gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/doc/api/merge_requests.md

Merge requests API

Every API call to merge requests must be authenticated.

List merge requests

Introduced in GitLab 9.5.

Get all merge requests the authenticated user has access to. By default it returns only merge requests created by the current user. To get all merge requests, use parameter scope=all.

The state parameter can be used to get only merge requests with a given state (opened, closed, or merged) or all of them (all). The pagination parameters page and per_page can be used to restrict the list of merge requests.

GET /merge_requests
GET /merge_requests?state=opened
GET /merge_requests?state=all
GET /merge_requests?milestone=release
GET /merge_requests?labels=bug,reproduced
GET /merge_requests?author_id=5
GET /merge_requests?scope=assigned-to-me

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
state	string	no	Return all merge requests or just those that are opened, closed, or merged
order_by	string	no	Return requests ordered by created_at or updated_at fields. Default is created_at
sort	string	no	Return requests sorted in asc or desc order. Default is desc
milestone	string	no	Return merge requests for a specific milestone
view	string	no	If simple, returns the iid, URL, title, description, and basic state of merge request
labels	string	no	Return merge requests matching a comma separated list of labels
created_after	datetime	no	Return merge requests created after the given time (inclusive)
created_before	datetime	no	Return merge requests created before the given time (inclusive)
scope	string	no	Return merge requests for the given scope: created-by-me, assigned-to-me or all. Defaults to created-by-me
author_id	integer	no	Returns merge requests created by the given user id. Combine with scope=all or scope=assigned-to-me
assignee_id	integer	no	Returns merge requests assigned to the given user id

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "iid": 1,
    "target_branch": "master",
    "source_branch": "test1",
    "project_id": 3,
    "title": "test1",
    "state": "opened",
    "upvotes": 0,
    "downvotes": 0,
    "author": {
      "id": 1,
      "username": "admin",
      "email": "admin@example.com",
      "name": "Administrator",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2012-04-29T08:46:00Z"
    },
    "assignee": {
      "id": 1,
      "username": "admin",
      "email": "admin@example.com",
      "name": "Administrator",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2012-04-29T08:46:00Z"
    },
    "source_project_id": 2,
    "target_project_id": 3,
    "labels": [ ],
    "description": "fixed login page css paddings",
    "work_in_progress": false,
    "milestone": {
      "id": 5,
      "iid": 1,
      "project_id": 3,
      "title": "v2.0",
      "description": "Assumenda aut placeat expedita exercitationem labore sunt enim earum.",
      "state": "closed",
      "created_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
      "updated_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
      "due_date": null
    },
    "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": true,
    "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
    "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
    "merge_commit_sha": null,
    "user_notes_count": 1,
    "should_remove_source_branch": true,
    "force_remove_source_branch": false,
    "web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/merge_requests/1",
    "time_stats": {
      "time_estimate": 0,
      "total_time_spent": 0,
      "human_time_estimate": null,
      "human_total_time_spent": null
    }
  }
]

List project merge requests

Get all merge requests for this project. The state parameter can be used to get only merge requests with a given state (opened, closed, or merged) or all of them (all). The pagination parameters page and per_page can be used to restrict the list of merge requests.

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests?state=opened
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests?state=all
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests?iids[]=42&iids[]=43
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests?milestone=release
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests?labels=bug,reproduced

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer	yes	The ID of a project
iids[]	Array[integer]	no	Return the request having the given iid
state	string	no	Return all merge requests or just those that are opened, closed, or merged
order_by	string	no	Return requests ordered by created_at or updated_at fields. Default is created_at
sort	string	no	Return requests sorted in asc or desc order. Default is desc
milestone	string	no	Return merge requests for a specific milestone
view	string	no	If simple, returns the iid, URL, title, description, and basic state of merge request
labels	string	no	Return merge requests matching a comma separated list of labels
created_after	datetime	no	Return merge requests created after the given time (inclusive)
created_before	datetime	no	Return merge requests created before the given time (inclusive)
scope	string	no	Return merge requests for the given scope: created-by-me, assigned-to-me or all (Introduced in GitLab 9.5)
author_id	integer	no	Returns merge requests created by the given user id (Introduced in GitLab 9.5)
assignee_id	integer	no	Returns merge requests assigned to the given user id (Introduced in GitLab 9.5)

