas_secret.

GitLab agent information

Called from GitLab agent server (kas) to retrieve agent information for the given agent token. This returns the Gitaly connection information for the agent’s project in order for kas to fetch and update the agent’s configuration.

GET /internal/kubernetes/agent_info

Example Request:

curl --request GET --header "Gitlab-Kas-Api-Request: <JWT token>" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <agent token>" "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/internal/kubernetes/agent_info"

GitLab agent project information

Called from GitLab agent server (kas) to retrieve project information for the given agent token. This returns the Gitaly connection for the requested project. GitLab kas uses this to configure the agent to fetch Kubernetes resources from the project repository to sync.

Only public projects are supported. For private projects, the ability for the agent to be authorized is not yet implemented.

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
GET /internal/kubernetes/project_info

Example Request:

curl --request GET --header "Gitlab-Kas-Api-Request: <JWT token>" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <agent token>" "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/internal/kubernetes/project_info?id=7"

GitLab agent usage metrics

Called from GitLab agent server (kas) to increase the usage metric counters.

Attribute Type Required Description
counters hash no Hash of counters
counters["k8s_api_proxy_request"] integer no The number to increase the k8s_api_proxy_request counter by
counters["gitops_sync"] integer no The number to increase the gitops_sync counter by
counters["flux_git_push_notifications_total"] integer no The number to increase the flux_git_push_notifications_total counter by
counters["k8s_api_proxy_requests_via_ci_access"] integer no The number to increase the k8s_api_proxy_requests_via_ci_access counter by
counters["k8s_api_proxy_requests_via_user_access"] integer no The number to increase the k8s_api_proxy_requests_via_user_access counter by
counters["k8s_api_proxy_requests_via_pat_access"] integer no The number to increase the k8s_api_proxy_requests_via_pat_access counter by
unique_counters hash no Array of unique numbers
unique_counters["agent_users_using_ci_tunnel"] integer array no The set of unique user ids that have interacted a CI Tunnel to track the agent_users_using_ci_tunnel metric event
unique_counters["k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_ci_access"] integer array no The set of unique user ids that have interacted a CI Tunnel via ci_access to track the k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_ci_access metric event
unique_counters["k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_agents_via_ci_access"] integer array no The set of unique agent ids that have interacted a CI Tunnel via ci_access to track the k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_agents_via_ci_access metric event
unique_counters["k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_user_access"] integer array no The set of unique user ids that have interacted a CI Tunnel via user_access to track the k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_user_access metric event
unique_counters["k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_agents_via_user_access"] integer array no The set of unique agent ids that have interacted a CI Tunnel via user_access to track the k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_agents_via_user_access metric event
unique_counters["k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_pat_access"] integer array no The set of unique user ids that have used the KAS Kubernetes API proxy via PAT to track the k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_pat_access metric event
unique_counters["k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_agents_via_pat_access"] integer array no The set of unique agent ids that have used the KAS Kubernetes API proxy via PAT to track the k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_agents_via_pat_access metric event
unique_counters["flux_git_push_notified_unique_projects"] integer array no The set of unique projects ids that have been notified to reconcile their Flux workloads to track the flux_git_push_notified_unique_projects metric event
POST /internal/kubernetes/usage_metrics

Example Request:

curl --request POST --header "Gitlab-Kas-Api-Request: <JWT token>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     --data '{"counters": {"gitops_sync":1}}' "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/internal/kubernetes/usage_metrics"

GitLab agent events

Called from GitLab agent server (kas) to track events.

