Groups API (FREE ALL)

Interact with groups by using the REST API.

The fields returned in responses vary based on the permissions of the authenticated user.

List groups

Support for keyset pagination introduced in GitLab 14.3.

Get a list of visible groups for the authenticated user. When accessed without authentication, only public groups are returned.

By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated.

When accessed without authentication, this endpoint also supports keyset pagination:

When requesting consecutive pages of results, you should use keyset pagination.
Beyond a specific offset limit (specified by max offset allowed by the REST API for offset-based pagination), offset pagination is unavailable.

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`skip_groups`	array of integers	no	Skip the group IDs passed
`all_available`	boolean	no	Show all the groups you have access to (defaults to `false` for authenticated users, `true` for administrators); Attributes `owned` and `min_access_level` have precedence
`search`	string	no	Return the list of authorized groups matching the search criteria
`order_by`	string	no	Order groups by `name`, `path`, `id`, or `similarity` (if searching, introduced in GitLab 14.1). Default is `name`
`sort`	string	no	Order groups in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `asc`
`statistics`	boolean	no	Include group statistics (administrators only). Note: The REST API response does not provide the full `RootStorageStatistics` data that is shown in the UI. To match the data in the UI, use GraphQL instead of REST. For more information, see the Group GraphQL API resources.
`with_custom_attributes`	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (administrators only)
`owned`	boolean	no	Limit to groups explicitly owned by the current user
`min_access_level`	integer	no	Limit to groups where current user has at least this role (`access_level`)
`top_level_only`	boolean	no	Limit to top level groups, excluding all subgroups
`repository_storage` (PREMIUM)	string	no	Filter by repository storage used by the group (administrators only). Introduced in GitLab 16.3

GET /groups

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Foobar Group",
    "path": "foo-bar",
    "description": "An interesting group",
    "visibility": "public",
    "share_with_group_lock": false,
    "require_two_factor_authentication": false,
    "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
    "project_creation_level": "developer",
    "auto_devops_enabled": null,
    "subgroup_creation_level": "owner",
    "emails_disabled": null,
    "mentions_disabled": null,
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "default_branch_protection": 2,
    "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/group/avatar/1/foo.jpg",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/groups/foo-bar",
    "request_access_enabled": false,
    "repository_storage": "default",
    "full_name": "Foobar Group",
    "full_path": "foo-bar",
    "file_template_project_id": 1,
    "parent_id": null,
    "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z",
    "ip_restriction_ranges": null
  }
]

When adding the parameter statistics=true and the authenticated user is an administrator, additional group statistics are returned.

GET /groups?statistics=true

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Foobar Group",
    "path": "foo-bar",
    "description": "An interesting group",
    "visibility": "public",
    "share_with_group_lock": false,
    "require_two_factor_authentication": false,
    "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
    "project_creation_level": "developer",
    "auto_devops_enabled": null,
    "subgroup_creation_level": "owner",
    "emails_disabled": null,
    "mentions_disabled": null,
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "default_branch_protection": 2,
    "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/group/avatar/1/foo.jpg",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/groups/foo-bar",
    "request_access_enabled": false,
    "repository_storage": "default",
    "full_name": "Foobar Group",
    "full_path": "foo-bar",
    "file_template_project_id": 1,
    "parent_id": null,
    "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z",
    "statistics": {
      "storage_size": 363,
      "repository_size": 33,
      "wiki_size": 100,
      "lfs_objects_size": 123,
      "job_artifacts_size": 57,
      "pipeline_artifacts_size": 0,
      "packages_size": 0,
      "snippets_size": 50,
      "uploads_size": 0
    },
    "wiki_access_level": "private"
  }
]

Users of GitLab Premium or Ultimate also see the wiki_access_level attribute.

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

You can filter by custom attributes with:

GET /groups?custom_attributes[key]=value&custom_attributes[other_key]=other_value

List a group's subgroups

Get a list of visible direct subgroups in this group.

By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated.

If you request this list as:

An unauthenticated user, the response returns only public groups.
An authenticated user, the response returns only the groups you're a member of and does not include public groups.

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group of the immediate parent group
`skip_groups`	array of integers	no	Skip the group IDs passed
`all_available`	boolean	no	Show all the groups you have access to (defaults to `false` for authenticated users, `true` for administrators); Attributes `owned` and `min_access_level` have precedence
`search`	string	no	Return the list of authorized groups matching the search criteria. Only subgroup short paths are searched (not full paths)
`order_by`	string	no	Order groups by `name`, `path` or `id`. Default is `name`
`sort`	string	no	Order groups in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `asc`
`statistics`	boolean	no	Include group statistics (administrators only)
`with_custom_attributes`	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (administrators only)
`owned`	boolean	no	Limit to groups explicitly owned by the current user
`min_access_level`	integer	no	Limit to groups where current user has at least this role (`access_level`)

GET /groups/:id/subgroups

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Foobar Group",
    "path": "foo-bar",
    "description": "An interesting group",
    "visibility": "public",
    "share_with_group_lock": false,
    "require_two_factor_authentication": false,
    "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
    "project_creation_level": "developer",
    "auto_devops_enabled": null,
    "subgroup_creation_level": "owner",
    "emails_disabled": null,
    "mentions_disabled": null,
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "default_branch_protection": 2,
    "avatar_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/uploads/group/avatar/1/foo.jpg",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/groups/foo-bar",
    "request_access_enabled": false,
    "repository_storage": "default",
    "full_name": "Foobar Group",
    "full_path": "foo-bar",
    "file_template_project_id": 1,
    "parent_id": 123,
    "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z"
  }
]

Users of GitLab Premium or Ultimate also see the wiki_access_level attribute.

List a group's descendant groups

Introduced in GitLab 13.5

Get a list of visible descendant groups of this group. When accessed without authentication, only public groups are returned.

By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated.

