Groups API

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

Use this API to view and manage GitLab groups. For more information, see groups.

Endpoint responses might vary based on the permissions of the authenticated user in the group.

Get a single group

Get all details of a group. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the group is publicly accessible. In case the user that requests is an administrator if the group is publicly accessible. With authentication, it returns the runners_token and enabled_git_access_protocol for the group too, if the user is an administrator or has the Owner role.

GET /groups/:id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
`with_custom_attributes`	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (administrators only).
`with_projects`	boolean	no	Include details from projects that belong to the specified group (defaults to `true`). (Deprecated, scheduled for removal in API v5. To get the details of all projects in a group, use the list a group’s projects endpoint.)

The projects and shared_projects attributes in the response are deprecated and scheduled for removal in API v5. To get the details of all projects within a group, use either the list a group’s projects or the list a group’s shared projects endpoint.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4"

This endpoint returns a maximum of 100 projects and shared projects. To get the details of all projects within a group, use the list a group’s projects endpoint instead.

Example response:

{
  "id": 4,
  "name": "Twitter",
  "path": "twitter",
  "description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
  "visibility": "public",
  "avatar_url": null,
  "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/twitter",
  "request_access_enabled": false,
  "repository_storage": "default",
  "full_name": "Twitter",
  "full_path": "twitter",
  "runners_token": "ba324ca7b1c77fc20bb9",
  "file_template_project_id": 1,
  "parent_id": null,
  "enabled_git_access_protocol": "all",
  "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z",
  "shared_with_groups": [
    {
      "group_id": 28,
      "group_name": "H5bp",
      "group_full_path": "h5bp",
      "group_access_level": 20,
      "expires_at": null
    }
  ],
  "prevent_sharing_groups_outside_hierarchy": false,
  "projects": [ // Deprecated and will be removed in API v5
    {
      "id": 7,
      "description": "Voluptas veniam qui et beatae voluptas doloremque explicabo facilis.",
      "default_branch": "main",
      "tag_list": [], //deprecated, use `topics` instead
      "topics": [],
      "archived": false,
      "visibility": "public",
      "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com:twitter/typeahead-js.git",
      "http_url_to_repo": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/typeahead-js.git",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/typeahead-js",
      "name": "Typeahead.Js",
      "name_with_namespace": "Twitter / Typeahead.Js",
      "path": "typeahead-js",
      "path_with_namespace": "twitter/typeahead-js",
      "issues_enabled": true,
      "merge_requests_enabled": true,
      "wiki_enabled": true,
      "jobs_enabled": true,
      "snippets_enabled": false,
      "container_registry_enabled": true,
      "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:25.578Z",
      "last_activity_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:25.881Z",
      "shared_runners_enabled": true,
      "creator_id": 1,
      "namespace": {
        "id": 4,
        "name": "Twitter",
        "path": "twitter",
        "kind": "group"
      },
      "avatar_url": null,
      "star_count": 0,
      "forks_count": 0,
      "open_issues_count": 3,
      "public_jobs": true,
      "shared_with_groups": [],
      "request_access_enabled": false
    },
    {
      "id": 6,
      "description": "Aspernatur omnis repudiandae qui voluptatibus eaque.",
      "default_branch": "main",
      "tag_list": [], //deprecated, use `topics` instead
      "topics": [],
      "archived": false,
      "visibility": "internal",
      "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com:twitter/flight.git",
      "http_url_to_repo": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/flight.git",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/twitter/flight",
      "name": "Flight",
      "name_with_namespace": "Twitter / Flight",
      "path": "flight",
      "path_with_namespace": "twitter/flight",
      "issues_enabled": true,
      "merge_requests_enabled": true,
      "wiki_enabled": true,
      "jobs_enabled": true,
      "snippets_enabled": false,
      "container_registry_enabled": true,
      "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:24.661Z",
      "last_activity_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:24.838Z",
      "shared_runners_enabled": true,
      "creator_id": 1,
      "namespace": {
        "id": 4,
        "name": "Twitter",
        "path": "twitter",
        "kind": "group"
      },
      "avatar_url": null,
      "star_count": 0,
      "forks_count": 0,
      "open_issues_count": 8,
      "public_jobs": true,
      "shared_with_groups": [],
      "request_access_enabled": false
    }
  ],
  "shared_projects": [ // Deprecated and will be removed in API v5
    {
      "id": 8,
      "description": "Velit eveniet provident fugiat saepe eligendi autem.",
      "default_branch": "main",
      "tag_list": [], //deprecated, use `topics` instead
      "topics": [],
      "archived": false,
      "visibility": "private",
      "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com:h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "http_url_to_repo": "https://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "name": "Html5 Boilerplate",
      "name_with_namespace": "H5bp / Html5 Boilerplate",
      "path": "html5-boilerplate",
      "path_with_namespace": "h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "issues_enabled": true,
      "merge_requests_enabled": true,
      "wiki_enabled": true,
      "jobs_enabled": true,
      "snippets_enabled": false,
      "container_registry_enabled": true,
      "created_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:27.089Z",
      "last_activity_at": "2016-06-17T07:47:27.310Z",
      "shared_runners_enabled": true,
      "creator_id": 1,
      "namespace": {
        "id": 5,
        "name": "H5bp",
        "path": "h5bp",
        "kind": "group"
      },
      "avatar_url": null,
      "star_count": 0,
      "forks_count": 0,
      "open_issues_count": 4,
      "public_jobs": true,
      "shared_with_groups": [
        {
          "group_id": 4,
          "group_name": "Twitter",
          "group_full_path": "twitter",
          "group_access_level": 30,
          "expires_at": null
        },
        {
          "group_id": 3,
          "group_name": "Gitlab Org",
          "group_full_path": "gitlab-org",
          "group_access_level": 10,
          "expires_at": "2018-08-14"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "ip_restriction_ranges": null,
  "math_rendering_limits_enabled": true,
  "lock_math_rendering_limits_enabled": false
}

The prevent_sharing_groups_outside_hierarchy attribute is present only on top-level groups.

Users of GitLab Premium or Ultimate also see the attributes:

shared_runners_minutes_limit
extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit
marked_for_deletion_on
membership_lock
wiki_access_level
duo_features_enabled
lock_duo_features_enabled
duo_availability
experiment_features_enabled

Additional response attributes:

{
  "id": 4,
  "description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
  "shared_runners_minutes_limit": 133,
  "extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit": 133,
  "marked_for_deletion_on": "2020-04-03",
  "membership_lock": false,
  "wiki_access_level": "disabled",
  "duo_features_enabled": true,
  "lock_duo_features_enabled": false,
  "duo_availability": "default_on",
  "experiment_features_enabled": false,
  ...
}

When adding the parameter with_projects=false, projects aren’t returned.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4?with_projects=false"

Example response:

{
  "id": 4,
  "name": "Twitter",
  "path": "twitter",
  "description": "Aliquid qui quis dignissimos distinctio ut commodi voluptas est.",
  "visibility": "public",
  "avatar_url": null,
  "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/twitter",
  "request_access_enabled": false,
  "repository_storage": "default",
  "full_name": "Twitter",
  "full_path": "twitter",
  "file_template_project_id": 1,
  "parent_id": null
}

List groups

List all groups

Get a list of visible groups for the authenticated user. When accessed without authentication, only public groups are returned.