Attribute Type Required Description
events hash no Hash of events
events["k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_ci_access"] hash array no Array of events for k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_ci_access
events["k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_ci_access"]["user_id"] integer no The user ID for the event
events["k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_ci_access"]["project_id"] integer no The project ID for the event
events["k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_user_access"] hash array no Array of events for k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_user_access
events["k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_user_access"]["user_id"] integer no The user ID for the event
events["k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_user_access"]["project_id"] integer no The project ID for the event
events["k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_pat_access"] hash array no Array of events for k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_pat_access
events["k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_pat_access"]["user_id"] integer no The user ID for the event
events["k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_pat_access"]["project_id"] integer no The project ID for the event
POST /internal/kubernetes/agent_events

Example Request:

curl --request POST \
  --url "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/internal/kubernetes/agent_events" \
  --header "Gitlab-Kas-Api-Request: <JWT token>" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
    "events": {
      "k8s_api_proxy_requests_unique_users_via_ci_access": [
        {
          "user_id": 1,
          "project_id": 1
        }
      ]
    }
  }'

Create Starboard vulnerability

Called from the GitLab agent server (kas) to create a security vulnerability from a Starboard vulnerability report. This request is idempotent. Multiple requests with the same data create a single vulnerability. The response contains the UUID of the created vulnerability finding.

Attribute Type Required Description
vulnerability Hash yes Vulnerability data matching the security report schema vulnerability field.
scanner Hash yes Scanner data matching the security report schema scanner field.
PUT internal/kubernetes/modules/starboard_vulnerability

Example Request:

curl --request PUT --header "Gitlab-Kas-Api-Request: <JWT token>" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <agent token>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     --url "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/internal/kubernetes/modules/starboard_vulnerability" \
     --data '{
  "vulnerability": {
    "name": "CVE-123-4567 in libc",
    "severity": "high",
    "confidence": "unknown",
    "location": {
      "kubernetes_resource": {
        "namespace": "production",
        "kind": "deployment",
        "name": "nginx",
        "container": "nginx"
      }
    },
    "identifiers": [
      {
        "type": "cve",
        "name": "CVE-123-4567",
        "value": "CVE-123-4567"
      }
    ]
  },
  "scanner": {
    "id": "starboard_trivy",
    "name": "Trivy (via Starboard Operator)",
    "vendor": "GitLab"
  }
}'

Example response:

{
  "uuid": "4773b2ee-5ba5-5e9f-b48c-5f7a17f0faac"
}

Resolve Starboard vulnerabilities

Called from the GitLab agent server (kas) to resolve Starboard security vulnerabilities. Accepts a list of finding UUIDs and marks all Starboard vulnerabilities not identified by the list as resolved.

Attribute Type Required Description
uuids string array yes UUIDs of detected vulnerabilities, as collected from Create Starboard vulnerability responses.
POST internal/kubernetes/modules/starboard_vulnerability/scan_result

Example Request:

curl --request POST --header "Gitlab-Kas-Api-Request: <JWT token>" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <agent token>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     --url "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/internal/kubernetes/modules/starboard_vulnerability/scan_result" \
     --data '{ "uuids": ["102e8a0a-fe29-59bd-b46c-57c3e9bc6411", "5eb12985-0ed5-51f4-b545-fd8871dc2870"] }'

Scan Execution Policies

Called from GitLab agent server (kas) to retrieve scan_execution_policies configured for the project belonging to the agent token. GitLab kas uses this to configure the agent to scan images in the Kubernetes cluster based on the policy.

GET /internal/kubernetes/modules/starboard_vulnerability/scan_execution_policies

Example Request:

curl --request GET --header "Gitlab-Kas-Api-Request: <JWT token>" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <agent token>" "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/internal/kubernetes/modules/starboard_vulnerability/scan_execution_policies"

Example response:

{
  "policies": [
    {
      "name": "Policy",
      "description": "Policy description",
      "enabled": true,
      "yaml": "---\nname: Policy\ndescription: 'Policy description'\nenabled: true\nactions:\n- scan: container_scanning\nrules:\n- type: pipeline\n  branches:\n  - main\n",
      "updated_at": "2022-06-02T05:36:26+00:00"
    }
  ]
}

Policy Configuration

Called from GitLab agent server (kas) to retrieve policies_configuration configured for the project belonging to the agent token. GitLab kas uses this to configure the agent to scan images in the Kubernetes cluster based on the configuration.