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group of the immediate parent group
`skip_groups`	array of integers	no	Skip the group IDs passed
`all_available`	boolean	no	Show all the groups you have access to (defaults to `false` for authenticated users, `true` for administrators). Attributes `owned` and `min_access_level` have precedence
`search`	string	no	Return the list of authorized groups matching the search criteria. Only descendant group short paths are searched (not full paths)
`order_by`	string	no	Order groups by `name`, `path`, or `id`. Default is `name`
`sort`	string	no	Order groups in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `asc`
`statistics`	boolean	no	Include group statistics (administrators only)
`with_custom_attributes`	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (administrators only)
`owned`	boolean	no	Limit to groups explicitly owned by the current user
`min_access_level`	integer	no	Limit to groups where current user has at least this role (`access_level`)

GET /groups/:id/descendant_groups

[
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Bar Group",
    "path": "bar",
    "description": "A subgroup of Foo Group",
    "visibility": "public",
    "share_with_group_lock": false,
    "require_two_factor_authentication": false,
    "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
    "project_creation_level": "developer",
    "auto_devops_enabled": null,
    "subgroup_creation_level": "owner",
    "emails_disabled": null,
    "mentions_disabled": null,
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "default_branch_protection": 2,
    "avatar_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/uploads/group/avatar/1/bar.jpg",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/groups/foo/bar",
    "request_access_enabled": false,
    "full_name": "Bar Group",
    "full_path": "foo/bar",
    "file_template_project_id": 1,
    "parent_id": 123,
    "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z"
  },
  {
    "id": 3,
    "name": "Baz Group",
    "path": "baz",
    "description": "A subgroup of Bar Group",
    "visibility": "public",
    "share_with_group_lock": false,
    "require_two_factor_authentication": false,
    "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
    "project_creation_level": "developer",
    "auto_devops_enabled": null,
    "subgroup_creation_level": "owner",
    "emails_disabled": null,
    "mentions_disabled": null,
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "default_branch_protection": 2,
    "avatar_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/uploads/group/avatar/1/baz.jpg",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/groups/foo/bar/baz",
    "request_access_enabled": false,
    "full_name": "Baz Group",
    "full_path": "foo/bar/baz",
    "file_template_project_id": 1,
    "parent_id": 123,
    "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z"
  }
]

Users of GitLab Premium or Ultimate also see the wiki_access_level attribute.

List a group's projects

Get a list of projects in this group. When accessed without authentication, only public projects are returned.

By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated.

GET /groups/:id/projects

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
`archived`	boolean	no	Limit by archived status
`visibility`	string	no	Limit by visibility `public`, `internal`, or `private`
`order_by`	string	no	Return projects ordered by `id`, `name`, `path`, `created_at`, `updated_at`, `similarity` (1), or `last_activity_at` fields. Default is `created_at`
`sort`	string	no	Return projects sorted in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `desc`
`search`	string	no	Return list of authorized projects matching the search criteria
`simple`	boolean	no	Return only limited fields for each project. This is a no-op without authentication where only simple fields are returned.
`owned`	boolean	no	Limit by projects owned by the current user
`starred`	boolean	no	Limit by projects starred by the current user
`topic`	string	no	Return projects matching the topic
`with_issues_enabled`	boolean	no	Limit by projects with issues feature enabled. Default is `false`
`with_merge_requests_enabled`	boolean	no	Limit by projects with merge requests feature enabled. Default is `false`
`with_shared`	boolean	no	Include projects shared to this group. Default is `true`
`include_subgroups`	boolean	no	Include projects in subgroups of this group. Default is `false`
`min_access_level`	integer	no	Limit to projects where current user has at least this role (`access_level`)
`with_custom_attributes`	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (administrators only)
`with_security_reports` (ULTIMATE)	boolean	no	Return only projects that have security reports artifacts present in any of their builds. This means "projects with security reports enabled". Default is `false`

Order by similarity: Orders the results by a similarity score calculated from the provided search URL parameter. When using order_by=similarity, the sort parameter is ignored. When the search parameter is not provided, the API returns the projects ordered by name.

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 9,
    "description": "foo",
    "default_branch": "master",
    "tag_list": [], //deprecated, use `topics` instead
    "topics": [],
    "archived": false,
    "visibility": "internal",
    "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,
    "jobs_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",
      "kind": "group"
    },
    "avatar_url": null,
    "star_count": 1,
    "forks_count": 0,
    "open_issues_count": 3,
    "public_jobs": true,
    "shared_with_groups": [],
    "request_access_enabled": false
  }
]

NOTE: To distinguish between a project in the group and a project shared to the group, the namespace attribute can be used. When a project has been shared to the group, its namespace differs from the group the request is being made for.

List a group's shared projects

Get a list of projects shared to this group. When accessed without authentication, only public shared projects are returned.

By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated.

GET /groups/:id/projects/shared

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
`archived`	boolean	no	Limit by archived status
`visibility`	string	no	Limit by visibility `public`, `internal`, or `private`
`order_by`	string	no	Return projects ordered by `id`, `name`, `path`, `created_at`, `updated_at`, or `last_activity_at` fields. Default is `created_at`
`sort`	string	no	Return projects sorted in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `desc`
`search`	string	no	Return list of authorized projects matching the search criteria
`simple`	boolean	no	Return only limited fields for each project. This is a no-op without authentication where only simple fields are returned.
`starred`	boolean	no	Limit by projects starred by the current user
`with_issues_enabled`	boolean	no	Limit by projects with issues feature enabled. Default is `false`
`with_merge_requests_enabled`	boolean	no	Limit by projects with merge requests feature enabled. Default is `false`
`min_access_level`	integer	no	Limit to projects where current user has at least this role (`access_level`)
`with_custom_attributes`	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (administrators only)

Example response:

[
   {
      "id":8,
      "description":"Shared project for Html5 Boilerplate",
      "name":"Html5 Boilerplate",
      "name_with_namespace":"H5bp / Html5 Boilerplate",
      "path":"html5-boilerplate",
      "path_with_namespace":"h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "created_at":"2020-04-27T06:13:22.642Z",
      "default_branch":"master",
      "tag_list":[], //deprecated, use `topics` instead
      "topics":[],
      "ssh_url_to_repo":"ssh://git@gitlab.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "http_url_to_repo":"https://gitlab.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "web_url":"https://gitlab.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "readme_url":"https://gitlab.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/-/blob/master/README.md",
      "avatar_url":null,
      "star_count":0,
      "forks_count":4,
      "last_activity_at":"2020-04-27T06:13:22.642Z",
      "namespace":{
         "id":28,
         "name":"H5bp",
         "path":"h5bp",
         "kind":"group",
         "full_path":"h5bp",
         "parent_id":null,
         "avatar_url":null,
         "web_url":"https://gitlab.com/groups/h5bp"
      },
      "_links":{
         "self":"https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8",
         "issues":"https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/issues",
         "merge_requests":"https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/merge_requests",
         "repo_branches":"https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/repository/branches",
         "labels":"https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/labels",
         "events":"https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/events",
         "members":"https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/members"
      },
      "empty_repo":false,
      "archived":false,
      "visibility":"public",
      "resolve_outdated_diff_discussions":false,
      "container_registry_enabled":true,
      "container_expiration_policy":{
         "cadence":"7d",
         "enabled":true,
         "keep_n":null,
         "older_than":null,
         "name_regex":null,
         "name_regex_keep":null,
         "next_run_at":"2020-05-04T06:13:22.654Z"
      },
      "issues_enabled":true,
      "merge_requests_enabled":true,
      "wiki_enabled":true,
      "jobs_enabled":true,
      "snippets_enabled":true,
      "can_create_merge_request_in":true,
      "issues_access_level":"enabled",
      "repository_access_level":"enabled",
      "merge_requests_access_level":"enabled",
      "forking_access_level":"enabled",
      "wiki_access_level":"enabled",
      "builds_access_level":"enabled",
      "snippets_access_level":"enabled",
      "pages_access_level":"enabled",
      "security_and_compliance_access_level":"enabled",
      "emails_disabled":null,
      "shared_runners_enabled":true,
      "lfs_enabled":true,
      "creator_id":1,
      "import_status":"failed",
      "open_issues_count":10,
      "ci_default_git_depth":50,
      "ci_forward_deployment_enabled":true,
      "ci_forward_deployment_rollback_allowed": true,
      "ci_allow_fork_pipelines_to_run_in_parent_project":true,
      "public_jobs":true,
      "build_timeout":3600,
      "auto_cancel_pending_pipelines":"enabled",
      "ci_config_path":null,
      "shared_with_groups":[
         {
            "group_id":24,
            "group_name":"Commit451",
            "group_full_path":"Commit451",
            "group_access_level":30,
            "expires_at":null
         }
      ],
      "only_allow_merge_if_pipeline_succeeds":false,
      "request_access_enabled":true,
      "only_allow_merge_if_all_discussions_are_resolved":false,
      "remove_source_branch_after_merge":true,
      "printing_merge_request_link_enabled":true,
      "merge_method":"merge",
      "suggestion_commit_message":null,
      "auto_devops_enabled":true,
      "auto_devops_deploy_strategy":"continuous",
      "autoclose_referenced_issues":true,
      "repository_storage":"default"
   }
]

Details of a group

The membership_lock field was introduced in GitLab 14.10.

Get all details of a group. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the group is publicly accessible. In case the user that requests is an administrator if the group is publicly accessible. With authentication, it returns the runners_token for the group too, if the user is an administrator or group owner.

GET /groups/:id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user.
`with_custom_attributes`	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (administrators only).
`with_projects`	boolean	no	Include details from projects that belong to the specified group (defaults to `true`). (Deprecated, scheduled for removal in API v5. To get the details of all projects within a group, use the list a group's projects endpoint.)

NOTE: The projects and shared_projects attributes in the response are deprecated and scheduled for removal in API v5. To get the details of all projects within a group, use either the list a group's projects or the list a group's shared projects endpoint.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4"

This endpoint returns:

All projects and shared projects in GitLab 12.5 and earlier.
A maximum of 100 projects and shared projects in GitLab 12.6 and later. To get the details of all projects within a group, use the list a group's projects endpoint instead.

Example response:

{
  "id": 4,
  "name": "Twitter",
  "path": "twitter",
  "description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
  "visibility": "public",
  "avatar_url": null,
  "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/twitter",
  "request_access_enabled": false,
  "repository_storage": "default",
  "full_name": "Twitter",
  "full_path": "twitter",
  "runners_token": "ba324ca7b1c77fc20bb9",
  "file_template_project_id": 1,
  "parent_id": null,
  "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z",
  "shared_with_groups": [
    {
      "group_id": 28,
      "group_name": "H5bp",
      "group_full_path": "h5bp",
      "group_access_level": 20,
      "expires_at": null
    }
  ],
  "prevent_sharing_groups_outside_hierarchy": false,
  "projects": [ // Deprecated and will be removed in API v5
    {
      "id": 7,
      "description": "Voluptas veniam qui et beatae voluptas doloremque explicabo facilis.",
      "default_branch": "master",
      "tag_list": [], //deprecated, use `topics` instead
      "topics": [],
      "archived": false,
      "visibility": "public",
      "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,
      "jobs_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",
        "kind": "group"
      },
      "avatar_url": null,
      "star_count": 0,
      "forks_count": 0,
      "open_issues_count": 3,
      "public_jobs": true,
      "shared_with_groups": [],
      "request_access_enabled": false
    },
    {
      "id": 6,
      "description": "Aspernatur omnis repudiandae qui voluptatibus eaque.",
      "default_branch": "master",
      "tag_list": [], //deprecated, use `topics` instead
      "topics": [],
      "archived": false,
      "visibility": "internal",
      "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,
      "jobs_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",
        "kind": "group"
      },
      "avatar_url": null,
      "star_count": 0,
      "forks_count": 0,
      "open_issues_count": 8,
      "public_jobs": true,
      "shared_with_groups": [],
      "request_access_enabled": false
    }
  ],
  "shared_projects": [ // Deprecated and will be removed in API v5
    {
      "id": 8,
      "description": "Velit eveniet provident fugiat saepe eligendi autem.",
      "default_branch": "master",
      "tag_list": [], //deprecated, use `topics` instead
      "topics": [],
      "archived": false,
      "visibility": "private",
      "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,
      "jobs_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",
        "kind": "group"
      },
      "avatar_url": null,
      "star_count": 0,
      "forks_count": 0,
      "open_issues_count": 4,
      "public_jobs": true,
      "shared_with_groups": [
        {
          "group_id": 4,
          "group_name": "Twitter",
          "group_full_path": "twitter",
          "group_access_level": 30,
          "expires_at": null
        },
        {
          "group_id": 3,
          "group_name": "Gitlab Org",
          "group_full_path": "gitlab-org",
          "group_access_level": 10,
          "expires_at": "2018-08-14"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "ip_restriction_ranges": null
}

The prevent_sharing_groups_outside_hierarchy attribute is present only on top-level groups.