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

When accessed without authentication, this endpoint also supports keyset pagination:

When requesting consecutive pages of results, you should use keyset pagination.
Beyond a specific offset limit (specified by max offset allowed by the REST API for offset-based pagination), offset pagination is unavailable.

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`skip_groups`	array of integers	no	Skip the group IDs passed.
`all_available`	boolean	no	When `true`, returns all accessible groups. When `false`, returns only groups where the user is a member. Defaults to `false` for users, `true` for administrators. Unauthenticated requests always return all public groups. The `owned` and `min_access_level` attributes take precedence.
`search`	string	no	Return the list of authorized groups matching the search criteria.
`order_by`	string	no	Order groups by `name`, `path`, `id`, or `similarity`. Default is `name`.
`sort`	string	no	Order groups in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `asc`.
`statistics`	boolean	no	Include group statistics (administrators only). For top-level groups, the response returns the full `root_storage_statistics` data displayed in the UI. Introduced in GitLab 17.4.
`visibility`	string	no	Limit to groups with `public`, `internal`, or `private` visibility.
`with_custom_attributes`	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (administrators only).
`owned`	boolean	no	Limit to groups explicitly owned by the current user.
`min_access_level`	integer	no	Limit to groups where current user has at least this role (`access_level`).
`top_level_only`	boolean	no	Limit to top-level groups, excluding all subgroups.
`repository_storage`	string	no	Filter by repository storage used by the group (administrators only). Introduced in GitLab 16.3. Premium and Ultimate only.
`marked_for_deletion_on`	date	no	Filter by date when group was marked for deletion. Introduced in GitLab 17.1. Premium and Ultimate only.
`active`	boolean	no	Limit by groups that are not archived and not marked for deletion.
`archived`	boolean	no	Limit by groups that are archived. Introduced in GitLab 18.2. This parameter is an experiment.

GET /groups

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Foobar Group",
    "path": "foo-bar",
    "description": "An interesting group",
    "visibility": "public",
    "share_with_group_lock": false,
    "require_two_factor_authentication": false,
    "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
    "project_creation_level": "developer",
    "auto_devops_enabled": null,
    "subgroup_creation_level": "owner",
    "emails_disabled": null,
    "emails_enabled": null,
    "mentions_disabled": null,
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "default_branch": null,
    "default_branch_protection": 2,
    "default_branch_protection_defaults": {
      "allowed_to_push": [
          {
              "access_level": 40
          }
      ],
      "allow_force_push": false,
      "allowed_to_merge": [
          {
              "access_level": 40
          }
      ]
    },
    "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/group/avatar/1/foo.jpg",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/groups/foo-bar",
    "request_access_enabled": false,
    "repository_storage": "default",
    "full_name": "Foobar Group",
    "full_path": "foo-bar",
    "file_template_project_id": 1,
    "parent_id": null,
    "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z",
    "ip_restriction_ranges": null
  }
]

When adding the parameter statistics=true and the authenticated user is an administrator, additional group statistics are returned. For top-level groups, root_storage_statistics are added as well.

GET /groups?statistics=true

When the parameter statistics=true is used and the authenticated user is an administrator, the response includes information about container registry storage size:

container_registry_size: Total storage size in bytes used by all container repositories in the group and its subgroups. Calculated as the sum of all repository sizes within the group’s projects and subgroups. Available only when the container registry metadata database is enabled.
container_registry_size_is_estimated: Indicates whether the size is an exact calculation based on actual data from all repositories (false) or estimated due to performance constraints (true).

For GitLab Self-Managed instances, the container registry metadata database must be enabled to include the container registry size attributes.

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Foobar Group",
    "path": "foo-bar",
    "description": "An interesting group",
    "visibility": "public",
    "share_with_group_lock": false,
    "require_two_factor_authentication": false,
    "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
    "project_creation_level": "developer",
    "auto_devops_enabled": null,
    "subgroup_creation_level": "owner",
    "emails_disabled": null,
    "emails_enabled": null,
    "mentions_disabled": null,
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "default_branch": null,
    "default_branch_protection": 2,
    "default_branch_protection_defaults": {
      "allowed_to_push": [
          {
              "access_level": 40
          }
      ],
      "allow_force_push": false,
      "allowed_to_merge": [
          {
              "access_level": 40
          }
      ]
    },
    "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/group/avatar/1/foo.jpg",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/groups/foo-bar",
    "request_access_enabled": false,
    "repository_storage": "default",
    "full_name": "Foobar Group",
    "full_path": "foo-bar",
    "file_template_project_id": 1,
    "parent_id": null,
    "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z",
    "statistics": {
      "storage_size": 363,
      "repository_size": 33,
      "wiki_size": 100,
      "lfs_objects_size": 123,
      "job_artifacts_size": 57,
      "pipeline_artifacts_size": 0,
      "packages_size": 0,
      "snippets_size": 50,
      "uploads_size": 0
    },
    "root_storage_statistics": {
      "build_artifacts_size": 0,
      "container_registry_size": 0,
      "container_registry_size_is_estimated": false,
      "dependency_proxy_size": 0,
      "lfs_objects_size": 0,
      "packages_size": 0,
      "pipeline_artifacts_size": 0,
      "repository_size": 0,
      "snippets_size": 0,
      "storage_size": 0,
      "uploads_size": 0,
      "wiki_size": 0
  },
    "wiki_access_level": "private",
    "duo_features_enabled": true,
    "lock_duo_features_enabled": false,
    "duo_availability": "default_on",
    "experiment_features_enabled": false,
  }
]

Users of GitLab Premium or Ultimate also see the wiki_access_level, duo_features_enabled, lock_duo_features_enabled, duo_availability, and experiment_features_enabled attributes.

You can search for groups by name or path, see below.

You can filter by custom attributes with:

GET /groups?custom_attributes[key]=value&custom_attributes[other_key]=other_value

Group pagination

By default, only 20 groups are displayed at a time because the API results are paginated.

To get more (up to 100), pass the following as an argument to the API call:

/groups?per_page=100

And to switch pages add:

/groups?per_page=100&page=2

Search for a group

Get all groups that match your string in their name or path.

GET /groups?search=foobar

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Foobar Group",
    "path": "foo-bar",
    "description": "An interesting group"
  }
]

List group details

List projects

Get a list of projects in this group. When accessed without authentication, only public projects are returned.

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

GET /groups/:id/projects

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
`archived`	boolean	no	Limit by archived status.
`visibility`	string	no	Limit by visibility `public`, `internal`, or `private`.
`order_by`	string	no	Return projects ordered by `id`, `name`, `path`, `created_at`, `updated_at`, `similarity` ¹, `star_count` or `last_activity_at` fields. Default is `created_at`.
`sort`	string	no	Return projects sorted in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `desc`.
`search`	string	no	Return list of authorized projects matching the search criteria.
`simple`	boolean	no	Return only limited fields for each project. This is a no-op without authentication where only simple fields are returned.
`owned`	boolean	no	Limit by projects owned by the current user.
`starred`	boolean	no	Limit by projects starred by the current user.
`topic`	string	no	Return projects matching the topic.
`with_issues_enabled`	boolean	no	Limit by projects with issues feature enabled. Default is `false`.
`with_merge_requests_enabled`	boolean	no	Limit by projects with merge requests feature enabled. Default is `false`.
`with_shared`	boolean	no	Include projects shared to this group. Default is `true`.
`include_subgroups`	boolean	no	Include projects in subgroups of this group. Default is `false`.
`min_access_level`	integer	no	Limit to projects where current user has at least this role (`access_level`).
`with_custom_attributes`	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (administrators only).
`with_security_reports`	boolean	no	Return only projects that have security reports artifacts present in any of their builds. This means “projects with security reports enabled”. Default is `false`. Ultimate only.

