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# Repository files API **(FREE)**
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You can fetch, create, update, and delete files in your repository with this API.
You can also [configure rate limits](../user/admin_area/settings/files_api_rate_limits.md)
for this API.
## Available scopes for personal access tokens
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The different scopes available using [personal access tokens](../user/profile/personal_access_tokens.md) are depicted
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in the following table.
| Scope | Description |
| ----- | ----------- |
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| `read_repository` | Allows read-access to the repository files. |
| `api` | Allows read-write access to the repository files. |
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## Get file from repository
Allows you to receive information about file in repository like name, size,
content. File content is Base64 encoded. This endpoint can be accessed
without authentication if the repository is publicly accessible.
```plaintext
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GET /projects/:id/repository/files/:file_path
```
```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/app%2Fmodels%2Fkey%2Erb?ref=master"
```
Example response:
```json
{
"file_name": "key.rb",
"file_path": "app/models/key.rb",
"size": 1476,
"encoding": "base64",
"content": "IyA9PSBTY2hlbWEgSW5mb3...",
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"content_sha256": "4c294617b60715c1d218e61164a3abd4808a4284cbc30e6728a01ad9aada4481",
"ref": "master",
"blob_id": "79f7bbd25901e8334750839545a9bd021f0e4c83",
"commit_id": "d5a3ff139356ce33e37e73add446f16869741b50",
"last_commit_id": "570e7b2abdd848b95f2f578043fc23bd6f6fd24d"
}
```
Parameters:
- `file_path` (required) - URL encoded full path to new file. Ex. lib%2Fclass%2Erb
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- `ref` (required) - The name of branch, tag or commit
NOTE:
`blob_id` is the blob SHA, see [repositories - Get a blob from repository](repositories.md#get-a-blob-from-repository)
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In addition to the `GET` method, you can also use `HEAD` to get just file metadata.
```plaintext
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HEAD /projects/:id/repository/files/:file_path
```
```shell
curl --head --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/app%2Fmodels%2Fkey%2Erb?ref=master"
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```
Example response:
```plaintext
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
...
X-Gitlab-Blob-Id: 79f7bbd25901e8334750839545a9bd021f0e4c83
X-Gitlab-Commit-Id: d5a3ff139356ce33e37e73add446f16869741b50
X-Gitlab-Content-Sha256: 4c294617b60715c1d218e61164a3abd4808a4284cbc30e6728a01ad9aada4481
X-Gitlab-Encoding: base64
X-Gitlab-File-Name: key.rb
X-Gitlab-File-Path: app/models/key.rb
X-Gitlab-Last-Commit-Id: 570e7b2abdd848b95f2f578043fc23bd6f6fd24d
X-Gitlab-Ref: master
X-Gitlab-Size: 1476
...
```
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## Get file blame from repository
Allows you to receive blame information. Each blame range contains lines and corresponding commit information.
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```plaintext
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GET /projects/:id/repository/files/:file_path/blame
```
```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/path%2Fto%2Ffile.rb/blame?ref=master"
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```
Example response:
```json
[
{
"commit": {
"id": "d42409d56517157c48bf3bd97d3f75974dde19fb",
"message": "Add feature\n\nalso fix bug\n",
"parent_ids": [
"cc6e14f9328fa6d7b5a0d3c30dc2002a3f2a3822"
],
"authored_date": "2015-12-18T08:12:22.000Z",
"author_name": "John Doe",
"author_email": "john.doe@example.com",
"committed_date": "2015-12-18T08:12:22.000Z",
"committer_name": "John Doe",
"committer_email": "john.doe@example.com"
},
"lines": [
"require 'fileutils'",
"require 'open3'",
""
]
},
...
]
```
Parameters:
- `file_path` (required) - URL encoded full path to new file. Ex. lib%2Fclass%2Erb
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- `ref` (required) - The name of branch, tag or commit
NOTE:
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`HEAD` method return just file metadata as in [Get file from repository](repository_files.md#get-file-from-repository).
```shell
curl --head --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/path%2Fto%2Ffile.rb/blame?ref=master"
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```
Example response:
```plaintext
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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
...
