Project snippets

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Snippet visibility level

Snippets in GitLab can be either private, internal or public. You can set it with the visibility field in the snippet.

Constants for snippet visibility levels are:

  • Private: The snippet is visible only to project members.
  • Internal: The snippet is visible for any authenticated user except external users.
  • Public: The snippet can be accessed without any authentication.
note
From July 2019, the Internal visibility setting is disabled for new projects, groups, and snippets on GitLab.com. Existing projects, groups, and snippets using the Internal visibility setting keep this setting. You can read more about the change in the relevant issue.

List snippets

Get a list of project snippets. 

GET /projects/:id/snippets

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.

Single snippet

Get a single project snippet. 

GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
snippet_id integer yes The ID of a project’s snippet. 
{
  "id": 1,
  "title": "test",
  "file_name": "add.rb",
  "description": "Ruby test snippet",
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "john_smith",
    "email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "John Smith",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z"
  },
  "updated_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
  "created_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
  "imported": false,
  "imported_from": "none",
  "project_id": 1,
  "web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/snippets/1",
  "raw_url": "http://example.com/example/example/snippets/1/raw"
}

Create new snippet

Creates a new project snippet. The user must have permission to create new snippets. 

POST /projects/:id/snippets

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
files:content string yes Content of the snippet file.
files:file_path string yes File path of the snippet file.
title string yes Title of a snippet.
content string no Deprecated: Use files instead. Content of a snippet.
description string no Description of a snippet.
file_name string no Deprecated: Use files instead. Name of a snippet file.
files array of hashes no An array of snippet files.
visibility string no Snippet’s visibility.

Example request: 

curl --request POST "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/:id/snippets" \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your access token>" \
     --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d @snippet.json

snippet.json used in the above example request: 

{
  "title" : "Example Snippet Title",
  "description" : "More verbose snippet description",
  "visibility" : "private",
  "files": [
    {
      "file_path": "example.txt",
      "content" : "source code \n with multiple lines\n"
    }
  ]
}

Update snippet

Updates an existing project snippet. The user must have permission to change an existing snippet.

Updates to snippets with multiple files must use the files attribute. 

PUT /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
files:action string yes Type of action to perform on the file. One of: create, update, delete, move.
snippet_id integer yes The ID of a project’s snippet.
content string no Deprecated: Use files instead. Content of a snippet.
description string no Description of a snippet.
files array of hashes no An array of snippet files.
files:content string no Content of the snippet file.
files:file_path string no File path of the snippet file.
file_name string no Deprecated: Use files instead. Name of a snippet file.
files:previous_path string no Previous path of the snippet file.
title string no Title of a snippet.
visibility string no Snippet’s visibility.

Example request: 

curl --request PUT "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id" \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d @snippet.json

snippet.json used in the above example request: 

{
  "title" : "Updated Snippet Title",
  "description" : "More verbose snippet description",
  "visibility" : "private",
  "files": [
    {
      "action": "update",
      "file_path": "example.txt",
      "content" : "updated source code \n with multiple lines\n"
    }
  ]
}

Delete snippet

Deletes an existing project snippet. This returns a 204 No Content status code if the operation was successfully or 404 if the resource was not found. 

DELETE /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
snippet_id integer yes The ID of a project’s snippet.

Example request: 

curl --request DELETE "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id" \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>"

Snippet content

Returns the raw project snippet as plain text. 

GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/raw

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
snippet_id integer yes The ID of a project’s snippet.

Example request: 

curl "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/raw" \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>"

Snippet repository file content

Returns the raw file content as plain text. 

GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/files/:ref/:file_path/raw

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
file_path string yes The URL-encoded path to the file, for example, snippet%2Erb.
ref string yes The name of a branch, tag or commit, for example, main.
snippet_id integer yes The ID of a project’s snippet.

Example request: 

curl "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/1/snippets/2/files/master/snippet%2Erb/raw" \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>"

Get user agent details

Available only for users with administrator access. 

GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/user_agent_detail
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user.
snippet_id Integer yes The ID of a snippet.

Example request: 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/snippets/2/user_agent_detail"

Example response: 

{
  "user_agent": "AppleWebKit/537.36",
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "akismet_submitted": false
}