Footnotes:

Orders the results by a similarity score calculated from the search URL parameter. When you use order_by=similarity, the sort parameter is ignored. When the search parameter is not provided, the API returns the projects ordered by name.

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 9,
    "description": "foo",
    "default_branch": "main",
    "tag_list": [], //deprecated, use `topics` instead
    "topics": [],
    "archived": false,
    "visibility": "internal",
    "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com/html5-boilerplate.git",
    "http_url_to_repo": "http://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
    "name": "Html5 Boilerplate",
    "name_with_namespace": "Experimental / Html5 Boilerplate",
    "path": "html5-boilerplate",
    "path_with_namespace": "h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
    "issues_enabled": true,
    "merge_requests_enabled": true,
    "wiki_enabled": true,
    "jobs_enabled": true,
    "snippets_enabled": true,
    "created_at": "2016-04-05T21:40:50.169Z",
    "last_activity_at": "2016-04-06T16:52:08.432Z",
    "shared_runners_enabled": true,
    "creator_id": 1,
    "namespace": {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "Experimental",
      "path": "h5bp",
      "kind": "group"
    },
    "avatar_url": null,
    "star_count": 1,
    "forks_count": 0,
    "open_issues_count": 3,
    "public_jobs": true,
    "shared_with_groups": [],
    "request_access_enabled": false
  }
]

To distinguish between a project in the group and a project shared to the group, the namespace attribute can be used. When a project has been shared to the group, its namespace differs from the group the request is being made for.

List shared projects

Get a list of projects shared to this group. When accessed without authentication, only public shared projects are returned.

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

GET /groups/:id/projects/shared

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
`archived`	boolean	no	Limit by archived status.
`visibility`	string	no	Limit by visibility `public`, `internal`, or `private`.
`order_by`	string	no	Return projects ordered by `id`, `name`, `path`, `created_at`, `updated_at`, `star_count` or `last_activity_at` fields. Default is `created_at`.
`sort`	string	no	Return projects sorted in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `desc`.
`search`	string	no	Return list of authorized projects matching the search criteria.
`simple`	boolean	no	Return only limited fields for each project. This is a no-op without authentication where only simple fields are returned.
`starred`	boolean	no	Limit by projects starred by the current user.
`with_issues_enabled`	boolean	no	Limit by projects with issues feature enabled. Default is `false`.
`with_merge_requests_enabled`	boolean	no	Limit by projects with merge requests feature enabled. Default is `false`.
`min_access_level`	integer	no	Limit to projects where current user has at least this role (`access_level`).
`with_custom_attributes`	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (administrators only).

Example response:

[
   {
      "id":8,
      "description":"Shared project for Html5 Boilerplate",
      "name":"Html5 Boilerplate",
      "name_with_namespace":"H5bp / Html5 Boilerplate",
      "path":"html5-boilerplate",
      "path_with_namespace":"h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "created_at":"2020-04-27T06:13:22.642Z",
      "default_branch":"main",
      "tag_list":[], //deprecated, use `topics` instead
      "topics":[],
      "ssh_url_to_repo":"ssh://git@gitlab.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "http_url_to_repo":"https://gitlab.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "web_url":"https://gitlab.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "readme_url":"https://gitlab.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/-/blob/main/README.md",
      "avatar_url":null,
      "star_count":0,
      "forks_count":4,
      "last_activity_at":"2020-04-27T06:13:22.642Z",
      "namespace":{
         "id":28,
         "name":"H5bp",
         "path":"h5bp",
         "kind":"group",
         "full_path":"h5bp",
         "parent_id":null,
         "avatar_url":null,
         "web_url":"https://gitlab.com/groups/h5bp"
      },
      "_links":{
         "self":"https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8",
         "issues":"https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/issues",
         "merge_requests":"https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/merge_requests",
         "repo_branches":"https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/repository/branches",
         "labels":"https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/labels",
         "events":"https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/events",
         "members":"https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/8/members"
      },
      "empty_repo":false,
      "archived":false,
      "visibility":"public",
      "resolve_outdated_diff_discussions":false,
      "container_registry_enabled":true,
      "container_expiration_policy":{
         "cadence":"7d",
         "enabled":true,
         "keep_n":null,
         "older_than":null,
         "name_regex":null,
         "name_regex_keep":null,
         "next_run_at":"2020-05-04T06:13:22.654Z"
      },
      "issues_enabled":true,
      "merge_requests_enabled":true,
      "wiki_enabled":true,
      "jobs_enabled":true,
      "snippets_enabled":true,
      "can_create_merge_request_in":true,
      "issues_access_level":"enabled",
      "repository_access_level":"enabled",
      "merge_requests_access_level":"enabled",
      "forking_access_level":"enabled",
      "wiki_access_level":"enabled",
      "builds_access_level":"enabled",
      "snippets_access_level":"enabled",
      "pages_access_level":"enabled",
      "security_and_compliance_access_level":"enabled",
      "emails_disabled":null,
      "emails_enabled": null,
      "shared_runners_enabled":true,
      "lfs_enabled":true,
      "creator_id":1,
      "import_status":"failed",
      "open_issues_count":10,
      "ci_default_git_depth":50,
      "ci_forward_deployment_enabled":true,
      "ci_forward_deployment_rollback_allowed": true,
      "ci_allow_fork_pipelines_to_run_in_parent_project":true,
      "public_jobs":true,
      "build_timeout":3600,
      "auto_cancel_pending_pipelines":"enabled",
      "ci_config_path":null,
      "shared_with_groups":[
         {
            "group_id":24,
            "group_name":"Commit451",
            "group_full_path":"Commit451",
            "group_access_level":30,
            "expires_at":null
         }
      ],
      "only_allow_merge_if_pipeline_succeeds":false,
      "request_access_enabled":true,
      "only_allow_merge_if_all_discussions_are_resolved":false,
      "remove_source_branch_after_merge":true,
      "printing_merge_request_link_enabled":true,
      "merge_method":"merge",
      "suggestion_commit_message":null,
      "auto_devops_enabled":true,
      "auto_devops_deploy_strategy":"continuous",
      "autoclose_referenced_issues":true,
      "repository_storage":"default"
   }
]

List all SAML users

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

Lists all SAML users for a given top-level group.

Use the page and per_page pagination parameters to filter the results.

