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# Pipeline triggers API **(FREE)**
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You can read more about [triggering pipelines through the API ](../ci/triggers/README.md ).
## List project triggers
Get a list of project's build triggers.
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```plaintext
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GET /projects/:id/triggers
```
| Attribute | Type | required | Description |
|-----------|---------|----------|---------------------|
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| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project ](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding ) owned by the authenticated user |
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```shell
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curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/triggers"
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```
```json
[
{
"id": 10,
"description": "my trigger",
"created_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
"last_used": null,
"token": "6d056f63e50fe6f8c5f8f4aa10edb7",
"updated_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
"owner": null
}
]
```
## Get trigger details
Get details of project's build trigger.
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```plaintext
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GET /projects/:id/triggers/:trigger_id
```
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| Attribute | Type | required | Description |
|--------------|---------|----------|--------------------------|
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| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project ](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding ) owned by the authenticated user |
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| `trigger_id` | integer | yes | The trigger ID |
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```shell
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curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/triggers/5"
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```
```json
{
"id": 10,
"description": "my trigger",
"created_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
"last_used": null,
"token": "6d056f63e50fe6f8c5f8f4aa10edb7",
"updated_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
"owner": null
}
```
## Create a project trigger
Create a trigger for a project.
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```plaintext
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POST /projects/:id/triggers
```
| Attribute | Type | required | Description |
|---------------|---------|----------|--------------------------|
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| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project ](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding ) owned by the authenticated user |
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| `description` | string | yes | The trigger name |
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```shell
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curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " \
--form description="my description" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/triggers"
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```
```json
{
"id": 10,
"description": "my trigger",
"created_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
"last_used": null,
"token": "6d056f63e50fe6f8c5f8f4aa10edb7",
"updated_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
"owner": null
}
```
## Update a project trigger
Update a trigger for a project.
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```plaintext
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PUT /projects/:id/triggers/:trigger_id
```
| Attribute | Type | required | Description |
|---------------|---------|----------|--------------------------|
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| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project ](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding ) owned by the authenticated user |
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| `trigger_id` | integer | yes | The trigger ID |
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| `description` | string | no | The trigger name |
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```shell
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curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " \
--form description="my description" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/triggers/10"
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```
```json
{
"id": 10,
"description": "my trigger",
"created_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
"last_used": null,
"token": "6d056f63e50fe6f8c5f8f4aa10edb7",
"updated_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
"owner": null
}
```
## Remove a project trigger
Remove a project's build trigger.
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```plaintext
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DELETE /projects/:id/triggers/:trigger_id
```
| Attribute | Type | required | Description |
|----------------|---------|----------|--------------------------|
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| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project ](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding ) owned by the authenticated user |
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| `trigger_id` | integer | yes | The trigger ID |
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```shell
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curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: < your_access_token > " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/triggers/5"
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```