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

stage	group	info
Manage	Import	To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments

Import API

Import repository from GitHub

Import your projects from GitHub to GitLab via the API.

POST /import/github

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
personal_access_token	string	yes	GitHub personal access token
repo_id	integer	yes	GitHub repository ID
new_name	string	no	New repository name
target_namespace	string	yes	Namespace to import repository into. Supports subgroups like /namespace/subgroup.
github_hostname	string	no	Custom GitHub Enterprise hostname. Do not set for GitHub.com.

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/import/github" \
  --header "content-type: application/json" \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --data '{
    "personal_access_token": "aBc123abC12aBc123abC12abC123+_A/c123",
    "repo_id": "12345",
    "target_namespace": "group/subgroup",
    "new_name": "NEW-NAME",
    "github_hostname": "https://github.example.com"
}'

Example response:

{
    "id": 27,
    "name": "my-repo",
    "full_path": "/root/my-repo",
    "full_name": "Administrator / my-repo"
}

Import repository from Bitbucket Server

Import your projects from Bitbucket Server to GitLab via the API.

NOTE: The Bitbucket Project Key is only used for finding the repository in Bitbucket. You must specify a target_namespace if you want to import the repository to a GitLab group. If you do not specify target_namespace, the project imports to your personal user namespace.

POST /import/bitbucket_server

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
bitbucket_server_url	string	yes	Bitbucket Server URL
bitbucket_server_username	string	yes	Bitbucket Server Username
personal_access_token	string	yes	Bitbucket Server personal access token/password
bitbucket_server_project	string	yes	Bitbucket Project Key
bitbucket_server_repo	string	yes	Bitbucket Repository Name
new_name	string	no	New repository name
target_namespace	string	no	Namespace to import repository into. Supports subgroups like /namespace/subgroup

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/import/bitbucket_server" \
  --header "content-type: application/json" \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --data '{
    "bitbucket_server_url": "http://bitbucket.example.com",
    "bitbucket_server_username": "root",
    "personal_access_token": "Nzk4MDcxODY4MDAyOiP8y410zF3tGAyLnHRv/E0+3xYs",
    "bitbucket_server_project": "NEW",
    "bitbucket_server_repo": "my-repo"
}'

Automate group and project import (PREMIUM)

For information on automating user, group, and project import API calls, see Automate group and project import.