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Merge request approvals API (STARTER)
Configuration for approvals on all Merge Requests (MR) in the project. Must be authenticated for all endpoints.
Project-level MR approvals
Get Configuration
Note: This API endpoint is only available on 10.6 Starter and above.
You can request information about a project's approval configuration using the following endpoint:
GET /projects/:id/approvals
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
{
"approvals_before_merge": 2,
"reset_approvals_on_push": true,
"disable_overriding_approvers_per_merge_request": false
}
Change configuration
Note: This API endpoint is only available on 10.6 Starter and above.
If you are allowed to, you can change approval configuration using the following endpoint:
POST /projects/:id/approvals
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
approvals_before_merge |
integer | no | How many approvals are required before an MR can be merged. Deprecated in 12.0 in favor of Approval Rules API. |
reset_approvals_on_push |
boolean | no | Reset approvals on a new push |
disable_overriding_approvers_per_merge_request |
boolean | no | Allow/Disallow overriding approvers per MR |
merge_requests_author_approval |
boolean | no | Allow/Disallow authors from self approving merge requests; true means authors cannot self approve |
merge_requests_disable_committers_approval |
boolean | no | Allow/Disallow committers from self approving merge requests |
{
"approvals_before_merge": 2,
"reset_approvals_on_push": true,
"disable_overriding_approvers_per_merge_request": false,
"merge_requests_author_approval": false,
"merge_requests_disable_committers_approval": false
}
Get project-level rules
Note: This API endpoint is only available on 12.3 Starter and above.
You can request information about a project's approval rules using the following endpoint:
GET /projects/:id/approval_rules
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
[
{
"id": 1,
"name": "security",
"rule_type": "regular",
"eligible_approvers": [
{
"id": 5,
"name": "John Doe",
"username": "jdoe",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/jdoe"
},
{
"id": 50,
"name": "Group Member 1",
"username": "group_member_1",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/group_member_1"
}
],
"approvals_required": 3,
"users": [
{
"id": 5,
"name": "John Doe",
"username": "jdoe",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/jdoe"
}
],
"groups": [
{
"id": 5,
"name": "group1",
"path": "group1",
"description": "",
"visibility": "public",
"lfs_enabled": false,
"avatar_url": null,
"web_url": "http://localhost/groups/group1",
"request_access_enabled": false,
"full_name": "group1",
"full_path": "group1",
"parent_id": null,
"ldap_cn": null,
"ldap_access": null
}
],
"contains_hidden_groups": false
}
]
Create project-level rule
Note: This API endpoint is only available on 12.3 Starter and above.
You can create project approval rules using the following endpoint:
POST /projects/:id/approval_rules
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
name |
string | yes | The name of the approval rule |
approvals_required |
integer | yes | The number of required approvals for this rule |
user_ids |
Array | no | The ids of users as approvers |
group_ids |
Array | no | The ids of groups as approvers |
{
"id": 1,
"name": "security",
"rule_type": "regular",
"eligible_approvers": [
{
"id": 2,
"name": "John Doe",
"username": "jdoe",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/jdoe"
},
{
"id": 50,
"name": "Group Member 1",
"username": "group_member_1",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/group_member_1"
}
],
"approvals_required": 1,
"users": [
{
"id": 2,
"name": "John Doe",
"username": "jdoe",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/jdoe"
}
],
"groups": [
{
"id": 5,
"name": "group1",
"path": "group1",
"description": "",
"visibility": "public",
"lfs_enabled": false,
"avatar_url": null,
"web_url": "http://localhost/groups/group1",
"request_access_enabled": false,
"full_name": "group1",
"full_path": "group1",
"parent_id": null,
"ldap_cn": null,
"ldap_access": null
}
],
"contains_hidden_groups": false
}
Update project-level rule
Note: This API endpoint is only available on 12.3 Starter and above.
