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# Job Artifacts API **(FREE)**
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## Get job artifacts
> The use of `CI_JOB_TOKEN` in the artifacts download API was [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/2346) in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 9.5.
Get the job's artifacts zipped archive of a project.
```plaintext
GET /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/artifacts
```
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|-------------|----------------|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `id` | integer/string | yes | ID or [URL-encoded path of the project ](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding ) owned by the authenticated user. |
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| `job_id` | integer | yes | ID of a job. |
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| `job_token` ** (PREMIUM)** | string | no | To be used with [triggers ](../ci/jobs/ci_job_token.md#download-an-artifact-from-a-different-pipeline ) for multi-project pipelines. It should be invoked only inside `.gitlab-ci.yml` . Its value is always `$CI_JOB_TOKEN` . |
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Example request using the `PRIVATE-TOKEN` header:
```shell
curl --output artifacts.zip --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/42/artifacts"
```
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To use this in a [`script` definition ](../ci/yaml/index.md#script ) inside
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`.gitlab-ci.yml` ** (PREMIUM)**, you can use either:
- The `JOB-TOKEN` header with the GitLab-provided `CI_JOB_TOKEN` variable.
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For example, the following job downloads the artifacts of the job with ID
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`42` . The command is wrapped in single quotes because it contains a
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colon (`:`):
```yaml
artifact_download:
stage: test
script:
- 'curl --location --output artifacts.zip --header "JOB-TOKEN: $CI_JOB_TOKEN" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/42/artifacts"'
```
- Or the `job_token` attribute with the GitLab-provided `CI_JOB_TOKEN` variable.
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For example, the following job downloads the artifacts of the job with ID `42` :
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```yaml
artifact_download:
stage: test
script:
- 'curl --location --output artifacts.zip "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/42/artifacts?job_token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN"'
```
Possible response status codes:
| Status | Description |
|-----------|---------------------------------|
| 200 | Serves the artifacts file. |
| 404 | Build not found or no artifacts.|
## Download the artifacts archive
> The use of `CI_JOB_TOKEN` in the artifacts download API was [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/2346) in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 9.5.
Download the artifacts zipped archive from the latest successful pipeline for
the given reference name and job, provided the job finished successfully. This
is the same as [getting the job's artifacts ](#get-job-artifacts ), but by
defining the job's name instead of its ID.
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NOTE:
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If a pipeline is [parent of other child pipelines ](../ci/pipelines/parent_child_pipelines.md ), artifacts
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are searched in hierarchical order from parent to child. For example, if both parent and
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child pipelines have a job with the same name, the artifact from the parent pipeline is returned.
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```plaintext
GET /projects/:id/jobs/artifacts/:ref_name/download?job=name
```
Parameters
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|-------------|----------------|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `id` | integer/string | yes | ID or [URL-encoded path of the project ](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding ) owned by the authenticated user. |
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| `ref_name` | string | yes | Branch or tag name in repository. HEAD or SHA references are not supported. |
| `job` | string | yes | The name of the job. |
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| `job_token` ** (PREMIUM)** | string | no | To be used with [triggers ](../ci/jobs/ci_job_token.md#download-an-artifact-from-a-different-pipeline ) for multi-project pipelines. It should be invoked only inside `.gitlab-ci.yml` . Its value is always `$CI_JOB_TOKEN` . |
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Example request using the `PRIVATE-TOKEN` header:
```shell
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curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/artifacts/main/download?job=test"
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```
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To use this in a [`script` definition ](../ci/yaml/index.md#script ) inside
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`.gitlab-ci.yml` ** (PREMIUM)**, you can use either:
- The `JOB-TOKEN` header with the GitLab-provided `CI_JOB_TOKEN` variable.
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For example, the following job downloads the artifacts of the `test` job
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of the `main` branch. The command is wrapped in single quotes
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because it contains a colon (`:`):
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```yaml
artifact_download:
stage: test
script:
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- 'curl --location --output artifacts.zip --header "JOB-TOKEN: $CI_JOB_TOKEN" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/jobs/artifacts/main/download?job=test"'
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```
- Or the `job_token` attribute with the GitLab-provided `CI_JOB_TOKEN` variable.
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For example, the following job downloads the artifacts of the `test` job
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of the `main` branch:
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```yaml
artifact_download:
stage: test
script:
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- 'curl --location --output artifacts.zip "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/jobs/artifacts/main/download?job=test& job_token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN"'
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```
Possible response status codes:
| Status | Description |
|-----------|---------------------------------|
| 200 | Serves the artifacts file. |
| 404 | Build not found or no artifacts.|
## Download a single artifact file by job ID
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> - Introduced in GitLab 10.0.