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "iid": 1,
    "target_branch": "master",
    "source_branch": "test1",
    "project_id": 3,
    "title": "test1",
    "state": "opened",
    "upvotes": 0,
    "downvotes": 0,
    "author": {
      "id": 1,
      "username": "admin",
      "email": "admin@example.com",
      "name": "Administrator",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2012-04-29T08:46:00Z"
    },
    "assignee": {
      "id": 1,
      "username": "admin",
      "email": "admin@example.com",
      "name": "Administrator",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2012-04-29T08:46:00Z"
    },
    "source_project_id": 2,
    "target_project_id": 3,
    "labels": [ ],
    "description": "fixed login page css paddings",
    "work_in_progress": false,
    "milestone": {
      "id": 5,
      "iid": 1,
      "project_id": 3,
      "title": "v2.0",
      "description": "Assumenda aut placeat expedita exercitationem labore sunt enim earum.",
      "state": "closed",
      "created_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
      "updated_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
      "due_date": null
    },
    "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": true,
    "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
    "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
    "merge_commit_sha": null,
    "user_notes_count": 1,
    "should_remove_source_branch": true,
    "force_remove_source_branch": false,
    "web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/merge_requests/1",
    "time_stats": {
      "time_estimate": 0,
      "total_time_spent": 0,
      "human_time_estimate": null,
      "human_total_time_spent": null
    }
  }
]

Get single MR

Shows information about a single merge request.

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
• merge_request_iid (required) - The internal ID of the merge request

{
  "id": 1,
  "iid": 1,
  "target_branch": "master",
  "source_branch": "test1",
  "project_id": 3,
  "title": "test1",
  "state": "merged",
  "upvotes": 0,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "admin",
    "email": "admin@example.com",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-04-29T08:46:00Z"
  },
  "assignee": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "admin",
    "email": "admin@example.com",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-04-29T08:46:00Z"
  },
  "source_project_id": 2,
  "target_project_id": 3,
  "labels": [ ],
  "description": "fixed login page css paddings",
  "work_in_progress": false,
  "milestone": {
    "id": 5,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 3,
    "title": "v2.0",
    "description": "Assumenda aut placeat expedita exercitationem labore sunt enim earum.",
    "state": "closed",
    "created_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "updated_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "due_date": null
  },
  "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": true,
  "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
  "subscribed" : true,
  "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
  "merge_commit_sha": "9999999999999999999999999999999999999999",
  "user_notes_count": 1,
  "should_remove_source_branch": true,
  "force_remove_source_branch": false,
  "web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/merge_requests/1",
  "time_stats": {
    "time_estimate": 0,
    "total_time_spent": 0,
    "human_time_estimate": null,
    "human_total_time_spent": null
  }
}

Get single MR commits

Get a list of merge request commits.

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/commits

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
• merge_request_iid (required) - The internal ID of the merge request

[
  {
    "id": "ed899a2f4b50b4370feeea94676502b42383c746",
    "short_id": "ed899a2f4b5",
    "title": "Replace sanitize with escape once",
    "author_name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
    "author_email": "dzaporozhets@sphereconsultinginc.com",
    "created_at": "2012-09-20T11:50:22+03:00",
    "message": "Replace sanitize with escape once"
  },
  {
    "id": "6104942438c14ec7bd21c6cd5bd995272b3faff6",
    "short_id": "6104942438c",
    "title": "Sanitize for network graph",
    "author_name": "randx",
    "author_email": "dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com",
    "created_at": "2012-09-20T09:06:12+03:00",
    "message": "Sanitize for network graph"
  }
]

Get single MR changes

Shows information about the merge request including its files and changes.

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/changes

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
• merge_request_iid (required) - The internal ID of the merge request

