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Users API

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You can manage your account and manage other users by using the REST API.

List users

Get a list of users.

Takes pagination parameters page and per_page to restrict the list of users.

As a regular user

GET /users

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
username string no Get a single user with a specific username.
search string no Search for a username.
active boolean no Filters only active users. Default is false.
external boolean no Filters only external users. Default is false.
blocked boolean no Filters only blocked users. Default is false.
humans boolean no Filters only regular users that are not bot or internal users. Default is false.
created_after DateTime no Returns users created after specified time.
created_before DateTime no Returns users created before specified time.
exclude_active boolean no Filters only non active users. Default is false.
exclude_external boolean no Filters only non external users. Default is false.
exclude_humans boolean no Filters only bot or internal users. Default is false.
exclude_internal boolean no Filters only non internal users. Default is false.
without_project_bots boolean no Filters user without project bots. Default is false.

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "john_smith",
    "name": "John Smith",
    "state": "active",
    "locked": false,
    "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/cd8.jpeg",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/john_smith"
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "username": "jack_smith",
    "name": "Jack Smith",
    "state": "blocked",
    "locked": false,
    "avatar_url": "http://gravatar.com/../e32131cd8.jpeg",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/jack_smith"
  }
]

This endpoint supports keyset pagination. Keyset pagination introduced in GitLab 16.5.

You can also use ?search= to search for users by name, username, or public email. For example, /users?search=John. When you search for a:

  • Public email, you must use the full email address to get an exact match. A search might return a partial match. For example, if you search for the email on@example.com, the search can return both on@example.com and jon@example.com.
  • Name or username, you do not have to get an exact match because this is a fuzzy search.

In addition, you can lookup users by username:

GET /users?username=:username

For example:

GET /users?username=jack_smith

NOTE: Username search is case insensitive.

In addition, you can filter users based on the states blocked and active. It does not support active=false or blocked=false.

GET /users?active=true
GET /users?blocked=true

In addition, you can search for external users only with external=true. It does not support external=false.

GET /users?external=true

GitLab supports bot users such as the alert bot or the support bot. You can exclude the following types of internal users from the users' list with the exclude_internal=true parameter:

  • Alert bot
  • Support bot

However, this action does not exclude bot users for projects or bot users for groups.

GET /users?exclude_internal=true

In addition, to exclude external users from the users' list, you can use the parameter exclude_external=true.

GET /users?exclude_external=true

To exclude bot users for projects and bot users for groups, you can use the parameter without_project_bots=true.

GET /users?without_project_bots=true

As an administrator

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  • The created_by field in the response was introduced in GitLab 15.6.
  • The scim_identities field in the response introduced in GitLab 16.1.
  • The auditors field in the response introduced in GitLab 16.2.
  • The email_reset_offered_at field in the response introduced in GitLab 16.7.
GET /users

You can use all parameters available for everyone plus these additional attributes available only for administrators.

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
extern_uid string no Get a single user with a specific external authentication provider UID.
provider string no The external provider.
order_by string no Return users ordered by id, name, username, created_at, or updated_at fields. Default is id
sort string no Return users sorted in asc or desc order. Default is desc
two_factor string no Filter users by Two-factor authentication. Filter values are enabled or disabled. By default it returns all users
without_projects boolean no Filter users without projects. Default is false, which means that all users are returned, with and without projects.
admins boolean no Return only administrators. Default is false
auditors boolean no Return only auditor users. Default is false. If not included, it returns all users. Premium and Ultimate only.
saml_provider_id number no Return only users created by the specified SAML provider ID. If not included, it returns all users. Premium and Ultimate only.
skip_ldap boolean no Skip LDAP users. Premium and Ultimate only.

