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

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Jobs API (FREE)

List project jobs

Get a list of jobs in a project. Jobs are sorted in descending order of their IDs.

By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated

GET /projects/:id/jobs

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	{check-circle} Yes	ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
scope	string or array of strings	{dotted-circle} No	Scope of jobs to show. Either one of or an array of the following: created, pending, running, failed, success, canceled, skipped, or manual. All jobs are returned if scope is not provided.

curl --globoff --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs?scope[]=pending&scope[]=running"

Example of response

[
  {
    "commit": {
      "author_email": "admin@example.com",
      "author_name": "Administrator",
      "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
      "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "message": "Test the CI integration.",
      "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
      "title": "Test the CI integration."
    },
    "coverage": null,
    "allow_failure": false,
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.802Z",
    "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:27.722Z",
    "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:27.895Z",
    "duration": 0.173,
    "queued_duration": 0.010,
    "artifacts_file": {
      "filename": "artifacts.zip",
      "size": 1000
    },
    "artifacts": [
      {"file_type": "archive", "size": 1000, "filename": "artifacts.zip", "file_format": "zip"},
      {"file_type": "metadata", "size": 186, "filename": "metadata.gz", "file_format": "gzip"},
      {"file_type": "trace", "size": 1500, "filename": "job.log", "file_format": "raw"},
      {"file_type": "junit", "size": 750, "filename": "junit.xml.gz", "file_format": "gzip"}
    ],
    "artifacts_expire_at": "2016-01-23T17:54:27.895Z",
    "tag_list": [
      "docker runner", "ubuntu18"
    ],
    "id": 7,
    "name": "teaspoon",
    "pipeline": {
      "id": 6,
      "project_id": 1,
      "ref": "main",
      "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "status": "pending"
    },
    "ref": "main",
    "runner": null,
    "stage": "test",
    "status": "failed",
    "failure_reason": "script_failure",
    "tag": false,
    "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/7",
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
      "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
      "bio": null,
      "location": null,
      "public_email": "",
      "skype": "",
      "linkedin": "",
      "twitter": "",
      "website_url": "",
      "organization": ""
    }
  },
  {
    "commit": {
      "author_email": "admin@example.com",
      "author_name": "Administrator",
      "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
      "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "message": "Test the CI integration.",
      "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
      "title": "Test the CI integration."
    },
    "coverage": null,
    "allow_failure": false,
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.727Z",
    "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:24.729Z",
    "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:24.921Z",
    "duration": 0.192,
    "queued_duration": 0.023,
    "artifacts_expire_at": "2016-01-23T17:54:24.921Z",
    "tag_list": [
      "docker runner", "win10-2004"
    ],
    "id": 6,
    "name": "rspec:other",
    "pipeline": {
      "id": 6,
      "project_id": 1,
      "ref": "main",
      "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "status": "pending"
    },
    "ref": "main",
    "artifacts": [],
    "runner": null,
    "stage": "test",
    "status": "failed",
    "failure_reason": "stuck_or_timeout_failure",
    "tag": false,
    "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/6",
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
      "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
      "bio": null,
      "location": null,
      "public_email": "",
      "skype": "",
      "linkedin": "",
      "twitter": "",
      "website_url": "",
      "organization": ""
    }
  }
]

List pipeline jobs

Get a list of jobs for a pipeline.

By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated

GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/jobs

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	{check-circle} Yes	ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
pipeline_id	integer	{check-circle} Yes	ID of a pipeline. Can also be obtained in CI jobs via the predefined CI variable CI_PIPELINE_ID.
scope	string or array of strings	{dotted-circle} No	Scope of jobs to show. Either one of or an array of the following: created, pending, running, failed, success, canceled, skipped, or manual. All jobs are returned if scope is not provided.
include_retried	boolean	{dotted-circle} No	Include retried jobs in the response. Defaults to false. Introduced in GitLab 13.9.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/pipelines/6/jobs?scope[]=pending&scope[]=running"