{
  "id": 21,
  "iid": 1,
  "project_id": 4,
  "title": "Blanditiis beatae suscipit hic assumenda et molestias nisi asperiores repellat et.",
  "state": "reopened",
  "created_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:39.159Z",
  "updated_at": "2015-02-02T20:08:49.959Z",
  "target_branch": "secret_token",
  "source_branch": "version-1-9",
  "upvotes": 0,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "author": {
    "name": "Chad Hamill",
    "username": "jarrett",
    "id": 5,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b95567800f828948baf5f4160ebb2473?s=40&d=identicon"
  },
  "assignee": {
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "id": 1,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=40&d=identicon"
  },
  "source_project_id": 4,
  "target_project_id": 4,
  "labels": [ ],
  "description": "Qui voluptatibus placeat ipsa alias quasi. Deleniti rem ut sint. Optio velit qui distinctio.",
  "work_in_progress": false,
  "milestone": {
    "id": 5,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 4,
    "title": "v2.0",
    "description": "Assumenda aut placeat expedita exercitationem labore sunt enim earum.",
    "state": "closed",
    "created_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "updated_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "due_date": null
  },
  "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": true,
  "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
  "subscribed" : true,
  "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
  "merge_commit_sha": null,
  "user_notes_count": 1,
  "should_remove_source_branch": true,
  "force_remove_source_branch": false,
  "web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/merge_requests/1",
  "time_stats": {
    "time_estimate": 0,
    "total_time_spent": 0,
    "human_time_estimate": null,
    "human_total_time_spent": null
  }
  "changes": [
    {
    "old_path": "VERSION",
    "new_path": "VERSION",
    "a_mode": "100644",
    "b_mode": "100644",
    "diff": "--- a/VERSION\ +++ b/VERSION\ @@ -1 +1 @@\ -1.9.7\ +1.9.8",
    "new_file": false,
    "renamed_file": false,
    "deleted_file": false
    }
  ]
}

Create MR

Creates a new merge request.

POST /projects/:id/merge_requests

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
source_branch	string	yes	The source branch
target_branch	string	yes	The target branch
title	string	yes	Title of MR
assignee_id	integer	no	Assignee user ID
description	string	no	Description of MR
target_project_id	integer	no	The target project (numeric id)
labels	string	no	Labels for MR as a comma-separated list
milestone_id	integer	no	The ID of a milestone
remove_source_branch	boolean	no	Flag indicating if a merge request should remove the source branch when merging

{
  "id": 1,
  "iid": 1,
  "target_branch": "master",
  "source_branch": "test1",
  "project_id": 3,
  "title": "test1",
  "state": "opened",
  "upvotes": 0,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "admin",
    "email": "admin@example.com",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-04-29T08:46:00Z"
  },
  "assignee": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "admin",
    "email": "admin@example.com",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-04-29T08:46:00Z"
  },
  "source_project_id": 4,
  "target_project_id": 4,
  "labels": [ ],
  "description": "fixed login page css paddings",
  "work_in_progress": false,
  "milestone": {
    "id": 5,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 4,
    "title": "v2.0",
    "description": "Assumenda aut placeat expedita exercitationem labore sunt enim earum.",
    "state": "closed",
    "created_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "updated_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "due_date": null
  },
  "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": true,
  "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
  "subscribed" : true,
  "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
  "merge_commit_sha": null,
  "user_notes_count": 0,
  "should_remove_source_branch": true,
  "force_remove_source_branch": false,
  "web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/merge_requests/1",
  "time_stats": {
    "time_estimate": 0,
    "total_time_spent": 0,
    "human_time_estimate": null,
    "human_total_time_spent": null
  }
}

Update MR

Updates an existing merge request. You can change the target branch, title, or even close the MR.

PUT /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
merge_request_iid	integer	yes	The ID of a merge request
target_branch	string	no	The target branch
title	string	no	Title of MR
assignee_id	integer	no	Assignee user ID
description	string	no	Description of MR
state_event	string	no	New state (close/reopen)
labels	string	no	Labels for MR as a comma-separated list
milestone_id	integer	no	The ID of a milestone
remove_source_branch	boolean	no	Flag indicating if a merge request should remove the source branch when merging

Must include at least one non-required attribute from above.

{
  "id": 1,
  "iid": 1,
  "target_branch": "master",
  "project_id": 3,
  "title": "test1",
  "state": "opened",
  "upvotes": 0,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "admin",
    "email": "admin@example.com",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-04-29T08:46:00Z"
  },
  "assignee": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "admin",
    "email": "admin@example.com",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-04-29T08:46:00Z"
  },
  "source_project_id": 4,
  "target_project_id": 4,
  "labels": [ ],
  "description": "description1",
  "work_in_progress": false,
  "milestone": {
    "id": 5,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 4,
    "title": "v2.0",
    "description": "Assumenda aut placeat expedita exercitationem labore sunt enim earum.",
    "state": "closed",
    "created_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "updated_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "due_date": null
  },
  "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": true,
  "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
  "subscribed" : true,
  "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
  "merge_commit_sha": null,
  "user_notes_count": 1,
  "should_remove_source_branch": true,
  "force_remove_source_branch": false,
  "web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/merge_requests/1",
  "time_stats": {
    "time_estimate": 0,
    "total_time_spent": 0,
    "human_time_estimate": null,
    "human_total_time_spent": null
  }
}

Delete a merge request

Only for admins and project owners. Soft deletes the merge request in question.