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "john_smith",
    "email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "John Smith",
    "state": "active",
    "locked": false,
    "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/index.jpg",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/john_smith",
    "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
    "is_admin": false,
    "bio": "",
    "location": null,
    "skype": "",
    "linkedin": "",
    "twitter": "",
    "discord": "",
    "website_url": "",
    "organization": "",
    "job_title": "",
    "last_sign_in_at": "2012-06-01T11:41:01Z",
    "confirmed_at": "2012-05-23T09:05:22Z",
    "theme_id": 1,
    "last_activity_on": "2012-05-23",
    "color_scheme_id": 2,
    "projects_limit": 100,
    "current_sign_in_at": "2012-06-02T06:36:55Z",
    "note": "DMCA Request: 2018-11-05 | DMCA Violation | Abuse | https://gitlab.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/123",
    "identities": [
      {"provider": "github", "extern_uid": "2435223452345"},
      {"provider": "bitbucket", "extern_uid": "john.smith"},
      {"provider": "google_oauth2", "extern_uid": "8776128412476123468721346"}
    ],
    "can_create_group": true,
    "can_create_project": true,
    "two_factor_enabled": true,
    "external": false,
    "private_profile": false,
    "current_sign_in_ip": "196.165.1.102",
    "last_sign_in_ip": "172.127.2.22",
    "namespace_id": 1,
    "created_by": null,
    "email_reset_offered_at": null
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "username": "jack_smith",
    "email": "jack@example.com",
    "name": "Jack Smith",
    "state": "blocked",
    "locked": false,
    "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/2/index.jpg",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/jack_smith",
    "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:01:01Z",
    "is_admin": false,
    "bio": "",
    "location": null,
    "skype": "",
    "linkedin": "",
    "twitter": "",
    "discord": "",
    "website_url": "",
    "organization": "",
    "job_title": "",
    "last_sign_in_at": null,
    "confirmed_at": "2012-05-30T16:53:06.148Z",
    "theme_id": 1,
    "last_activity_on": "2012-05-23",
    "color_scheme_id": 3,
    "projects_limit": 100,
    "current_sign_in_at": "2014-03-19T17:54:13Z",
    "identities": [],
    "can_create_group": true,
    "can_create_project": true,
    "two_factor_enabled": true,
    "external": false,
    "private_profile": false,
    "current_sign_in_ip": "10.165.1.102",
    "last_sign_in_ip": "172.127.2.22",
    "namespace_id": 2,
    "created_by": null,
    "email_reset_offered_at": null
  }
]

Users on GitLab Premium or Ultimate also see the shared_runners_minutes_limit, extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit, is_auditor, and using_license_seat parameters.

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    ...
    "shared_runners_minutes_limit": 133,
    "extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit": 133,
    "is_auditor": false,
    "using_license_seat": true
    ...
  }
]

Users on GitLab Premium or Ultimate also see the group_saml provider option and provisioned_by_group_id parameter:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    ...
    "identities": [
      {"provider": "github", "extern_uid": "2435223452345"},
      {"provider": "bitbucket", "extern_uid": "john.smith"},
      {"provider": "google_oauth2", "extern_uid": "8776128412476123468721346"},
      {"provider": "group_saml", "extern_uid": "123789", "saml_provider_id": 10}
    ],
    "provisioned_by_group_id": 123789
    ...
  }
]

You can also use ?search= to search for users by name, username, or email. For example, /users?search=John. When you search for a:

  • Email, you must use the full email address to get an exact match. As an administrator, you can search for both public and private email addresses.
  • Name or username, you do not have to get an exact match because this is a fuzzy search.

You can lookup users by external UID and provider:

GET /users?extern_uid=:extern_uid&provider=:provider

For example:

GET /users?extern_uid=1234567&provider=github

Users on GitLab Premium or Ultimate have the scim provider available:

GET /users?extern_uid=1234567&provider=scim

You can search users by creation date time range with:

GET /users?created_before=2001-01-02T00:00:00.060Z&created_after=1999-01-02T00:00:00.060

You can search for users without projects with: /users?without_projects=true

You can filter by custom attributes with:

GET /users?custom_attributes[key]=value&custom_attributes[other_key]=other_value

You can include the users' custom attributes in the response with:

GET /users?with_custom_attributes=true

You can use the created_by parameter to see if a user account was created:

If the returned value is null, the account was created by a user who registered an account themselves.

Get a single user

Get a single user.

As a regular user

Get a single user as a regular user.

Prerequisites:

  • You must be signed in to use this endpoint.
GET /users/:id

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes ID of a user

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "john_smith",
  "name": "John Smith",
  "state": "active",
  "locked": false,
  "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/cd8.jpeg",
  "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/john_smith",
  "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
  "bio": "",
  "bot": false,
  "location": null,
  "public_email": "john@example.com",
  "skype": "",
  "linkedin": "",
  "twitter": "",
  "discord": "",
  "website_url": "",
  "organization": "",
  "job_title": "Operations Specialist",
  "pronouns": "he/him",
  "work_information": null,
  "followers": 1,
  "following": 1,
  "local_time": "3:38 PM",
  "is_followed": false
}

As an administrator

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  • The created_by field in the response was introduced in GitLab 15.6.
  • The email_reset_offered_at field in the response introduced in GitLab 16.7.

