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Users
List users
Get a list of users.
This function takes pagination parameters page
and per_page
to restrict the list of users.
For normal users
GET /users
[
{
"id": 1,
"username": "john_smith",
"name": "John Smith",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/cd8.jpeg",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/john_smith"
},
{
"id": 2,
"username": "jack_smith",
"name": "Jack Smith",
"state": "blocked",
"avatar_url": "http://gravatar.com/../e32131cd8.jpeg",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/jack_smith"
}
]
In addition, you can filter users based on states eg. blocked
, active
This works only to filter users who are blocked
or active
.
It does not support active=false
or blocked=false
.
GET /users?active=true
GET /users?blocked=true
For admins
GET /users
[
{
"id": 1,
"username": "john_smith",
"email": "john@example.com",
"name": "John Smith",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/index.jpg",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/john_smith",
"created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
"is_admin": false,
"bio": null,
"location": null,
"skype": "",
"linkedin": "",
"twitter": "",
"website_url": "",
"organization": "",
"last_sign_in_at": "2012-06-01T11:41:01Z",
"confirmed_at": "2012-05-23T09:05:22Z",
"theme_id": 1,
"color_scheme_id": 2,
"projects_limit": 100,
"current_sign_in_at": "2012-06-02T06:36:55Z",
"identities": [
{"provider": "github", "extern_uid": "2435223452345"},
{"provider": "bitbucket", "extern_uid": "john.smith"},
{"provider": "google_oauth2", "extern_uid": "8776128412476123468721346"}
],
"can_create_group": true,
"can_create_project": true,
"two_factor_enabled": true,
"external": false
},
{
"id": 2,
"username": "jack_smith",
"email": "jack@example.com",
"name": "Jack Smith",
"state": "blocked",
"avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/2/index.jpg",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/jack_smith",
"created_at": "2012-05-23T08:01:01Z",
"is_admin": false,
"bio": null,
"location": null,
"skype": "",
"linkedin": "",
"twitter": "",
"website_url": "",
"organization": "",
"last_sign_in_at": null,
"confirmed_at": "2012-05-30T16:53:06.148Z",
"theme_id": 1,
"color_scheme_id": 3,
"projects_limit": 100,
"current_sign_in_at": "2014-03-19T17:54:13Z",
"identities": [],
"can_create_group": true,
"can_create_project": true,
"two_factor_enabled": true,
"external": false
}
]
You can search for users by email or username with: /users?search=John
In addition, you can lookup users by username:
GET /users?username=:username
For example:
GET /users?username=jack_smith
You can search for users who are external with: /users?external=true
Single user
Get a single user.
For user
GET /users/:id
Parameters:
id
(required) - The ID of a user
{
"id": 1,
"username": "john_smith",
"name": "John Smith",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/cd8.jpeg",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/john_smith",
"created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
"is_admin": false,
"bio": null,
"location": null,
"skype": "",
"linkedin": "",
"twitter": "",
"website_url": "",
"organization": ""
}
For admin
GET /users/:id
Parameters:
id
(required) - The ID of a user
{
"id": 1,
"username": "john_smith",
"email": "john@example.com",
"name": "John Smith",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/index.jpg",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/john_smith",
"created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
"is_admin": false,
"bio": null,
"location": null,
"skype": "",
"linkedin": "",
"twitter": "",
"website_url": "",
"organization": "",
"last_sign_in_at": "2012-06-01T11:41:01Z",
"confirmed_at": "2012-05-23T09:05:22Z",
"theme_id": 1,
"color_scheme_id": 2,
"projects_limit": 100,
"current_sign_in_at": "2012-06-02T06:36:55Z",
"identities": [
{"provider": "github", "extern_uid": "2435223452345"},
{"provider": "bitbucket", "extern_uid": "john.smith"},
{"provider": "google_oauth2", "extern_uid": "8776128412476123468721346"}
],
"can_create_group": true,
"can_create_project": true,
"two_factor_enabled": true,
"external": false
}
User creation
Creates a new user. Note only administrators can create new users. Either password
or reset_password
should be specified (reset_password
takes priority).