GET /groups/:id/saml_users

Supported attributes:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	ID or URL-encoded path of a top-level group.
`username`	string	no	Return a user with a given username.
`search`	string	no	Return users with a matching name, email, or username. Use partial values to increase results.
`active`	boolean	no	Return only active users.
`blocked`	boolean	no	Return only blocked users.
`created_after`	datetime	no	Return users created after the specified time. Format: ISO 8601 (`YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`).
`created_before`	datetime	no	Return users created before the specified time. Format: ISO 8601 (`YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`).

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/:id/saml_users"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 66,
    "username": "user22",
    "name": "Sidney Jones22",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/xxx?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://my.gitlab.com/user22",
    "created_at": "2021-09-10T12:48:22.381Z",
    "bio": "",
    "location": null,
    "public_email": "",
    "linkedin": "",
    "twitter": "",
    "website_url": "",
    "organization": null,
    "job_title": "",
    "pronouns": null,
    "bot": false,
    "work_information": null,
    "followers": 0,
    "following": 0,
    "local_time": null,
    "last_sign_in_at": null,
    "confirmed_at": "2021-09-10T12:48:22.330Z",
    "last_activity_on": null,
    "email": "user22@example.org",
    "theme_id": 1,
    "color_scheme_id": 1,
    "projects_limit": 100000,
    "current_sign_in_at": null,
    "identities": [
      {
        "provider": "group_saml",
        "extern_uid": "2435223452345",
        "saml_provider_id": 1
      }
    ],
    "can_create_group": true,
    "can_create_project": true,
    "two_factor_enabled": false,
    "external": false,
    "private_profile": false,
    "commit_email": "user22@example.org",
    "shared_runners_minutes_limit": null,
    "extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit": null,
    "scim_identities": [
      {
        "extern_uid": "2435223452345",
        "group_id": 1,
        "active": true
      }
    ]
  },
  ...
]

List provisioned users

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

Get a list of users provisioned by a given group. Does not include subgroups.

Requires at least the Maintainer role on the group.

GET /groups/:id/provisioned_users

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
`username`	string	no	Return single user with a specific username.
`search`	string	no	Search users by name, email, username.
`active`	boolean	no	Return only active users.
`blocked`	boolean	no	Return only blocked users.
`created_after`	datetime	no	Return users created after the specified time.
`created_before`	datetime	no	Return users created before the specified time.

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 66,
    "username": "user22",
    "name": "John Doe22",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/xxx?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://my.gitlab.com/user22",
    "created_at": "2021-09-10T12:48:22.381Z",
    "bio": "",
    "location": null,
    "public_email": "",
    "linkedin": "",
    "twitter": "",
    "website_url": "",
    "organization": null,
    "job_title": "",
    "pronouns": null,
    "bot": false,
    "work_information": null,
    "followers": 0,
    "following": 0,
    "local_time": null,
    "last_sign_in_at": null,
    "confirmed_at": "2021-09-10T12:48:22.330Z",
    "last_activity_on": null,
    "email": "user22@example.org",
    "theme_id": 1,
    "color_scheme_id": 1,
    "projects_limit": 100000,
    "current_sign_in_at": null,
    "identities": [ ],
    "can_create_group": true,
    "can_create_project": true,
    "two_factor_enabled": false,
    "external": false,
    "private_profile": false,
    "commit_email": "user22@example.org",
    "shared_runners_minutes_limit": null,
    "extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit": null
  },
  ...
]

List subgroups

Get a list of visible direct subgroups in this group.

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

If you request this list as:

An unauthenticated user, the response returns only public groups.
An authenticated user, the response returns only the groups you’re a member of and does not include public groups.

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group of the immediate parent group.
`skip_groups`	array of integers	no	Skip the group IDs passed.
`all_available`	boolean	no	Show all the groups you have access to (defaults to `false` for authenticated users, `true` for administrators). Attributes `owned` and `min_access_level` have precedence.
`search`	string	no	Return the list of authorized groups matching the search criteria. Only subgroup short paths are searched (not full paths).
`order_by`	string	no	Order groups by `name`, `path` or `id`. Default is `name`.
`sort`	string	no	Order groups in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `asc`.
`statistics`	boolean	no	Include group statistics (administrators only).
`with_custom_attributes`	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (administrators only).
`owned`	boolean	no	Limit to groups explicitly owned by the current user.
`min_access_level`	integer	no	Limit to groups where current user has at least this role (`access_level`).
`all_available`	boolean	no	When `true`, returns all accessible groups. When `false`, returns only groups where the user is a member. Defaults to `false` for users, `true` for administrators. Unauthenticated requests always return all public groups. The `owned` and `min_access_level` attributes take precedence.
`active`	boolean	no	Limit by groups that are not archived and not marked for deletion.

GET /groups/:id/subgroups

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Foobar Group",
    "path": "foo-bar",
    "description": "An interesting group",
    "visibility": "public",
    "share_with_group_lock": false,
    "require_two_factor_authentication": false,
    "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
    "project_creation_level": "developer",
    "auto_devops_enabled": null,
    "subgroup_creation_level": "owner",
    "emails_disabled": null,
    "emails_enabled": null,
    "mentions_disabled": null,
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "default_branch": null,
    "default_branch_protection": 2,
    "default_branch_protection_defaults": {
      "allowed_to_push": [
          {
              "access_level": 40
          }
      ],
      "allow_force_push": false,
      "allowed_to_merge": [
          {
              "access_level": 40
          }
      ]
    },
    "avatar_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/uploads/group/avatar/1/foo.jpg",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/groups/foo-bar",
    "request_access_enabled": false,
    "repository_storage": "default",
    "full_name": "Foobar Group",
    "full_path": "foo-bar",
    "file_template_project_id": 1,
    "parent_id": 123,
    "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z"
  }
]

Users of GitLab Premium or Ultimate also see the wiki_access_level, duo_features_enabled, lock_duo_features_enabled, duo_availability, and experiment_features_enabled attributes.

List descendant groups

Get a list of visible descendant groups of this group. When accessed without authentication, only public groups are returned.

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

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group of the immediate parent group.
`skip_groups`	array of integers	no	Skip the group IDs passed.
`all_available`	boolean	no	When `true`, returns all accessible groups. When `false`, returns only groups where the user is a member. Defaults to `false` for users, `true` for administrators. Unauthenticated requests always return all public groups. The `owned` and `min_access_level` attributes take precedence.
`search`	string	no	Return the list of authorized groups matching the search criteria. Only descendant group short paths are searched (not full paths).
`order_by`	string	no	Order groups by `name`, `path`, or `id`. Default is `name`.
`sort`	string	no	Order groups in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `asc`.
`statistics`	boolean	no	Include group statistics (administrators only).
`with_custom_attributes`	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (administrators only).
`owned`	boolean	no	Limit to groups explicitly owned by the current user.
`min_access_level`	integer	no	Limit to groups where current user has at least this role (`access_level`).
`active`	boolean	no	Limit by groups that are not archived and not marked for deletion.

