# GitLab Repositories API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/gitlab/gitlab-repositories-api/  
**Provider:** GitLab — https://apis.io/providers/gitlab/  
**Base URL:** https://gitlab.com/api/v4  
**Documentation:** https://docs.gitlab.com/api/rest/

GitLab Repositories API is one of 189 APIs that [GitLab](https://apis.io/providers/gitlab/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification. This API exposes 16 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Repositories. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, an API reference, rate-limit docs, an AsyncAPI specification, and 16 JSON Schemas.

Use this API to manage [Git repositories](https://docs.gitlab.com/user/project/repository/).

## Operations (14)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/tree` | List all repository trees in a project |
| GET | `/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/blobs/{sha}/raw` | Retrieve raw blob content |
| GET | `/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/blobs/{sha}` | Retrieve a blob from a repository |
| GET | `/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/archive` | Retrieve file archive from a repository |
| GET | `/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/compare` | Compare branches, tags, or commits |
| GET | `/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/health` | Retrieve repository health statistics |
| GET | `/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/contributors` | Retrieve contributors metrics |
| GET | `/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/merge_base` | Retrieve a merge base |
| POST | `/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/blobs/batch` | Get contents of multiple files in a single request |
| GET | `/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/changed_paths` | List files changed between two commits |
| GET | `/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/diverging_commits` | Retrieve diverging commit counts between two refs |
| GET | `/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/diff_stats` | Get diff statistics between two commits |
| GET | `/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/changelog` | Generate changelog data |
| POST | `/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/changelog` | Add changelog data to file |

## Machine-readable artifacts (65)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/gitlab/openapi/gitlab-repositories-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/openapi/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/issues/
- **Authentication** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/rest/authentication/
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/gitlab/json-schema/gitlab-put-api-v4-application-settings-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/gitlab/json-schema/gitlab-apientities-geo-node-status-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/gitlab/json-schema/gitlab-apientities-geo-site-status-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/gitlab/json-schema/gitlab-apientities-application-setting-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/gitlab/json-schema/gitlab-post-api-v4-geo-status-request-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/gitlab/json-schema/gitlab-put-api-v4-projects-id-request-schema.json
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/merge_requests/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/pipelines/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/jobs/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/runners/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/users/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/repositories/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/commits/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/branches/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/tags/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/releases/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/environments/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/deployments/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/pipeline_schedules/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/labels/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/milestones/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/notes/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/snippets/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/packages/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/container_registry/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/vulnerabilities/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/deploy_keys/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/protected_branches/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/wikis/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/events/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/search/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/namespaces/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/groups/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/projects/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/applications/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.gitlab.com/api/avatar/
- …and 25 more, listed in full on the page.

## Other GitLab APIs (12)

- [GitLab Orbit gRPC API](https://apis.io/apis/gitlab/gitlab-orbit-api/)
- [GitLab GraphQL API](https://apis.io/apis/gitlab/gitlab-graphql-api/)
- [GitLab Applications API](https://apis.io/apis/gitlab/gitlab-applications-api/)
- [GitLab Authorization API](https://apis.io/apis/gitlab/gitlab-authorization-api/)
- [GitLab Broadcast Messages API](https://apis.io/apis/gitlab/gitlab-broadcast-messages-api/)
- [GitLab Groups API](https://apis.io/apis/gitlab/gitlab-groups-api/)
- [GitLab Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/gitlab/gitlab-metadata-api/)
- [GitLab Project Webhooks API](https://apis.io/apis/gitlab/gitlab-project-webhooks-api/)
- [GitLab Projects API](https://apis.io/apis/gitlab/gitlab-projects-api/)
- [GitLab Tokens API](https://apis.io/apis/gitlab/gitlab-tokens-api/)
- [GitLab User Info API](https://apis.io/apis/gitlab/gitlab-user-info-api/)
- [GitLab Webhook Configuration API](https://apis.io/apis/gitlab/gitlab-webhook-configuration-api/)

## Tags

Repositories

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