X-Gitlab-Blob-Id: 79f7bbd25901e8334750839545a9bd021f0e4c83
X-Gitlab-Commit-Id: d5a3ff139356ce33e37e73add446f16869741b50
X-Gitlab-Content-Sha256: 4c294617b60715c1d218e61164a3abd4808a4284cbc30e6728a01ad9aada4481
X-Gitlab-Encoding: base64
X-Gitlab-File-Name: file.rb
X-Gitlab-File-Path: path/to/file.rb
X-Gitlab-Last-Commit-Id: 570e7b2abdd848b95f2f578043fc23bd6f6fd24d
X-Gitlab-Ref: master
X-Gitlab-Size: 1476
...
```
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## Get raw file from repository
```plaintext
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GET /projects/:id/repository/files/:file_path/raw
```
```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/app%2Fmodels%2Fkey%2Erb/raw?ref=master"
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```
Parameters:
- `file_path` (required) - URL encoded full path to new file, such as lib%2Fclass%2Erb.
- `ref` (optional) - The name of branch, tag or commit. Default is the `HEAD` of the project.
NOTE:
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Like [Get file from repository](repository_files.md#get-file-from-repository) you can use `HEAD` to get just file metadata.
## Create new file in repository
This allows you to create a single file. For creating multiple files with a single request see the [commits API](commits.md#create-a-commit-with-multiple-files-and-actions).
```plaintext
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POST /projects/:id/repository/files/:file_path
```
```shell
curl --request POST --header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>' \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"branch": "master", "author_email": "author@example.com", "author_name": "Firstname Lastname",
"content": "some content", "commit_message": "create a new file"}' \
"https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/app%2Fproject%2Erb"
```
Example response:
```json
{
"file_path": "app/project.rb",
"branch": "master"
}
```
Parameters:
- `file_path` (required) - URL encoded full path to new file. Ex. lib%2Fclass%2Erb
- `branch` (required) - Name of the branch
- `start_branch` (optional) - Name of the branch to start the new commit from
- `encoding` (optional) - Change encoding to `base64`. Default is `text`.
- `author_email` (optional) - Specify the commit author's email address
- `author_name` (optional) - Specify the commit author's name
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- `content` (required) - File content
- `commit_message` (required) - Commit message
## Update existing file in repository
This allows you to update a single file. For updating multiple files with a single request see the [commits API](commits.md#create-a-commit-with-multiple-files-and-actions).
```plaintext
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PUT /projects/:id/repository/files/:file_path
```
```shell
curl --request PUT --header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>' \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"branch": "master", "author_email": "author@example.com", "author_name": "Firstname Lastname",
"content": "some content", "commit_message": "update file"}' \
"https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/app%2Fproject%2Erb"
```
Example response:
```json
{
"file_path": "app/project.rb",
"branch": "master"
}
```
Parameters:
- `file_path` (required) - URL encoded full path to new file. Ex. lib%2Fclass%2Erb
- `branch` (required) - Name of the branch
- `start_branch` (optional) - Name of the branch to start the new commit from
- `encoding` (optional) - Change encoding to `base64`. Default is `text`.
- `author_email` (optional) - Specify the commit author's email address
- `author_name` (optional) - Specify the commit author's name
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- `content` (required) - New file content
- `commit_message` (required) - Commit message
- `last_commit_id` (optional) - Last known file commit ID
If the commit fails for any reason we return a 400 error with a non-specific
error message. Possible causes for a failed commit include:
- the `file_path` contained `/../` (attempted directory traversal);
- the new file contents were identical to the current file contents. That is, the
user tried to make an empty commit;
- the branch was updated by a Git push while the file edit was in progress.
GitLab Shell has a boolean return code, preventing GitLab from specifying the error.
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## Delete existing file in repository
This allows you to delete a single file. For deleting multiple files with a single request, see the [commits API](commits.md#create-a-commit-with-multiple-files-and-actions).
```plaintext
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DELETE /projects/:id/repository/files/:file_path
```
```shell
curl --request DELETE --header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>' \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"branch": "master", "author_email": "author@example.com", "author_name": "Firstname Lastname",
"commit_message": "delete file"}' \
"https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/app%2Fproject%2Erb"
```
Parameters:
- `file_path` (required) - URL encoded full path to new file. Ex. lib%2Fclass%2Erb
- `branch` (required) - Name of the branch
- `start_branch` (optional) - Name of the branch to start the new commit from
- `author_email` (optional) - Specify the commit author's email address
- `author_name` (optional) - Specify the commit author's name
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- `commit_message` (required) - Commit message
- `last_commit_id` (optional) - Last known file commit ID