gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/doc/api/releases/links.md

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Release links API (FREE)

Introduced in GitLab 11.7.

Using this API you can manipulate GitLab Release links. For manipulating other Release assets, see Release API. GitLab supports links to http, https, and ftp assets.

Get links

Get assets as links from a Release.

GET /projects/:id/releases/:tag_name/assets/links

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
tag_name	string	yes	The tag associated with the Release.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/24/releases/v0.1/assets/links"

Example response:

[
   {
      "id":2,
      "name":"awesome-v0.2.msi",
      "url":"http://192.168.10.15:3000/msi",
      "external":true,
      "link_type":"other"
   },
   {
      "id":1,
      "name":"awesome-v0.2.dmg",
      "url":"http://192.168.10.15:3000",
      "external":true,
      "link_type":"other"
   }
]

Get a link

Get an asset as a link from a Release.

GET /projects/:id/releases/:tag_name/assets/links/:link_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
tag_name	string	yes	The tag associated with the Release.
link_id	integer	yes	The ID of the link.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/24/releases/v0.1/assets/links/1"

Example response:

{
   "id":1,
   "name":"awesome-v0.2.dmg",
   "url":"http://192.168.10.15:3000",
   "external":true,
   "link_type":"other"
}

Create a link

Create an asset as a link from a Release.

POST /projects/:id/releases/:tag_name/assets/links

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
tag_name	string	yes	The tag associated with the Release.
name	string	yes	The name of the link. Link names must be unique within the release.
url	string	yes	The URL of the link. Link URLs must be unique within the release.
filepath	string	no	Optional path for a Direct Asset link.
link_type	string	no	The type of the link: other, runbook, image, package. Defaults to other.

Example request:

curl --request POST \
    --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
    --data name="hellodarwin-amd64" \
    --data url="https://gitlab.example.com/mynamespace/hello/-/jobs/688/artifacts/raw/bin/hello-darwin-amd64" \
    --data filepath="/bin/hellodarwin-amd64" \
    "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/20/releases/v1.7.0/assets/links"

Example response:

{
   "id":2,
   "name":"hellodarwin-amd64",
   "url":"https://gitlab.example.com/mynamespace/hello/-/jobs/688/artifacts/raw/bin/hello-darwin-amd64",
   "direct_asset_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/mynamespace/hello/-/releases/v1.7.0/downloads/bin/hellodarwin-amd64",
   "external":false,
   "link_type":"other"
}

Update a link

Update an asset as a link from a Release.

PUT /projects/:id/releases/:tag_name/assets/links/:link_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
tag_name	string	yes	The tag associated with the Release.
link_id	integer	yes	The ID of the link.
name	string	no	The name of the link.
url	string	no	The URL of the link.
filepath	string	no	Optional path for a Direct Asset link.
link_type	string	no	The type of the link: other, runbook, image, package. Defaults to other.

NOTE: You have to specify at least one of name or url

Example request:

curl --request PUT --data name="new name" --data link_type="runbook" \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/24/releases/v0.1/assets/links/1"

Example response:

{
   "id":1,
   "name":"new name",
   "url":"http://192.168.10.15:3000",
   "external":true,
   "link_type":"runbook"
}

Delete a link

Delete an asset as a link from a Release.

DELETE /projects/:id/releases/:tag_name/assets/links/:link_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
tag_name	string	yes	The tag associated with the Release.
link_id	integer	yes	The ID of the link.

Example request:

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/24/releases/v0.1/assets/links/1"

Example response:

{
   "id":1,
   "name":"new name",
   "url":"http://192.168.10.15:3000",
   "external":true,
   "link_type":"other"
}