DELETE /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
merge_request_iid	integer	yes	The internal ID of the merge request

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/merge_requests/85

Accept MR

Merge changes submitted with MR using this API.

If it has some conflicts and can not be merged - you'll get a 405 and the error message 'Branch cannot be merged'

If merge request is already merged or closed - you'll get a 406 and the error message 'Method Not Allowed'

If the sha parameter is passed and does not match the HEAD of the source - you'll get a 409 and the error message 'SHA does not match HEAD of source branch'

If you don't have permissions to accept this merge request - you'll get a 401

PUT /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/merge

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
• merge_request_iid (required) - Internal ID of MR
• merge_commit_message (optional) - Custom merge commit message
• should_remove_source_branch (optional) - if true removes the source branch
• merge_when_pipeline_succeeds (optional) - if true the MR is merged when the pipeline succeeds
• sha (optional) - if present, then this SHA must match the HEAD of the source branch, otherwise the merge will fail

{
  "id": 1,
  "iid": 1,
  "target_branch": "master",
  "source_branch": "test1",
  "project_id": 3,
  "title": "test1",
  "state": "merged",
  "upvotes": 0,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "admin",
    "email": "admin@example.com",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-04-29T08:46:00Z"
  },
  "assignee": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "admin",
    "email": "admin@example.com",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-04-29T08:46:00Z"
  },
  "source_project_id": 4,
  "target_project_id": 4,
  "labels": [ ],
  "description": "fixed login page css paddings",
  "work_in_progress": false,
  "milestone": {
    "id": 5,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 4,
    "title": "v2.0",
    "description": "Assumenda aut placeat expedita exercitationem labore sunt enim earum.",
    "state": "closed",
    "created_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "updated_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "due_date": null
  },
  "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": true,
  "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
  "subscribed" : true,
  "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
  "merge_commit_sha": "9999999999999999999999999999999999999999",
  "user_notes_count": 1,
  "should_remove_source_branch": true,
  "force_remove_source_branch": false,
  "web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/merge_requests/1",
  "time_stats": {
    "time_estimate": 0,
    "total_time_spent": 0,
    "human_time_estimate": null,
    "human_total_time_spent": null
  }
}

Cancel Merge When Pipeline Succeeds

If you don't have permissions to accept this merge request - you'll get a 401

If the merge request is already merged or closed - you get 405 and error message 'Method Not Allowed'

In case the merge request is not set to be merged when the pipeline succeeds, you'll also get a 406 error.

PUT /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/cancel_merge_when_pipeline_succeeds

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
• merge_request_iid (required) - Internal ID of MR

{
  "id": 1,
  "iid": 1,
  "target_branch": "master",
  "source_branch": "test1",
  "project_id": 3,
  "title": "test1",
  "state": "opened",
  "upvotes": 0,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "admin",
    "email": "admin@example.com",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-04-29T08:46:00Z"
  },
  "assignee": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "admin",
    "email": "admin@example.com",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-04-29T08:46:00Z"
  },
  "source_project_id": 4,
  "target_project_id": 4,
  "labels": [ ],
  "description": "fixed login page css paddings",
  "work_in_progress": false,
  "milestone": {
    "id": 5,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 4,
    "title": "v2.0",
    "description": "Assumenda aut placeat expedita exercitationem labore sunt enim earum.",
    "state": "closed",
    "created_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "updated_at": "2015-02-02T19:49:26.013Z",
    "due_date": null
  },
  "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": true,
  "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
  "subscribed" : true,
  "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
  "merge_commit_sha": null,
  "user_notes_count": 1,
  "should_remove_source_branch": true,
  "force_remove_source_branch": false,
  "web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/merge_requests/1",
  "time_stats": {
    "time_estimate": 0,
    "total_time_spent": 0,
    "human_time_estimate": null,
    "human_total_time_spent": null
  }
}

Comments on merge requests

Comments are done via the notes resource.

List issues that will close on merge

Get all the issues that would be closed by merging the provided merge request.