Get a single user as an administrator.

GET /users/:id

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes ID of a user

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "john_smith",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "name": "John Smith",
  "state": "active",
  "locked": false,
  "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/index.jpg",
  "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/john_smith",
  "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
  "is_admin": false,
  "bio": "",
  "location": null,
  "public_email": "john@example.com",
  "skype": "",
  "linkedin": "",
  "twitter": "",
  "discord": "",
  "website_url": "",
  "organization": "",
  "job_title": "Operations Specialist",
  "pronouns": "he/him",
  "work_information": null,
  "followers": 1,
  "following": 1,
  "local_time": "3:38 PM",
  "last_sign_in_at": "2012-06-01T11:41:01Z",
  "confirmed_at": "2012-05-23T09:05:22Z",
  "theme_id": 1,
  "last_activity_on": "2012-05-23",
  "color_scheme_id": 2,
  "projects_limit": 100,
  "current_sign_in_at": "2012-06-02T06:36:55Z",
  "note": "DMCA Request: 2018-11-05 | DMCA Violation | Abuse | https://gitlab.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/123",
  "identities": [
    {"provider": "github", "extern_uid": "2435223452345"},
    {"provider": "bitbucket", "extern_uid": "john.smith"},
    {"provider": "google_oauth2", "extern_uid": "8776128412476123468721346"}
  ],
  "can_create_group": true,
  "can_create_project": true,
  "two_factor_enabled": true,
  "external": false,
  "private_profile": false,
  "commit_email": "john-codes@example.com",
  "current_sign_in_ip": "196.165.1.102",
  "last_sign_in_ip": "172.127.2.22",
  "plan": "gold",
  "trial": true,
  "sign_in_count": 1337,
  "namespace_id": 1,
  "created_by": null,
  "email_reset_offered_at": null
}

NOTE: The plan and trial parameters are only available on GitLab Enterprise Edition.

Users on GitLab Premium or Ultimate also see the shared_runners_minutes_limit, is_auditor, and extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit parameters.

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "john_smith",
  "is_auditor": false,
  "shared_runners_minutes_limit": 133,
  "extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit": 133,
  ...
}

Users on GitLab.com Premium or Ultimate also see the group_saml option and provisioned_by_group_id parameter:

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "john_smith",
  "shared_runners_minutes_limit": 133,
  "extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit": 133,
  "identities": [
    {"provider": "github", "extern_uid": "2435223452345"},
    {"provider": "bitbucket", "extern_uid": "john.smith"},
    {"provider": "google_oauth2", "extern_uid": "8776128412476123468721346"},
    {"provider": "group_saml", "extern_uid": "123789", "saml_provider_id": 10}
  ],
  "provisioned_by_group_id": 123789
  ...
}

Users on GitLab.com Premium or Ultimate also see the scim_identities parameter:

{
  ...
  "extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit": null,
  "scim_identities": [
      {"extern_uid": "2435223452345", "group_id": "3", "active": true},
      {"extern_uid": "john.smith", "group_id": "42", "active": false}
    ]
  ...
}

Administrators can use the created_by parameter to see if a user account was created:

If the returned value is null, the account was created by a user who registered an account themselves.

You can include the user's custom attributes in the response with:

GET /users/:id?with_custom_attributes=true

Get the current user

Get the current user.

As a regular user

Get your user details.

