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diff --git a/doc/api/README.md b/doc/api/README.md index acd2f524beb..e91d3af59d7 100644 --- a/doc/api/README.md +++ b/doc/api/README.md @@ -2,31 +2,31 @@ ## Resources -+ [Users](users.md) -+ [Session](session.md) -+ [Projects](projects.md) -+ [Project Snippets](project_snippets.md) -+ [Repositories](repositories.md) -+ [Repository Files](repository_files.md) -+ [Commits](commits.md) -+ [Branches](branches.md) -+ [Merge Requests](merge_requests.md) -+ [Issues](issues.md) -+ [Milestones](milestones.md) -+ [Notes](notes.md) (comments) -+ [Deploy Keys](deploy_keys.md) -+ [System Hooks](system_hooks.md) -+ [Groups](groups.md) +- [Users](users.md) +- [Session](session.md) +- [Projects](projects.md) +- [Project Snippets](project_snippets.md) +- [Repositories](repositories.md) +- [Repository Files](repository_files.md) +- [Commits](commits.md) +- [Branches](branches.md) +- [Merge Requests](merge_requests.md) +- [Issues](issues.md) +- [Milestones](milestones.md) +- [Notes](notes.md) (comments) +- [Deploy Keys](deploy_keys.md) +- [System Hooks](system_hooks.md) +- [Groups](groups.md) ## Clients -+ [php-gitlab-api](https://github.com/m4tthumphrey/php-gitlab-api) - PHP -+ [Laravel API Wrapper for GitLab CE](https://github.com/adamgoose/gitlab) - PHP / [Laravel](http://laravel.com) -+ [Ruby Wrapper](https://github.com/NARKOZ/gitlab) - Ruby -+ [python-gitlab](https://github.com/Itxaka/python-gitlab) - Python -+ [java-gitlab-api](https://github.com/timols/java-gitlab-api) - Java -+ [node-gitlab](https://github.com/moul/node-gitlab) - Node.js -+ [NGitLab](https://github.com/Scooletz/NGitLab) - .NET +- [php-gitlab-api](https://github.com/m4tthumphrey/php-gitlab-api) - PHP +- [Laravel API Wrapper for GitLab CE](https://github.com/adamgoose/gitlab) - PHP / [Laravel](http://laravel.com) +- [Ruby Wrapper](https://github.com/NARKOZ/gitlab) - Ruby +- [python-gitlab](https://github.com/Itxaka/python-gitlab) - Python +- [java-gitlab-api](https://github.com/timols/java-gitlab-api) - Java +- [node-gitlab](https://github.com/moul/node-gitlab) - Node.js +- [NGitLab](https://github.com/Scooletz/NGitLab) - .NET ## Introduction @@ -54,41 +54,35 @@ Example for a valid API request using curl and authentication via header: curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: QVy1PB7sTxfy4pqfZM1U" "http://example.com/api/v3/projects" ``` - The API uses JSON to serialize data. You don't need to specify `.json` at the end of API URL. - - ## Status codes -The API is designed to return different status codes according to context and action. In this way -if a request results in an error the caller is able to get insight into what went wrong, e.g. -status code `400 Bad Request` is returned if a required attribute is missing from the request. -The following list gives an overview of how the API functions generally behave. +The API is designed to return different status codes according to context and action. In this way if a request results in an error the caller is able to get insight into what went wrong, e.g. status code `400 Bad Request` is returned if a required attribute is missing from the request. The following list gives an overview of how the API functions generally behave. API request types: -* `GET` requests access one or more resources and return the result as JSON -* `POST` requests return `201 Created` if the resource is successfully created and return the newly created resource as JSON -* `GET`, `PUT` and `DELETE` return `200 Ok` if the resource is accessed, modified or deleted successfully, the (modified) result is returned as JSON -* `DELETE` requests are designed to be idempotent, meaning a request a resource still returns `200 Ok` even it was deleted before or is not available. The reasoning behind it is the user is not really interested if the resource existed before or not. - +- `GET` requests access one or more resources and return the result as JSON +- `POST` requests return `201 Created` if the resource is successfully created and return the newly created resource as JSON +- `GET`, `PUT` and `DELETE` return `200 Ok` if the resource is accessed, modified or deleted successfully, the (modified) result is returned as JSON +- `DELETE` requests are designed to be idempotent, meaning a request a resource still returns `200 Ok` even it was deleted before or is not available. The reasoning behind it is the user is not really interested if the resource existed before or not. The following list shows the possible return codes for API requests. Return values: -* `200 Ok` - The `GET`, `PUT` or `DELETE` request was successful, the resource(s) itself