Namespaces API

Usernames and group names fall under a special category called namespaces.

For users and groups supported API calls see the users and groups documentation respectively.

Pagination is used.

List namespaces

Get a list of the namespaces of the authenticated user. If the user is an administrator, a list of all namespaces in the GitLab instance is shown.

GET /namespaces

Example request:

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

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "user1",
    "path": "user1",
    "kind": "user",
    "full_path": "user1",
    "parent_id": null,
    "avatar_url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/user1",
    "billable_members_count": 1,
    "plan": "default",
    "trial_ends_on": null,
    "trial": false
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "group1",
    "path": "group1",
    "kind": "group",
    "full_path": "group1",
    "parent_id": null,
    "avatar_url": null,
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/group1",
    "members_count_with_descendants": 2,
    "billable_members_count": 2,
    "plan": "default",
    "trial_ends_on": null,
    "trial": false
  },
  {
    "id": 3,
    "name": "bar",
    "path": "bar",
    "kind": "group",
    "full_path": "foo/bar",
    "parent_id": 9,
    "avatar_url": null,
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/foo/bar",
    "members_count_with_descendants": 5,
    "billable_members_count": 5,
    "plan": "default",
    "trial_ends_on": null,
    "trial": false
  }
]

Users on GitLab.com Bronze or higher may also see the plan parameter associated with a namespace:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "user1",
    "plan": "bronze",
    ...
  }
]

Users on GitLab.com also see max_seats_used and seats_in_use parameters. max_seats_used is the highest number of users the group had. seats_in_use is the number of license seats currently being used. Both values are updated once a day.

max_seats_used and seats_in_use are non-zero only for namespaces on paid plans.

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "user1",
    "billable_members_count": 2,
    "max_seats_used": 3,
    "seats_in_use": 2,
    ...
  }
]

NOTE: Only group maintainers/owners are presented with members_count_with_descendants, as well as plan (BRONZE ONLY).

Search for namespace

Get all namespaces that match a string in their name or path.

GET /namespaces?search=foobar

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
search	string	no	Returns a list of namespaces the user is authorized to see based on the search criteria

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/namespaces?search=twitter"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 4,
    "name": "twitter",
    "path": "twitter",
    "kind": "group",
    "full_path": "twitter",
    "parent_id": null,
    "avatar_url": null,
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/twitter",
    "members_count_with_descendants": 2,
    "billable_members_count": 2,
    "max_seats_used": 0,
    "seats_in_use": 0,
    "plan": "default",
    "trial_ends_on": null,
    "trial": false
  }
]

Get namespace by ID

Get a namespace by ID.

GET /namespaces/:id

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

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/namespaces/2"

Example response:

{
  "id": 2,
  "name": "group1",
  "path": "group1",
  "kind": "group",
  "full_path": "group1",
  "parent_id": null,
  "avatar_url": null,
  "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/group1",
  "members_count_with_descendants": 2,
  "billable_members_count": 2,
  "max_seats_used": 0,
  "seats_in_use": 0,
  "plan": "default",
  "trial_ends_on": null,
  "trial": false
}

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/namespaces/group1"

Example response:

{
  "id": 2,
  "name": "group1",
  "path": "group1",
  "kind": "group",
  "full_path": "group1",
  "parent_id": null,
  "avatar_url": null,
  "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/group1",
  "members_count_with_descendants": 2,
  "billable_members_count": 2,
  "max_seats_used": 0,
  "seats_in_use": 0,
  "plan": "default",
  "trial_ends_on": null,
  "trial": false
}

Get existence of a namespace

Get existence of a namespace by path. Suggests a new namespace path that does not already exist.

GET /namespaces/:namespace/exists

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
namespace	string	yes	Namespace's path.
parent_id	integer	no	The ID of the parent namespace. If no ID is specified, only top-level namespaces are considered.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/namespaces/my-group/exists?parent_id=1"

Example response:

{
    "exists": true,
    "suggests": [
        "my-group1"
    ]
}