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:

Read the contents of that file.
Use the file contents to generate a JSON Web Token (JWT).
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

Introduced in GitLab 13.4.

Feature flag removed in GitLab 16.7.

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["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:

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:

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:

Known consumers

CustomersDot

Group SCIM API

DETAILS: Tier: Premium, Ultimate Offering: 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

DETAILS: Tier: Premium, Ultimate Offering: 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.

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" }

Internal API

Add new endpoints

Authentication

Git Authentication

Known consumers

LFS Authentication

Known consumers

Authorized Keys Check

Known consumers

Authorized Certs

Known consumers

Get user for user ID or key

Known consumers

Instance information

Known consumers

Get new 2FA recovery codes using an SSH key

Known consumers

Get new personal access-token

Known consumers

Authenticate Error Tracking requests

Known consumers

Incrementing counter on pre-receive

PostReceive

GitLab agent endpoints

GitLab agent information

GitLab agent project information

GitLab agent usage metrics

GitLab agent events

Create Starboard vulnerability

Resolve Starboard vulnerabilities

Scan Execution Policies

Policy Configuration

Subscriptions

Create a subscription

Update a subscription

Retrieve a subscription

Known consumers

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

Create a subscription add-on purchase

Update a subscription add-on purchases

Retrieve a subscription add-on purchases

Known consumers

Storage limit exclusions

Retrieve storage limit exclusions

Create a storage limit exclusion

Delete a storage limit exclusion

Known consumers

Compute quota provisioning

Create an additional pack

Move additional packs

Known consumers

Upcoming reconciliations

Update upcoming_reconciliations

Delete an upcoming_reconciliation

Known consumers

Group SCIM API

Get a list of SCIM provisioned users

Get a single SCIM provisioned user

Create a SCIM provisioned user

Update a single SCIM provisioned user

Remove a single SCIM provisioned user

Instance SCIM API

Get a list of SCIM provisioned users

Get a single SCIM provisioned user

Create a SCIM provisioned user

Update a single SCIM provisioned user

Block a single SCIM provisioned user

Available filters

Available operations

Update `upcoming_reconciliations`

Delete an `upcoming_reconciliation`