is returned as JSON -* `201 Created` - The `POST` request was successful and the resource is returned as JSON -* `400 Bad Request` - A required attribute of the API request is missing, e.g. the title of an issue is not given -* `401 Unauthorized` - The user is not authenticated, a valid user token is necessary, see above -* `403 Forbidden` - The request is not allowed, e.g. the user is not allowed to delete a project -* `404 Not Found` - A resource could not be accessed, e.g. an ID for a resource could not be found -* `405 Method Not Allowed` - The request is not supported -* `409 Conflict` - A conflicting resource already exists, e.g. creating a project with a name that already exists -* `500 Server Error` - While handling the request something went wrong on the server side +- `200 Ok` - The `GET`, `PUT` or `DELETE` request was successful, the resource(s) itself is returned as JSON +- `201 Created` - The `POST` request was successful and the resource is returned as JSON +- `400 Bad Request` - A required attribute of the API request is missing, e.g. the title of an issue is not given +- `401 Unauthorized` - The user is not authenticated, a valid user token is necessary, see above +- `403 Forbidden` - The request is not allowed, e.g. the user is not allowed to delete a project +- `404 Not Found` - A resource could not be accessed, e.g. an ID for a resource could not be found +- `405 Method Not Allowed` - The request is not supported +- `409 Conflict` - A conflicting resource already exists, e.g. creating a project with a name that already exists +- `500 Server Error` - While handling the request something went wrong on the server side ## Sudo + All API requests support performing an api call as if you were another user, if your private token is for an administration account. You need to pass `sudo` parameter by url or header with an id or username of the user you want to perform the operation as. If passed as header, the header name must be "SUDO" (capitals). If a non administrative `private_token` is provided then an error message will be returned with status code 403: @@ -112,16 +106,17 @@ Example of a valid API with sudo request: ``` GET http://example.com/api/v3/projects?private_token=QVy1PB7sTxfy4pqfZM1U&sudo=username ``` + ``` GET http://example.com/api/v3/projects?private_token=QVy1PB7sTxfy4pqfZM1U&sudo=23 ``` - Example for a valid API request with sudo using curl and authentication via header: ``` curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: QVy1PB7sTxfy4pqfZM1U" --header "SUDO: username" "http://example.com/api/v3/projects" ``` + ``` curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: QVy1PB7sTxfy4pqfZM1U" --header "SUDO: 23" "http://example.com/api/v3/projects" ``` @@ -130,24 +125,21 @@ curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: QVy1PB7sTxfy4pqfZM1U" --header "SUDO: 23" "http:// When listing resources you can pass the following parameters: -+ `page` (default: `1`) - page number -+ `per_page` (default: `20`, max: `100`) - number of items to list per page +- `page` (default: `1`) - page number +- `per_page` (default: `20`, max: `100`) - number of items to list per page -[Link headers](http://www.w3.org/wiki/LinkHeader) are send back with each response. -These have `rel` prev/next/first/last and contain the relevant url. -Please use these instead of generating your own urls. +[Link headers](http://www.w3.org/wiki/LinkHeader) are send back with each response. These have `rel` prev/next/first/last and contain the relevant URL. Please use these instead of generating your own urls. ## id vs iid -When you work with API you may notice two similar fields in api entites: id and iid. -The main difference between them is scope. Example: +When you work with API you may notice two similar fields in api entites: id and iid. The main difference between them is scope. Example: + +Issue: -Issue - id: 46 - iid: 5 + id: 46 + iid: 5 -* id - is uniq across all Issues table. It used for any api calls. -* iid - is uniq only in scope of single project. When you browse issues or merge requests with Web UI - you see iid. +- id - is uniq across all Issues table. It used for any api calls. +- iid - is uniq only in scope of single project. When you browse issues or merge requests with Web UI - you see iid. -So if you want to get issue with api you use `http://host/api/v3/.../issues/:id.json` -But when you want to create a link to web page - use `http:://host/project/issues/:iid.json` +So if you want to get issue with api you use `http://host/api/v3/.../issues/:id.json`. But when you want to create a link to web page - use `http:://host/project/issues/:iid.json` |