Example of response

[
  {
    "commit": {
      "author_email": "admin@example.com",
      "author_name": "Administrator",
      "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
      "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "message": "Test the CI integration.",
      "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
      "title": "Test the CI integration."
    },
    "coverage": null,
    "allow_failure": false,
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.727Z",
    "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:24.729Z",
    "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:24.921Z",
    "duration": 0.192,
    "queued_duration": 0.023,
    "artifacts_expire_at": "2016-01-23T17:54:24.921Z",
    "tag_list": [
      "docker runner", "ubuntu18"
    ],
    "id": 6,
    "name": "rspec:other",
    "pipeline": {
      "id": 6,
      "project_id": 1,
      "ref": "main",
      "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "status": "pending"
    },
    "ref": "main",
    "artifacts": [],
    "runner": null,
    "stage": "test",
    "status": "failed",
    "failure_reason": "stuck_or_timeout_failure",
    "tag": false,
    "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/6",
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
      "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
      "bio": null,
      "location": null,
      "public_email": "",
      "skype": "",
      "linkedin": "",
      "twitter": "",
      "website_url": "",
      "organization": ""
    }
  },
  {
    "commit": {
      "author_email": "admin@example.com",
      "author_name": "Administrator",
      "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
      "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "message": "Test the CI integration.",
      "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
      "title": "Test the CI integration."
    },
    "coverage": null,
    "allow_failure": false,
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.802Z",
    "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:27.722Z",
    "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:27.895Z",
    "duration": 0.173,
    "queued_duration": 0.023,
    "artifacts_file": {
      "filename": "artifacts.zip",
      "size": 1000
    },
    "artifacts": [
      {"file_type": "archive", "size": 1000, "filename": "artifacts.zip", "file_format": "zip"},
      {"file_type": "metadata", "size": 186, "filename": "metadata.gz", "file_format": "gzip"},
      {"file_type": "trace", "size": 1500, "filename": "job.log", "file_format": "raw"},
      {"file_type": "junit", "size": 750, "filename": "junit.xml.gz", "file_format": "gzip"}
    ],
    "artifacts_expire_at": "2016-01-23T17:54:27.895Z",
    "tag_list": [
      "docker runner", "ubuntu18"
    ],
    "id": 7,
    "name": "teaspoon",
    "pipeline": {
      "id": 6,
      "project_id": 1,
      "ref": "main",
      "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "status": "pending"
    },
    "ref": "main",
    "runner": null,
    "stage": "test",
    "status": "failed",
    "failure_reason": "script_failure",
    "tag": false,
    "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/7",
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
      "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
      "bio": null,
      "location": null,
      "public_email": "",
      "skype": "",
      "linkedin": "",
      "twitter": "",
      "website_url": "",
      "organization": ""
    }
  }
]

In GitLab 13.3 and later, this endpoint returns data for any pipeline including child pipelines.

In GitLab 13.5 and later, this endpoint does not return retried jobs in the response by default. Additionally, jobs are sorted by ID in descending order (newest first). In earlier GitLab versions, jobs are sorted by ID in ascending order (oldest first).

In GitLab 13.9 and later, this endpoint can include retried jobs in the response with include_retried set to true.

List pipeline bridges

Get a list of bridge jobs for a pipeline.

GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/bridges

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	{check-circle} Yes	ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
pipeline_id	integer	{check-circle} Yes	ID of a pipeline.
scope	string or array of strings	{dotted-circle} No	Scope of jobs to show. Either one of or an array of the following: created, pending, running, failed, success, canceled, skipped, or manual. All jobs are returned if scope is not provided.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/pipelines/6/bridges?scope[]=pending&scope[]=running"

Example of response

[
  {
    "commit": {
      "author_email": "admin@example.com",
      "author_name": "Administrator",
      "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
      "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "message": "Test the CI integration.",
      "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
      "title": "Test the CI integration."
    },
    "coverage": null,
    "allow_failure": false,
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.802Z",
    "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:27.722Z",
    "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:58:27.895Z",
    "duration": 240,
    "queued_duration": 0.123,
    "id": 7,
    "name": "teaspoon",
    "pipeline": {
      "id": 6,
      "project_id": 1,
      "ref": "main",
      "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "status": "pending",
      "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:50:16.123Z",
      "updated_at": "2015-12-24T18:00:44.432Z",
      "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/pipelines/6"
    },
    "ref": "main",
    "stage": "test",
    "status": "pending",
    "tag": false,
    "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/7",
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
      "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
      "bio": null,
      "location": null,
      "public_email": "",
      "skype": "",
      "linkedin": "",
      "twitter": "",
      "website_url": "",
      "organization": ""
    },
    "downstream_pipeline": {
      "id": 5,
      "sha": "f62a4b2fb89754372a346f24659212eb8da13601",
      "ref": "main",
      "status": "pending",
      "created_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:27.722Z",
      "updated_at": "2015-12-24T17:58:27.896Z",
      "web_url": "https://example.com/diaspora/diaspora-client/pipelines/5"
    }
  }
]

Get job token's job

Introduced in GitLab 13.10.