GET /user

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "john_smith",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "name": "John Smith",
  "state": "active",
  "locked": false,
  "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/index.jpg",
  "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/john_smith",
  "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
  "bio": "",
  "location": null,
  "public_email": "john@example.com",
  "skype": "",
  "linkedin": "",
  "twitter": "",
  "discord": "",
  "website_url": "",
  "organization": "",
  "job_title": "",
  "pronouns": "he/him",
  "bot": false,
  "work_information": null,
  "followers": 0,
  "following": 0,
  "local_time": "3:38 PM",
  "last_sign_in_at": "2012-06-01T11:41:01Z",
  "confirmed_at": "2012-05-23T09:05:22Z",
  "theme_id": 1,
  "last_activity_on": "2012-05-23",
  "color_scheme_id": 2,
  "projects_limit": 100,
  "current_sign_in_at": "2012-06-02T06:36:55Z",
  "identities": [
    {"provider": "github", "extern_uid": "2435223452345"},
    {"provider": "bitbucket", "extern_uid": "john_smith"},
    {"provider": "google_oauth2", "extern_uid": "8776128412476123468721346"}
  ],
  "can_create_group": true,
  "can_create_project": true,
  "two_factor_enabled": true,
  "external": false,
  "private_profile": false,
  "commit_email": "admin@example.com",
}

Users on GitLab Premium or Ultimate also see the shared_runners_minutes_limit, extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit parameters.

As an administrator

DETAILS: Tier: Free, Premium, Ultimate Offering: Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated

  • The created_by field in the response was introduced in GitLab 15.6.
  • The email_reset_offered_at field in the response introduced in GitLab 16.7.

Get your user details, or the details of another user.

GET /user

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
sudo integer no ID of a user to make the call in their place 
{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "john_smith",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "name": "John Smith",
  "state": "active",
  "locked": false,
  "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/index.jpg",
  "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/john_smith",
  "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
  "is_admin": true,
  "bio": "",
  "location": null,
  "public_email": "john@example.com",
  "skype": "",
  "linkedin": "",
  "twitter": "",
  "discord": "",
  "website_url": "",
  "organization": "",
  "job_title": "",
  "last_sign_in_at": "2012-06-01T11:41:01Z",
  "confirmed_at": "2012-05-23T09:05:22Z",
  "theme_id": 1,
  "last_activity_on": "2012-05-23",
  "color_scheme_id": 2,
  "projects_limit": 100,
  "current_sign_in_at": "2012-06-02T06:36:55Z",
  "identities": [
    {"provider": "github", "extern_uid": "2435223452345"},
    {"provider": "bitbucket", "extern_uid": "john_smith"},
    {"provider": "google_oauth2", "extern_uid": "8776128412476123468721346"}
  ],
  "can_create_group": true,
  "can_create_project": true,
  "two_factor_enabled": true,
  "external": false,
  "private_profile": false,
  "commit_email": "john-codes@example.com",
  "current_sign_in_ip": "196.165.1.102",
  "last_sign_in_ip": "172.127.2.22",
  "namespace_id": 1,
  "created_by": null,
  "email_reset_offered_at": null,
  "note": null
}

Users on GitLab Premium or Ultimate also see these parameters:

  • shared_runners_minutes_limit
  • extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit
  • is_auditor
  • provisioned_by_group_id
  • using_license_seat

Create a user

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  • Ability to create an auditor user was introduced in GitLab 15.3.

Create a user.

Prerequisites:

  • You must be an administrator.

When you create a user, you must specify at least one of the following:

  • password
  • reset_password
  • force_random_password

If reset_password and force_random_password are both false, then password is required.

force_random_password and reset_password take priority over password. Also, reset_password and force_random_password can be used together.

NOTE: private_profile defaults to the value of the Set profiles of new users to private by default setting. bio defaults to "" instead of null.

POST /users

Supported attributes:

Attribute Required Description
admin No User is an administrator. Valid values are true or false. Defaults to false.
auditor No User is an auditor. Valid values are true or false. Defaults to false. Introduced in GitLab 15.3. Premium and Ultimate only.
avatar No Image file for user's avatar
bio No User's biography
can_create_group No User can create top-level groups - true or false
color_scheme_id No User's color scheme for the file viewer (for more information, see the user preference documentation)
commit_email No User's commit email address
email Yes Email
extern_uid No External UID
external No Flags the user as external - true or false (default)
extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit No Can be set by administrators only. Additional compute minutes for this user. Premium and Ultimate only.
force_random_password No Set user password to a random value - true or false (default)
group_id_for_saml No ID of group where SAML has been configured
linkedin No LinkedIn
location No User's location
name Yes Name
note No Administrator notes for this user
organization No Organization name
password No Password
private_profile No User's profile is private - true or false. The default value is determined by a setting.
projects_limit No Number of projects user can create
pronouns No User's pronouns
provider No External provider name
public_email No User's public email address
reset_password No Send user password reset link - true or false(default)
shared_runners_minutes_limit No Can be set by administrators only. Maximum number of monthly compute minutes for this user. Can be nil (default; inherit system default), 0 (unlimited), or > 0. Premium and Ultimate only.
skip_confirmation No Skip confirmation - true or false (default)
skype No Skype ID
theme_id No GitLab theme for the user (for more information, see the user preference documentation for more information)
twitter No X (formerly Twitter) account
discord No Discord account
username Yes Username
view_diffs_file_by_file No Flag indicating the user sees only one file diff per page
website_url No Website URL

