Deployments API

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

Use this API to interact with code deployments to GitLab environments.

List all project deployments

Lists all deployments in a project.

GET /projects/:id/deployments

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`order_by`	string	no	Return deployments ordered by either one of `id`, `iid`, `created_at`, `updated_at`, `finished_at` or `ref` fields. Default is `id`.
`sort`	string	no	Return deployments sorted in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `asc`.
`updated_after`	datetime	no	Return deployments updated after the specified date. Expected in ISO 8601 format (`2019-03-15T08:00:00Z`).
`updated_before`	datetime	no	Return deployments updated before the specified date. Expected in ISO 8601 format (`2019-03-15T08:00:00Z`).
`finished_after`	datetime	no	Return deployments finished after the specified date. Expected in ISO 8601 format (`2019-03-15T08:00:00Z`).
`finished_before`	datetime	no	Return deployments finished before the specified date. Expected in ISO 8601 format (`2019-03-15T08:00:00Z`).
`environment`	string	no	The name of the environment to filter deployments by.
`status`	string	no	The status to filter deployments by. One of `created`, `running`, `success`, `failed`, `canceled`, or `blocked`.

curl --request "GET" \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/deployments"

When using finished_before or finished_after, you should specify the order_by to be finished_at and status should be success.

Example response:

[
  {
    "created_at": "2016-08-11T07:36:40.222Z",
    "updated_at": "2016-08-11T07:38:12.414Z",
    "status": "created",
    "deployable": {
      "commit": {
        "author_email": "admin@example.com",
        "author_name": "Administrator",
        "created_at": "2016-08-11T09:36:01.000+02:00",
        "id": "99d03678b90d914dbb1b109132516d71a4a03ea8",
        "message": "Merge branch 'new-title' into 'main'\r\n\r\nUpdate README\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSee merge request !1",
        "short_id": "99d03678",
        "title": "Merge branch 'new-title' into 'main'\r"
      },
      "coverage": null,
      "created_at": "2016-08-11T07:36:27.357Z",
      "finished_at": "2016-08-11T07:36:39.851Z",
      "id": 657,
      "name": "deploy",
      "ref": "main",
      "runner": null,
      "stage": "deploy",
      "started_at": null,
      "status": "success",
      "tag": false,
      "project": {
        "ci_job_token_scope_enabled": false
      },
      "user": {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Administrator",
        "username": "root",
        "state": "active",
        "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
        "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
        "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
        "bio": null,
        "location": null,
        "public_email": "",
        "linkedin": "",
        "twitter": "",
        "website_url": "",
        "organization": ""
      },
      "pipeline": {
        "created_at": "2016-08-11T02:12:10.222Z",
        "id": 36,
        "ref": "main",
        "sha": "99d03678b90d914dbb1b109132516d71a4a03ea8",
        "status": "success",
        "updated_at": "2016-08-11T02:12:10.222Z",
        "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root/project/pipelines/12"
      }
    },
    "environment": {
      "external_url": "https://about.gitlab.com",
      "id": 9,
      "name": "production"
    },
    "id": 41,
    "iid": 1,
    "ref": "main",
    "sha": "99d03678b90d914dbb1b109132516d71a4a03ea8",
    "user": {
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "state": "active",
      "username": "root",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
    }
  },
  {
    "created_at": "2016-08-11T11:32:35.444Z",
    "updated_at": "2016-08-11T11:34:01.123Z",
    "status": "created",
    "deployable": {
      "commit": {
        "author_email": "admin@example.com",
        "author_name": "Administrator",
        "created_at": "2016-08-11T13:28:26.000+02:00",
        "id": "a91957a858320c0e17f3a0eca7cfacbff50ea29a",
        "message": "Merge branch 'rename-readme' into 'main'\r\n\r\nRename README\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSee merge request !2",
        "short_id": "a91957a8",
        "title": "Merge branch 'rename-readme' into 'main'\r"
      },
      "coverage": null,
      "created_at": "2016-08-11T11:32:24.456Z",
      "finished_at": "2016-08-11T11:32:35.145Z",
      "id": 664,
      "name": "deploy",
      "ref": "main",
      "runner": null,
      "stage": "deploy",
      "started_at": null,
      "status": "success",
      "tag": false,
      "project": {
        "ci_job_token_scope_enabled": false
      },
      "user": {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Administrator",
        "username": "root",
        "state": "active",
        "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
        "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
        "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
        "bio": null,
        "location": null,
        "public_email": "",
        "linkedin": "",
        "twitter": "",
        "website_url": "",
        "organization": ""
      },
      "pipeline": {
        "created_at": "2016-08-11T07:43:52.143Z",
        "id": 37,
        "ref": "main",
        "sha": "a91957a858320c0e17f3a0eca7cfacbff50ea29a",
        "status": "success",
        "updated_at": "2016-08-11T07:43:52.143Z",
        "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root/project/pipelines/13"
      }
    },
    "environment": {
      "external_url": "https://about.gitlab.com",
      "id": 9,
      "name": "production"
    },
    "id": 42,
    "iid": 2,
    "ref": "main",
    "sha": "a91957a858320c0e17f3a0eca7cfacbff50ea29a",
    "user": {
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "state": "active",
      "username": "root",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
    }
  }
]