GET /internal/kubernetes/modules/starboard_vulnerability/policies_configuration

Example Request:

curl --request GET --header "Gitlab-Kas-Api-Request: <JWT token>" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <agent token>" "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/internal/kubernetes/modules/starboard_vulnerability/policies_configuration"

Example response:

{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "cadence": "30 2 * * *",
      "namespaces": [
        "namespace-a",
        "namespace-b"
      ],
      "updated_at": "2022-06-02T05:36:26+00:00"
    }
  ]
}

Subscriptions

The subscriptions endpoint is used by CustomersDot (customers.gitlab.com) to apply subscriptions including trials, and add-on purchases, for personal namespaces or top-level groups within GitLab.com.

Create a subscription

Use a POST command to create a subscription.

POST /namespaces/:id/gitlab_subscription
Attribute Type Required Description
start_date date yes Start date of subscription
end_date date no End date of subscription
plan_code string no Subscription tier code
seats integer no Number of seats in subscription
max_seats_used integer no Highest number of active users in the last month
auto_renew boolean no Whether subscription auto-renews on end date
trial boolean no Whether subscription is a trial
trial_starts_on date no Start date of trial
trial_ends_on date no End date of trial

Example request:

curl --request POST --header "TOKEN: <admin_access_token>" "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/namespaces/1234/gitlab_subscription?start_date="2020-07-15"&plan="premium"&seats=10"

Example response:

{
  "plan": {
    "code":"premium",
    "name":"premium",
    "trial":false,
    "auto_renew":null,
    "upgradable":false,
  },
  "usage": {
    "seats_in_subscription":10,
    "seats_in_use":1,
    "max_seats_used":0,
    "seats_owed":0
  },
  "billing": {
    "subscription_start_date":"2020-07-15",
    "subscription_end_date":null,
    "trial_ends_on":null
  }
}

Update a subscription

Use a PUT command to update an existing subscription.

PUT /namespaces/:id/gitlab_subscription
Attribute Type Required Description
start_date date no Start date of subscription
end_date date no End date of subscription
plan_code string no Subscription tier code
seats integer no Number of seats in subscription
max_seats_used integer no Highest number of active users in the last month
auto_renew boolean no Whether subscription auto-renews on end date
trial boolean no Whether subscription is a trial
trial_starts_on date no Start date of trial. Required if trial is true.
trial_ends_on date no End date of trial

Example request:

curl --request PUT --header "TOKEN: <admin_access_token>" "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/namespaces/1234/gitlab_subscription?max_seats_used=0"

Example response:

{
  "plan": {
    "code":"premium",
    "name":"premium",
    "trial":false,
    "auto_renew":null,
    "upgradable":false,
  },
  "usage": {
    "seats_in_subscription":80,
    "seats_in_use":82,
    "max_seats_used":0,
    "seats_owed":2
  },
  "billing": {
    "subscription_start_date":"2020-07-15",
    "subscription_end_date":"2021-07-15",
    "trial_ends_on":null
  }
}

Retrieve a subscription

Use a GET command to view an existing subscription.

GET /namespaces/:id/gitlab_subscription

Example request:

curl --header "TOKEN: <admin_access_token>" "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/namespaces/1234/gitlab_subscription"

Example response:

{
  "plan": {
    "code":"premium",
    "name":"premium",
    "trial":false,
    "auto_renew":null,
    "upgradable":false,
    "exclude_guests":false,
  },
  "usage": {
    "seats_in_subscription":80,
    "seats_in_use":82,
    "max_seats_used":82,
    "seats_owed":2
  },
  "billing": {
    "subscription_start_date":"2020-07-15",
    "subscription_end_date":"2021-07-15",
    "trial_ends_on":null
  }
}

Known consumers

  • CustomersDot

Subscription add-on purchases (excluding storage and compute packs)

The subscription add-on purchase endpoint is used by CustomersDot (customers.gitlab.com) to apply subscription add-on purchases like Code Suggestions for personal namespaces, or top-level groups within GitLab.com. It is not used to apply storage and compute pack purchases.