POST /users
Parameters:
email
(required) - Emailpassword
(optional) - Passwordreset_password
(optional) - Send user password reset link - true or false(default)username
(required) - Usernamename
(required) - Nameskype
(optional) - Skype IDlinkedin
(optional) - LinkedIntwitter
(optional) - Twitter accountwebsite_url
(optional) - Website URLorganization
(optional) - Organization nameprojects_limit
(optional) - Number of projects user can createextern_uid
(optional) - External UIDprovider
(optional) - External provider namebio
(optional) - User's biographylocation
(optional) - User's locationadmin
(optional) - User is admin - true or false (default)can_create_group
(optional) - User can create groups - true or falseconfirm
(optional) - Require confirmation - true (default) or falseexternal
(optional) - Flags the user as external - true or false(default)
User modification
Modifies an existing user. Only administrators can change attributes of a user.
PUT /users/:id
Parameters:
email
- Emailusername
- Usernamename
- Namepassword
- Passwordskype
- Skype IDlinkedin
- LinkedIntwitter
- Twitter accountwebsite_url
- Website URLorganization
- Organization nameprojects_limit
- Limit projects each user can createextern_uid
- External UIDprovider
- External provider namebio
- User's biographylocation
(optional) - User's locationadmin
(optional) - User is admin - true or false (default)can_create_group
(optional) - User can create groups - true or falseexternal
(optional) - Flags the user as external - true or false(default)
On password update, user will be forced to change it upon next login.
Note, at the moment this method does only return a 404
error,
even in cases where a 409
(Conflict) would be more appropriate,
e.g. when renaming the email address to some existing one.
User deletion
Deletes a user. Available only for administrators.
This is an idempotent function, calling this function for a non-existent user id
still returns a status code 200 OK
.
The JSON response differs if the user was actually deleted or not.
In the former the user is returned and in the latter not.
DELETE /users/:id
Parameters:
id
(required) - The ID of the user
User
For normal users
Gets currently authenticated user.
GET /user
{
"id": 1,
"username": "john_smith",
"email": "john@example.com",
"name": "John Smith",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/index.jpg",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/john_smith",
"created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
"is_admin": false,
"bio": null,
"location": null,
"skype": "",
"linkedin": "",
"twitter": "",
"website_url": "",
"organization": "",
"last_sign_in_at": "2012-06-01T11:41:01Z",
"confirmed_at": "2012-05-23T09:05:22Z",
"theme_id": 1,
"color_scheme_id": 2,
"projects_limit": 100,
"current_sign_in_at": "2012-06-02T06:36:55Z",
"identities": [
{"provider": "github", "extern_uid": "2435223452345"},
{"provider": "bitbucket", "extern_uid": "john_smith"},
{"provider": "google_oauth2", "extern_uid": "8776128412476123468721346"}
],
"can_create_group": true,
"can_create_project": true,
"two_factor_enabled": true,
"external": false
}
For admins
Parameters:
sudo
(required) - the ID of a user
GET /user
{
"id": 1,
"username": "john_smith",
"email": "john@example.com",
"name": "John Smith",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/index.jpg",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/john_smith",
"created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
"is_admin": false,
"bio": null,
"location": null,
"skype": "",
"linkedin": "",
"twitter": "",
"website_url": "",
"organization": "",
"last_sign_in_at": "2012-06-01T11:41:01Z",
"confirmed_at": "2012-05-23T09:05:22Z",
"theme_id": 1,
"color_scheme_id": 2,
"projects_limit": 100,
"current_sign_in_at": "2012-06-02T06:36:55Z",
"identities": [
{"provider": "github", "extern_uid": "2435223452345"},
{"provider": "bitbucket", "extern_uid": "john_smith"},
{"provider": "google_oauth2", "extern_uid": "8776128412476123468721346"}
],
"can_create_group": true,
"can_create_project": true,
"two_factor_enabled": true,
"external": false,
"private_token": "dd34asd13as"
}
List SSH keys
Get a list of currently authenticated user's SSH keys.