Modify a user

DETAILS: Tier: Free, Premium, Ultimate Offering: Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated

  • Ability to modify an auditor user was introduced in GitLab 15.3.

Modify an existing user.

Prerequisites:

  • You must be an administrator.

The email field is the user's primary email address. You can only change this field to an already-added secondary email address for that user. To add more email addresses to the same user, use the add email endpoint.

PUT /users/:id

Supported attributes:

Attribute Required Description
admin No User is an administrator. Valid values are true or false. Defaults to false.
auditor No User is an auditor. Valid values are true or false. Defaults to false. Introduced in GitLab 15.3.(default) Premium and Ultimate only.
avatar No Image file for user's avatar
bio No User's biography
can_create_group No User can create groups - true or false
color_scheme_id No User's color scheme for the file viewer (for more information, see the user preference documentation for more information)
commit_email No User's commit email. Set to _private to use the private commit email. Introduced in GitLab 15.5.
email No Email
extern_uid No External UID
external No Flags the user as external - true or false (default)
extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit No Can be set by administrators only. Additional compute minutes for this user. Premium and Ultimate only.
group_id_for_saml No ID of group where SAML has been configured
id Yes ID of the user
linkedin No LinkedIn
location No User's location
name No Name
note No Administration notes for this user
organization No Organization name
password No Password
private_profile No User's profile is private - true or false.
projects_limit No Limit projects each user can create
pronouns No Pronouns
provider No External provider name
public_email No Public email of the user (must be already verified)
shared_runners_minutes_limit No Can be set by administrators only. Maximum number of monthly compute minutes for this user. Can be nil (default; inherit system default), 0 (unlimited) or > 0. Premium and Ultimate only.
skip_reconfirmation No Skip reconfirmation - true or false (default)
skype No Skype ID
theme_id No GitLab theme for the user (for more information, see the user preference documentation for more information)
twitter No X (formerly Twitter) account
discord No Discord account
username No Username
view_diffs_file_by_file No Flag indicating the user sees only one file diff per page
website_url No Website URL

If you update a user's password, they are forced to change it when they next sign in.

Returns a 404 error, even in cases where a 409 (Conflict) would be more appropriate. For example, when renaming the email address to an existing one.

Delete a user

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Delete a user.

Prerequisites:

  • You must be an administrator.

Returns:

  • 204 No Content status code if the operation was successful.
  • 404 if the resource was not found.
  • 409 if the user cannot be soft deleted.
DELETE /users/:id

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes ID of a user
hard_delete boolean no If true, contributions that would usually be moved to Ghost User are deleted instead, and also groups owned solely by this user.

Get your user status

Get your user status.

Prerequisites:

  • You must be authenticated.
GET /user/status

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/user/status"

Example response:

{
  "emoji":"coffee",
  "availability":"busy",
  "message":"I crave coffee :coffee:",
  "message_html": "I crave coffee <gl-emoji title=\"hot beverage\" data-name=\"coffee\" data-unicode-version=\"4.0\">☕</gl-emoji>",
  "clear_status_at": null
}

Get the status of a user

Get the status of a user. You can access this endpoint without authentication.

GET /users/:id_or_username/status

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id_or_username string yes ID or username of the user to get a status of

Example request:

curl "https://gitlab.example.com/users/<username>/status"

Example response:

{
  "emoji":"coffee",
  "availability":"busy",
  "message":"I crave coffee :coffee:",
  "message_html": "I crave coffee <gl-emoji title=\"hot beverage\" data-name=\"coffee\" data-unicode-version=\"4.0\">☕</gl-emoji>",
  "clear_status_at": null
}

Set your user status

Set your user status.