Create a subscription add-on purchase

Use a POST command to create a subscription add-on purchase.

POST /namespaces/:id/subscription_add_on_purchase/:add_on_name
Attribute Type Required Description
quantity integer yes Amount of units in the subscription add-on purchase (Example: Number of seats for a Code Suggestions add-on)
expires_on date yes Expiration date of the subscription add-on purchase
purchase_xid string yes Identifier for the subscription add-on purchase (Example: Subscription name for a Code Suggestions add-on)

Example request:

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <admin_access_token>" "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/namespaces/1234/subscription_add_on_purchase/code_suggestions?&quantity=10&expires_on="2024-07-15"&purchase_xid="A-S12345678""

Example response:

{
  "namespace_id":1234,
  "namespace_name":"A Namespace Name",
  "add_on":"Code Suggestions",
  "quantity":10,
  "expires_on":"2024-07-15",
  "purchase_xid":"A-S12345678"
}

Update a subscription add-on purchases

Use a PUT command to update an existing subscription add-on purchase.

PUT /namespaces/:id/subscription_add_on_purchase/:add_on_name
Attribute Type Required Description
quantity integer no Amount of units in the subscription add-on purchase (Example: Number of seats for a Code Suggestions add-on)
expires_on date yes Expiration date of the subscription add-on purchase
purchase_xid string no Identifier for the subscription add-on purchase (Example: Subscription name for a Code Suggestions add-on)

Example request:

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <admin_access_token>" "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/namespaces/1234/subscription_add_on_purchase/code_suggestions?&quantity=15&expires_on="2024-07-15"&purchase_xid="A-S12345678""

Example response:

{
  "namespace_id":1234,
  "namespace_name":"A Namespace Name",
  "add_on":"Code Suggestions",
  "quantity":15,
  "expires_on":"2024-07-15",
  "purchase_xid":"A-S12345678"
}

Retrieve a subscription add-on purchases

Use a GET command to view an existing subscription add-on purchase.

GET /namespaces/:id/subscription_add_on_purchase/:add_on_name

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <admin_access_token>" "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/namespaces/1234/subscription_add_on_purchase/code_suggestions"

Example response:

{
  "namespace_id":1234,
  "namespace_name":"A Namespace Name",
  "add_on":"Code Suggestions",
  "quantity":15,
  "expires_on":"2024-07-15",
  "purchase_xid":"A-S12345678"
}

Known consumers

  • CustomersDot

Storage limit exclusions

The namespace storage limit exclusion endpoints manage storage limit exclusions on top-level namespaces on GitLab.com. These endpoints can only be consumed in the Admin Area of GitLab.com.

Retrieve storage limit exclusions

Use a GET request to retrieve all Namespaces::Storage::LimitExclusion records.

GET /namespaces/storage/limit_exclusions

Example request:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://gitlab.com/v4/namespaces/storage/limit_exclusions" \
  --header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: <admin access token>'

Example response:

[
    {
      "id": 1,
      "namespace_id": 1234,
      "namespace_name": "A Namespace Name",
      "reason": "a reason to exclude the Namespace"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "namespace_id": 4321,
      "namespace_name": "Another Namespace Name",
      "reason": "another reason to exclude the Namespace"
    },
]

Create a storage limit exclusion

Use a POST request to create an Namespaces::Storage::LimitExclusion.

POST /namespaces/:id/storage/limit_exclusion
Attribute Type Required Description
reason string yes The reason to exclude the namespace.