GET /groups/:id/descendant_groups

[
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Bar Group",
    "path": "bar",
    "description": "A subgroup of Foo Group",
    "visibility": "public",
    "share_with_group_lock": false,
    "require_two_factor_authentication": false,
    "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
    "project_creation_level": "developer",
    "auto_devops_enabled": null,
    "subgroup_creation_level": "owner",
    "emails_disabled": null,
    "emails_enabled": null,
    "mentions_disabled": null,
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "default_branch": null,
    "default_branch_protection": 2,
    "default_branch_protection_defaults": {
      "allowed_to_push": [
          {
              "access_level": 40
          }
      ],
      "allow_force_push": false,
      "allowed_to_merge": [
          {
              "access_level": 40
          }
      ]
    },
    "avatar_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/uploads/group/avatar/1/bar.jpg",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/groups/foo/bar",
    "request_access_enabled": false,
    "full_name": "Bar Group",
    "full_path": "foo/bar",
    "file_template_project_id": 1,
    "parent_id": 123,
    "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z"
  },
  {
    "id": 3,
    "name": "Baz Group",
    "path": "baz",
    "description": "A subgroup of Bar Group",
    "visibility": "public",
    "share_with_group_lock": false,
    "require_two_factor_authentication": false,
    "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
    "project_creation_level": "developer",
    "auto_devops_enabled": null,
    "subgroup_creation_level": "owner",
    "emails_disabled": null,
    "emails_enabled": null,
    "mentions_disabled": null,
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "default_branch": null,
    "default_branch_protection": 2,
    "default_branch_protection_defaults": {
      "allowed_to_push": [
          {
              "access_level": 40
          }
      ],
      "allow_force_push": false,
      "allowed_to_merge": [
          {
              "access_level": 40
          }
      ]
    },
    "avatar_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/uploads/group/avatar/1/baz.jpg",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/groups/foo/bar/baz",
    "request_access_enabled": false,
    "full_name": "Baz Group",
    "full_path": "foo/bar/baz",
    "file_template_project_id": 1,
    "parent_id": 123,
    "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z"
  }
]

Users of GitLab Premium or Ultimate also see the wiki_access_level, duo_features_enabled, lock_duo_features_enabled, duo_availability, and experiment_features_enabled attributes.

List shared groups

Get a list of groups where the given group has been invited. When accessed without authentication, only public shared groups are returned.

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

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
`skip_groups`	array of integers	no	Skip the specified group IDs.
`search`	string	no	Return the list of authorized groups matching the search criteria.
`order_by`	string	no	Order groups by `name`, `path`, `id`, or `similarity`. Default is `name`.
`sort`	string	no	Order groups in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `asc`.
`visibility`	string	no	Limit to groups with `public`, `internal`, or `private` visibility.
`min_access_level`	integer	no	Limit to groups where current user has at least the specified role (`access_level`).
`with_custom_attributes`	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (administrators only).

GET /groups/:id/groups/shared

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 101,
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/groups/some_path",
    "name": "group1",
    "path": "some_path",
    "description": "",
    "visibility": "public",
    "share_with_group_lock": "false",
    "require_two_factor_authentication": "false",
    "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
    "project_creation_level": "maintainer",
    "auto_devops_enabled": "nil",
    "subgroup_creation_level": "maintainer",
    "emails_disabled": "false",
    "emails_enabled": "true",
    "mentions_disabled": "nil",
    "lfs_enabled": "true",
    "math_rendering_limits_enabled": "true",
    "lock_math_rendering_limits_enabled": "false",
    "default_branch": "nil",
    "default_branch_protection": 2,
    "default_branch_protection_defaults": {
        "allowed_to_push": [
          {
              "access_level": 30
          }
        ],
        "allow_force_push": "true",
        "allowed_to_merge": [
          {
              "access_level": 30
          }
        ],
        "developer_can_initial_push": "false",
        "code_owner_approval_required": "false"
    },
    "avatar_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/uploads/-/system/group/avatar/101/banana_sample.gif",
    "request_access_enabled": "true",
    "full_name": "group1",
    "full_path": "some_path",
    "created_at": "2024-06-06T09:39:30.056Z",
    "parent_id": "nil",
    "organization_id": 1,
    "shared_runners_setting": "enabled",
    "ldap_cn": "nil",
    "ldap_access": "nil",
    "wiki_access_level": "enabled"
  }
]

List invited groups

Get a list of invited groups in the given group. When accessed without authentication, only public invited groups are returned. This endpoint is rate-limited to 60 requests per minute per user (for authenticated users) or IP (for unauthenticated users).

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

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
`search`	string	no	Return the list of authorized groups matching the search criteria.
`min_access_level`	integer	no	Limit to groups where current user has at least the specified role (`access_level`).
`relation`	array of strings	no	Filter the groups by relation (direct or inherited).
`with_custom_attributes`	boolean	no	Include custom attributes in response (administrators only).

GET /groups/:id/invited_groups

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 33,
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/groups/flightjs",
    "name": "Flightjs",
    "path": "flightjs",
    "description": "Illo dolorum tempore eligendi minima ducimus provident.",
    "visibility": "public",
    "share_with_group_lock": false,
    "require_two_factor_authentication": false,
    "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
    "project_creation_level": "developer",
    "auto_devops_enabled": null,
    "subgroup_creation_level": "maintainer",
    "emails_disabled": false,
    "emails_enabled": true,
    "mentions_disabled": null,
    "lfs_enabled": true,
    "math_rendering_limits_enabled": true,
    "lock_math_rendering_limits_enabled": false,
    "default_branch": null,
    "default_branch_protection": 2,
    "default_branch_protection_defaults": {
      "allowed_to_push": [
        {
          "access_level": 40
        }
      ],
      "allow_force_push": false,
      "allowed_to_merge": [
        {
          "access_level": 40
        }
      ],
      "developer_can_initial_push": false
    },
    "avatar_url": null,
    "request_access_enabled": true,
    "full_name": "Flightjs",
    "full_path": "flightjs",
    "created_at": "2024-07-09T10:31:08.307Z",
    "parent_id": null,
    "organization_id": 1,
    "shared_runners_setting": "enabled",
    "ldap_cn": null,
    "ldap_access": null,
    "wiki_access_level": "enabled"
  }
]

List audit events

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

Group audit events can be accessed via the Group audit events API

Manage groups

Create a group

On GitLab SaaS, you must use the GitLab UI to create groups without a parent group. You cannot use the API to do this.

Creates a new project group. Available only for users who can create groups.

