Groups

List groups

Get a list of groups. (As user: my groups, as admin: all groups)

GET /groups

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Foobar Group",
    "path": "foo-bar",
    "description": "An interesting group"
  }
]

You can search for groups by name or path, see below.

List a group's projects

Get a list of projects in this group.

GET /groups/:id/projects

Parameters:

• archived (optional) - if passed, limit by archived status
• visibility (optional) - if passed, limit by visibility public, internal, private
• order_by (optional) - Return requests ordered by id, name, path, created_at, updated_at or last_activity_at fields. Default is created_at
• sort (optional) - Return requests sorted in asc or desc order. Default is desc
• search (optional) - Return list of authorized projects according to a search criteria
• ci_enabled_first - Return projects ordered by ci_enabled flag. Projects with enabled GitLab CI go first

[
  {
    "id": 9,
    "description": "foo",
    "default_branch": "master",
    "tag_list": [],
    "public": false,
    "archived": false,
    "visibility_level": 10,
    "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com/html5-boilerplate.git",
    "http_url_to_repo": "http://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
    "name": "Html5 Boilerplate",
    "name_with_namespace": "Experimental / Html5 Boilerplate",
    "path": "html5-boilerplate",
    "path_with_namespace": "h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
    "issues_enabled": true,
    "merge_requests_enabled": true,
    "wiki_enabled": true,
    "builds_enabled": true,
    "snippets_enabled": true,
    "created_at": "2016-04-05T21:40:50.169Z",
    "last_activity_at": "2016-04-06T16:52:08.432Z",
    "shared_runners_enabled": true,
    "creator_id": 1,
    "namespace": {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "Experimental",
      "path": "h5bp",
      "owner_id": null,
      "created_at": "2016-04-05T21:40:49.152Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-04-07T08:07:48.466Z",
      "description": "foo",
      "avatar": {
        "url": null
      },
      "share_with_group_lock": false,
      "visibility_level": 10
    },
    "avatar_url": null,
    "star_count": 1,
    "forks_count": 0,
    "open_issues_count": 3,
    "public_builds": true,
    "shared_with_groups": [],
    "request_access_enabled": false
  }
]

Details of a group

Get all details of a group.

GET /groups/:id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or path of a group

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/groups/4

Example response:

{
  "id": 4,
  "name": "Twitter",
  "path": "twitter",
  "description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
  "visibility_level": 20,
  "avatar_url": null,
  "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/twitter",
  "request_access_enabled": false,
  "projects": [
    {
      "id": 7,
      "description": "Voluptas veniam qui et beatae voluptas doloremque explicabo facilis.",
      "default_branch": "master",
      "tag_list": [],
      "public": true,
      "archived": false,
      "visibility_level": 20,
      "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com:twitter/typeahead-js.git",
      "http_url_to_repo": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/typeahead-js.git",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/typeahead-js",
      "name": "Typeahead.Js",
      "name_with_namespace": "Twitter / Typeahead.Js",
      "path": "typeahead-js",
      "path_with_namespace": "twitter/typeahead-js",
      "issues_enabled": true,
      "merge_requests_enabled": true,
      "wiki_enabled": true,
      "builds_enabled": true,
      "snippets_enabled": false,
      "container_registry_enabled": true,
      "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:25.578Z",
      "last_activity_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:25.881Z",
      "shared_runners_enabled": true,
      "creator_id": 1,
      "namespace": {
        "id": 4,
        "name": "Twitter",
        "path": "twitter",
        "owner_id": null,
        "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:24.216Z",
        "updated_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:24.216Z",
        "description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
        "avatar": {
          "url": null
        },
        "share_with_group_lock": false,
        "visibility_level": 20
      },
      "avatar_url": null,
      "star_count": 0,
      "forks_count": 0,
      "open_issues_count": 3,
      "public_builds": true,
      "shared_with_groups": [],
      "request_access_enabled": false
    },
    {
      "id": 6,
      "description": "Aspernatur omnis repudiandae qui voluptatibus eaque.",
      "default_branch": "master",
      "tag_list": [],
      "public": false,
      "archived": false,
      "visibility_level": 10,
      "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com:twitter/flight.git",
      "http_url_to_repo": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/flight.git",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/flight",
      "name": "Flight",
      "name_with_namespace": "Twitter / Flight",
      "path": "flight",
      "path_with_namespace": "twitter/flight",
      "issues_enabled": true,
      "merge_requests_enabled": true,
      "wiki_enabled": true,
      "builds_enabled": true,
      "snippets_enabled": false,
      "container_registry_enabled": true,
      "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:24.661Z",
      "last_activity_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:24.838Z",
      "shared_runners_enabled": true,
      "creator_id": 1,
      "namespace": {
        "id": 4,
        "name": "Twitter",
        "path": "twitter",
        "owner_id": null,
        "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:24.216Z",
        "updated_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:24.216Z",
        "description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
        "avatar": {
          "url": null
        },
        "share_with_group_lock": false,
        "visibility_level": 20
      },
      "avatar_url": null,
      "star_count": 0,
      "forks_count": 0,
      "open_issues_count": 8,
      "public_builds": true,
      "shared_with_groups": [],
      "request_access_enabled": false
    }
  ],
  "shared_projects": [
    {
      "id": 8,
      "description": "Velit eveniet provident fugiat saepe eligendi autem.",
      "default_branch": "master",
      "tag_list": [],
      "public": false,
      "archived": false,
      "visibility_level": 0,
      "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com:h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "http_url_to_repo": "https://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "name": "Html5 Boilerplate",
      "name_with_namespace": "H5bp / Html5 Boilerplate",
      "path": "html5-boilerplate",
      "path_with_namespace": "h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "issues_enabled": true,
      "merge_requests_enabled": true,
      "wiki_enabled": true,
      "builds_enabled": true,
      "snippets_enabled": false,
      "container_registry_enabled": true,
      "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:27.089Z",
      "last_activity_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:27.310Z",
      "shared_runners_enabled": true,
      "creator_id": 1,
      "namespace": {
        "id": 5,
        "name": "H5bp",
        "path": "h5bp",
        "owner_id": null,
        "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:26.621Z",
        "updated_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:26.621Z",
        "description": "Id consequatur rem vel qui doloremque saepe.",
        "avatar": {
          "url": null
        },
        "share_with_group_lock": false,
        "visibility_level": 20
      },
      "avatar_url": null,
      "star_count": 0,
      "forks_count": 0,
      "open_issues_count": 4,
      "public_builds": true,
      "shared_with_groups": [
        {
          "group_id": 4,
          "group_name": "Twitter",
          "group_access_level": 30
        },
        {
          "group_id": 3,
          "group_name": "Gitlab Org",
          "group_access_level": 10
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