Example request:

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://gitlab.com/v4/namespaces/123/storage/limit_exclusion" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: <admin access token>' \
  --data '{
    "reason": "a reason to exclude the Namespace"
  }'

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "namespace_id": 1234,
  "namespace_name": "A Namespace Name",
  "reason": "a reason to exclude the Namespace"
}

Delete a storage limit exclusion

Use a DELETE request to delete a Namespaces::Storage::LimitExclusion for a namespace.

DELETE /namespaces/:id/storage/limit_exclusion

Example request:

curl --request DELETE \
  --url "https://gitlab.com/v4/namespaces/123/storage/limit_exclusion" \
  --header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: <admin access token>'

Example response:

204

Known consumers

  • GitLab.com Admin Area

Compute quota provisioning

Renamed from “CI/CD minutes” to “compute quota” and “compute minutes” in GitLab 16.1.

The compute quota endpoints are used by CustomersDot (customers.gitlab.com) to apply additional packs of compute minutes, for personal namespaces or top-level groups in GitLab.com.

Create an additional pack

Use a POST command to create additional packs.

POST /namespaces/:id/minutes
Attribute Type Required Description
packs array yes An array of purchased compute packs
packs[expires_at] date yes Expiry date of the purchased pack
packs[number_of_minutes] integer yes Number of additional compute minutes
packs[purchase_xid] string yes The unique ID of the purchase

Example request:

curl --request POST \
  --url "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/namespaces/123/minutes" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: <admin access token>' \
  --data '{
    "packs": [
      {
        "number_of_minutes": 10000,
        "expires_at": "2022-01-01",
        "purchase_xid": "46952fe69bebc1a4de10b2b4ff439d0c"
      }
    ]
  }'

Example response:

[
  {
    "namespace_id": 123,
    "expires_at": "2022-01-01",
    "number_of_minutes": 10000,
    "purchase_xid": "46952fe69bebc1a4de10b2b4ff439d0c"
  }
]

Move additional packs

Use a PATCH command to move additional packs from one namespace to another.

PATCH /namespaces/:id/minutes/move/:target_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id string yes The ID of the namespace to transfer packs from
target_id string yes The ID of the target namespace to transfer the packs to

Example request:

curl --request PATCH \
  --url "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/namespaces/123/minutes/move/321" \
  --header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: <admin access token>'

Example response:

{
  "message": "202 Accepted"
}

Known consumers

  • CustomersDot

Upcoming reconciliations

The upcoming_reconciliations endpoint is used by CustomersDot (customers.gitlab.com) to update upcoming reconciliations for namespaces.

Update upcoming_reconciliations

Use a PUT command to update upcoming_reconciliations.

PUT /internal/upcoming_reconciliations
Attribute Type Required Description
upcoming_reconciliations array yes Array of upcoming reconciliations

Each array element contains:

Attribute Type Required Description
namespace_id integer yes ID of the namespace to be reconciled
next_reconciliation_date date yes Date of the next reconciliation
display_alert_from date yes Start date to display alert of upcoming reconciliation

Example request:

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <admin_access_token>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     --data '{"upcoming_reconciliations": [{"namespace_id": 127, "next_reconciliation_date": "13 Jun 2021", "display_alert_from": "06 Jun 2021"}, {"namespace_id": 129, "next_reconciliation_date": "12 Jun 2021", "display_alert_from": "05 Jun 2021"}]}' \
     "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/internal/upcoming_reconciliations"

Example response:

200

Delete an upcoming_reconciliation

Use a DELETE command to delete an upcoming_reconciliation.

DELETE /internal/upcoming_reconciliations
Attribute Type Required Description
namespace_id integer yes The ID of the GitLab.com namespace that no longer has an upcoming reconciliation.

Example request:

curl --request DELETE \
  --url "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/internal/upcoming_reconciliations?namespace_id=22" \
  --header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: <admin_access_token>'

Example response:

204

Known consumers

  • CustomersDot

Group SCIM API Premium SaaS

Introduced in GitLab 11.10.