Prerequisites:

  • You must be authenticated.
PUT /user/status
PATCH /user/status

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
emoji string no Name of the emoji to use as status. If omitted speech_balloon is used. Emoji name can be one of the specified names in the Gemojione index.
message string no Message to set as a status. It can also contain emoji codes. Cannot exceed 100 characters.
clear_status_after string no Automatically clean up the status after a given time interval, allowed values: 30_minutes, 3_hours, 8_hours, 1_day, 3_days, 7_days, 30_days

Difference between PUT and PATCH:

  • When using PUT any parameters that are not passed are set to null and therefore cleared.
  • When using PATCH any parameters that are not passed are ignored. Explicitly pass null to clear a field.

Example request:

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --data "clear_status_after=1_day" --data "emoji=coffee" \
     --data "message=I crave coffee" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/user/status"

Example response:

{
  "emoji":"coffee",
  "message":"I crave coffee",
  "message_html": "I crave coffee",
  "clear_status_at":"2021-02-15T10:49:01.311Z"
}

Get your user preferences

Get your user preferences.

Prerequisites:

  • You must be authenticated.
GET /user/preferences

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "user_id": 1,
  "view_diffs_file_by_file": true,
  "show_whitespace_in_diffs": false,
  "pass_user_identities_to_ci_jwt": false
}

Update your user preferences

Update your user preferences.

Prerequisites:

  • You must be authenticated.
PUT /user/preferences
{
  "id": 1,
  "user_id": 1,
  "view_diffs_file_by_file": true,
  "show_whitespace_in_diffs": false,
  "pass_user_identities_to_ci_jwt": false
}

Supported attributes:

Attribute Required Description
view_diffs_file_by_file Yes Flag indicating the user sees only one file diff per page.
show_whitespace_in_diffs Yes Flag indicating the user sees whitespace changes in diffs.
pass_user_identities_to_ci_jwt Yes Flag indicating the user passes their external identities as CI information. This attribute does not contain enough information to identify or authorize the user in an external system. The attribute is internal to GitLab, and must not be passed to third-party services. For more information and examples, see Token Payload.

Upload an avatar for yourself

Upload an avatar for yourself.

Prerequisites:

  • You must be authenticated.
PUT /user/avatar

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
avatar string Yes The file to be uploaded. The ideal image size is 192 x 192 pixels. The maximum file size allowed is 200 KiB.

To upload an avatar from your file system, use the --form argument. This causes cURL to post data using the header Content-Type: multipart/form-data. The file= parameter must point to an image file on your file system and be preceded by @. For example:

Example request:

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     --form "avatar=@avatar.png" \
     --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/user/avatar"

Example response:

{
  "avatar_url": "http://gdk.test:3000/uploads/-/system/user/avatar/76/avatar.png",
}

Returns:

  • 200 if successful.
  • 400 Bad Request for file sizes greater than 200 KiB.

Get a count of your assigned issues, merge requests, and reviews

Get a count of your assigned issues, merge requests, and reviews.

Prerequisites:

  • You must be authenticated.

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Description
assigned_issues number Number of issues that are open and assigned to the current user.
assigned_merge_requests number Number of merge requests that are active and assigned to the current user.
merge_requests number Deprecated in GitLab 13.8. Equivalent to and replaced by assigned_merge_requests.
review_requested_merge_requests number Number of merge requests that the current user has been requested to review.
todos number Number of pending to-do items for current user. 
GET /user_counts

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/user_counts"

Example response:

{
  "merge_requests": 4,
  "assigned_issues": 15,
  "assigned_merge_requests": 11,
  "review_requested_merge_requests": 0,
  "todos": 1
}

Get a count of a user's projects, groups, issues, and merge requests

Get a list of a user's count of:

  • Projects.
  • Groups.
  • Issues.
  • Merge requests.

Administrators can query any user, but non-administrators can only query themselves.

GET /users/:id/associations_count

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes ID of a user

Example response:

{
  "groups_count": 2,
  "projects_count": 3,
  "issues_count": 8,
  "merge_requests_count": 5
}

List a user's activity

DETAILS: Tier: Free, Premium, Ultimate Offering: Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated

Prerequisites:

  • You must be an administrator to view the activity of users with private profiles.

Get the last activity date for users with public profiles, sorted from oldest to newest.

