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Dependencies API

Tier: Ultimate
Offering: GitLab.com, GitLab Self-Managed, GitLab Dedicated

Every call to this endpoint requires authentication. To perform this call, the user must be authorized to read the repository. To see vulnerabilities in response, the user must be authorized to read Project Security Dashboard.

List project dependencies

Lists all dependencies for a specified project. This operation partially mirrors the dependency list feature, which is available only for languages and package managers supported by Gemnasium.

Responses are paginated and return 20 results by default.

GET /projects/:id/dependencies
GET /projects/:id/dependencies?package_manager=maven
GET /projects/:id/dependencies?package_manager=yarn,bundler

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`package_manager`	string array	no	Returns dependencies belonging to specified package manager. Valid values: `bundler`, `composer`, `conan`, `go`, `gradle`, `maven`, `npm`, `nuget`, `pip`, `pipenv`, `pnpm`, `yarn`, `sbt`, or `setuptools`.

curl --request GET \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/4/dependencies"

Example response:

[
  {
    "name": "rails",
    "version": "5.0.1",
    "package_manager": "bundler",
    "dependency_file_path": "Gemfile.lock",
    "vulnerabilities": [
      {
        "name": "DDoS",
        "severity": "unknown",
        "id": 144827,
        "url": "https://gitlab.example.com/group/project/-/security/vulnerabilities/144827"
      }
    ],
    "licenses": [
      {
        "name": "MIT",
        "url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "name": "hanami",
    "version": "1.3.1",
    "package_manager": "bundler",
    "dependency_file_path": "Gemfile.lock",
    "vulnerabilities": [],
    "licenses": [
      {
        "name": "MIT",
        "url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"
      }
    ]
  }
]