The group SCIM API partially implements the RFC7644 protocol. This API provides the /groups/:group_path/Users and /groups/:group_path/Users/:id endpoints. The base URL is <http|https>://<GitLab host>/api/scim/v2. Because this API is for system use for SCIM provider integration, it is subject to change without notice.

To use this API, enable Group SSO for the group. This API is only in use where SCIM for Group SSO is enabled. It’s a prerequisite to the creation of SCIM identities.

This group SCIM API:

  • Is for system use for SCIM provider integration.
  • Implements the RFC7644 protocol.
  • Gets a list of SCIM provisioned users for the group.
  • Creates, deletes and updates SCIM provisioned users for the group.

The instance SCIM API does the same for instances.

This group SCIM API is different to the SCIM API. The SCIM API:

  • Is not an internal API.
  • Does not implement the RFC7644 protocol.
  • Gets, checks, updates, and deletes SCIM identities within groups.
note
This API does not require the Gitlab-Shell-Api-Request header.

Get a list of SCIM provisioned users

This endpoint is used as part of the SCIM syncing mechanism. It returns a list of users depending on the filter used.

GET /api/scim/v2/groups/:group_path/Users

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
filter string no A filter expression.
group_path string yes Full path to the group.
startIndex integer no The 1-based index indicating where to start returning results from. A value of less than one is interpreted as 1.
count integer no Desired maximum number of query results.
note
Pagination follows the SCIM spec rather than GitLab pagination as used elsewhere. If records change between requests it is possible for a page to either be missing records that have moved to a different page or repeat records from a previous request.

Example request filtering on a specific identifier:

curl "https://gitlab.example.com/api/scim/v2/groups/test_group/Users?filter=id%20eq%20%220b1d561c-21ff-4092-beab-8154b17f82f2%22" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <your_scim_token>" \
     --header "Content-Type: application/scim+json"

Example response:

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:ListResponse"
  ],
  "totalResults": 1,
  "itemsPerPage": 20,
  "startIndex": 1,
  "Resources": [
    {
      "schemas": [
        "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"
      ],
      "id": "0b1d561c-21ff-4092-beab-8154b17f82f2",
      "active": true,
      "name.formatted": "Test User",
      "userName": "username",
      "meta": { "resourceType":"User" },
      "emails": [
        {
          "type": "work",
          "value": "name@example.com",
          "primary": true
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Get a single SCIM provisioned user

GET /api/scim/v2/groups/:group_path/Users/:id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id string yes External UID of the user.
group_path string yes Full path to the group.

Example request:

curl "https://gitlab.example.com/api/scim/v2/groups/test_group/Users/f0b1d561c-21ff-4092-beab-8154b17f82f2" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <your_scim_token>" --header "Content-Type: application/scim+json"

Example response:

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"
  ],
  "id": "0b1d561c-21ff-4092-beab-8154b17f82f2",
  "active": true,
  "name.formatted": "Test User",
  "userName": "username",
  "meta": { "resourceType":"User" },
  "emails": [
    {
      "type": "work",
      "value": "name@example.com",
      "primary": true
    }
  ]
}

Create a SCIM provisioned user

POST /api/scim/v2/groups/:group_path/Users/

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
externalId string yes External UID of the user.
userName string yes Username of the user.
emails JSON string yes Work email.
name JSON string yes Name of the user.
meta string no Resource type (User).

Example request:

curl --verbose --request POST "https://gitlab.example.com/api/scim/v2/groups/test_group/Users" \
     --data '{"externalId":"test_uid","active":null,"userName":"username","emails":[{"primary":true,"type":"work","value":"name@example.com"}],"name":{"formatted":"Test User","familyName":"User","givenName":"Test"},"schemas":["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"],"meta":{"resourceType":"User"}}' \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <your_scim_token>" --header "Content-Type: application/scim+json"

Example response:

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"
  ],
  "id": "0b1d561c-21ff-4092-beab-8154b17f82f2",
  "active": true,
  "name.formatted": "Test User",
  "userName": "username",
  "meta": { "resourceType":"User" },
  "emails": [
    {
      "type": "work",
      "value": "name@example.com",
      "primary": true
    }
  ]
}

Returns a 201 status code if successful.

note
After you create a group SCIM identity for a user, you can see that SCIM identity in the Admin Area.

