--- stage: Create group: Editor 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" type: reference, api --- # Project snippets **(FREE)** ## Snippet visibility level Snippets in GitLab can be either private, internal or public. You can set it with the `visibility` field in the snippet. Constants for snippet visibility levels are: | visibility | Description | | ---------- | ----------- | | `private` | The snippet is visible only to the snippet creator | | `internal` | The snippet is visible for any logged in user except [external users](../user/permissions.md#external-users) | | `public` | The snippet can be accessed without any authentication | NOTE: From July 2019, the `Internal` visibility setting is disabled for new projects, groups, and snippets on GitLab.com. Existing projects, groups, and snippets using the `Internal` visibility setting keep this setting. You can read more about the change in the [relevant issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/12388). ## List snippets Get a list of project snippets. ```plaintext GET /projects/:id/snippets ``` Parameters: - `id` (required) - The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user ## Single snippet Get a single project snippet. ```plaintext GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id ``` Parameters: - `id` (required) - The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user - `snippet_id` (required) - The ID of a project's snippet ```json { "id": 1, "title": "test", "file_name": "add.rb", "description": "Ruby test snippet", "author": { "id": 1, "username": "john_smith", "email": "john@example.com", "name": "John Smith", "state": "active", "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z" }, "updated_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z", "created_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z", "project_id": 1, "web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/snippets/1", "raw_url": "http://example.com/example/example/snippets/1/raw" } ``` ## Create new snippet Creates a new project snippet. The user must have permission to create new snippets. ```plaintext POST /projects/:id/snippets ``` Parameters: | Attribute | Type | Required | Description | |:------------------|:----------------|:---------|:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `id` | integer | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user | | `title` | string | yes | Title of a snippet | | `file_name` | string | no | Deprecated: Use `files` instead. Name of a snippet file | | `content` | string | no | Deprecated: Use `files` instead. Content of a snippet | | `description` | string | no | Description of a snippet | | `visibility` | string | no | Snippet's [visibility](#snippet-visibility-level) | | `files` | array of hashes | no | An array of snippet files | | `files:file_path` | string | yes | File path of the snippet file | | `files:content` | string | yes | Content of the snippet file | Example request: ```shell curl --request POST "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/:id/snippets" \ --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d @snippet.json ``` `snippet.json` used in the above example request: ```json { "title" : "Example Snippet Title", "description" : "More verbose snippet description", "visibility" : "private", "files": [ { "file_path": "example.txt", "content" : "source code \n with multiple lines\n" } ] } ``` ## Update snippet Updates an existing project snippet. The user must have permission to change an existing snippet. ```plaintext PUT /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id ``` Parameters: | Attribute | Type | Required | Description | |:----------------------|:----------------|:---------|:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | `id` | integer | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user | | `snippet_id` | integer | yes | The ID of a project's snippet | | `title` | string | no | Title of a snippet | | `file_name` | string | no | Deprecated: Use `files` instead. Name of a snippet file | | `content` | string | no | Deprecated: Use `files` instead. Content of a snippet | | `description` | string | no | Description of a snippet | | `visibility` | string | no | Snippet's [visibility](#snippet-visibility-level) | | `files` | array of hashes | no | An array of snippet files | | `files:action` | string | yes | Type of action to perform on the file, one of: `create`, `update`, `delete`, `move` | | `files:file_path` | string | no | File path of the snippet file | | `files:previous_path` | string | no | Previous path of the snippet file | | `files:content` | string | no | Content of the snippet file | Updates to snippets with multiple files *must* use the `files` attribute. Example request: ```shell curl --request PUT "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id" \ --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d @snippet.json ``` `snippet.json` used in the above example request: ```json { "title" : "Updated Snippet Title", "description" : "More verbose snippet description", "visibility" : "private", "files": [ { "action": "update", "file_path": "example.txt", "content" : "updated source code \n with multiple lines\n" } ] } ``` ## Delete snippet Deletes an existing project snippet. This returns a `204 No Content` status code if the operation was successfully or `404` if the resource was not found. ```plaintext DELETE /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id ``` Parameters: - `id` (required) - The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user - `snippet_id` (required) - The ID of a project's snippet Example request: ```shell curl --request DELETE "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id" \ --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " ``` ## Snippet content Returns the raw project snippet as plain text. ```plaintext GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/raw ``` Parameters: - `id` (required) - The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user - `snippet_id` (required) - The ID of a project's snippet Example request: ```shell curl "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/raw" \ --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " ``` ## Snippet repository file content Returns the raw file content as plain text. ```plaintext GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/files/:ref/:file_path/raw ``` Parameters: - `id` (required) - The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user - `snippet_id` (required) - The ID of a project's snippet - `ref` (required) - The name of a branch, tag or commit, such as `main` - `file_path` (required) - The URL-encoded path to the file, such as `snippet%2Erb` Example request: ```shell curl "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/1/snippets/2/files/master/snippet%2Erb/raw" \ --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " ``` ## Get user agent details > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/issues/29508) in GitLab 9.4. Available only for users with the Administrator [role](../user/permissions.md). ```plaintext GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/user_agent_detail ``` | Attribute | Type | Required | Description | |---------------|---------|----------|--------------------------------------| | `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of a project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding). | | `snippet_id` | Integer | yes | The ID of a snippet | Example request: ```shell curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/snippets/2/user_agent_detail" ``` Example response: ```json { "user_agent": "AppleWebKit/537.36", "ip_address": "127.0.0.1", "akismet_submitted": false } ```