Retrieve a deployment

Retrieves a single deployment.

GET /projects/:id/deployments/:deployment_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`deployment_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the deployment

curl --request "GET" \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/deployments/1"

Example response:

{
  "id": 42,
  "iid": 2,
  "ref": "main",
  "sha": "a91957a858320c0e17f3a0eca7cfacbff50ea29a",
  "created_at": "2016-08-11T11:32:35.444Z",
  "updated_at": "2016-08-11T11:34:01.123Z",
  "status": "success",
  "user": {
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "id": 1,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
  },
  "environment": {
    "id": 9,
    "name": "production",
    "external_url": "https://about.gitlab.com"
  },
  "deployable": {
    "id": 664,
    "status": "success",
    "stage": "deploy",
    "name": "deploy",
    "ref": "main",
    "tag": false,
    "coverage": null,
    "created_at": "2016-08-11T11:32:24.456Z",
    "started_at": null,
    "finished_at": "2016-08-11T11:32:35.145Z",
    "project": {
      "ci_job_token_scope_enabled": false
    },
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
      "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
      "bio": null,
      "location": null,
      "linkedin": "",
      "twitter": "",
      "website_url": "",
      "organization": ""
    },
    "commit": {
      "id": "a91957a858320c0e17f3a0eca7cfacbff50ea29a",
      "short_id": "a91957a8",
      "title": "Merge branch 'rename-readme' into 'main'\r",
      "author_name": "Administrator",
      "author_email": "admin@example.com",
      "created_at": "2016-08-11T13:28:26.000+02:00",
      "message": "Merge branch 'rename-readme' into 'main'\r\n\r\nRename README\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSee merge request !2"
    },
    "pipeline": {
      "created_at": "2016-08-11T07:43:52.143Z",
      "id": 42,
      "ref": "main",
      "sha": "a91957a858320c0e17f3a0eca7cfacbff50ea29a",
      "status": "success",
      "updated_at": "2016-08-11T07:43:52.143Z",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root/project/pipelines/5"
    },
    "runner": null
  }
}

When multiple approval rules are configured, deployments created by users on GitLab Premium or Ultimate include the approval_summary property:

{
  "approval_summary": {
    "rules": [
      {
        "user_id": null,
        "group_id": 134,
        "access_level": null,
        "access_level_description": "qa-group",
        "required_approvals": 1,
        "deployment_approvals": []
      },
      {
        "user_id": null,
        "group_id": 135,
        "access_level": null,
        "access_level_description": "security-group",
        "required_approvals": 2,
        "deployment_approvals": [
          {
            "user": {
              "id": 100,
              "username": "security-user-1",
              "name": "security user-1",
              "state": "active",
              "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e130fcd3a1681f41a3de69d10841afa9?s=80&d=identicon",
              "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/security-user-1"
            },
            "status": "approved",
            "created_at": "2022-04-11T03:37:03.058Z",
            "comment": null
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
  ...
}

Create a deployment

Creates a deployment.