Update a single SCIM provisioned user

Fields that can be updated are:

SCIM/IdP field GitLab field
id/externalId extern_uid
name.formatted name (Removed)
emails\[type eq "work"\].value email (Removed)
active Identity removal if active = false
userName username (Removed)
PATCH /api/scim/v2/groups/:group_path/Users/:id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id string yes External UID of the user.
group_path string yes Full path to the group.
Operations JSON string yes An operations expression.

Example request to update the user’s id:

curl --verbose --request PATCH "https://gitlab.example.com/api/scim/v2/groups/test_group/Users/f0b1d561c-21ff-4092-beab-8154b17f82f2" \
     --data '{ "Operations": [{"op":"replace","path":"id","value":"1234abcd"}] }' \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <your_scim_token>" --header "Content-Type: application/scim+json"

Returns an empty response with a 204 status code if successful.

Example request to set the user’s active state:

curl --verbose --request PATCH "https://gitlab.example.com/api/scim/v2/groups/test_group/Users/f0b1d561c-21ff-4092-beab-8154b17f82f2" \
     --data '{ "Operations": [{"op":"replace","path":"active","value":"true"}] }' \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <your_scim_token>" --header "Content-Type: application/scim+json"

Returns an empty response with a 204 status code if successful.

Remove a single SCIM provisioned user

Removes the user’s SSO identity and group membership.

DELETE /api/scim/v2/groups/:group_path/Users/:id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id string yes External UID of the user.
group_path string yes Full path to the group.

Example request:

curl --verbose --request DELETE "https://gitlab.example.com/api/scim/v2/groups/test_group/Users/f0b1d561c-21ff-4092-beab-8154b17f82f2" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <your_scim_token>" --header "Content-Type: application/scim+json"

Returns an empty response with a 204 status code if successful.

Instance SCIM API Premium Self-managed

Introduced in GitLab 15.8.

The instance SCIM API partially implements the RFC7644 protocol. This API provides the /application/Users and /application/Users/:id endpoints. The base URL is <http|https>://<GitLab host>/api/scim/v2. Because this API is for system use for SCIM provider integration, it is subject to change without notice.

To use this API, enable SAML SSO for the instance.

This instance SCIM API:

  • Is for system use for SCIM provider integration.
  • Implements the RFC7644 protocol.
  • Gets a list of SCIM provisioned users for the group.
  • Creates, deletes and updates SCIM provisioned users for the group.

The group SCIM API does the same for groups.

This instance SCIM API is different to the SCIM API. The SCIM API:

  • Is not an internal API.
  • Does not implement the RFC7644 protocol.
  • Gets, checks, updates, and deletes SCIM identities within groups.
note
This API does not require the Gitlab-Shell-Api-Request header.

Get a list of SCIM provisioned users

This endpoint is used as part of the SCIM syncing mechanism. It returns a list of users depending on the filter used.

GET /api/scim/v2/application/Users

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
filter string no A filter expression.
startIndex integer no The 1-based index indicating where to start returning results from. A value of less than one is interpreted as 1.
count integer no Desired maximum number of query results.
note
Pagination follows the SCIM spec rather than GitLab pagination as used elsewhere. If records change between requests it is possible for a page to either be missing records that have moved to a different page or repeat records from a previous request.

