Groups API

List groups

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.

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` 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 access level
`top_level_only`	boolean	no	Limit to top level groups, excluding all subgroups

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,
    "full_name": "Foobar Group",
    "full_path": "foo-bar",
    "file_template_project_id": 1,
    "parent_id": null,
    "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z"
  }
]

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,
    "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,
      "packages_size": 0,
      "snippets_size" : 50
    }
  }
]

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

Introduced in GitLab 10.3.

Get a list of visible direct subgroups in 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
`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 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,
    "full_name": "Foobar Group",
    "full_path": "foo-bar",
    "file_template_project_id": 1,
    "parent_id": 123,
    "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z"
  }
]

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
`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 access level

GET /groups/:id/descendant_groups

[
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Bar Group",
    "path": "foo/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": "foo/bar/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"
  }
]

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 the ID, URL, name, and path of each project
`owned`	boolean	no	Limit by projects owned by the current user
`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`
`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 access level
`with_custom_attributes`	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (administrators only)
`with_security_reports`	boolean	no	(ULTIMATE) 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. This is an alpha feature introduced in GitLab 13.3.

The feature is behind a feature flag, you can enable it with the similarity_search flag. 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": [],
    "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 the ID, URL, name, and path of each project
`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 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":[

      ],
      "ssh_url_to_repo":"ssh://git@gitlab.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "http_url_to_repo":"http://gitlab.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "web_url":"http://gitlab.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "readme_url":"http://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":"http://gitlab.com/groups/h5bp"
      },
      "_links":{
         "self":"http://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8",
         "issues":"http://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/issues",
         "merge_requests":"http://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/merge_requests",
         "repo_branches":"http://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/repository/branches",
         "labels":"http://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/labels",
         "events":"http://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/events",
         "members":"http://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",
      "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,
      "public_jobs":true,
      "build_timeout":3600,
      "auto_cancel_pending_pipelines":"enabled",
      "build_coverage_regex":null,
      "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

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 administrator of the group, it returns the runners_token for the group too.

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,
  "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
    }
  ],
  "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": [],
      "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": [],
      "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": [],
      "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"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Users of GitLab Premium or higher also see the shared_runners_minutes_limit and extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit parameters:

Additional response parameters:

{
  "id": 4,
  "description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
  "shared_runners_minutes_limit": 133,
  "extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit": 133,
  ...
}

Users of GitLab Premium or higher also see the marked_for_deletion_on attribute:

{
  "id": 4,
  "description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
  "marked_for_deletion_on": "2020-04-03",
  ...
}

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,
  "full_name": "Twitter",
  "full_path": "twitter",
  "file_template_project_id": 1,
  "parent_id": null
}

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

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.
`description`	string	no	The group's description.
`membership_lock`	boolean	no	(STARTER) Prevent adding new members to project membership within this group.
`visibility`	string	no	The group's visibility. Can be `private`, `internal`, or `public`.
`share_with_group_lock`	boolean	no	Prevent sharing a project with another group within this group.
`require_two_factor_authentication`	boolean	no	Require all users in this group to setup Two-factor authentication.
`two_factor_grace_period`	integer	no	Time before Two-factor authentication is enforced (in hours).
`project_creation_level`	string	no	Determine if developers can create projects in the group. Can be `noone` (No one), `maintainer` (Maintainers), or `developer` (Developers + Maintainers).
`auto_devops_enabled`	boolean	no	Default to Auto DevOps pipeline for all projects within this group.
`subgroup_creation_level`	string	no	Allowed to create subgroups. Can be `owner` (Owners), or `maintainer` (Maintainers).
`emails_disabled`	boolean	no	Disable email notifications
`avatar`	mixed	no	Image file for avatar of the group. Introduced in GitLab 12.9
`mentions_disabled`	boolean	no	Disable the capability of a group from getting mentioned
`lfs_enabled`	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.
`parent_id`	integer	no	The parent group ID for creating nested group.
`default_branch_protection`	integer	no	See Options for `default_branch_protection`. Default to the global level default branch protection setting.
`shared_runners_minutes_limit`	integer	no	(PREMIUM SELF) Pipeline minutes quota for this group (included in plan). Can be `nil` (default; inherit system default), `0` (unlimited) or `> 0`
`extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit`	integer	no	(PREMIUM SELF) Extra pipeline minutes quota for this group (purchased in addition to the minutes included in the plan).

Options for `default_branch_protection`

The default_branch_protection attribute determines whether developers and maintainers can push to the applicable default branch, as described in the following table:

Value	Description
`0`	No protection. Developers and maintainers can: - Push new commits - Force push changes - Delete the branch
`1`	Partial protection. Developers and maintainers can: - Push new commits
`2`	Full protection. Only maintainers can: - Push new commits

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 instance administrator access. 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"