Retrieve the job that generated a job token.

GET /job

Examples (must run as part of the script section of a CI/CD job):

curl --header "Authorization: Bearer $CI_JOB_TOKEN" "${CI_API_V4_URL}/job"
curl --header "JOB-TOKEN: $CI_JOB_TOKEN" "${CI_API_V4_URL}/job"
curl "${CI_API_V4_URL}/job?job_token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN"

Example of response

{
  "commit": {
    "author_email": "admin@example.com",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
    "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "message": "Test the CI integration.",
    "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
    "title": "Test the CI integration."
  },
  "coverage": null,
  "allow_failure": false,
  "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.880Z",
  "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:30.733Z",
  "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:31.198Z",
  "duration": 0.465,
  "queued_duration": 0.123,
  "artifacts_expire_at": "2016-01-23T17:54:31.198Z",
  "id": 8,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "pipeline": {
    "id": 6,
    "project_id": 1,
    "ref": "main",
    "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "status": "pending"
  },
  "ref": "main",
  "artifacts": [],
  "runner": null,
  "stage": "test",
  "status": "failed",
  "failure_reason": "script_failure",
  "tag": false,
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/8",
  "user": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
    "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
    "bio": null,
    "location": null,
    "public_email": "",
    "skype": "",
    "linkedin": "",
    "twitter": "",
    "website_url": "",
    "organization": ""
  }
}

Get GitLab agent by CI_JOB_TOKEN (PREMIUM)

Introduced in GitLab 13.11.

Retrieve the job that generated the CI_JOB_TOKEN, along with a list of allowed agents.

GET /job/allowed_agents

Supported attributes:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
CI_JOB_TOKEN	string	{check-circle} Yes	Token value associated with the GitLab-provided CI_JOB_TOKEN variable.

Example request:

curl --header "JOB-TOKEN: <CI_JOB_TOKEN>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/job/allowed_agents"
curl "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/job/allowed_agents?job_token=<CI_JOB_TOKEN>"

Example response:

{
  "allowed_agents":
    [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "config_project": {
          "id": 1,
          "description": null,
          "name": "project1",
          "name_with_namespace": "John Doe2 / project1",
          "path": "project1",
          "path_with_namespace": "namespace1/project1",
          "created_at": "2021-03-26T14:51:50.579Z"
        }
      }
    ],
  "job": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "test",
    "stage": "test",
    "project_id": 1,
    "project_name": "project1"
  },
  "pipeline": {
    "id": 1,
    "project_id": 1,
    "sha": "b83d6e391c22777fca1ed3012fce84f633d7fed0",
    "ref": "main",
    "status": "pending",
    "created_at": "2021-03-26T14:51:51.107Z",
    "updated_at": "2021-03-26T14:51:51.107Z",
    "web_url": "http://localhost/namespace1/project1/-/pipelines/1"
  },
  "project": {
    "id": 1,
    "description": null,
    "name": "project1",
    "name_with_namespace": "John Doe2 / project1",
    "path": "project1",
    "path_with_namespace": "namespace1/project1",
    "created_at": "2021-03-26T14:51:50.579Z"
  },
  "user": {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "John Doe3",
    "username": "user2",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/10fc7f102b",
    "web_url": "http://localhost/user2"
  }
}

Get a single job

Get a single job of a project

GET /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	{check-circle} Yes	ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
job_id	integer	{check-circle} Yes	ID of a job.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/8"

Example of response

{
  "commit": {
    "author_email": "admin@example.com",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
    "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "message": "Test the CI integration.",
    "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
    "title": "Test the CI integration."
  },
  "coverage": null,
  "allow_failure": false,
  "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.880Z",
  "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:30.733Z",
  "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:31.198Z",
  "duration": 0.465,
  "queued_duration": 0.010,
  "artifacts_expire_at": "2016-01-23T17:54:31.198Z",
  "tag_list": [
      "docker runner", "macos-10.15"
    ],
  "id": 8,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "pipeline": {
    "id": 6,
    "project_id": 1,
    "ref": "main",
    "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "status": "pending"
  },
  "ref": "main",
  "artifacts": [],
  "runner": null,
  "stage": "test",
  "status": "failed",
  "tag": false,
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/8",
  "user": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
    "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
    "bio": null,
    "location": null,
    "public_email": "",
    "skype": "",
    "linkedin": "",
    "twitter": "",
    "website_url": "",
    "organization": ""
  }
}