Example request:

curl "https://gitlab.example.com/api/scim/v2/application/Users?filter=id%20eq%20%220b1d561c-21ff-4092-beab-8154b17f82f2%22" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <your_scim_token>" \
     --header "Content-Type: application/scim+json"

Example response:

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:ListResponse"
  ],
  "totalResults": 1,
  "itemsPerPage": 20,
  "startIndex": 1,
  "Resources": [
    {
      "schemas": [
        "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"
      ],
      "id": "0b1d561c-21ff-4092-beab-8154b17f82f2",
      "active": true,
      "name.formatted": "Test User",
      "userName": "username",
      "meta": { "resourceType":"User" },
      "emails": [
        {
          "type": "work",
          "value": "name@example.com",
          "primary": true
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Get a single SCIM provisioned user

GET /api/scim/v2/application/Users/:id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id string yes External UID of the user.

Example request:

curl "https://gitlab.example.com/api/scim/v2/application/Users/f0b1d561c-21ff-4092-beab-8154b17f82f2" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <your_scim_token>" --header "Content-Type: application/scim+json"

Example response:

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"
  ],
  "id": "0b1d561c-21ff-4092-beab-8154b17f82f2",
  "active": true,
  "name.formatted": "Test User",
  "userName": "username",
  "meta": { "resourceType":"User" },
  "emails": [
    {
      "type": "work",
      "value": "name@example.com",
      "primary": true
    }
  ]
}

Create a SCIM provisioned user

POST /api/scim/v2/application/Users

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
externalId string yes External UID of the user.
userName string yes Username of the user.
emails JSON string yes Work email.
name JSON string yes Name of the user.
meta string no Resource type (User).

Example request:

curl --verbose --request POST "https://gitlab.example.com/api/scim/v2/application/Users" \
     --data '{"externalId":"test_uid","active":null,"userName":"username","emails":[{"primary":true,"type":"work","value":"name@example.com"}],"name":{"formatted":"Test User","familyName":"User","givenName":"Test"},"schemas":["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"],"meta":{"resourceType":"User"}}' \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <your_scim_token>" --header "Content-Type: application/scim+json"

Example response:

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"
  ],
  "id": "0b1d561c-21ff-4092-beab-8154b17f82f2",
  "active": true,
  "name.formatted": "Test User",
  "userName": "username",
  "meta": { "resourceType":"User" },
  "emails": [
    {
      "type": "work",
      "value": "name@example.com",
      "primary": true
    }
  ]
}

Returns a 201 status code if successful.

Update a single SCIM provisioned user

Fields that can be updated are:

SCIM/IdP field GitLab field
id/externalId extern_uid
active If false, the user is blocked, but the SCIM identity remains linked.
PATCH /api/scim/v2/application/Users/:id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id string yes External UID of the user.
Operations JSON string yes An operations expression.

Example request:

curl --verbose --request PATCH "https://gitlab.example.com/api/scim/v2/application/Users/f0b1d561c-21ff-4092-beab-8154b17f82f2" \
     --data '{ "Operations": [{"op":"Update","path":"active","value":"false"}] }' \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <your_scim_token>" --header "Content-Type: application/scim+json"

Returns an empty response with a 204 status code if successful.

Block a single SCIM provisioned user

The user is placed in a blocked state and signed out. This means the user cannot sign in or push or pull code.

DELETE /api/scim/v2/application/Users/:id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id string yes External UID of the user.

Example request:

curl --verbose --request DELETE "https://gitlab.example.com/api/scim/v2/application/Users/f0b1d561c-21ff-4092-beab-8154b17f82f2" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <your_scim_token>" --header "Content-Type: application/scim+json"

Returns an empty response with a 204 status code if successful.

Available filters

They match an expression as specified in the RFC7644 filtering section.

Filter Description
eq The attribute matches exactly the specified value.

Example:

id eq a-b-c-d

Available operations

They perform an operation as specified in the RFC7644 update section.

Operator Description
Replace The attribute’s value is updated.
Add The attribute has a new value.

Example:

{ "op": "Add", "path": "name.formatted", "value": "New Name" }