POST /groups

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	yes	The name of the group.
`path`	string	yes	The path of the group.
`auto_devops_enabled`	boolean	no	Default to Auto DevOps pipeline for all projects within this group.
`avatar`	mixed	no	Image file for avatar of the group.
`default_branch`	string	no	The default branch name for group’s projects. Introduced in GitLab 16.11.
`default_branch_protection`	integer	no	Deprecated in GitLab 17.0. Use `default_branch_protection_defaults` instead.
`default_branch_protection_defaults`	hash	no	Introduced in GitLab 17.0. For available options, see Options for `default_branch_protection_defaults`.
`description`	string	no	The group’s description.
`enabled_git_access_protocol`	string	no	Enabled protocols for Git access. Allowed values are: `ssh`, `http`, and `all` to allow both protocols. Introduced in GitLab 16.9.
`emails_disabled`	boolean	no	(Deprecated in GitLab 16.5.) Disable email notifications. Use `emails_enabled` instead.
`emails_enabled`	boolean	no	Enable email notifications.
`lfs_enabled`	boolean	no	Enable/disable Large File Storage (LFS) for the projects in this group.
`mentions_disabled`	boolean	no	Disable the capability of a group from getting mentioned.
`organization_id`	integer	no	The organization ID for the group.
`parent_id`	integer	no	The parent group ID for creating nested group.
`project_creation_level`	string	no	Determine if developers can create projects in the group. Can be `administrator` (users with Admin Mode enabled), `noone` (No one), `maintainer` (users with the Maintainer role), or `developer` (users with the Developer or Maintainer role).
`request_access_enabled`	boolean	no	Allow users to request member access.
`require_two_factor_authentication`	boolean	no	Require all users in this group to set up two-factor authentication.
`share_with_group_lock`	boolean	no	Prevent sharing a project with another group within this group.
`subgroup_creation_level`	string	no	Allowed to create subgroups. Can be `owner` (users with the Owner role), or `maintainer` (users with the Maintainer role).
`two_factor_grace_period`	integer	no	Time before Two-factor authentication is enforced (in hours).
`visibility`	string	no	The group’s visibility. Can be `private`, `internal`, or `public`.
`membership_lock`	boolean	no	Users cannot be added to projects in this group. Premium and Ultimate only.
`extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit`	integer	no	Can be set by administrators only. Additional compute minutes for this group. GitLab Self-Managed, Premium and Ultimate only.
`shared_runners_minutes_limit`	integer	no	Can be set by administrators only. Maximum number of monthly compute minutes for this group. Can be `nil` (default; inherit system default), `0` (unlimited), or `> 0`. GitLab Self-Managed, Premium and Ultimate only.
`wiki_access_level`	string	no	The wiki access level. Can be `disabled`, `private`, or `enabled`. Premium and Ultimate only.
`duo_availability`	string	no	Duo availability setting. Valid values are: `default_on`, `default_off`, `never_on`. Note: In the UI, `never_on` is displayed as “Always Off”.
`experiment_features_enabled`	boolean	no	Enable experiment features for this group.

Options for `default_branch_protection`

The default_branch_protection attribute determines whether users with the Developer or Maintainer role can push to the applicable default branch, as described in the following table:

Value	Description
`0`	No protection. Users with the Developer or Maintainer role can: - Push new commits. - Force push changes. - Delete the branch.
`1`	Partial protection. Users with the Developer or Maintainer role can: - Push new commits.
`2`	Full protection. Only users with the Maintainer role can: - Push new commits.
`3`	Protected against pushes. Users with the Maintainer role can: - Push new commits. - Force push changes. - Accept merge requests. Users with the Developer role can: - Accept merge requests.
`4`	Full protection after initial push. User with the Developer role can: - Push commit to empty repository. Users with the Maintainer role can: - Push new commits. - Accept merge requests.

Options for `default_branch_protection_defaults`

The default_branch_protection_defaults attribute describes the default branch protection defaults. All parameters are optional.

Key	Type	Description
`allowed_to_push`	array	An array of access levels allowed to push. Supports Developer (30) or Maintainer (40).
`allow_force_push`	boolean	Allow force push for all users with push access.
`allowed_to_merge`	array	An array of access levels allowed to merge. Supports Developer (30) or Maintainer (40).
`developer_can_initial_push`	boolean	Allow developers to initial push.

Create a subgroup

This is similar to creating a New group. You need the parent_id from the List groups call. You can then enter the desired:

subgroup_path
subgroup_name

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     --data '{"path": "<subgroup_path>", "name": "<subgroup_name>", "parent_id": <parent_group_id> }' \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/"

Delete a group

Prerequisites:

You must be an administrator or have the Owner role for the group.

Marks a group for deletion. Groups are deleted at the end of the retention period:

On GitLab.com, groups are retained for 30 days.
On GitLab Self-Managed, the retention period is controlled by the instance settings.

This endpoint can also immediately delete a subgroup that was previously marked for deletion.

DELETE /groups/:id

Parameters:

The response is 202 Accepted if the user has authorization.

You cannot delete a GitLab.com group that is linked to a subscription. You must first link the subscription with a different group.

Restore a group marked for deletion

Restores a group that was previously marked for deletion.

POST /groups/:id/restore

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.

Archive a group

Status: Experiment

The availability of this feature is controlled by a feature flag. For more information, see the history. This feature is available for testing, but not ready for production use.

Archive a group.

Prerequisites:

You must be an administrator or have the Owner role for the group.

This endpoint returns a 422 unprocessable entity error if the group is already archived.

POST /groups/:id/archive

Parameters:

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

Example response:

{
  "id": 96,
  "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/test-1",
  "name": "test-1",
  "path": "test-1",
  "description": "",
  "visibility": "public",
  "share_with_group_lock": false,
  "require_two_factor_authentication": false,
  "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
  "project_creation_level": "developer",
  "auto_devops_enabled": null,
  "subgroup_creation_level": "maintainer",
  "emails_disabled": false,
  "emails_enabled": true,
  "mentions_disabled": null,
  "lfs_enabled": true,
  "archived": true,
  "math_rendering_limits_enabled": true,
  "lock_math_rendering_limits_enabled": false,
  "default_branch": null,
  "default_branch_protection": 2,
  "default_branch_protection_defaults": {
    "allowed_to_push": [
      {
        "access_level": 40
      }
    ],
    "allow_force_push": false,
    "allowed_to_merge": [
      {
        "access_level": 40
      }
    ],
    "developer_can_initial_push": false
  },
  "avatar_url": null,
  "request_access_enabled": true,
  "full_name": "test-1",
  "full_path": "test-1",
  "created_at": "2025-03-25T12:05:24.813Z",
  "parent_id": null,
  "organization_id": 1,
  "shared_runners_setting": "enabled",
  "max_artifacts_size": null,
  "ldap_cn": null,
  "ldap_access": null,
  "wiki_access_level": "enabled",
  "shared_with_groups": [],
  "prevent_sharing_groups_outside_hierarchy": false,
  "shared_runners_minutes_limit": null,
  "extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit": null,
  "prevent_forking_outside_group": null,
  "membership_lock": false
}

Unarchive a group

Status: Experiment

The availability of this feature is controlled by a feature flag. For more information, see the history. This feature is available for testing, but not ready for production use.

Unarchive a group.

Prerequisites:

You must be an administrator or have the Owner role for the group.

This endpoint returns a 422 unprocessable entity error if the group is not archived.

POST /groups/:id/unarchive

Parameters:

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

Example response:

{
  "id": 96,
  "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/test-1",
  "name": "test-1",
  "path": "test-1",
  "description": "",
  "visibility": "public",
  "share_with_group_lock": false,
  "require_two_factor_authentication": false,
  "two_factor_grace_period": 48,
  "project_creation_level": "developer",
  "auto_devops_enabled": null,
  "subgroup_creation_level": "maintainer",
  "emails_disabled": false,
  "emails_enabled": true,
  "mentions_disabled": null,
  "lfs_enabled": true,
  "archived": false,
  "math_rendering_limits_enabled": true,
  "lock_math_rendering_limits_enabled": false,
  "default_branch": null,
  "default_branch_protection": 2,
  "default_branch_protection_defaults": {
    "allowed_to_push": [
      {
        "access_level": 40
      }
    ],
    "allow_force_push": false,
    "allowed_to_merge": [
      {
        "access_level": 40
      }
    ],
    "developer_can_initial_push": false
  },
  "avatar_url": null,
  "request_access_enabled": true,
  "full_name": "test-1",
  "full_path": "test-1",
  "created_at": "2025-03-25T12:05:24.813Z",
  "parent_id": null,
  "organization_id": 1,
  "shared_runners_setting": "enabled",
  "max_artifacts_size": null,
  "ldap_cn": null,
  "ldap_access": null,
  "wiki_access_level": "enabled",
  "shared_with_groups": [],
  "prevent_sharing_groups_outside_hierarchy": false,
  "shared_runners_minutes_limit": null,
  "extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit": null,
  "prevent_forking_outside_group": null,
  "membership_lock": false
}

Transfer a group

Transfers a group to a new parent group or transforms a subgroup into a top-level group.