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/closes_issues

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
merge_request_iid	integer	yes	The internal ID of the merge request

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/76/merge_requests/1/closes_issues

Example response when the GitLab issue tracker is used:

[
   {
      "state" : "opened",
      "description" : "Ratione dolores corrupti mollitia soluta quia.",
      "author" : {
         "state" : "active",
         "id" : 18,
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/eileen.lowe",
         "name" : "Alexandra Bashirian",
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "username" : "eileen.lowe"
      },
      "milestone" : {
         "project_id" : 1,
         "description" : "Ducimus nam enim ex consequatur cumque ratione.",
         "state" : "closed",
         "due_date" : null,
         "iid" : 2,
         "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.996Z",
         "title" : "v4.0",
         "id" : 17,
         "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.996Z"
      },
      "project_id" : 1,
      "assignee" : {
         "state" : "active",
         "id" : 1,
         "name" : "Administrator",
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/root",
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "username" : "root"
      },
      "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:51.081Z",
      "id" : 76,
      "title" : "Consequatur vero maxime deserunt laboriosam est voluptas dolorem.",
      "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:51.081Z",
      "iid" : 6,
      "labels" : [],
      "user_notes_count": 1
   },
]

Example response when an external issue tracker (e.g. JIRA) is used:

[
   {
       "id" : "PROJECT-123",
       "title" : "Title of this issue"
   }
]

Subscribe to a merge request

Subscribes the authenticated user to a merge request to receive notification. If the user is already subscribed to the merge request, the status code 304 is returned.

POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/subscribe

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
merge_request_iid	integer	yes	The internal ID of the merge request

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/17/subscribe

Example response:

{
  "id": 17,
  "iid": 1,
  "project_id": 5,
  "title": "Et et sequi est impedit nulla ut rem et voluptatem.",
  "description": "Consequatur velit eos rerum optio autem. Quia id officia quaerat dolorum optio. Illo laudantium aut ipsum dolorem.",
  "state": "opened",
  "created_at": "2016-04-05T21:42:23.233Z",
  "updated_at": "2016-04-05T22:11:52.900Z",
  "target_branch": "ui-dev-kit",
  "source_branch": "version-1-9",
  "upvotes": 0,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "author": {
    "name": "Eileen Skiles",
    "username": "leila",
    "id": 19,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/39ce4a2822cc896933ffbd68c1470e55?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/leila"
  },
  "assignee": {
    "name": "Celine Wehner",
    "username": "carli",
    "id": 16,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f4cd5605b769dd2ce405a27c6e6f2684?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/carli"
  },
  "source_project_id": 5,
  "target_project_id": 5,
  "labels": [],
  "work_in_progress": false,
  "milestone": {
    "id": 7,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 5,
    "title": "v2.0",
    "description": "Corrupti eveniet et velit occaecati dolorem est rerum aut.",
    "state": "closed",
    "created_at": "2016-04-05T21:41:40.905Z",
    "updated_at": "2016-04-05T21:41:40.905Z",
    "due_date": null
  },
  "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": false,
  "merge_status": "cannot_be_merged",
  "subscribed": true,
  "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
  "merge_commit_sha": null
}

Unsubscribe from a merge request

Unsubscribes the authenticated user from a merge request to not receive notifications from that merge request. If the user is not subscribed to the merge request, the status code 304 is returned.

POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/unsubscribe

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
merge_request_iid	integer	yes	The internal ID of the merge request

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/17/unsubscribe

Example response:

{
  "id": 17,
  "iid": 1,
  "project_id": 5,
  "title": "Et et sequi est impedit nulla ut rem et voluptatem.",
  "description": "Consequatur velit eos rerum optio autem. Quia id officia quaerat dolorum optio. Illo laudantium aut ipsum dolorem.",
  "state": "opened",
  "created_at": "2016-04-05T21:42:23.233Z",
  "updated_at": "2016-04-05T22:11:52.900Z",
  "target_branch": "ui-dev-kit",
  "source_branch": "version-1-9",
  "upvotes": 0,
  "downvotes": 0,
  "author": {
    "name": "Eileen Skiles",
    "username": "leila",
    "id": 19,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/39ce4a2822cc896933ffbd68c1470e55?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/leila"
  },
  "assignee": {
    "name": "Celine Wehner",
    "username": "carli",
    "id": 16,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f4cd5605b769dd2ce405a27c6e6f2684?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/carli"
  },
  "source_project_id": 5,
  "target_project_id": 5,
  "labels": [],
  "work_in_progress": false,
  "milestone": {
    "id": 7,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 5,
    "title": "v2.0",
    "description": "Corrupti eveniet et velit occaecati dolorem est rerum aut.",
    "state": "closed",
    "created_at": "2016-04-05T21:41:40.905Z",
    "updated_at": "2016-04-05T21:41:40.905Z",
    "due_date": null
  },
  "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": false,
  "merge_status": "cannot_be_merged",
  "subscribed": false,
  "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
  "merge_commit_sha": null
}