> - The use of `CI_JOB_TOKEN` in the artifacts download API was [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/55042) in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.10.
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Download a single artifact file from a job with a specified ID from inside
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the job's artifacts zipped archive. The file is extracted from the archive and
streamed to the client.
```plaintext
GET /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/artifacts/*artifact_path
```
Parameters
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------------|----------------|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `id` | integer/string | yes | ID or [URL-encoded path of the project ](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding ) owned by the authenticated user. |
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| `job_id` | integer | yes | The unique job identifier. |
| `artifact_path` | string | yes | Path to a file inside the artifacts archive. |
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| `job_token` ** (PREMIUM)** | string | no | To be used with [triggers ](../ci/jobs/ci_job_token.md#download-an-artifact-from-a-different-pipeline ) for multi-project pipelines. It should be invoked only inside `.gitlab-ci.yml` . Its value is always `$CI_JOB_TOKEN` . |
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Example request:
```shell
curl --location --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/5/artifacts/some/release/file.pdf"
```
Possible response status codes:
| Status | Description |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|
| 200 | Sends a single artifact file |
| 400 | Invalid path provided |
| 404 | Build not found or no file/artifacts |
## Download a single artifact file from specific tag or branch
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> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/23538) in GitLab 11.5.
> - The use of `CI_JOB_TOKEN` in the artifacts download API was [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/55042) in [GitLab Premium](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/) 13.10.
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Download a single artifact file for a specific job of the latest successful
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pipeline for the given reference name from inside the job's artifacts archive.
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The file is extracted from the archive and streamed to the client.
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In [GitLab 13.5 ](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/201784 ) and later, artifacts
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for [parent and child pipelines ](../ci/pipelines/parent_child_pipelines.md ) are searched in hierarchical
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order from parent to child. For example, if both parent and child pipelines have a
job with the same name, the artifact from the parent pipeline is returned.
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```plaintext
GET /projects/:id/jobs/artifacts/:ref_name/raw/*artifact_path?job=name
```
Parameters:
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------------|----------------|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `id` | integer/string | yes | ID or [URL-encoded path of the project ](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding ) owned by the authenticated user. |
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| `ref_name` | string | yes | Branch or tag name in repository. `HEAD` or `SHA` references are not supported. |
| `artifact_path` | string | yes | Path to a file inside the artifacts archive. |
| `job` | string | yes | The name of the job. |
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| `job_token` ** (PREMIUM)** | string | no | To be used with [triggers ](../ci/jobs/ci_job_token.md#download-an-artifact-from-a-different-pipeline ) for multi-project pipelines. It should be invoked only inside `.gitlab-ci.yml` . Its value is always `$CI_JOB_TOKEN` . |
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Example request:
```shell
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curl --location --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/artifacts/main/raw/some/release/file.pdf?job=pdf"
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```
Possible response status codes:
| Status | Description |
|-----------|--------------------------------------|
| 200 | Sends a single artifact file |
| 400 | Invalid path provided |
| 404 | Build not found or no file/artifacts |
## Keep artifacts
Prevents artifacts from being deleted when expiration is set.
```plaintext
POST /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/artifacts/keep
```
Parameters
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|----------------|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `id` | integer/string | yes | ID or [URL-encoded path of the project ](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding ) owned by the authenticated user. |
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| `job_id` | integer | yes | ID of a job. |
Example request:
```shell
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/1/artifacts/keep"
```
Example response:
```json
{
"commit": {
"author_email": "admin@example.com",
"author_name": "Administrator",
"created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
"id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
"message": "Test the CI integration.",
"short_id": "0ff3ae19",
"title": "Test the CI integration."
},
"coverage": null,
"allow_failure": false,
"download_url": null,
"id": 42,
"name": "rubocop",
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"ref": "main",
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"artifacts": [],
"runner": null,
"stage": "test",
"created_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
"started_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
"finished_at": "2016-01-11T10:15:10.506Z",
"duration": 97.0,
"status": "failed",
"tag": false,
"web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/42",
"user": null
}
```
## Delete artifacts
> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/25522) in GitLab 11.9.
Delete artifacts of a job.
```plaintext
DELETE /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/artifacts
```
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|----------------|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `id` | integer/string | yes | ID or [URL-encoded path of the project ](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding ) |
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| `job_id` | integer | yes | ID of a job. |
Example request:
```shell
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/1/artifacts"
```
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NOTE:
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At least Maintainer role is required to delete artifacts.
If the artifacts were deleted successfully, a response with status `204 No Content` is returned.