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author | GitLab Bot <gitlab-bot@gitlab.com> | 2021-08-19 12:08:42 +0300 |
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committer | GitLab Bot <gitlab-bot@gitlab.com> | 2021-08-19 12:08:42 +0300 |
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diff --git a/doc/api/index.md b/doc/api/index.md index f1059904ac3..12d01828803 100644 --- a/doc/api/index.md +++ b/doc/api/index.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- -stage: Create -group: Ecosystem +stage: Ecosystem +group: Integrations info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments --- @@ -166,6 +166,15 @@ curl --header "Authorization: Bearer OAUTH-TOKEN" "https://gitlab.example.com/ap Read more about [GitLab as an OAuth2 provider](oauth2.md). +NOTE: +We recommend OAuth access tokens have an expiration. You can use the `refresh_token` parameter +to refresh tokens. Integrations may need to be updated to use refresh tokens prior to +expiration, which is based on the [expires_in](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6749#appendix-A.14) +property in the token endpoint response. See [OAuth2 token](oauth2.md) documentation +for examples requesting a new access token using a refresh token. + +A default refresh setting of two hours is tracked in [this issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/336598). + ### Personal/project access tokens You can use access tokens to authenticate with the API by passing it in either @@ -254,12 +263,12 @@ tries to steal tokens from other jobs. > - To use in GitLab self-managed instances, ask a GitLab administrator to [enable it](#enable-or-disable-ci-job-token-scope-limit). **(FREE SELF)** This in-development feature might not be available for your use. There can be -[risks when enabling features still in development](../user/feature_flags.md#risks-when-enabling-features-still-in-development). +[risks when enabling features still in development](../administration/feature_flags.md#risks-when-enabling-features-still-in-development). Refer to this feature's version history for more details. You can limit the access scope of a project's CI/CD job token to increase the job token's security. A job token might give extra permissions that aren't necessary -to access specific resources. Limiting the job token access scope reduces the risk of a leaked +to access specific private resources. Limiting the job token access scope reduces the risk of a leaked token being used to access private data that the user associated to the job can access. Control the job token access scope with an allowlist of other projects authorized @@ -273,7 +282,9 @@ setting at all times, and configure the allowlist for cross-project access if ne For example, when the setting is enabled, jobs in a pipeline in project `A` have a `CI_JOB_TOKEN` scope limited to project `A`. If the job needs to use the token -to make an API request to project `B`, then `B` must be added to the allowlist for `A`. +to make an API request to a private project `B`, then `B` must be added to the allowlist for `A`. +If project `B` is public or internal, it doesn't need to be added to the allowlist. +The job token scope is only for controlling access to private projects. To enable and configure the job token scope limit: @@ -483,7 +494,7 @@ pass the following parameters: In the following example, we list 50 [namespaces](namespaces.md) per page: ```shell -curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/namespaces?per_page=50" +curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/namespaces?per_page=50" ``` #### Pagination `Link` header |