Users of GitLab Premium or Ultimate also see the attributes:

shared_runners_minutes_limit
extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit
marked_for_deletion_on
membership_lock
wiki_access_level

Additional response attributes:

{
  "id": 4,
  "description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
  "shared_runners_minutes_limit": 133,
  "extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit": 133,
  "marked_for_deletion_on": "2020-04-03",
  "membership_lock": false,
  "wiki_access_level": "disabled",
  ...
}

When adding the parameter with_projects=false, projects aren't returned.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4?with_projects=false"

Example response:

{
  "id": 4,
  "name": "Twitter",
  "path": "twitter",
  "description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
  "visibility": "public",
  "avatar_url": null,
  "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/twitter",
  "request_access_enabled": false,
  "repository_storage": "default",
  "full_name": "Twitter",
  "full_path": "twitter",
  "file_template_project_id": 1,
  "parent_id": null
}

Download a Group avatar

Get a group avatar. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the group is publicly accessible.

GET /groups/:id/avatar

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	ID of the group

Example:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $GITLAB_LOCAL_TOKEN" \
  --remote-header-name \
  --remote-name \
  "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4/avatar"

Disable the results limit (FREE SELF)

The 100 results limit can break integrations developed using GitLab 12.4 and earlier.

For GitLab 12.5 to GitLab 13.12, the limit can be disabled while migrating to using the list a group's projects endpoint.

Ask a GitLab administrator with Rails console access to run the following command:

Feature.disable(:limit_projects_in_groups_api)

For GitLab 14.0 and later, the limit cannot be disabled.

New group

NOTE: On GitLab SaaS, you must use the GitLab UI to create groups without a parent group. You cannot use the API to do this.

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

POST /groups

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	yes	The name of the group.
`path`	string	yes	The path of the group.
`auto_devops_enabled`	boolean	no	Default to Auto DevOps pipeline for all projects within this group.
`avatar`	mixed	no	Image file for avatar of the group. Introduced in GitLab 12.9
`default_branch_protection`	integer	no	See Options for `default_branch_protection`. Default to the global level default branch protection setting.
`description`	string	no	The group's description.
`emails_disabled`	boolean	no	Disable email notifications.
`lfs_enabled`	boolean	no	Enable/disable Large File Storage (LFS) for the projects in this group.
`mentions_disabled`	boolean	no	Disable the capability of a group from getting mentioned.
`parent_id`	integer	no	The parent group ID for creating nested group.
`project_creation_level`	string	no	Determine if developers can create projects in the group. Can be `noone` (No one), `maintainer` (users with the Maintainer role), or `developer` (users with the Developer or Maintainer role).
`request_access_enabled`	boolean	no	Allow users to request member access.
`require_two_factor_authentication`	boolean	no	Require all users in this group to setup Two-factor authentication.
`share_with_group_lock`	boolean	no	Prevent sharing a project with another group within this group.
`subgroup_creation_level`	string	no	Allowed to create subgroups. Can be `owner` (Owners), or `maintainer` (users with the Maintainer role).
`two_factor_grace_period`	integer	no	Time before Two-factor authentication is enforced (in hours).
`visibility`	string	no	The group's visibility. Can be `private`, `internal`, or `public`.
`membership_lock` (PREMIUM)	boolean	no	Users cannot be added to projects in this group.
`extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit` (PREMIUM SELF)	integer	no	Can be set by administrators only. Additional compute minutes for this group.
`shared_runners_minutes_limit` (PREMIUM SELF)	integer	no	Can be set by administrators only. Maximum number of monthly compute minutes for this group. Can be `nil` (default; inherit system default), `0` (unlimited), or `> 0`.
`wiki_access_level` (PREMIUM)	string	no	The wiki access level. Can be `disabled`, `private`, or `enabled`.

Options for `default_branch_protection`

The default_branch_protection attribute determines whether users with the Developer or Maintainer role can push to the applicable default branch, as described in the following table:

Value	Description
`0`	No protection. Users with the Developer or Maintainer role can: - Push new commits - Force push changes - Delete the branch
`1`	Partial protection. Users with the Developer or Maintainer role can: - Push new commits
`2`	Full protection. Only users with the Maintainer role can: - Push new commits
`3`	Protected against pushes. Users with the Maintainer role can: - Push new commits - Force push changes - Accept merge requests Users with the Developer role can: - Accept merge requests
`4`	Full protection after initial push. User with the Developer role can: - Push commit to empty repository. Users with the Maintainer role can: - Push new commits - Accept merge requests

New Subgroup

This is similar to creating a New group. You need the parent_id from the List groups call. You can then enter the desired:

subgroup_path
subgroup_name

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     --data '{"path": "<subgroup_path>", "name": "<subgroup_name>", "parent_id": <parent_group_id> }' \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/"

Transfer project to group

Transfer a project to the Group namespace. Available only to instance administrators, although an alternative API endpoint is available which does not require administrator access on the instance. Transferring projects may fail when tagged packages exist in the project's repository.

POST  /groups/:id/projects/:project_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the target group
`project_id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4/projects/56"

Get groups to which a user can transfer a group

Introduced in GitLab 15.4

Retrieve a list of groups to which the user can transfer a group.

GET /groups/:id/transfer_locations

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	{check-circle} Yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group to be transferred.
`search`	string	{dotted-circle} No	The group names to search for.

Example request:

curl --request GET "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/transfer_locations"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 27,
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/gitlab",
    "name": "GitLab",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "full_name": "GitLab",
    "full_path": "GitLab"
  },
  {
    "id": 31,
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/foobar",
    "name": "FooBar",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "full_name": "FooBar",
    "full_path": "FooBar"
  }
]

Transfer a group to a new parent group / Turn a subgroup to a top-level group

Introduced in GitLab 14.6.

Transfer a group to a new parent group or turn a subgroup to a top-level group. Available to administrators and users:

With the Owner role for the group to transfer.
With permission to create a subgroup in the new parent group if transferring a group.
With permission to create a top-level group if turning a subgroup into a top-level group.

POST  /groups/:id/transfer

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of the group to transfer.
`group_id`	integer	no	ID of the new parent group. When not specified, the group to transfer is instead turned into a top-level group.

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4/transfer?group_id=7"

Update group

unique_project_download_limit, unique_project_download_limit_interval_in_seconds, and unique_project_download_limit_allowlist introduced in GitLab 15.3 with a flag named limit_unique_project_downloads_per_namespace_user. Disabled by default.

FLAG: On self-managed GitLab, by default unique_project_download_limit, unique_project_download_limit_interval_in_seconds, unique_project_download_limit_allowlist and auto_ban_user_on_excessive_projects_download are not available. To make them available, an administrator can enable the feature flag named limit_unique_project_downloads_per_namespace_user.

