Snippets API

Introduced in GitLab 8.15.

Snippets API operates on snippets.

Snippet visibility level

Snippets in GitLab can be either private, internal, or public. You can set it with the visibility field in the snippet.

Valid values for snippet visibility levels are:

Visibility	Description
private	Snippet is visible only to the snippet creator.
internal	Snippet is visible for any logged in user.
public	Snippet can be accessed without any authentication.

List all snippets for a user

Get a list of the current user's snippets.

GET /snippets

Example request:

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

Example response:

[
    {
        "id": 42,
        "title": "Voluptatem iure ut qui aut et consequatur quaerat.",
        "file_name": "mclaughlin.rb",
        "description": null,
        "visibility": "internal",
        "author": {
            "id": 22,
            "name": "User 0",
            "username": "user0",
            "state": "active",
            "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/52e4ce24a915fb7e51e1ad3b57f4b00a?s=80&d=identicon",
            "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/user0"
        },
        "updated_at": "2018-09-18T01:12:26.383Z",
        "created_at": "2018-09-18T01:12:26.383Z",
        "project_id": null,
        "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/snippets/42",
        "raw_url": "http://localhost:3000/snippets/42/raw"
    },
    {
        "id": 41,
        "title": "Ut praesentium non et atque.",
        "file_name": "ondrickaemard.rb",
        "description": null,
        "visibility": "internal",
        "author": {
            "id": 22,
            "name": "User 0",
            "username": "user0",
            "state": "active",
            "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/52e4ce24a915fb7e51e1ad3b57f4b00a?s=80&d=identicon",
            "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/user0"
        },
        "updated_at": "2018-09-18T01:12:26.360Z",
        "created_at": "2018-09-18T01:12:26.360Z",
        "project_id": null,
        "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/snippets/41",
        "raw_url": "http://localhost:3000/snippets/41/raw"
    }
]

Get a single snippet

Get a single snippet.

GET /snippets/:id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer	yes	ID of snippet to retrieve.

Example request:

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

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "title": "test",
  "file_name": "add.rb",
  "description": "Ruby test snippet",
  "visibility": "private",
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "john_smith",
    "email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "John Smith",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z"
  },
  "expires_at": null,
  "updated_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
  "created_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
  "web_url": "http://example.com/snippets/1",
}

Single snippet contents

Get a single snippet's raw contents.

GET /snippets/:id/raw

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer	yes	ID of snippet to retrieve.

Example request:

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

Example response:

Hello World snippet

Create new snippet

Create a new snippet.

NOTE: Note: The user must have permission to create new snippets.

POST /snippets

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
title	string	yes	Title of a snippet.
file_name	string	yes	Name of a snippet file.
code	string	yes	Content of a snippet.
description	string	no	Description of a snippet.
visibility	string	yes	Snippet's visibility.

Example request:

curl --request POST \
     --data '{"title": "This is a snippet", "code": "Hello world", "description": "Hello World snippet", "file_name": "test.txt", "visibility": "internal" }' \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: valid_api_token" \
     https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/snippets

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "title": "This is a snippet",
  "file_name": "test.txt",
  "description": "Hello World snippet",
  "visibility": "internal",
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "john_smith",
    "email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "John Smith",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z"
  },
  "expires_at": null,
  "updated_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
  "created_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
  "web_url": "http://example.com/snippets/1",
}

Update snippet

Update an existing snippet.

NOTE: Note: The user must have permission to change an existing snippet.

PUT /snippets/:id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer	yes	ID of snippet to update.
title	string	no	Title of a snippet.
file_name	string	no	Name of a snippet file.
description	string	no	Description of a snippet.
code	string	no	Content of a snippet.
visibility	string	no	Snippet's visibility.

Example request:

curl --request PUT \
     --data '{"title": "foo", "code": "bar"}' \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: valid_api_token" \
     https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/snippets/1

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "title": "test",
  "file_name": "add.rb",
  "description": "description of snippet",
  "visibility": "internal",
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "john_smith",
    "email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "John Smith",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z"
  },
  "expires_at": null,
  "updated_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
  "created_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
  "web_url": "http://example.com/snippets/1",
}

Delete snippet

Delete an existing snippet.

DELETE /snippets/:id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer	yes	ID of snippet to delete.

Example request:

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

The following are possible return codes:

Code	Description
204	Delete was successful. No data is returned.
404	The snippet wasn't found.

List all public snippets

List all public snippets.

GET /snippets/public

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
per_page	integer	no	Number of snippets to return per page.
page	integer	no	Page to retrieve.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/snippets/public?per_page=2&page=1

Example response:

[
    {
        "author": {
            "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/edaf55a9e363ea263e3b981d09e0f7f7?s=80&d=identicon",
            "id": 12,
            "name": "Libby Rolfson",
            "state": "active",
            "username": "elton_wehner",
            "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/elton_wehner"
        },
        "created_at": "2016-11-25T16:53:34.504Z",
        "file_name": "oconnerrice.rb",
        "id": 49,
        "raw_url": "http://localhost:3000/snippets/49/raw",
        "title": "Ratione cupiditate et laborum temporibus.",
        "updated_at": "2016-11-25T16:53:34.504Z",
        "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/snippets/49"
    },
    {
        "author": {
            "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/36583b28626de71061e6e5a77972c3bd?s=80&d=identicon",
            "id": 16,
            "name": "Llewellyn Flatley",
            "state": "active",
            "username": "adaline",
            "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/adaline"
        },
        "created_at": "2016-11-25T16:53:34.479Z",
        "file_name": "muellershields.rb",
        "id": 48,
        "raw_url": "http://localhost:3000/snippets/48/raw",
        "title": "Minus similique nesciunt vel fugiat qui ullam sunt.",
        "updated_at": "2016-11-25T16:53:34.479Z",
        "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/snippets/48",
        "visibility": "public"
    }
]

Get user agent details

Introduced in GitLab 9.4.

NOTE: Note: Available only for administrators.

GET /snippets/:id/user_agent_detail

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer	yes	ID of snippet.

Example request:

curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/snippets/1/user_agent_detail

Example response:

{
  "user_agent": "AppleWebKit/537.36",
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "akismet_submitted": false
}