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.
`membership_lock`	boolean	no	(STARTER) Prevent adding new members to project membership within this group.
`share_with_group_lock`	boolean	no	Prevent sharing a project with another group within this group.
`visibility`	string	no	The visibility level of the group. Can be `private`, `internal`, or `public`.
`require_two_factor_authentication`	boolean	no	Require all users in this group to setup Two-factor authentication.
`two_factor_grace_period`	integer	no	Time before Two-factor authentication is enforced (in hours).
`project_creation_level`	string	no	Determine if developers can create projects in the group. Can be `noone` (No one), `maintainer` (Maintainers), or `developer` (Developers + Maintainers).
`auto_devops_enabled`	boolean	no	Default to Auto DevOps pipeline for all projects within this group.
`subgroup_creation_level`	string	no	Allowed to create subgroups. Can be `owner` (Owners), or `maintainer` (Maintainers).
`emails_disabled`	boolean	no	Disable email notifications
`avatar`	mixed	no	Image file for avatar of the group. Introduced in GitLab 12.9
`mentions_disabled`	boolean	no	Disable the capability of a group from getting mentioned
`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.
`default_branch_protection`	integer	no	See Options for `default_branch_protection`.
`file_template_project_id`	integer	no	(PREMIUM) The ID of a project to load custom file templates from.
`shared_runners_minutes_limit`	integer	no	(PREMIUM SELF) Pipeline minutes quota for this group (included in plan). Can be `nil` (default; inherit system default), `0` (unlimited) or `> 0`
`extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit`	integer	no	(PREMIUM SELF) Extra pipeline minutes quota for this group (purchased in addition to the minutes included in the plan).
`prevent_forking_outside_group`	boolean	no	(PREMIUM) When enabled, users can not fork projects from this group to external namespaces
`shared_runners_setting`	string	no	See Options for `shared_runners_setting`. Enable or disable shared runners for a group's subgroups and projects.

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,
  "full_name": "Foobar Group",
  "full_path": "foo-bar",
  "file_template_project_id": 1,
  "parent_id": null,
  "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z",
  "projects": [ // Deprecated and will be removed in API v5
    {
      "id": 9,
      "description": "foo",
      "default_branch": "master",
      "tag_list": [],
      "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
    }
  ]
}

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_with_override`	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.

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 group

Only available to group owners and administrators.

This endpoint either:

Removes group, and queues a background job to delete all projects in the group as well.
Since GitLab 12.8, on Premium or higher tiers, marks a group for deletion. The deletion happens 7 days later by default, but this can be changed in the instance settings.

DELETE /groups/:id

Parameters:

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

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)

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"
  }
]

Hooks (PREMIUM)

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,
  "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,
  "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
`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/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
`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

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 (STARTER)

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

Please consult 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	Minimum 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.

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 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 (STARTER)

Introduced in GitLab Starter 13.4.

Get group push rules (STARTER)

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 higher 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 (STARTER)

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` (STARTER)	boolean	no	Deny deleting a tag
`member_check` (STARTER)	boolean	no	Allows only GitLab users to author commits
`prevent_secrets` (STARTER)	boolean	no	Files that are likely to contain secrets are rejected
`commit_message_regex` (STARTER)	string	no	All commit messages must match the regular expression provided in this attribute, e.g. `Fixed \d+\..*`
`commit_message_negative_regex` (STARTER)	string	no	Commit messages matching the regular expression provided in this attribute aren't allowed, e.g. `ssh\:\/\/`
`branch_name_regex` (STARTER)	string	no	All branch names must match the regular expression provided in this attribute, e.g. `(feature
`author_email_regex` (STARTER)	string	no	All commit author emails must match the regular expression provided in this attribute, e.g. `@my-company.com$`
`file_name_regex` (STARTER)	string	no	Filenames matching the regular expression provided in this attribute are not allowed, e.g. `(jar
`max_file_size` (STARTER)	integer	no	Maximum file size (MB) allowed
`commit_committer_check` (PREMIUM)	boolean	no	Only commits pushed using verified emails are allowed
`reject_unsigned_commits` (PREMIUM)	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 (STARTER)

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` (STARTER)	boolean	no	Deny deleting a tag
`member_check` (STARTER)	boolean	no	Restricts commits to be authored by existing GitLab users only
`prevent_secrets` (STARTER)	boolean	no	Files that are likely to contain secrets are rejected
`commit_message_regex` (STARTER)	string	no	All commit messages must match the regular expression provided in this attribute, e.g. `Fixed \d+\..*`
`commit_message_negative_regex` (STARTER)	string	no	Commit messages matching the regular expression provided in this attribute aren't allowed, e.g. `ssh\:\/\/`
`branch_name_regex` (STARTER)	string	no	All branch names must match the regular expression provided in this attribute, e.g. `(feature
`author_email_regex` (STARTER)	string	no	All commit author emails must match the regular expression provided in this attribute, e.g. `@my-company.com$`
`file_name_regex` (STARTER)	string	no	Filenames matching the regular expression provided in this attribute are not allowed, e.g. `(jar
`max_file_size` (STARTER)	integer	no	Maximum file size (MB) allowed
`commit_committer_check` (PREMIUM)	boolean	no	Only commits pushed using verified emails are allowed
`reject_unsigned_commits` (PREMIUM)	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 (STARTER)

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

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

Disable the results limit (FREE SELF)

New group

Options for default_branch_protection

New Subgroup

Transfer project to group

Update group

Disable the results limit (FREE SELF)

Options for shared_runners_setting

Upload a group avatar

Remove group

Restore group marked for deletion (PREMIUM)

Search for group

Hooks (PREMIUM)

List group hooks

Get group hook

Add group hook

Edit group hook

Delete group hook

Group Audit Events (STARTER)

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)

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 (STARTER)

Get group push rules (STARTER)

Add group push rule (STARTER)

Edit group push rule (STARTER)

Delete group push rule (STARTER)

Options for `default_branch_protection`

Options for `shared_runners_setting`