You can update project approval rules using the following endpoint:
PUT /projects/:id/approval_rules/:approval_rule_id
Important: Approvers and groups not in the users
/groups
param will be removed
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
approval_rule_id |
integer | yes | The ID of a approval rule |
name |
string | yes | The name of the approval rule |
approvals_required |
integer | yes | The number of required approvals for this rule |
user_ids |
Array | no | The ids of users as approvers |
group_ids |
Array | no | The ids of groups as approvers |
{
"id": 1,
"name": "security",
"rule_type": "regular",
"eligible_approvers": [
{
"id": 2,
"name": "John Doe",
"username": "jdoe",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/jdoe"
},
{
"id": 50,
"name": "Group Member 1",
"username": "group_member_1",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/group_member_1"
}
],
"approvals_required": 1,
"users": [
{
"id": 2,
"name": "John Doe",
"username": "jdoe",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/jdoe"
}
],
"groups": [
{
"id": 5,
"name": "group1",
"path": "group1",
"description": "",
"visibility": "public",
"lfs_enabled": false,
"avatar_url": null,
"web_url": "http://localhost/groups/group1",
"request_access_enabled": false,
"full_name": "group1",
"full_path": "group1",
"parent_id": null,
"ldap_cn": null,
"ldap_access": null
}
],
"contains_hidden_groups": false
}
Delete project-level rule
Note: This API endpoint is only available on 12.3 Starter and above.
You can delete project approval rules using the following endpoint:
DELETE /projects/:id/approval_rules/:approval_rule_id
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
approval_rule_id |
integer | yes | The ID of a approval rule |
Change allowed approvers
Note: This API endpoint has been deprecated. Please use Approval Rule API instead. Note: This API endpoint is only available on 10.6 Starter and above.
If you are allowed to, you can change approvers and approver groups using the following endpoint:
PUT /projects/:id/approvers
Important: Approvers and groups not in the request will be removed
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
approver_ids |
Array | yes | An array of User IDs that can approve MRs |
approver_group_ids |
Array | yes | An array of Group IDs whose members can approve MRs |
{
"approvers": [
{
"user": {
"id": 5,
"name": "John Doe6",
"username": "user5",
"state":"active","avatar_url":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4aea8cf834ed91844a2da4ff7ae6b491?s=80\u0026d=identicon","web_url":"http://localhost/user5"
}
}
],
"approver_groups": [
{
"group": {
"id": 1,
"name": "group1",
"path": "group1",
"description": "",
"visibility": "public",
"lfs_enabled": false,
"avatar_url": null,
"web_url": "http://localhost/groups/group1",
"request_access_enabled": false,
"full_name": "group1",
"full_path": "group1",
"parent_id": null,
"ldap_cn": null,
"ldap_access": null
}
}
],
"approvals_before_merge": 2,
"reset_approvals_on_push": true,
"disable_overriding_approvers_per_merge_request": false
}
Merge Request-level MR approvals
Configuration for approvals on a specific Merge Request. Must be authenticated for all endpoints.
Get Configuration
Note: This API endpoint is only available on 8.9 Starter and above.
You can request information about a merge request's approval status using the following endpoint:
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/approvals
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
merge_request_iid |
integer | yes | The IID of MR |
{
"id": 5,
"iid": 5,
"project_id": 1,
"title": "Approvals API",
"description": "Test",
"state": "opened",
"created_at": "2016-06-08T00:19:52.638Z",
"updated_at": "2016-06-08T21:20:42.470Z",
"merge_status": "cannot_be_merged",
"approvals_required": 2,
"approvals_left": 1,
"approved_by": [
{
"user": {
"name": "Administrator",
"username": "root",
"id": 1,
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
}
}
],
}
Change approval configuration
Note: This API endpoint is only available on 10.6 Starter and above.
