Service Ping API

Tier: Free, Premium, Ultimate Offering: Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated

The Service Ping API is associated with Service Ping.

Export Service Ping data

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Requires a personal access token with read_service_ping scope.

Returns the JSON payload collected in Service Ping. If no payload data is available in the application cache, it returns empty response. If payload data is empty, make sure the Service Ping feature is enabled and wait for the cron job to be executed, or generate payload data manually.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/usage_data/service_ping"

Example response:

  "recorded_at": "2024-01-15T23:33:50.387Z",
  "license": {},
  "counts": {
    "assignee_lists": 0,
    "ci_builds": 463,
    "ci_external_pipelines": 0,
    "ci_pipeline_config_auto_devops": 0,
    "ci_pipeline_config_repository": 0,
    "ci_triggers": 0,
    "ci_pipeline_schedules": 0
...

Export metric definitions as a single YAML file

Export all metric definitions as a single YAML file, similar to the Metrics Dictionary, for easier importing.

GET /usage_data/metric_definitions

Example request:

curl "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/usage_data/metric_definitions"

Example response:

---
- key_path: redis_hll_counters.search.i_search_paid_monthly
  description: Calculated unique users to perform a search with a paid license enabled
    by month
  product_group: global_search
  value_type: number
  status: active
  time_frame: 28d
  data_source: redis_hll
  distribution:
  - ee
  tier:
  - premium
  - ultimate
...

Export Service Ping SQL queries

This action is behind the usage_data_queries_api feature flag and is available only for the GitLab instance Administrator users.

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Return all of the raw SQL queries used to compute Service Ping.

GET /usage_data/queries

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/usage_data/queries"

Example response:

{
  "recorded_at": "2021-03-23T06:31:21.267Z",
  "uuid": null,
  "hostname": "localhost",
  "version": "13.11.0-pre",
  "installation_type": "gitlab-development-kit",
  "active_user_count": "SELECT COUNT(\"users\".\"id\") FROM \"users\" WHERE (\"users\".\"state\" IN ('active')) AND (\"users\".\"user_type\" IS NULL OR \"users\".\"user_type\" IN (NULL, 6, 4))",
  "edition": "EE",
  "license_md5": "c701acc03844c45366dd175ef7a4e19c",
  "license_sha256": "366dd175ef7a4e19cc701acc03844c45366dd175ef7a4e19cc701acc03844c45",
  "license_id": null,
  "historical_max_users": 0,
  "licensee": {
    "Name": "John Doe1"
  },
  "license_user_count": null,
  "license_starts_at": "1970-01-01",
  "license_expires_at": "2022-02-23",
  "license_plan": "starter",
  "license_add_ons": {
    "GitLab_FileLocks": 1,
    "GitLab_Auditor_User": 1
  },
  "license_trial": null,
  "license_subscription_id": "0000",
  "license": {},
  "settings": {
    "ldap_encrypted_secrets_enabled": false,
    "operating_system": "mac_os_x-11.2.2"
  },
  "counts": {
    "assignee_lists": "SELECT COUNT(\"lists\".\"id\") FROM \"lists\" WHERE \"lists\".\"list_type\" = 3",
    "boards": "SELECT COUNT(\"boards\".\"id\") FROM \"boards\"",
    "ci_builds": "SELECT COUNT(\"ci_builds\".\"id\") FROM \"ci_builds\" WHERE \"ci_builds\".\"type\" = 'Ci::Build'",
    "ci_internal_pipelines": "SELECT COUNT(\"ci_pipelines\".\"id\") FROM \"ci_pipelines\" WHERE (\"ci_pipelines\".\"source\" IN (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13) OR \"ci_pipelines\".\"source\" IS NULL)",
    "ci_external_pipelines": "SELECT COUNT(\"ci_pipelines\".\"id\") FROM \"ci_pipelines\" WHERE \"ci_pipelines\".\"source\" = 6",
    "ci_pipeline_config_auto_devops": "SELECT COUNT(\"ci_pipelines\".\"id\") FROM \"ci_pipelines\" WHERE \"ci_pipelines\".\"config_source\" = 2",
    "ci_pipeline_config_repository": "SELECT COUNT(\"ci_pipelines\".\"id\") FROM \"ci_pipelines\" WHERE \"ci_pipelines\".\"config_source\" = 1",
    "ci_runners": "SELECT COUNT(\"ci_runners\".\"id\") FROM \"ci_runners\"",
...

UsageDataNonSqlMetrics API

This action is behind the usage_data_non_sql_metrics feature flag and is available only for the GitLab instance Administrator users.

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Return all non-SQL metrics data used in the Service ping.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/usage_data/non_sql_metrics"

Sample response:

{
  "recorded_at": "2021-03-26T07:04:03.724Z",
  "uuid": null,
  "hostname": "localhost",
  "version": "13.11.0-pre",
  "installation_type": "gitlab-development-kit",
  "active_user_count": -3,
  "edition": "EE",
  "license_md5": "bb8cd0d8a6d9569ff3f70b8927a1f949",
  "license_sha256": "366dd175ef7a4e19cc701acc03844c45366dd175ef7a4e19cc701acc03844c45",
  "license_id": null,
  "historical_max_users": 0,
  "licensee": {
    "Name": "John Doe1"
  },
  "license_user_count": null,
  "license_starts_at": "1970-01-01",
  "license_expires_at": "2022-02-26",
  "license_plan": "starter",
  "license_add_ons": {
    "GitLab_FileLocks": 1,
    "GitLab_Auditor_User": 1
  },
  "license_trial": null,
  "license_subscription_id": "0000",
  "license": {},
  "settings": {
    "ldap_encrypted_secrets_enabled": false,
    "operating_system": "mac_os_x-11.2.2"
  },
...