Create a todo

Manually creates a todo for the current user on a merge request. If there already exists a todo for the user on that merge request, status code 304 is returned.

POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/todo

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
merge_request_iid	integer	yes	The internal ID of the merge request

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/27/todo

Example response:

{
  "id": 113,
  "project": {
    "id": 3,
    "name": "Gitlab Ci",
    "name_with_namespace": "Gitlab Org / Gitlab Ci",
    "path": "gitlab-ci",
    "path_with_namespace": "gitlab-org/gitlab-ci"
  },
  "author": {
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "id": 1,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root"
  },
  "action_name": "marked",
  "target_type": "MergeRequest",
  "target": {
    "id": 27,
    "iid": 7,
    "project_id": 3,
    "title": "Et voluptas laudantium minus nihil recusandae ut accusamus earum aut non.",
    "description": "Veniam sunt nihil modi earum cumque illum delectus. Nihil ad quis distinctio quia. Autem eligendi at quibusdam repellendus.",
    "state": "opened",
    "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:48:04.330Z",
    "updated_at": "2016-07-01T11:14:15.537Z",
    "target_branch": "allow_regex_for_project_skip_ref",
    "source_branch": "backup",
    "upvotes": 0,
    "downvotes": 0,
    "author": {
      "name": "Jarret O'Keefe",
      "username": "francisca",
      "id": 14,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a7fa515d53450023c83d62986d0658a8?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/francisca"
    },
    "assignee": {
      "name": "Dr. Gabrielle Strosin",
      "username": "barrett.krajcik",
      "id": 4,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/733005fcd7e6df12d2d8580171ccb966?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/barrett.krajcik"
    },
    "source_project_id": 3,
    "target_project_id": 3,
    "labels": [],
    "work_in_progress": false,
    "milestone": {
      "id": 27,
      "iid": 2,
      "project_id": 3,
      "title": "v1.0",
      "description": "Quis ea accusantium animi hic fuga assumenda.",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:33.840Z",
      "updated_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:33.840Z",
      "due_date": null
    },
    "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": false,
    "merge_status": "unchecked",
    "subscribed": true,
    "sha": "8888888888888888888888888888888888888888",
    "merge_commit_sha": null,
    "user_notes_count": 7,
    "should_remove_source_branch": true,
    "force_remove_source_branch": false,
    "web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/merge_requests/1"
  },
  "target_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci/merge_requests/7",
  "body": "Et voluptas laudantium minus nihil recusandae ut accusamus earum aut non.",
  "state": "pending",
  "created_at": "2016-07-01T11:14:15.530Z"
}

Get MR diff versions

Get a list of merge request diff versions.

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/versions

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	String	yes	The ID of the project
merge_request_iid	integer	yes	The internal ID of the merge request

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/merge_requests/1/versions

Example response:

[{
  "id": 110,
  "head_commit_sha": "33e2ee8579fda5bc36accc9c6fbd0b4fefda9e30",
  "base_commit_sha": "eeb57dffe83deb686a60a71c16c32f71046868fd",
  "start_commit_sha": "eeb57dffe83deb686a60a71c16c32f71046868fd",
  "created_at": "2016-07-26T14:44:48.926Z",
  "merge_request_id": 105,
  "state": "collected",
  "real_size": "1"
}, {
  "id": 108,
  "head_commit_sha": "3eed087b29835c48015768f839d76e5ea8f07a24",
  "base_commit_sha": "eeb57dffe83deb686a60a71c16c32f71046868fd",
  "start_commit_sha": "eeb57dffe83deb686a60a71c16c32f71046868fd",
  "created_at": "2016-07-25T14:21:33.028Z",
  "merge_request_id": 105,
  "state": "collected",
  "real_size": "1"
}]

Get a single MR diff version

Get a single merge request diff version.