GET /user/keys
[
{
"id": 1,
"title": "Public key",
"key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiPWx6WM4lhHNedGfBpPJNPpZ7yKu+dnn1SJejgt4596k6YjzGGphH2TUxwKzxcKDKKezwkpfnxPkSMkuEspGRt/aZZ9wa++Oi7Qkr8prgHc4soW6NUlfDzpvZK2H5E7eQaSeP3SAwGmQKUFHCddNaP0L+hM7zhFNzjFvpaMgJw0=",
"created_at": "2014-08-01T14:47:39.080Z"
},
{
"id": 3,
"title": "Another Public key",
"key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiPWx6WM4lhHNedGfBpPJNPpZ7yKu+dnn1SJejgt4596k6YjzGGphH2TUxwKzxcKDKKezwkpfnxPkSMkuEspGRt/aZZ9wa++Oi7Qkr8prgHc4soW6NUlfDzpvZK2H5E7eQaSeP3SAwGmQKUFHCddNaP0L+hM7zhFNzjFvpaMgJw0=",
"created_at": "2014-08-01T14:47:39.080Z"
}
]
Parameters:
- none
List SSH keys for user
Get a list of a specified user's SSH keys. Available only for admin
GET /users/:id/keys
Parameters:
id
(required) - id of specified user
Single SSH key
Get a single key.
GET /user/keys/:key_id
Parameters:
key_id
(required) - The ID of an SSH key
{
"id": 1,
"title": "Public key",
"key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiPWx6WM4lhHNedGfBpPJNPpZ7yKu+dnn1SJejgt4596k6YjzGGphH2TUxwKzxcKDKKezwkpfnxPkSMkuEspGRt/aZZ9wa++Oi7Qkr8prgHc4soW6NUlfDzpvZK2H5E7eQaSeP3SAwGmQKUFHCddNaP0L+hM7zhFNzjFvpaMgJw0=",
"created_at": "2014-08-01T14:47:39.080Z"
}
Add SSH key
Creates a new key owned by the currently authenticated user.
POST /user/keys
Parameters:
title
(required) - new SSH Key's titlekey
(required) - new SSH key
{
"created_at": "2015-01-21T17:44:33.512Z",
"key": "ssh-dss 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 loic@call",
"title": "ABC",
"id": 4
}
Will return created key with status 201 Created
on success. If an
error occurs a 400 Bad Request
is returned with a message explaining the error:
{
"message": {
"fingerprint": [
"has already been taken"
],
"key": [
"has already been taken"
]
}
}
Add SSH key for user
Create new key owned by specified user. Available only for admin
POST /users/:id/keys
Parameters:
id
(required) - id of specified usertitle
(required) - new SSH Key's titlekey
(required) - new SSH key
Delete SSH key for current user
Deletes key owned by currently authenticated user.
This is an idempotent function and calling it on a key that is already deleted
or not available results in 200 OK
.
DELETE /user/keys/:key_id
Parameters:
key_id
(required) - SSH key ID
Delete SSH key for given user
Deletes key owned by a specified user. Available only for admin.
DELETE /users/:id/keys/:key_id
Parameters:
id
(required) - id of specified userkey_id
(required) - SSH key ID
Will return 200 OK
on success, or 404 Not found
if either user or key cannot be found.
List emails
Get a list of currently authenticated user's emails.
GET /user/emails
[
{
"id": 1,
"email": "email@example.com"
},
{
"id": 3,
"email": "email2@example.com"
}
]
Parameters:
- none
List emails for user
Get a list of a specified user's emails. Available only for admin
GET /users/:id/emails
Parameters:
id
(required) - id of specified user
Single email
Get a single email.
GET /user/emails/:email_id
Parameters:
email_id
(required) - email ID
{
"id": 1,
"email": "email@example.com"
}
Add email
Creates a new email owned by the currently authenticated user.
POST /user/emails
Parameters:
email
(required) - email address
{
"id": 4,
"email": "email@example.com"
}
Will return created email with status 201 Created
on success. If an
error occurs a 400 Bad Request
is returned with a message explaining the error:
{
"message": {
"email": [
"has already been taken"
]
}
}
Add email for user
Create new email owned by specified user. Available only for admin
POST /users/:id/emails
Parameters:
id
(required) - id of specified useremail
(required) - email address
Delete email for current user
Deletes email owned by currently authenticated user.