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.
`auto_devops_enabled`	boolean	no	Default to Auto DevOps pipeline for all projects within this group.
`avatar`	mixed	no	Image file for avatar of the group. Introduced in GitLab 12.9
`default_branch_protection`	integer	no	See Options for `default_branch_protection`.
`description`	string	no	The description of the group.
`emails_disabled`	boolean	no	Disable email notifications.
`lfs_enabled`	boolean	no	Enable/disable Large File Storage (LFS) for the projects in this group.
`mentions_disabled`	boolean	no	Disable the capability of a group from getting mentioned.
`prevent_sharing_groups_outside_hierarchy`	boolean	no	See Prevent group sharing outside the group hierarchy. This attribute is only available on top-level groups. Introduced in GitLab 14.1
`project_creation_level`	string	no	Determine if developers can create projects in the group. Can be `noone` (No one), `maintainer` (users with the Maintainer role), or `developer` (users with the Developer or Maintainer role).
`request_access_enabled`	boolean	no	Allow users to request member access.
`require_two_factor_authentication`	boolean	no	Require all users in this group to setup Two-factor authentication.
`shared_runners_setting`	string	no	See Options for `shared_runners_setting`. Enable or disable shared runners for a group's subgroups and projects.
`share_with_group_lock`	boolean	no	Prevent sharing a project with another group within this group.
`subgroup_creation_level`	string	no	Allowed to create subgroups. Can be `owner` (Owners), or `maintainer` (users with the Maintainer role).
`two_factor_grace_period`	integer	no	Time before Two-factor authentication is enforced (in hours).
`visibility`	string	no	The visibility level of the group. Can be `private`, `internal`, or `public`.
`extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit` (PREMIUM SELF)	integer	no	Can be set by administrators only. Additional compute minutes for this group.
`file_template_project_id` (PREMIUM)	integer	no	The ID of a project to load custom file templates from.
`membership_lock` (PREMIUM)	boolean	no	Users cannot be added to projects in this group.
`prevent_forking_outside_group` (PREMIUM)	boolean	no	When enabled, users can not fork projects from this group to external namespaces.
`shared_runners_minutes_limit` (PREMIUM SELF)	integer	no	Can be set by administrators only. Maximum number of monthly compute minutes for this group. Can be `nil` (default; inherit system default), `0` (unlimited), or `> 0`.
`unique_project_download_limit` (ULTIMATE)	integer	no	Maximum number of unique projects a user can download in the specified time period before they are banned. Available only on top-level groups. Default: 0, Maximum: 10,000.
`unique_project_download_limit_interval_in_seconds` (ULTIMATE)	integer	no	Time period during which a user can download a maximum amount of projects before they are banned. Available only on top-level groups. Default: 0, Maximum: 864,000 seconds (10 days).
`unique_project_download_limit_allowlist` (ULTIMATE)	array of strings	no	List of usernames excluded from the unique project download limit. Available only on top-level groups. Default: `[]`, Maximum: 100 usernames.
`unique_project_download_limit_alertlist` (ULTIMATE)	array of integers	no	List of user IDs that are emailed when the unique project download limit is exceeded. Available only on top-level groups. Default: `[]`, Maximum: 100 user IDs. Introduced in GitLab 15.9.
`auto_ban_user_on_excessive_projects_download` (ULTIMATE)	boolean	no	When enabled, users are automatically banned from the group when they download more than the maximum number of unique projects specified by `unique_project_download_limit` and `unique_project_download_limit_interval_in_seconds`. Introduced in GitLab 15.4.
`ip_restriction_ranges` (PREMIUM)	string	no	Comma-separated list of IP addresses or subnet masks to restrict group access. Introduced in GitLab 15.4.
`wiki_access_level` (PREMIUM)	string	no	The wiki access level. Can be `disabled`, `private`, or `enabled`.

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5?name=Experimental"

This endpoint returns:

All projects and shared projects in GitLab 12.5 and earlier.
A maximum of 100 projects and shared projects in GitLab 12.6 and later. To get the details of all projects within a group, use the list a group's projects endpoint instead.

Example response:

{
  "id": 5,
  "name": "Experimental",
  "path": "h5bp",
  "description": "foo",
  "visibility": "internal",
  "avatar_url": null,
  "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/groups/h5bp",
  "request_access_enabled": false,
  "repository_storage": "default",
  "full_name": "Foobar Group",
  "full_path": "h5bp",
  "file_template_project_id": 1,
  "parent_id": null,
  "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z",
  "prevent_sharing_groups_outside_hierarchy": false,
  "projects": [ // Deprecated and will be removed in API v5
    {
      "id": 9,
      "description": "foo",
      "default_branch": "master",
      "tag_list": [], //deprecated, use `topics` instead
      "topics": [],
      "public": false,
      "archived": false,
      "visibility": "internal",
      "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,
      "jobs_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",
        "kind": "group"
      },
      "avatar_url": null,
      "star_count": 1,
      "forks_count": 0,
      "open_issues_count": 3,
      "public_jobs": true,
      "shared_with_groups": [],
      "request_access_enabled": false
    }
  ],
  "ip_restriction_ranges": null
}

The prevent_sharing_groups_outside_hierarchy attribute is present in the response only for top-level groups.

Users of GitLab Premium or Ultimate also see the wiki_access_level attribute.

Disable the results limit (FREE SELF)

The 100 results limit can break integrations developed using GitLab 12.4 and earlier.

For GitLab 12.5 to GitLab 13.12, the limit can be disabled while migrating to using the list a group's projects endpoint.

Ask a GitLab administrator with Rails console access to run the following command:

Feature.disable(:limit_projects_in_groups_api)

For GitLab 14.0 and later, the limit cannot be disabled.

Options for `shared_runners_setting`

The shared_runners_setting attribute determines whether shared runners are enabled for a group's subgroups and projects.

Value	Description
`enabled`	Enables shared runners for all projects and subgroups in this group.
`disabled_and_overridable`	Disables shared runners for all projects and subgroups in this group, but allows subgroups to override this setting.
`disabled_and_unoverridable`	Disables shared runners for all projects and subgroups in this group, and prevents subgroups from overriding this setting.
`disabled_with_override`	(Deprecated. Use `disabled_and_overridable`) Disables shared runners for all projects and subgroups in this group, but allows subgroups to override this setting.

Upload a group avatar

Introduced in GitLab 12.9.