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/versions/:version_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	String	yes	The ID of the project
merge_request_iid	integer	yes	The internal ID of the merge request
version_id	integer	yes	The ID of the merge request diff version

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/merge_requests/1/versions/1

Example response:

{
  "id": 110,
  "head_commit_sha": "33e2ee8579fda5bc36accc9c6fbd0b4fefda9e30",
  "base_commit_sha": "eeb57dffe83deb686a60a71c16c32f71046868fd",
  "start_commit_sha": "eeb57dffe83deb686a60a71c16c32f71046868fd",
  "created_at": "2016-07-26T14:44:48.926Z",
  "merge_request_id": 105,
  "state": "collected",
  "real_size": "1",
  "commits": [{
    "id": "33e2ee8579fda5bc36accc9c6fbd0b4fefda9e30",
    "short_id": "33e2ee85",
    "title": "Change year to 2018",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "author_email": "admin@example.com",
    "created_at": "2016-07-26T17:44:29.000+03:00",
    "message": "Change year to 2018"
  }, {
    "id": "aa24655de48b36335556ac8a3cd8bb521f977cbd",
    "short_id": "aa24655d",
    "title": "Update LICENSE",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "author_email": "admin@example.com",
    "created_at": "2016-07-25T17:21:53.000+03:00",
    "message": "Update LICENSE"
  }, {
    "id": "3eed087b29835c48015768f839d76e5ea8f07a24",
    "short_id": "3eed087b",
    "title": "Add license",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "author_email": "admin@example.com",
    "created_at": "2016-07-25T17:21:20.000+03:00",
    "message": "Add license"
  }],
  "diffs": [{
    "old_path": "LICENSE",
    "new_path": "LICENSE",
    "a_mode": "0",
    "b_mode": "100644",
    "diff": "--- /dev/null\n+++ b/LICENSE\n@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@\n+The MIT License (MIT)\n+\n+Copyright (c) 2018 Administrator\n+\n+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy\n+of this software and associated documentation files (the \"Software\"), to deal\n+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights\n+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell\n+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is\n+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:\n+\n+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all\n+copies or substantial portions of the Software.\n+\n+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED \"AS IS\", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR\n+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,\n+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE\n+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER\n+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,\n+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE\n+SOFTWARE.\n",
    "new_file": true,
    "renamed_file": false,
    "deleted_file": false
  }]
}

Set a time estimate for a merge request

Sets an estimated time of work for this merge request.

POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/time_estimate

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
merge_request_iid	integer	yes	The internal ID of the merge request
duration	string	yes	The duration in human format. e.g: 3h30m

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/93/time_estimate?duration=3h30m

Example response:

{
  "human_time_estimate": "3h 30m",
  "human_total_time_spent": null,
  "time_estimate": 12600,
  "total_time_spent": 0
}

Reset the time estimate for a merge request

Resets the estimated time for this merge request to 0 seconds.

POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/reset_time_estimate

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
merge_request_iid	integer	yes	The internal ID of a project's merge_request

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/93/reset_time_estimate

Example response:

{
  "human_time_estimate": null,
  "human_total_time_spent": null,
  "time_estimate": 0,
  "total_time_spent": 0
}

Add spent time for a merge request

Adds spent time for this merge request

POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/add_spent_time

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
merge_request_iid	integer	yes	The internal ID of the merge request
duration	string	yes	The duration in human format. e.g: 3h30m

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/93/add_spent_time?duration=1h

Example response:

{
  "human_time_estimate": null,
  "human_total_time_spent": "1h",
  "time_estimate": 0,
  "total_time_spent": 3600
}

Reset spent time for a merge request

Resets the total spent time for this merge request to 0 seconds.

POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/reset_spent_time

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
merge_request_iid	integer	yes	The internal ID of a project's merge_request

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/93/reset_spent_time

Example response:

{
  "human_time_estimate": null,
  "human_total_time_spent": null,
  "time_estimate": 0,
  "total_time_spent": 0
}

Get time tracking stats

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/time_stats

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
merge_request_iid	integer	yes	The internal ID of the merge request

curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/93/time_stats

Example response:

{
  "human_time_estimate": "2h",
  "human_total_time_spent": "1h",
  "time_estimate": 7200,
  "total_time_spent": 3600
}