If you are allowed to, you can change approvals_required
using the following
endpoint:
POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/approvals
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
merge_request_iid |
integer | yes | The IID of MR |
approvals_required |
integer | yes | Approvals required before MR can be merged. Deprecated in 12.0 in favor of Approval Rules API. |
{
"id": 5,
"iid": 5,
"project_id": 1,
"title": "Approvals API",
"description": "Test",
"state": "opened",
"created_at": "2016-06-08T00:19:52.638Z",
"updated_at": "2016-06-08T21:20:42.470Z",
"merge_status": "cannot_be_merged",
"approvals_required": 2,
"approvals_left": 2,
"approved_by": []
}
Change allowed approvers for Merge Request
Note: This API endpoint has been deprecated. Please use Approval Rule API instead. Note: This API endpoint is only available on 10.6 Starter and above.
If you are allowed to, you can change approvers and approver groups using the following endpoint:
PUT /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/approvers
Important: Approvers and groups not in the request will be removed
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
merge_request_iid |
integer | yes | The IID of MR |
approver_ids |
Array | yes | An array of User IDs that can approve the MR |
approver_group_ids |
Array | yes | An array of Group IDs whose members can approve the MR |
{
"id": 5,
"iid": 5,
"project_id": 1,
"title": "Approvals API",
"description": "Test",
"state": "opened",
"created_at": "2016-06-08T00:19:52.638Z",
"updated_at": "2016-06-08T21:20:42.470Z",
"merge_status": "cannot_be_merged",
"approvals_required": 2,
"approvals_left": 2,
"approved_by": [],
"approvers": [
{
"user": {
"name": "Administrator",
"username": "root",
"id": 1,
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
}
}
],
"approver_groups": [
{
"group": {
"id": 5,
"name": "group1",
"path": "group1",
"description": "",
"visibility": "public",
"lfs_enabled": false,
"avatar_url": null,
"web_url": "http://localhost/groups/group1",
"request_access_enabled": false,
"full_name": "group1",
"full_path": "group1",
"parent_id": null,
"ldap_cn": null,
"ldap_access": null
}
}
]
}
Get merge request level rules
Note: This API endpoint is only available on 12.3 Starter and above.
You can request information about a merge request's approval rules using the following endpoint:
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/approval_rules
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
merge_request_iid |
integer | yes | The IID of MR |
[
{
"id": 1,
"name": "security",
"rule_type": "regular",
"eligible_approvers": [
{
"id": 5,
"name": "John Doe",
"username": "jdoe",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/jdoe"
},
{
"id": 50,
"name": "Group Member 1",
"username": "group_member_1",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/group_member_1"
}
],
"approvals_required": 3,
"source_rule": null,
"users": [
{
"id": 5,
"name": "John Doe",
"username": "jdoe",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/jdoe"
}
],
"groups": [
{
"id": 5,
"name": "group1",
"path": "group1",
"description": "",
"visibility": "public",
"lfs_enabled": false,
"avatar_url": null,
"web_url": "http://localhost/groups/group1",
"request_access_enabled": false,
"full_name": "group1",
"full_path": "group1",
"parent_id": null,
"ldap_cn": null,
"ldap_access": null
}
],
"contains_hidden_groups": false
}
]
Create merge request level rule
Note: This API endpoint is only available on 12.3 Starter and above.
You can create merge request approval rules using the following endpoint:
POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/approval_rules
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
merge_request_iid |
integer | yes | The IID of MR |
name |
string | yes | The name of the approval rule |
approvals_required |
integer | yes | The number of required approvals for this rule |
approval_project_rule_id |
integer | no | The ID of a project-level approval rule |
user_ids |
Array | no | The ids of users as approvers |
group_ids |
Array | no | The ids of groups as approvers |
Important: When approval_project_rule_id
is set, the name
, users
and
groups
of project-level rule will be copied. The approvals_required
specified
will be used.