To upload an avatar file from your file system, use the --form argument. This causes curl to post data using the header Content-Type: multipart/form-data. The file= parameter must point to a file on your file system and be preceded by @. For example:

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/22" \
     --form "avatar=@/tmp/example.png"

Remove a group avatar

Introduced in GitLab 15.4.

To remove a group avatar, use a blank value for the avatar attribute.

Example request:

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/22" \
     --data "avatar="

Remove group

Immediately deleting subgroups was introduced in GitLab 15.3 with a flag named immediate_delete_subgroup_api. Disabled by default.

Immediately deleting subgroups was enabled on GitLab.com and self-managed in GitLab 15.4.

Immediately deleting subgroups was enabled by default in GitLab 15.4.

The flag immediate_delete_subgroup_api for immediately deleting subgroups was removed in GitLab 15.9.

Only available to group owners and administrators.

This endpoint:

On Premium and Ultimate tiers, marks the group for deletion. The deletion happens 7 days later by default, but you can change the retention period in the instance settings.
On Free tier, removes the group immediately and queues a background job to delete all projects in the group.
Deletes a subgroup immediately if the subgroup is marked for deletion (GitLab 15.4 and later). The endpoint does not immediately delete top-level groups.

DELETE /groups/:id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`permanently_remove` (PREMIUM)	boolean/string	no	Immediately deletes a subgroup if it is marked for deletion. Introduced in GitLab 15.4
`full_path` (PREMIUM)	string	no	Full path of subgroup to use with `permanently_remove`. Introduced in GitLab 15.4. To find the subgroup path, see the group details

The response is 202 Accepted if the user has authorization.

NOTE: A GitLab.com group can't be removed if it is linked to a subscription. To remove such a group, first link the subscription with a different group.

Restore group marked for deletion (PREMIUM ALL)

Introduced in GitLab 12.8.

Restores a group marked for deletion.

POST /groups/:id/restore

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the 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"
  }
]

List provisioned users (PREMIUM ALL)

Introduced in GitLab 14.8.

Get a list of users provisioned by a given group. Does not include subgroups. Users in this list are considered enterprise users.

Requires at least the Maintainer role on the group.

GET /groups/:id/provisioned_users

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`username`	string	no	Return single user with a specific username
`search`	string	no	Search users by name, email, username
`active`	boolean	no	Return only active users
`blocked`	boolean	no	Return only blocked users
`created_after`	datetime	no	Return users created after the specified time
`created_before`	datetime	no	Return users created before the specified time

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 66,
    "username": "user22",
    "name": "John Doe22",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/xxx?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://my.gitlab.com/user22",
    "created_at": "2021-09-10T12:48:22.381Z",
    "bio": "",
    "location": null,
    "public_email": "",
    "skype": "",
    "linkedin": "",
    "twitter": "",
    "website_url": "",
    "organization": null,
    "job_title": "",
    "pronouns": null,
    "bot": false,
    "work_information": null,
    "followers": 0,
    "following": 0,
    "local_time": null,
    "last_sign_in_at": null,
    "confirmed_at": "2021-09-10T12:48:22.330Z",
    "last_activity_on": null,
    "email": "user22@example.org",
    "theme_id": 1,
    "color_scheme_id": 1,
    "projects_limit": 100000,
    "current_sign_in_at": null,
    "identities": [ ],
    "can_create_group": true,
    "can_create_project": true,
    "two_factor_enabled": false,
    "external": false,
    "private_profile": false,
    "commit_email": "user22@example.org",
    "shared_runners_minutes_limit": null,
    "extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit": null
  },
  ...
]

Service Accounts (PREMIUM ALL)

Create Service Account User

Introduced in GitLab 16.1.

Creates a service account user with an auto-generated email address and username.

POST /groups/:id/service_accounts

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/345/service_accounts"

Example response:

{
  "id": 57,
  "username": "service_account_group_345_6018816a18e515214e0c34c2b33523fc",
  "name": "Service account user"
}

Create Personal Access Token for Service Account User

Introduced in GitLab 16.1.

POST /groups/:id/service_accounts/:user_id/personal_access_tokens

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/35/service_accounts/71/personal_access_tokens" --data "scopes[]=api" --data "name=service_accounts_token"

Example response:

{
  "id":6,
  "name":"service_accounts_token",
  "revoked":false,
  "created_at":"2023-06-13T07:47:13.900Z",
  "scopes":["api"],
  "user_id":71,
  "last_used_at":null,
  "active":true,
  "expires_at":"2024-06-12",
  "token":"<token_value>"
}

Rotate a Personal Access Token for Service Account User

Introduced in GitLab 16.1.

POST /groups/:id/service_accounts/:user_id/personal_access_tokens/:token_id/rotate

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/35/service_accounts/71/personal_access_tokens/6/rotate"

Example response:

{
  "id":7,
  "name":"service_accounts_token",
  "revoked":false,
  "created_at":"2023-06-13T07:54:49.962Z",
  "scopes":["api"],
  "user_id":71,
  "last_used_at":null,
  "active":true,
  "expires_at":"2023-06-20",
  "token":"<token_value>"
}

Hooks (PREMIUM ALL)

Also called Group Hooks and Webhooks. These are different from System Hooks that are system wide and Project Hooks that are limited to one project.

List group hooks

Get a list of group hooks

GET /groups/:id/hooks

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group

Get group hook

Get a specific hook for a group.

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`hook_id`	integer	yes	The ID of a group hook

GET /groups/:id/hooks/:hook_id

{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "http://example.com/hook",
  "group_id": 3,
  "push_events": true,
  "push_events_branch_filter": "",
  "issues_events": true,
  "confidential_issues_events": true,
  "merge_requests_events": true,
  "tag_push_events": true,
  "note_events": true,
  "confidential_note_events": true,
  "job_events": true,
  "pipeline_events": true,
  "wiki_page_events": true,
  "deployment_events": true,
  "releases_events": true,
  "subgroup_events": true,
  "enable_ssl_verification": true,
  "repository_update_events": false,
  "alert_status": "executable",
  "disabled_until": null,
  "url_variables": [ ],
  "created_at": "2012-10-12T17:04:47Z"
}

Add group hook

Adds a hook to a specified group.

