GitLab CI/CD

GitLab CI/CD Project Import API

Operations related to importing projects

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 19

GET /api/v4/projects/{id}/export Get export status #
POST /api/v4/projects/{id}/export Start export #
GET /api/v4/projects/{id}/export/download Download export #
POST /api/v4/projects/{id}/export_relations Start relations export #
GET /api/v4/projects/{id}/export_relations/download Download relations export #
GET /api/v4/projects/{id}/export_relations/status Relations export status #
POST /api/v4/projects/import/authorize Workhorse authorize the project import upload #
POST /api/v4/projects/import Create a new project import #
GET /api/v4/projects/{id}/import Get a project import status #
POST /api/v4/projects/{id}/import/git Import a project from a Git URL #
POST /api/v4/projects/remote-import Create a new project import using a remote object storage path #
POST /api/v4/projects/import-relation/authorize Workhorse authorize the project relation import upload #
POST /api/v4/projects/import-relation Re-import a relation into a project #
GET /api/v4/projects/{id}/relation-imports Get the statuses of relation imports for specified project #
POST /api/v4/projects/remote-import-s3 Create a new project import using a file from AWS S3 #
POST /api/v4/import/bitbucket Import a BitBucket Cloud repository #
POST /api/v4/import/bitbucket_server Import a BitBucket Server repository #
POST /api/v4/import/github Import a GitHub project #
POST /api/v4/import/github/cancel Cancel GitHub project import #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.gitlab.com/api/
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APIReference
https://docs.gitlab.com/api/api_resources/
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Authentication
https://docs.gitlab.com/api/rest/authentication/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gitlab-ci/refs/heads/main/openapi/gitlab-ci-project-import-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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OpenAPISource
https://docs.gitlab.com/api/openapi/openapi_v2.yaml
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InteractiveDocs
https://docs.gitlab.com/api/openapi/openapi_interactive/

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OpenAPI Specification

gitlab-ci-project-import-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: GitLab Project Import API
  version: v4
  description: Operations related to importing projects
servers:
- url: https://gitlab.com
tags:


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