POST /projects/:id/deployments

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`environment`	string	yes	The name of the environment to create the deployment for.
`sha`	string	yes	The SHA of the commit that is deployed.
`ref`	string	yes	The name of the branch or tag that is deployed.
`tag`	boolean	yes	A boolean that indicates if the deployed ref is a tag (`true`) or not (`false`).
`status`	string	yes	The status of the deployment that is created. One of `running`, `success`, `failed`, or `canceled`

curl --request "POST" \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --data "environment=production&sha=a91957a858320c0e17f3a0eca7cfacbff50ea29a&ref=main&tag=false&status=success" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/deployments"

Example response:

{
  "id": 42,
  "iid": 2,
  "ref": "main",
  "sha": "a91957a858320c0e17f3a0eca7cfacbff50ea29a",
  "created_at": "2016-08-11T11:32:35.444Z",
  "status": "success",
  "user": {
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "id": 1,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
  },
  "environment": {
    "id": 9,
    "name": "production",
    "external_url": "https://about.gitlab.com"
  },
  "deployable": null
}

Deployments created by users on GitLab Premium or Ultimate include the approvals and pending_approval_count properties:

{
  "status": "created",
  "pending_approval_count": 0,
  "approvals": [],
  ...
}

Update a deployment

Updates a deployment.

PUT /projects/:id/deployments/:deployment_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`deployment_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the deployment to update.
`status`	string	yes	The new status of the deployment. One of `running`, `success`, `failed`, or `canceled`.

curl --request "PUT" \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --data "status=success" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/deployments/42"

Example response:

{
  "id": 42,
  "iid": 2,
  "ref": "main",
  "sha": "a91957a858320c0e17f3a0eca7cfacbff50ea29a",
  "created_at": "2016-08-11T11:32:35.444Z",
  "status": "success",
  "user": {
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "id": 1,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
  },
  "environment": {
    "id": 9,
    "name": "production",
    "external_url": "https://about.gitlab.com"
  },
  "deployable": null
}

Deployments created by users on GitLab Premium or Ultimate include the approvals and pending_approval_count properties:

{
  "status": "created",
  "pending_approval_count": 0,
  "approvals": [
    {
      "user": {
        "id": 49,
        "username": "project_6_bot",
        "name": "****",
        "state": "active",
        "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e83ac685f68ea07553ad3054c738c709?s=80&d=identicon",
        "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/project_6_bot"
      },
      "status": "approved",
      "created_at": "2022-02-24T20:22:30.097Z",
      "comment": "Looks good to me"
    }
  ],
  ...
}

Delete a deployment

Deletes a specified deployment that is not currently the last deployment for an environment or in a running state.

DELETE /projects/:id/deployments/:deployment_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`deployment_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the deployment

curl --request "DELETE" \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/deployments/1"

Example responses:

{ "message": "204 Deployment destroyed" }

{ "message": "403 Forbidden" }

{ "message": "400 Cannot destroy running deployment" }

{ "message": "400 Deployment currently deployed to environment" }

List all merge requests associated with a deployment

Not all deployments can be associated with merge requests. See Track what merge requests were deployed to an environment for more information.

Lists all merge requests shipped with a given deployment.

GET /projects/:id/deployments/:deployment_id/merge_requests

It supports the same parameters as the Merge requests API and returns a response using the same format:

curl --request "GET" \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/deployments/42/merge_requests"

Approve or reject a deployment

Approves or rejects a deployment.

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

See Deployment Approvals for more information about this feature.

POST /projects/:id/deployments/:deployment_id/approval

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`deployment_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the deployment.
`status`	string	yes	The status of the approval (either `approved` or `rejected`).
`comment`	string	no	A comment to go with the approval
`represented_as`	string	no	The name of the User/Group/Role to use for the approval, when the user belongs to multiple approval rules.

curl --request "POST" \
  --data "status=approved&comment=Looks good to me&represented_as=security" \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/deployments/1/approval"

Example response:

{
  "user": {
    "id": 100,
    "username": "security-user-1",
    "name": "security user-1",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e130fcd3a1681f41a3de69d10841afa9?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/security-user-1"
  },
  "status": "approved",
  "created_at": "2022-02-24T20:22:30.097Z",
  "comment":"Looks good to me"
}