POST /groups/:id/hooks

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`url`	string	yes	The hook URL
`push_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on push events
`push_events_branch_filter`	string	No	Trigger hook on push events for matching branches only.
`issues_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on issues events
`confidential_issues_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on confidential issues events
`merge_requests_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on merge requests events
`tag_push_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on tag push events
`note_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on note events
`confidential_note_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on confidential note events
`job_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on job events
`pipeline_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on pipeline events
`wiki_page_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on wiki page events
`deployment_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on deployment events
`releases_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on release events
`subgroup_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on subgroup events
`enable_ssl_verification`	boolean	no	Do SSL verification when triggering the hook
`token`	string	no	Secret token to validate received payloads; not returned in the response

Edit group hook

Edits a hook for a specified group.

PUT /groups/:id/hooks/:hook_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
`hook_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the group hook.
`url`	string	yes	The hook URL.
`push_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on push events.
`push_events_branch_filter`	string	No	Trigger hook on push events for matching branches only.
`issues_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on issues events.
`confidential_issues_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on confidential issues events.
`merge_requests_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on merge requests events.
`tag_push_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on tag push events.
`note_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on note events.
`confidential_note_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on confidential note events.
`job_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on job events.
`pipeline_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on pipeline events.
`wiki_page_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on wiki page events.
`deployment_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on deployment events.
`releases_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on release events.
`subgroup_events`	boolean	no	Trigger hook on subgroup events.
`enable_ssl_verification`	boolean	no	Do SSL verification when triggering the hook.
`token`	string	no	Secret token to validate received payloads. Not returned in the response. When you change the webhook URL, the secret token is reset and not retained.

Delete group hook

Removes a hook from a group. This is an idempotent method and can be called multiple times. Either the hook is available or not.

DELETE /groups/:id/hooks/:hook_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`hook_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the group hook.

Group Audit Events (PREMIUM ALL)

Group audit events can be accessed via the Group Audit Events API

Sync group with LDAP (PREMIUM SELF)

Syncs the group with its linked LDAP group. Only available to group owners and administrators.

POST /groups/:id/ldap_sync

Parameters:

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

Group members

See the Group Members documentation.

LDAP Group Links

List, add, and delete LDAP group links.

List LDAP group links (PREMIUM SELF)

Lists LDAP group links.

GET /groups/:id/ldap_group_links

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group

Add LDAP group link with CN or filter (PREMIUM SELF)

Adds an LDAP group link using a CN or filter. Adding a group link by filter is only supported in the Premium tier and above.

POST /groups/:id/ldap_group_links

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`cn`	string	no	The CN of an LDAP group
`filter`	string	no	The LDAP filter for the group
`group_access`	integer	yes	Role (`access_level`) for members of the LDAP group
`provider`	string	yes	LDAP provider for the LDAP group link

NOTE: To define the LDAP group link, provide either a cn or a filter, but not both.

Delete LDAP group link (PREMIUM SELF)

Deletes an LDAP group link. Deprecated. Scheduled for removal in a future release.

DELETE /groups/:id/ldap_group_links/:cn

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`cn`	string	yes	The CN of an LDAP group

Deletes an LDAP group link for a specific LDAP provider. Deprecated. Scheduled for removal in a future release.

DELETE /groups/:id/ldap_group_links/:provider/:cn

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`cn`	string	yes	The CN of an LDAP group
`provider`	string	yes	LDAP provider for the LDAP group link

Delete LDAP group link with CN or filter (PREMIUM SELF)

Deletes an LDAP group link using a CN or filter. Deleting by filter is only supported in the Premium tier and above.

DELETE /groups/:id/ldap_group_links

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`cn`	string	no	The CN of an LDAP group
`filter`	string	no	The LDAP filter for the group
`provider`	string	yes	LDAP provider for the LDAP group link

NOTE: To delete the LDAP group link, provide either a cn or a filter, but not both.

SAML Group Links (PREMIUM ALL)

Introduced in GitLab 15.3.0.

access_level type changed from string to integer in GitLab 15.3.3.

List, get, add, and delete SAML group links.

List SAML group links

Lists SAML group links.

GET /groups/:id/saml_group_links

Supported attributes:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	ID or URL-encoded path of the group

If successful, returns 200 and the following response attributes:

Attribute	Type	Description
`[].name`	string	Name of the SAML group
`[].access_level`	integer	Role (`access_level`) for members of the SAML group. The attribute had a string type from GitLab 15.3.0 to GitLab 15.3.3

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/saml_group_links"

Example response:

[
  {
    "name": "saml-group-1",
    "access_level": 10
  },
  {
    "name": "saml-group-2",
    "access_level": 40
  }
]

Get SAML group link

Get a SAML group link for the group.

GET /groups/:id/saml_group_links/:saml_group_name

Supported attributes:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`saml_group_name`	string	yes	Name of an SAML group

If successful, returns 200 and the following response attributes:

Attribute	Type	Description
`name`	string	Name of the SAML group
`access_level`	integer	Role (`access_level`) for members of the SAML group. The attribute had a string type from GitLab 15.3.0 to GitLab 15.3.3

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/saml_group_links/saml-group-1"

Example response:

{
"name": "saml-group-1",
"access_level": 10
}

Add SAML group link

Adds a SAML group link for a group.

POST /groups/:id/saml_group_links

Supported attributes:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`saml_group_name`	string	yes	Name of a SAML group
`access_level`	integer	yes	Role (`access_level`) for members of the SAML group

If successful, returns 201 and the following response attributes:

Attribute	Type	Description
`name`	string	Name of the SAML group
`access_level`	integer	Role (`access_level`) for members of the for members of the SAML group. The attribute had a string type from GitLab 15.3.0 to GitLab 15.3.3

Example request:

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{ "saml_group_name": "<your_saml_group_name`>", "access_level": <chosen_access_level> }' --url  "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/saml_group_links"

Example response:

{
"name": "saml-group-1",
"access_level": 10
}

Delete SAML group link

Deletes a SAML group link for the group.

DELETE /groups/:id/saml_group_links/:saml_group_name

Supported attributes:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`saml_group_name`	string	yes	Name of a SAML group

If successful, returns 204 status code without any response body.

Example request:

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/saml_group_links/saml-group-1"

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

Group badges

Read more in the Group Badges documentation.

Group Import/Export

Read more in the Group Import/Export and Group Relations Export documentation.

Share Groups with Groups

These endpoints create and delete links for sharing a group with another group. For more information, see the related discussion in the GitLab Groups page.

Create a link to share a group with another group

Share group with another group. Returns 200 and the group details on success.

POST /groups/:id/share

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`group_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the group to share with
`group_access`	integer	yes	The role (`access_level`) to grant the group
`expires_at`	string	no	Share expiration date in ISO 8601 format: 2016-09-26

Delete link sharing group with another group

Unshare the group from another group. Returns 204 and no content on success.

