GitLab CI/CD

GitLab CI/CD metadata API

Operations related to metadata of the GitLab instance

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OpenAPI Specification

swagger: '2.0'
info:
  title: GitLab access_requests metadata API
  version: v4
  description: Operations related to access requests
host: gitlab.com
produces:
- application/json
tags:
- name: metadata
  description: Operations related to metadata of the GitLab instance
paths:
  /api/v4/metadata:
    get:
      summary: Retrieve metadata information for this GitLab instance
      description: This feature was introduced in GitLab 15.2.
      produces:
      - application/json
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Retrieve metadata information for this GitLab instance
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/API_Entities_Metadata'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
      tags:
      - metadata
      operationId: getApiV4Metadata
  /api/v4/version:
    get:
      summary: Retrieves version information for the GitLab instance
      description: This feature was introduced in GitLab 8.13 and deprecated in 15.5. We recommend you instead use the Metadata API.
      produces:
      - application/json
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Retrieves version information for the GitLab instance
          schema:
            $ref: '#/definitions/API_Entities_Metadata'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
      tags:
      - metadata
      operationId: getApiV4Version
definitions:
  API_Entities_Metadata:
    type: object
    properties:
      version:
        type: string
        example: 15.2-pre
      revision:
        type: string
        example: c401a659d0c
      kas:
        type: object
        properties:
          enabled:
            type: boolean
          externalUrl:
            type: string
            example: grpc://gitlab.example.com:8150
          externalK8sProxyUrl:
            type: string
            example: https://gitlab.example.com:8150/k8s-proxy
          version:
            type: string
            example: 15.0.0
        required:
        - enabled
        - externalUrl
        - externalK8sProxyUrl
        - version
      enterprise:
        type: boolean
    required:
    - version
    - revision
    - kas
    - enterprise
    description: API_Entities_Metadata model
securityDefinitions:
  access_token_header:
    type: apiKey
    name: PRIVATE-TOKEN
    in: header
  access_token_query:
    type: apiKey
    name: private_token
    in: query