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Epic Links API (ULTIMATE)

Note: This endpoint was introduced in GitLab 11.8.

Manages parent-child epic relationships.

Every API call to epic_links must be authenticated.

If a user is not a member of a group and the group is private, a GET request on that group will result to a 404 status code.

Epics are available only in the Ultimate/Gold tier. If the epics feature is not available, a 403 status code will be returned.

Gets all child epics of an epic.

GET /groups/:id/epics/:epic_iid/epics
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
epic_iid integer yes The internal ID of the epic.
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/epics/5/epics/

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 29,
    "iid": 6,
    "group_id": 1,
    "parent_id": 5,
    "title": "Accusamus iste et ullam ratione voluptatem omnis debitis dolor est.",
    "description": "Molestias dolorem eos vitae expedita impedit necessitatibus quo voluptatum.",
    "author": {
      "id": 10,
      "name": "Lu Mayer",
      "username": "kam",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/018729e129a6f31c80a6327a30196823?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3001/kam"
    },
    "start_date": null,
    "start_date_is_fixed": false,
    "start_date_fixed": null,
    "start_date_from_milestones": null,
    "end_date": "2018-07-31",
    "due_date": "2018-07-31",
    "due_date_is_fixed": false,
    "due_date_fixed": null,
    "due_date_from_milestones": "2018-07-31",
    "created_at": "2018-07-17T13:36:22.770Z",
    "updated_at": "2018-07-18T12:22:05.239Z",
    "labels": []
  }
]

Assign a child epic

Creates an association between two epics, designating one as the parent epic and the other as the child epic. A parent epic can have multiple child epics. If the new child epic already belonged to another epic, it is unassigned from that previous parent.

POST /groups/:id/epics/:epic_iid/epics
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
epic_iid integer yes The internal ID of the epic.
child_epic_id integer yes The global ID of the child epic. Internal ID can't be used because they can conflict with epics from other groups.
curl --header POST "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/epics/5/epics/6

Example response:

{
  "id": 6,
  "iid": 38,
  "group_id": 1,
  "parent_id": 5
  "title": "Accusamus iste et ullam ratione voluptatem omnis debitis dolor est.",
  "description": "Molestias dolorem eos vitae expedita impedit necessitatibus quo voluptatum.",
  "author": {
    "id": 10,
    "name": "Lu Mayer",
    "username": "kam",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/018729e129a6f31c80a6327a30196823?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3001/kam"
  },
  "start_date": null,
  "start_date_is_fixed": false,
  "start_date_fixed": null,
  "start_date_from_milestones": null,
  "end_date": "2018-07-31",
  "due_date": "2018-07-31",
  "due_date_is_fixed": false,
  "due_date_fixed": null,
  "due_date_from_milestones": "2018-07-31",
  "created_at": "2018-07-17T13:36:22.770Z",
  "updated_at": "2018-07-18T12:22:05.239Z",
  "labels": []
}

Create and assign a child epic

Creates a a new epic and associates it with provided parent epic. The response is LinkedEpic object.

POST /groups/:id/epics/:epic_iid/epics
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
epic_iid integer yes The internal ID of the (future parent) epic.
title string yes The title of a newly created epic.
curl --header POST "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/epics/5/epics?title=Newpic

Example response:

{
  "id": 24,
  "iid": 2,
  "title": "child epic",
  "group_id": 49,
  "parent_id": 23,
  "has_children": false,
  "has_issues": false,
  "reference":  "&2",
  "url": "http://localhost/groups/group16/-/epics/2",
  "relation_url": "http://localhost/groups/group16/-/epics/1/links/24"
}

Re-order a child epic

PUT /groups/:id/epics/:epic_iid/epics/:child_epic_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user.
epic_iid integer yes The internal ID of the epic.
child_epic_id integer yes The global ID of the child epic. Internal ID can't be used because they can conflict with epics from other groups.
move_before_id integer no The global ID of a sibling epic that should be placed before the child epic.
move_after_id integer no The global ID of a sibling epic that should be placed after the child epic.
curl --header PUT "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/epics/4/epics/5

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 29,
    "iid": 6,
    "group_id": 1,
    "parent_id": 5,
    "title": "Accusamus iste et ullam ratione voluptatem omnis debitis dolor est.",
    "description": "Molestias dolorem eos vitae expedita impedit necessitatibus quo voluptatum.",
    "author": {
      "id": 10,
      "name": "Lu Mayer",
      "username": "kam",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/018729e129a6f31c80a6327a30196823?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3001/kam"
    },
    "start_date": null,
    "start_date_is_fixed": false,
    "start_date_fixed": null,
    "start_date_from_milestones": null,
    "end_date": "2018-07-31",
    "due_date": "2018-07-31",
    "due_date_is_fixed": false,
    "due_date_fixed": null,
    "due_date_from_milestones": "2018-07-31",
    "created_at": "2018-07-17T13:36:22.770Z",
    "updated_at": "2018-07-18T12:22:05.239Z",
    "labels": []
  }
]

Unassign a child epic

Unassigns a child epic from a parent epic.

DELETE /groups/:id/epics/:epic_iid/epics/:child_epic_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user.
epic_iid integer yes The internal ID of the epic.
child_epic_id integer yes The global ID of the child epic. Internal ID can't be used because they can conflict with epics from other groups.
curl --header DELETE "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/epics/4/epics/5

Example response:

{
  "id": 5,
  "iid": 38,
  "group_id": 1,
  "parent_id": null,
  "title": "Accusamus iste et ullam ratione voluptatem omnis debitis dolor est.",
  "description": "Molestias dolorem eos vitae expedita impedit necessitatibus quo voluptatum.",
  "author": {
    "id": 10,
    "name": "Lu Mayer",
    "username": "kam",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/018729e129a6f31c80a6327a30196823?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3001/kam"
  },
  "start_date": null,
  "start_date_is_fixed": false,
  "start_date_fixed": null,
  "start_date_from_milestones": null,
  "end_date": "2018-07-31",
  "due_date": "2018-07-31",
  "due_date_is_fixed": false,
  "due_date_fixed": null,
  "due_date_from_milestones": "2018-07-31",
  "created_at": "2018-07-17T13:36:22.770Z",
  "updated_at": "2018-07-18T12:22:05.239Z",
  "labels": []
}