Prerequisites:

You must have the Owner role for the group.
If transferring a group, you must have permission to create a subgroup in the new parent group.
If transforming a subgroup, you must have permission to create a top-level group.

POST /groups/:id/transfer

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of the group to transfer.
`id`	integer	yes	ID of the group to transfer.
`group_id`	integer	no	ID of the new parent group. If unspecified, the group is transformed into a top-level group.

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4/transfer?group_id=7"

List all locations available for group transfer

Lists all available parent groups to transfer a specified group.

GET /groups/:id/transfer_locations

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	Yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group to transfer.
`search`	string	No	The name of a specific group to search for.

Example request:

curl --request GET "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/transfer_locations"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 27,
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/gitlab",
    "name": "GitLab",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "full_name": "GitLab",
    "full_path": "GitLab"
  },
  {
    "id": 31,
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/foobar",
    "name": "FooBar",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "full_name": "FooBar",
    "full_path": "FooBar"
  }
]

Transfer a project to a group

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

Transfers a project to another group namespace. Alternatively, use the transfer a project to a new namespace endpoint instead.

The transfer process may fail if tagged packages exist in the project’s repository.

Prerequisites:

You must be an administrator for the instance.

POST /groups/:id/projects/:project_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the target group.
`project_id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4/projects/56"

Invite groups

These endpoints are used to for group invitations. For more information, see invite a group to a group.

Create a group invitation

Creates a group invitation that adds a target group to a specified group.

POST /groups/:id/share

Returns 200 and the group details on success.

Delete a group invitation

Deletes a group invitation and removes access to the target group from the specified group.

DELETE /groups/:id/share/:group_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the target group.
`group_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the group to disinvite.

Returns 204 and no content on success.

Update group attributes

The availability of the web_based_commit_signing_enabled attribute is controlled by a feature flag. For more information, see the history. This feature is available for testing, but not ready for production use.

Updates the attributes for a specified group.

Prerequisites:

You must be an administrator or have the Owner role for the group.

PUT /groups/:id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	The ID of the group.
`name`	string	no	The name of the group.
`path`	string	no	The path of the group.
`auto_devops_enabled`	boolean	no	Default to Auto DevOps pipeline for all projects within this group.
`avatar`	mixed	no	Image file for avatar of the group.
`default_branch`	string	no	The default branch name for group’s projects. Introduced in GitLab 16.11.
`default_branch_protection`	integer	no	Deprecated in GitLab 17.0. Use `default_branch_protection_defaults` instead.
`default_branch_protection_defaults`	hash	no	Introduced in GitLab 17.0. For available options, see Options for `default_branch_protection_defaults`.
`description`	string	no	The description of the group.
`enabled_git_access_protocol`	string	no	Enabled protocols for Git access. Allowed values are: `ssh`, `http`, and `all` to allow both protocols. Introduced in GitLab 16.9.
`emails_disabled`	boolean	no	(Deprecated in GitLab 16.5.) Disable email notifications. Use `emails_enabled` instead.
`emails_enabled`	boolean	no	Enable email notifications.
`lfs_enabled`	boolean	no	Enable/disable Large File Storage (LFS) for the projects in this group.
`mentions_disabled`	boolean	no	Disable the capability of a group from getting mentioned.
`prevent_sharing_groups_outside_hierarchy`	boolean	no	See Prevent group sharing outside the group hierarchy. This attribute is only available on top-level groups.
`project_creation_level`	string	no	Determine if developers can create projects in the group. Can be `noone` (No one), `maintainer` (users with the Maintainer role), or `developer` (users with the Developer or Maintainer role).
`request_access_enabled`	boolean	no	Allow users to request member access.
`require_two_factor_authentication`	boolean	no	Require all users in this group to set up two-factor authentication.
`shared_runners_setting`	string	no	See Options for `shared_runners_setting`. Enable or disable instance runners for a group’s subgroups and projects.
`share_with_group_lock`	boolean	no	Prevent sharing a project with another group within this group.
`subgroup_creation_level`	string	no	Allowed to create subgroups. Can be `owner` (users with the Owner role), or `maintainer` (users with the Maintainer role).
`two_factor_grace_period`	integer	no	Time before Two-factor authentication is enforced (in hours).
`visibility`	string	no	The visibility level of the group. Can be `private`, `internal`, or `public`.
`extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit`	integer	no	Can be set by administrators only. Additional compute minutes for this group. GitLab Self-Managed, Premium and Ultimate only.
`file_template_project_id`	integer	no	The ID of a project to load custom file templates from. Premium and Ultimate only.
`membership_lock`	boolean	no	Users cannot be added to projects in this group. Premium and Ultimate only.
`prevent_forking_outside_group`	boolean	no	When enabled, users can not fork projects from this group to external namespaces. Premium and Ultimate only.
`shared_runners_minutes_limit`	integer	no	Can be set by administrators only. Maximum number of monthly compute minutes for this group. Can be `nil` (default; inherit system default), `0` (unlimited), or `> 0`. GitLab Self-Managed, Premium and Ultimate only.
`unique_project_download_limit`	integer	no	Maximum number of unique projects a user can download in the specified time period before they are banned. Available only on top-level groups. Default: 0, Maximum: 10,000. Ultimate only.
`unique_project_download_limit_interval_in_seconds`	integer	no	Time period during which a user can download a maximum amount of projects before they are banned. Available only on top-level groups. Default: 0, Maximum: 864,000 seconds (10 days). Ultimate only.
`unique_project_download_limit_allowlist`	array of strings	no	List of usernames excluded from the unique project download limit. Available only on top-level groups. Default: `[]`, Maximum: 100 usernames. Ultimate only.
`unique_project_download_limit_alertlist`	array of integers	no	List of user IDs that are emailed when the unique project download limit is exceeded. Available only on top-level groups. Default: `[]`, Maximum: 100 user IDs. Ultimate only.
`auto_ban_user_on_excessive_projects_download`	boolean	no	When enabled, users are automatically banned from the group when they download more than the maximum number of unique projects specified by `unique_project_download_limit` and `unique_project_download_limit_interval_in_seconds`. Ultimate only.
`ip_restriction_ranges`	string	no	Comma-separated list of IP addresses or subnet masks to restrict group access. Premium and Ultimate only.
`allowed_email_domains_list`	string	no	Comma-separated list of email address domains to allow group access. Introduced in 17.4. GitLab Premium and Ultimate only.
`wiki_access_level`	string	no	The wiki access level. Can be `disabled`, `private`, or `enabled`. Premium and Ultimate only.
`duo_availability`	string	no	Duo availability setting. Valid values are: `default_on`, `default_off`, `never_on`. Note: In the UI, `never_on` is displayed as “Always Off”.
`experiment_features_enabled`	boolean	no	Enable experiment features for this group.
`math_rendering_limits_enabled`	boolean	no	Indicates if math rendering limits are used for this group.
`lock_math_rendering_limits_enabled`	boolean	no	Indicates if math rendering limits are locked for all descendent groups.
`duo_features_enabled`	boolean	no	Indicates whether GitLab Duo features are enabled for this group. Introduced in GitLab 16.10. GitLab Self-Managed, Premium and Ultimate only.
`lock_duo_features_enabled`	boolean	no	Indicates whether the GitLab Duo features enabled setting is enforced for all subgroups. Introduced in GitLab 16.10. GitLab Self-Managed, Premium and Ultimate only.
`max_artifacts_size`	integer	No	The maximum file size in megabytes for individual job artifacts.
`web_based_commit_signing_enabled`	boolean	No	Enables web-based commit signing for commits created from the GitLab UI. Available only for top-level groups on GitLab SaaS. When enabled for a group, applies to all projects in the group.