New group

Creates a new project group. Available only for users who can create groups.

POST /groups

Parameters:

• name (required) - The name of the group
• path (required) - The path of the group
• description (optional) - The group's description
• visibility_level (optional) - The group's visibility. 0 for private, 10 for internal, 20 for public.
• lfs_enabled (optional) - Enable/disable Large File Storage (LFS) for the projects in this group
• request_access_enabled (optional) - Allow users to request member access.

Transfer project to group

Transfer a project to the Group namespace. Available only for admin

POST  /groups/:id/projects/:project_id

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or path of a group
• project_id (required) - The ID of a project

Update group

Updates the project group. Only available to group owners and administrators.

PUT /groups/:id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer	yes	The ID of the group
name	string	no	The name of the group
path	string	no	The path of the group
description	string	no	The description of the group
visibility_level	integer	no	The visibility level of the group. 0 for private, 10 for internal, 20 for public.
lfs_enabled (optional)	boolean	no	Enable/disable Large File Storage (LFS) for the projects in this group
request_access_enabled	boolean	no	Allow users to request member access.

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/groups/5?name=Experimental"

Example response:

{
  "id": 5,
  "name": "Experimental",
  "path": "h5bp",
  "description": "foo",
  "visibility_level": 10,
  "avatar_url": null,
  "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/groups/h5bp",
  "request_access_enabled": false,
  "projects": [
    {
      "id": 9,
      "description": "foo",
      "default_branch": "master",
      "tag_list": [],
      "public": false,
      "archived": false,
      "visibility_level": 10,
      "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "http_url_to_repo": "http://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "name": "Html5 Boilerplate",
      "name_with_namespace": "Experimental / Html5 Boilerplate",
      "path": "html5-boilerplate",
      "path_with_namespace": "h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "issues_enabled": true,
      "merge_requests_enabled": true,
      "wiki_enabled": true,
      "builds_enabled": true,
      "snippets_enabled": true,
      "created_at": "2016-04-05T21:40:50.169Z",
      "last_activity_at": "2016-04-06T16:52:08.432Z",
      "shared_runners_enabled": true,
      "creator_id": 1,
      "namespace": {
        "id": 5,
        "name": "Experimental",
        "path": "h5bp",
        "owner_id": null,
        "created_at": "2016-04-05T21:40:49.152Z",
        "updated_at": "2016-04-07T08:07:48.466Z",
        "description": "foo",
        "avatar": {
          "url": null
        },
        "share_with_group_lock": false,
        "visibility_level": 10
      },
      "avatar_url": null,
      "star_count": 1,
      "forks_count": 0,
      "open_issues_count": 3,
      "public_builds": true,
      "shared_with_groups": [],
      "request_access_enabled": false
    }
  ]
}

Remove group

Removes group with all projects inside.

DELETE /groups/:id

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or path of a user group

Search for group

Get all groups that match your string in their name or path.

GET /groups?search=foobar

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Foobar Group",
    "path": "foo-bar",
    "description": "An interesting group"
  }
]

Group members

Please consult the Group Members documentation.

Namespaces in groups

By default, groups only get 20 namespaces at a time because the API results are paginated.

To get more (up to 100), pass the following as an argument to the API call:

/groups?per_page=100

And to switch pages add:

/groups?per_page=100&page=2