Get a log file

Get a log (trace) of a specific job of a project:

GET /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/trace

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	{check-circle} Yes	ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
job_id	integer	{check-circle} Yes	ID of a job.

curl --location --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/8/trace"

Possible response status codes:

Status	Description
200	Serves the log file
404	Job not found or no log file

Cancel a job

Cancel a single job of a project

POST /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/cancel

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	{check-circle} Yes	ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
job_id	integer	{check-circle} Yes	ID of a job.

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/1/cancel"

Example of response

{
  "commit": {
    "author_email": "admin@example.com",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
    "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "message": "Test the CI integration.",
    "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
    "title": "Test the CI integration."
  },
  "coverage": null,
  "allow_failure": false,
  "created_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
  "started_at": "2016-01-11T10:14:09.526Z",
  "finished_at": null,
  "duration": 8,
  "queued_duration": 0.010,
  "id": 1,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "ref": "main",
  "artifacts": [],
  "runner": null,
  "stage": "test",
  "status": "canceled",
  "tag": false,
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/42",
  "user": null
}

Retry a job

Retry a single job of a project

POST /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/retry

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	{check-circle} Yes	ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
job_id	integer	{check-circle} Yes	ID of a job.

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/1/retry"

Example of response

{
  "commit": {
    "author_email": "admin@example.com",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
    "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "message": "Test the CI integration.",
    "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
    "title": "Test the CI integration."
  },
  "coverage": null,
  "allow_failure": false,
  "created_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
  "started_at": null,
  "finished_at": null,
  "duration": null,
  "queued_duration": 0.010,
  "id": 1,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "ref": "main",
  "artifacts": [],
  "runner": null,
  "stage": "test",
  "status": "pending",
  "tag": false,
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/42",
  "user": null
}

Erase a job

Erase a single job of a project (remove job artifacts and a job log)

POST /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/erase

Parameters

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	{check-circle} Yes	ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
job_id	integer	{check-circle} Yes	ID of a job.

Example of request

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/1/erase"

Example of response

{
  "commit": {
    "author_email": "admin@example.com",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
    "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "message": "Test the CI integration.",
    "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
    "title": "Test the CI integration."
  },
  "coverage": null,
  "allow_failure": false,
  "download_url": null,
  "id": 1,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "ref": "main",
  "artifacts": [],
  "runner": null,
  "stage": "test",
  "created_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
  "started_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
  "finished_at": "2016-01-11T10:15:10.506Z",
  "duration": 97.0,
  "queued_duration": 0.010,
  "status": "failed",
  "tag": false,
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/42",
  "user": null
}

NOTE: You can't delete archived jobs with the API, but you can delete job artifacts and logs from jobs completed before a specific date

Run a job

Triggers a manual action to start a job.

POST /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/play

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	{check-circle} Yes	ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
job_id	integer	{check-circle} Yes	ID of a job.
job_variables_attributes	array of hashes	{dotted-circle} No	An array containing the custom variables available to the job. Introduced in GitLab 14.9.

Example request:

curl --request POST "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/1/play
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>"
     --data @variables.json

@variables.json is structured like:

{
  "job_variables_attributes": [
    {
      "key": "TEST_VAR_1",
      "value": "test1"
    },
    {
      "key": "TEST_VAR_2",
      "value": "test2"
    }
  ]
}

Example response:

{
  "commit": {
    "author_email": "admin@example.com",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
    "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "message": "Test the CI integration.",
    "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
    "title": "Test the CI integration."
  },
  "coverage": null,
  "allow_failure": false,
  "created_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
  "started_at": null,
  "finished_at": null,
  "duration": null,
  "queued_duration": 0.010,
  "id": 1,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "ref": "main",
  "artifacts": [],
  "runner": null,
  "stage": "test",
  "status": "pending",
  "tag": false,
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/42",
  "user": null
}