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5?name=Experimental"

This endpoint returns a maximum of 100 projects and shared projects. To get the details of all projects in a group, use the list a group’s projects endpoint instead.

Example response:

{
  "id": 5,
  "name": "Experimental",
  "path": "h5bp",
  "description": "foo",
  "visibility": "internal",
  "avatar_url": null,
  "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/groups/h5bp",
  "request_access_enabled": false,
  "repository_storage": "default",
  "full_name": "Foobar Group",
  "full_path": "h5bp",
  "file_template_project_id": 1,
  "parent_id": null,
  "enabled_git_access_protocol": "all",
  "created_at": "2020-01-15T12:36:29.590Z",
  "prevent_sharing_groups_outside_hierarchy": false,
  "projects": [ // Deprecated and will be removed in API v5
    {
      "id": 9,
      "description": "foo",
      "default_branch": "main",
      "tag_list": [], //deprecated, use `topics` instead
      "topics": [],
      "public": false,
      "archived": false,
      "visibility": "internal",
      "ssh_url_to_repo": "git@gitlab.example.com/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "http_url_to_repo": "http://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "name": "Html5 Boilerplate",
      "name_with_namespace": "Experimental / Html5 Boilerplate",
      "path": "html5-boilerplate",
      "path_with_namespace": "h5bp/html5-boilerplate",
      "issues_enabled": true,
      "merge_requests_enabled": true,
      "wiki_enabled": true,
      "jobs_enabled": true,
      "snippets_enabled": true,
      "created_at": "2016-04-05T21:40:50.169Z",
      "last_activity_at": "2016-04-06T16:52:08.432Z",
      "shared_runners_enabled": true,
      "creator_id": 1,
      "namespace": {
        "id": 5,
        "name": "Experimental",
        "path": "h5bp",
        "kind": "group"
      },
      "avatar_url": null,
      "star_count": 1,
      "forks_count": 0,
      "open_issues_count": 3,
      "public_jobs": true,
      "shared_with_groups": [],
      "request_access_enabled": false
    }
  ],
  "ip_restriction_ranges": null,
  "math_rendering_limits_enabled": true,
  "lock_math_rendering_limits_enabled": false
}

The prevent_sharing_groups_outside_hierarchy attribute is present in the response only for top-level groups.

Users of GitLab Premium or Ultimate also see the wiki_access_level, duo_features_enabled, lock_duo_features_enabled, duo_availability, and experiment_features_enabled attributes.

Options for `shared_runners_setting`

The shared_runners_setting attribute determines whether instance runners are enabled for a group’s subgroups and projects.

Value	Description
`enabled`	Enables instance runners for all projects and subgroups in this group.
`disabled_and_overridable`	Disables instance runners for all projects and subgroups in this group, but allows subgroups to override this setting.
`disabled_and_unoverridable`	Disables instance runners for all projects and subgroups in this group, and prevents subgroups from overriding this setting.
`disabled_with_override`	(Deprecated. Use `disabled_and_overridable`) Disables instance runners for all projects and subgroups in this group, but allows subgroups to override this setting.

Update group avatars

Update group avatars.

Download a group avatar

Get a group avatar. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the group is publicly accessible.

GET /groups/:id/avatar

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	ID of the group.

Example:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $GITLAB_LOCAL_TOKEN" \
  --remote-header-name \
  --remote-name \
  "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4/avatar"

Upload a group avatar

To upload an avatar file from your file system, use the --form argument. This causes curl to post data using the header Content-Type: multipart/form-data. The file= parameter must point to a file on your file system and be preceded by @. For example:

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/22" \
     --form "avatar=@/tmp/example.png"

Remove a group avatar

To remove a group avatar, use a blank value for the avatar attribute.

Example request:

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/22" \
     --data "avatar="

Revoke a token

The availability of this feature is controlled by a feature flag. For more information, see the history.

Revoke a token, if it has access to the group or any of its subgroups and projects. If the token is revoked, or was already revoked, its details are returned in the response.

The following criteria must be met:

The group must be a top-level group.
You must have the Owner role for the group.
The token type is one of:
- Personal access token
- Group access token
- Project access token
- Group deploy token
- User feed tokens

Additional token types may be supported at a later date.

POST /groups/:id/tokens/revoke

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	Yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
`token`	string	Yes	The plaintext token.

If successful, returns 200 OK and a JSON representation of the token. The attributes returned will vary by token type.

Example request

curl --request POST \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{"token":"glpat-EXAMPLE"}' \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/63/tokens/revoke"

Example response:

{
    "id": 9,
    "name": "my-subgroup-deploytoken",
    "username": "gitlab+deploy-token-9",
    "expires_at": null,
    "scopes":
    [
        "read_repository",
        "read_package_registry",
        "write_package_registry"
    ],
    "revoked": true,
    "expired": false
}

Sync a group with LDAP

Tier: Premium, Ultimate
Offering: GitLab Self-Managed

Syncs a specified group with its linked LDAP group.

Prerequisites:

You must be an administrator or have the Owner role for the group.

POST /groups/:id/ldap_sync

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	Yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of a group.

Groups API

Get a single group

List groups

List all groups

Group pagination

Search for a group

List group details

List projects

List shared projects

List all SAML users

List provisioned users

List subgroups

List descendant groups

List shared groups

List invited groups

List audit events

Manage groups

Create a group

Options for default_branch_protection

Options for default_branch_protection_defaults

Create a subgroup

Delete a group

Restore a group marked for deletion

Archive a group

Unarchive a group

Transfer a group

List all locations available for group transfer

Transfer a project to a group

Invite groups

Create a group invitation

Delete a group invitation

Update group attributes

Options for shared_runners_setting

Update group avatars

Download a group avatar

Upload a group avatar

Remove a group avatar

Revoke a token

Sync a group with LDAP

Options for `default_branch_protection`

Options for `default_branch_protection_defaults`

Options for `shared_runners_setting`