The activities that update the user event timestamps (last_activity_on and current_sign_in_at) are:

  • Git HTTP/SSH activities (such as clone, push)
  • User logging in to GitLab
  • User visiting pages related to dashboards, projects, issues, and merge requests
  • User using the API
  • User using the GraphQL API

By default, it shows the activity for users with public profiles in the last 6 months, but this can be amended by using the from parameter.

GET /user/activities

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
from string no Date string in the format YEAR-MM-DD. For example, 2016-03-11. Defaults to 6 months ago.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/user/activities"

Example response:

[
  {
    "username": "user1",
    "last_activity_on": "2015-12-14",
    "last_activity_at": "2015-12-14"
  },
  {
    "username": "user2",
    "last_activity_on": "2015-12-15",
    "last_activity_at": "2015-12-15"
  },
  {
    "username": "user3",
    "last_activity_on": "2015-12-16",
    "last_activity_at": "2015-12-16"
  }
]

last_activity_at is deprecated. Use last_activity_on instead.

List projects and groups that a user is a member of

DETAILS: Tier: Free, Premium, Ultimate Offering: Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated

Prerequisites:

  • You must be an administrator.

Lists all projects and groups a user is a member of.

Returns the source_id, source_name, source_type, and access_level of a membership. Source can be of type Namespace (representing a group) or Project. The response represents only direct memberships. Inherited memberships, for example in subgroups, are not included. Access levels are represented by an integer value. For more details, read about the meaning of access level values.

GET /users/:id/memberships

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes ID of a specified user
type string no Filter memberships by type. Can be either Project or Namespace

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/users/:user_id/memberships"

Example response:

[
  {
    "source_id": 1,
    "source_name": "Project one",
    "source_type": "Project",
    "access_level": "20"
  },
  {
    "source_id": 3,
    "source_name": "Group three",
    "source_type": "Namespace",
    "access_level": "20"
  }
]

Returns:

  • 200 OK on success.
  • 404 User Not Found if user can't be found.
  • 403 Forbidden when not requested by an administrator.
  • 400 Bad Request when requested type is not supported.

Disable two-factor authentication for a user

DETAILS: Tier: Free, Premium, Ultimate Offering: Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated

Prerequisites:

  • You must be an administrator.

Disables two-factor authentication (2FA) for the specified user.

Administrators cannot disable 2FA for their own user account or other administrators using the API. Instead, they can disable an administrator's 2FA using the Rails console.

PATCH /users/:id/disable_two_factor

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes ID of the user

Example request:

curl --request PATCH --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/users/1/disable_two_factor"

Returns:

  • 204 No content on success.
  • 400 Bad request if two factor authentication is not enabled for the specified user.
  • 403 Forbidden if not authenticated as an administrator.
  • 404 User Not Found if user cannot be found.

Create a runner linked to a user

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

Create a runner linked to the current user.

Prerequisites:

  • You must be an administrator or have the Owner role of the target namespace or project.
  • For instance_type, you must be an administrator of the GitLab instance.
  • For group_type or project_type with an Owner role, an administrator must not have enabled restrict runner registration.
  • An access token with the create_runner scope.

Be sure to copy or save the token in the response, the value cannot be retrieved again.

POST /user/runners

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
runner_type string yes Specifies the scope of the runner; instance_type, group_type, or project_type.
group_id integer no The ID of the group that the runner is created in. Required if runner_type is group_type.
project_id integer no The ID of the project that the runner is created in. Required if runner_type is project_type.
description string no Description of the runner.
paused boolean no Specifies if the runner should ignore new jobs.
locked boolean no Specifies if the runner should be locked for the current project.
run_untagged boolean no Specifies if the runner should handle untagged jobs.
tag_list string array no A list of runner tags.
access_level string no The access level of the runner; not_protected or ref_protected.
maximum_timeout integer no Maximum timeout that limits the amount of time (in seconds) that runners can run jobs.
maintenance_note string no Free-form maintenance notes for the runner (1024 characters).

Example request:

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --data "runner_type=instance_type" \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/user/runners"

Example response:

{
    "id": 9171,
    "token": "<access-token>",
    "token_expires_at": null
}

Delete authentication identity from a user

DETAILS: Tier: Free, Premium, Ultimate Offering: Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated

Delete a user's authentication identity using the provider name associated with that identity.

Prerequisites:

  • You must be an administrator.
DELETE /users/:id/identities/:provider

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes ID of a user
provider string yes External provider name