DELETE /groups/:id/share/:group_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`group_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the group to share with

Push Rules (PREMIUM ALL)

Introduced in GitLab 13.4.

Get group push rules

Get the push rules of a group.

Only available to group owners and administrators.

GET /groups/:id/push_rule

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID of the group or URL-encoded path of the group

{
  "id": 2,
  "created_at": "2020-08-17T19:09:19.580Z",
  "commit_message_regex": "[a-zA-Z]",
  "commit_message_negative_regex": "[x+]",
  "branch_name_regex": "[a-z]",
  "deny_delete_tag": true,
  "member_check": true,
  "prevent_secrets": true,
  "author_email_regex": "^[A-Za-z0-9.]+@gitlab.com$",
  "file_name_regex": "(exe)$",
  "max_file_size": 100
}

Users on GitLab Premium or Ultimate also see the commit_committer_check and reject_unsigned_commits parameters:

{
  "id": 2,
  "created_at": "2020-08-17T19:09:19.580Z",
  "commit_committer_check": true,
  "reject_unsigned_commits": false,
  ...
}

Add group push rule

Adds push rules to the specified group.

Only available to group owners and administrators.

POST /groups/:id/push_rule

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`deny_delete_tag`	boolean	no	Deny deleting a tag
`member_check`	boolean	no	Allows only GitLab users to author commits
`prevent_secrets`	boolean	no	Files that are likely to contain secrets are rejected
`commit_message_regex`	string	no	All commit messages must match the regular expression provided in this attribute, for example, `Fixed \d+\..*`
`commit_message_negative_regex`	string	no	Commit messages matching the regular expression provided in this attribute aren't allowed, for example, `ssh\:\/\/`
`branch_name_regex`	string	no	All branch names must match the regular expression provided in this attribute, for example, `(feature
`author_email_regex`	string	no	All commit author emails must match the regular expression provided in this attribute, for example, `@my-company.com$`
`file_name_regex`	string	no	Filenames matching the regular expression provided in this attribute are not allowed, for example, `(jar
`max_file_size`	integer	no	Maximum file size (MB) allowed
`commit_committer_check`	boolean	no	Only commits pushed using verified emails are allowed
`reject_unsigned_commits`	boolean	no	Only commits signed through GPG are allowed

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/19/push_rule"

Response:

{
    "id": 19,
    "created_at": "2020-08-31T15:53:00.073Z",
    "commit_message_regex": "[a-zA-Z]",
    "commit_message_negative_regex": "[x+]",
    "branch_name_regex": null,
    "deny_delete_tag": false,
    "member_check": false,
    "prevent_secrets": false,
    "author_email_regex": "^[A-Za-z0-9.]+@gitlab.com$",
    "file_name_regex": null,
    "max_file_size": 100
}

Edit group push rule

Edit push rules for a specified group.

Only available to group owners and administrators.

PUT /groups/:id/push_rule

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
`deny_delete_tag`	boolean	no	Deny deleting a tag
`member_check`	boolean	no	Restricts commits to be authored by existing GitLab users only
`prevent_secrets`	boolean	no	Files that are likely to contain secrets are rejected
`commit_message_regex`	string	no	All commit messages must match the regular expression provided in this attribute, for example, `Fixed \d+\..*`
`commit_message_negative_regex`	string	no	Commit messages matching the regular expression provided in this attribute aren't allowed, for example, `ssh\:\/\/`
`branch_name_regex`	string	no	All branch names must match the regular expression provided in this attribute, for example, `(feature
`author_email_regex`	string	no	All commit author emails must match the regular expression provided in this attribute, for example, `@my-company.com$`
`file_name_regex`	string	no	Filenames matching the regular expression provided in this attribute are not allowed, for example, `(jar
`max_file_size`	integer	no	Maximum file size (MB) allowed
`commit_committer_check`	boolean	no	Only commits pushed using verified emails are allowed
`reject_unsigned_commits`	boolean	no	Only commits signed through GPG are allowed

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/19/push_rule"

Response:

{
    "id": 19,
    "created_at": "2020-08-31T15:53:00.073Z",
    "commit_message_regex": "[a-zA-Z]",
    "commit_message_negative_regex": "[x+]",
    "branch_name_regex": null,
    "deny_delete_tag": false,
    "member_check": false,
    "prevent_secrets": false,
    "author_email_regex": "^[A-Za-z0-9.]+@staging.gitlab.com$",
    "file_name_regex": null,
    "max_file_size": 100
}

Delete group push rule

Deletes the push rules of a group.

Only available to group owners and administrators.

DELETE /groups/:id/push_rule

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group

Groups API (FREE ALL)

List groups

List a group's subgroups

List a group's descendant groups

List a group's projects

List a group's shared projects

Details of a group

Download a Group avatar

Disable the results limit (FREE SELF)

New group

Options for default_branch_protection

New Subgroup

Transfer project to group

Get groups to which a user can transfer a group

Transfer a group to a new parent group / Turn a subgroup to a top-level group

Update group

Disable the results limit (FREE SELF)

Options for shared_runners_setting

Upload a group avatar

Remove a group avatar

Remove group

Restore group marked for deletion (PREMIUM ALL)

Search for group

List provisioned users (PREMIUM ALL)

Service Accounts (PREMIUM ALL)

Create Service Account User

Create Personal Access Token for Service Account User

Rotate a Personal Access Token for Service Account User

Hooks (PREMIUM ALL)

List group hooks

Get group hook

Add group hook

Edit group hook

Delete group hook

Group Audit Events (PREMIUM ALL)

Sync group with LDAP (PREMIUM SELF)

Group members

LDAP Group Links

List LDAP group links (PREMIUM SELF)

Add LDAP group link with CN or filter (PREMIUM SELF)

Delete LDAP group link (PREMIUM SELF)

Delete LDAP group link with CN or filter (PREMIUM SELF)

SAML Group Links (PREMIUM ALL)

List SAML group links

Get SAML group link

Add SAML group link

Delete SAML group link

Namespaces in groups

Group badges

Group Import/Export

Share Groups with Groups

Create a link to share a group with another group

Delete link sharing group with another group

Push Rules (PREMIUM ALL)

Get group push rules

Add group push rule

Edit group push rule

Delete group push rule

Options for `default_branch_protection`

Options for `shared_runners_setting`