{
"id": 1,
"name": "security",
"rule_type": "regular",
"eligible_approvers": [
{
"id": 2,
"name": "John Doe",
"username": "jdoe",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/jdoe"
},
{
"id": 50,
"name": "Group Member 1",
"username": "group_member_1",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/group_member_1"
}
],
"approvals_required": 1,
"source_rule": null,
"users": [
{
"id": 2,
"name": "John Doe",
"username": "jdoe",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/jdoe"
}
],
"groups": [
{
"id": 5,
"name": "group1",
"path": "group1",
"description": "",
"visibility": "public",
"lfs_enabled": false,
"avatar_url": null,
"web_url": "http://localhost/groups/group1",
"request_access_enabled": false,
"full_name": "group1",
"full_path": "group1",
"parent_id": null,
"ldap_cn": null,
"ldap_access": null
}
],
"contains_hidden_groups": false
}
Update merge request level rule
Note: This API endpoint is only available on 12.3 Starter and above.
You can update merge request approval rules using the following endpoint:
PUT /projects/:id/merge_request/:merge_request_iid/approval_rules/:approval_rule_id
Important: Approvers and groups not in the users
/groups
param will be removed
Important: Updating a report_approver
or code_owner
rule is not allowed.
These are system generated rules.
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
merge_request_iid |
integer | yes | The ID of MR |
approval_rule_id |
integer | yes | The ID of a approval rule |
name |
string | yes | The name of the approval rule |
approvals_required |
integer | yes | The number of required approvals for this rule |
user_ids |
Array | no | The ids of users as approvers |
group_ids |
Array | no | The ids of groups as approvers |
{
"id": 1,
"name": "security",
"rule_type": "regular",
"eligible_approvers": [
{
"id": 2,
"name": "John Doe",
"username": "jdoe",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/jdoe"
},
{
"id": 50,
"name": "Group Member 1",
"username": "group_member_1",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/group_member_1"
}
],
"approvals_required": 1,
"source_rule": null,
"users": [
{
"id": 2,
"name": "John Doe",
"username": "jdoe",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost/jdoe"
}
],
"groups": [
{
"id": 5,
"name": "group1",
"path": "group1",
"description": "",
"visibility": "public",
"lfs_enabled": false,
"avatar_url": null,
"web_url": "http://localhost/groups/group1",
"request_access_enabled": false,
"full_name": "group1",
"full_path": "group1",
"parent_id": null,
"ldap_cn": null,
"ldap_access": null
}
],
"contains_hidden_groups": false
}
Delete merge request level rule
Note: This API endpoint is only available on 12.3 Starter and above.
You can delete merge request approval rules using the following endpoint:
DELETE /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/approval_rules/:approval_rule_id
Important: Deleting a report_approver
or code_owner
rule is not allowed.
These are system generated rules.
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
merge_request_iid |
integer | yes | The ID of MR |
approval_rule_id |
integer | yes | The ID of a approval rule |
Approve Merge Request
Note: This API endpoint is only available on 8.9 Starter and above.
If you are allowed to, you can approve a merge request using the following endpoint:
POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/approve
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
merge_request_iid |
integer | yes | The IID of MR |
sha |
string | no | The HEAD of the MR |
approval_password (STARTER) |
string | no | Current user's password. Required if Require user password to approve is enabled in the project settings. |
The sha
parameter works in the same way as
when accepting a merge request: if it is passed, then it must
match the current HEAD of the merge request for the approval to be added. If it
does not match, the response code will be 409
.
{
"id": 5,
"iid": 5,
"project_id": 1,
"title": "Approvals API",
"description": "Test",
"state": "opened",
"created_at": "2016-06-08T00:19:52.638Z",
"updated_at": "2016-06-09T21:32:14.105Z",
"merge_status": "can_be_merged",
"approvals_required": 2,
"approvals_left": 0,
"approved_by": [
{
"user": {
"name": "Administrator",
"username": "root",
"id": 1,
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
}
},
{
"user": {
"name": "Nico Cartwright",
"username": "ryley",
"id": 2,
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cf7ad14b34162a76d593e3affca2adca?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/ryley"
}
}
],
}
Unapprove Merge Request
Note: This API endpoint is only available on 9.0 Starter and above.
If you did approve a merge request, you can unapprove it using the following endpoint:
POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/unapprove
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
merge_request_iid |
integer | yes | The IID of MR |