This is an idempotent function and calling it on a email that is already deleted
or not available results in 200 OK
.
DELETE /user/emails/:email_id
Parameters:
email_id
(required) - email ID
Delete email for given user
Deletes email owned by a specified user. Available only for admin.
DELETE /users/:id/emails/:email_id
Parameters:
id
(required) - id of specified useremail_id
(required) - email ID
Will return 200 OK
on success, or 404 Not found
if either user or email cannot be found.
Block user
Blocks the specified user. Available only for admin.
PUT /users/:id/block
Parameters:
id
(required) - id of specified user
Will return 200 OK
on success, 404 User Not Found
is user cannot be found or
403 Forbidden
when trying to block an already blocked user by LDAP synchronization.
Unblock user
Unblocks the specified user. Available only for admin.
PUT /users/:id/unblock
Parameters:
id
(required) - id of specified user
Will return 200 OK
on success, 404 User Not Found
is user cannot be found or
403 Forbidden
when trying to unblock a user blocked by LDAP synchronization.
Get user contribution events
Get the contribution events for the specified user, sorted from newest to oldest.
GET /users/:id/events
Parameters:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of the user |
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/users/:id/events
Example response:
[
{
"title": null,
"project_id": 15,
"action_name": "closed",
"target_id": 830,
"target_type": "Issue",
"author_id": 1,
"data": null,
"target_title": "Public project search field",
"author": {
"name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
"username": "root",
"id": 1,
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/fox_avatar.png",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
},
"author_username": "root"
},
{
"title": null,
"project_id": 15,
"action_name": "opened",
"target_id": null,
"target_type": null,
"author_id": 1,
"author": {
"name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
"username": "root",
"id": 1,
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/fox_avatar.png",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
},
"author_username": "john",
"data": {
"before": "50d4420237a9de7be1304607147aec22e4a14af7",
"after": "c5feabde2d8cd023215af4d2ceeb7a64839fc428",
"ref": "refs/heads/master",
"user_id": 1,
"user_name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
"repository": {
"name": "gitlabhq",
"url": "git@dev.gitlab.org:gitlab/gitlabhq.git",
"description": "GitLab: self hosted Git management software. \r\nDistributed under the MIT License.",
"homepage": "https://dev.gitlab.org/gitlab/gitlabhq"
},
"commits": [
{
"id": "c5feabde2d8cd023215af4d2ceeb7a64839fc428",
"message": "Add simple search to projects in public area",
"timestamp": "2013-05-13T18:18:08+00:00",
"url": "https://dev.gitlab.org/gitlab/gitlabhq/commit/c5feabde2d8cd023215af4d2ceeb7a64839fc428",
"author": {
"name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
"email": "dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com"
}
}
],
"total_commits_count": 1
},
"target_title": null
},
{
"title": null,
"project_id": 15,
"action_name": "closed",
"target_id": 840,
"target_type": "Issue",
"author_id": 1,
"data": null,
"target_title": "Finish & merge Code search PR",
"author": {
"name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
"username": "root",
"id": 1,
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/fox_avatar.png",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
},
"author_username": "root"
},
{
"title": null,
"project_id": 15,
"action_name": "commented on",
"target_id": 1312,
"target_type": "Note",
"author_id": 1,
"data": null,
"target_title": null,
"created_at": "2015-12-04T10:33:58.089Z",
"note": {
"id": 1312,
"body": "What an awesome day!",
"attachment": null,
"author": {
"name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
"username": "root",
"id": 1,
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/fox_avatar.png",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
},
"created_at": "2015-12-04T10:33:56.698Z",
"system": false,
"upvote": false,
"downvote": false,
"noteable_id": 377,
"noteable_type": "Issue"
},
"author": {
"name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
"username": "root",
"id": 1,
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/fox_avatar.png",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
},
"author_username": "root"
}
]