Groups API

List groups

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

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 admin); 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 (admins only)
with_custom_attributes	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (admins 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": 1,
    "name": "Foobar Group",
    "path": "foo-bar",
    "description": "An interesting group",
    "visibility": "public",
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "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
  }
]

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

GET /groups?statistics=true

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Foobar Group",
    "path": "foo-bar",
    "description": "An interesting group",
    "visibility": "public",
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "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,
    "statistics": {
      "storage_size" : 212,
      "repository_size" : 33,
      "wiki_size" : 100,
      "lfs_objects_size" : 123,
      "job_artifacts_size" : 57,
      "packages_size": 0
    }
  }
]

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.

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group of the 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 admin); Attributes owned and min_access_level have preceden
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 (admins only)
with_custom_attributes	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (admins 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",
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "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
  }
]

List a group's projects

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

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, 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
with_custom_attributes	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (admins only)

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
  }
]

Details of a group

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

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 (admins only).
with_projects	boolean	no	Include details from projects that belong to the specified group (defaults to true).

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

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,
  "projects": [
    {
      "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": [
    {
      "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 on GitLab Starter, Bronze, or higher will 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,
  ...
}

When adding the parameter with_projects=false, projects will not be 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
}

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.
visibility	string	no	The group's visibility. Can be private, internal, or public.
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.
shared_runners_minutes_limit	integer	no	(STARTER ONLY) Pipeline minutes quota for this group.
extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit	integer	no	(STARTER ONLY) Extra pipeline minutes quota for this group.

Transfer project to group

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

POST  /groups/:id/projects/:project_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
project_id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project

Update group

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

PUT /groups/:id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer	yes	The ID of the group.
name	string	no	The name of the group.
path	string	no	The path of the group.
description	string	no	The description of the group.
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.
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.
file_template_project_id	integer	no	(PREMIUM) The ID of a project to load custom file templates from.
shared_runners_minutes_limit	integer	no	(STARTER ONLY) Pipeline minutes quota for this group.
extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit	integer	no	(STARTER ONLY) Extra pipeline minutes quota for this group.

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

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,
  "projects": [
    {
      "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
    }
  ]
}

Remove group

Removes group with all projects inside. Only available to group owners and administrators.

DELETE /groups/:id

Parameters:

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

This will queue a background job to delete all projects in the group. The response will be a 202 Accepted if the user has authorization.

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"
  }
]

Sync group with LDAP (CORE ONLY)

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.

Add LDAP group link (CORE ONLY)

Adds an LDAP group link.

POST /groups/:id/ldap_group_links

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a group
• cn (required) - The CN of a LDAP group
• group_access (required) - Minimum access level for members of the LDAP group
• provider (required) - LDAP provider for the LDAP group

Delete LDAP group link (CORE ONLY)

Deletes an LDAP group link.

DELETE /groups/:id/ldap_group_links/:cn

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a group
• cn (required) - The CN of a LDAP group

Deletes a LDAP group link for a specific LDAP provider

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

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a group
• cn (required) - The CN of a LDAP group
• provider (required) - Name of a LDAP provider

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.