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

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# 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 repo name |
| `target_namespace` | string | yes | Namespace to import repo into |
```shell
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" --data "personal_access_token=abc123&repo_id=12345&target_namespace=root" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/import/github
```
Example response:
```json
{
"id": 27,
"name": "my-repo",
"full_path": "/root/my-repo",
"full_name": "Administrator / my-repo"
}
```