GitLab CI/CD

GitLab CI/CD metadata API

Operations related to metadata of the GitLab instance

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Operations 2

GET /api/v4/metadata Retrieve metadata information for this GitLab instance #

GET /api/v4/version Retrieves version information for the GitLab instance #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: GitLab access_requests Metadata API
  version: v4
  description: Operations related to access requests
servers:
- url: https://gitlab.com
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.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Retrieve metadata information for this GitLab instance
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/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.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Retrieves version information for the GitLab instance
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/API_Entities_Metadata'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
      tags:
      - metadata
      operationId: getApiV4Version
components:
  schemas:
    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
  securitySchemes:
    access_token_header:
      type: apiKey
      name: PRIVATE-TOKEN
      in: header
    access_token_query:
      type: apiKey
      name: private_token
      in: query