Broadcast Messages

Note: This feature was introduced in GitLab 8.12.

The broadcast message API is only accessible to administrators. All requests by guests will respond with 401 Unauthorized, and all requests by normal users will respond with 403 Forbidden.

Get all broadcast messages

GET /broadcast_messages

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/broadcast_messages

Example response:

[
    {
        "message":"Example broadcast message",
        "starts_at":"2016-08-24T23:21:16.078Z",
        "ends_at":"2016-08-26T23:21:16.080Z",
        "color":"#E75E40",
        "font":"#FFFFFF",
        "id":1,
        "active": false
    }
]

Get a specific broadcast message

GET /broadcast_messages/:id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer	yes	Broadcast message ID

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/broadcast_messages/1

Example response:

{
    "message":"Deploy in progress",
    "starts_at":"2016-08-24T23:21:16.078Z",
    "ends_at":"2016-08-26T23:21:16.080Z",
    "color":"#cecece",
    "font":"#FFFFFF",
    "id":1,
    "active":false
}

Create a broadcast message

Responds with 400 Bad request when the message parameter is missing or the color or font values are invalid, and 201 Created when the broadcast message was successfully created.

POST /broadcast_messages

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
message	string	yes	Message to display
starts_at	datetime	no	Starting time (defaults to current time)
ends_at	datetime	no	Ending time (defaults to one hour from current time)
color	string	no	Background color hex code
font	string	no	Foreground color hex code

curl --data "message=Deploy in progress&color=#cecece" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/broadcast_messages

Example response:

{
    "message":"Deploy in progress",
    "starts_at":"2016-08-26T00:41:35.060Z",
    "ends_at":"2016-08-26T01:41:35.060Z",
    "color":"#cecece",
    "font":"#FFFFFF",
    "id":1,
    "active": true
}

Update a broadcast message

PUT /broadcast_messages/:id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer	yes	Broadcast message ID
message	string	no	Message to display
starts_at	datetime	no	Starting time
ends_at	datetime	no	Ending time
color	string	no	Background color hex code
font	string	no	Foreground color hex code

curl --request PUT --data "message=Update message&color=#000" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/broadcast_messages/1

Example response:

{
    "message":"Update message",
    "starts_at":"2016-08-26T00:41:35.060Z",
    "ends_at":"2016-08-26T01:41:35.060Z",
    "color":"#000",
    "font":"#FFFFFF",
    "id":1,
    "active": true
}

Delete a broadcast message

DELETE /broadcast_messages/:id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer	yes	Broadcast message ID

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/broadcast_messages/1

Example response:

{
    "message":"Update message",
    "starts_at":"2016-08-26T00:41:35.060Z",
    "ends_at":"2016-08-26T01:41:35.060Z",
    "color":"#000",
    "font":"#FFFFFF",
    "id":1,
    "active": true
}