GitLab API for Java (gitlab4j-api) provides a full featured and easy to consume Java API for working with GitLab repositories via the GitLab REST API. Additionally, full support for working with GitLab webhooks and system hooks is also provided.
To utilize the GitLab API for Java in your project, simply add the following dependency to your project's build file:
Gradle: build.gradle
dependencies {
...
compile group: 'org.gitlab4j', name: 'gitlab4j-api', version: '4.9.14'
}NOTE: Pulling dependencies may fail when using Gradle prior to 4.5. See Gradle issue 3065
Maven: pom.xml
<dependency>
<groupId>org.gitlab4j</groupId>
<artifactId>gitlab4j-api</artifactId>
<version>4.9.14</version>
</dependency>Ivy and SBT
There have been reports of problems resolving some dependencies when using Ivy or SBT, for help resolving those issues see:
JAX-RS API Issue #571
JAX-RS API Issue #572
Javadocs are available here: Javadocs
As of GitLab4J-API 4.8.0, Java 8+ is now required to use GitLab4J-API.
GitLab4J-API is quite simple to use, all you need is the URL to your GitLab server and the Private Token from your GitLab Account Settings page. Once you have that info it is as simple as:
// Create a GitLabApi instance to communicate with your GitLab server
GitLabApi gitLabApi = new GitLabApi("http://your.gitlab.server.com", "YOUR_PRIVATE_TOKEN");
// Get the list of projects your account has access to
List<Project> projects = gitLabApi.getProjectApi().getProjects();You can also login to your GitLab server with username, and password:
// Log in to the GitLab server using a username and password
GitLabApi gitLabApi = GitLabApi.login("http://your.gitlab.server.com", "your-username", "your-password");As of GitLab4J-API 4.6.6, all API requests support performing the API call as if you were another user, provided you are authenticated as an administrator:
// Create a GitLabApi instance to communicate with your GitLab server (must be an administrator)
GitLabApi gitLabApi = new GitLabApi("http://your.gitlab.server.com", "YOUR_PRIVATE_TOKEN");
// sudo as as a different user, in this case the user named "johndoe", all future calls will be done as "johndoe"
gitLabApi.sudo("johndoe")
// To turn off sudo mode
gitLabApi.unsudo();As of GitLab4J-API 4.8.2 support has been added for connecting to the GitLab server using an HTTP proxy server:
// Log in to the GitLab server using a proxy server (with basic auth on proxy)
Map<String, Object> proxyConfig = ProxyClientConfig.createProxyClientConfig(
"http://your-proxy-server", "proxy-username", "proxy-password");
GitLabApi gitLabApi = new GitLabApi("http://your.gitlab.com", "YOUR_PRIVATE_TOKEN", null, proxyConfig);
// Log in to the GitLab server using a proxy server (no auth on proxy)
Map<String, Object> proxyConfig = ProxyClientConfig.createProxyClientConfig("http://your-proxy-server");
GitLabApi gitLabApi = new GitLabApi("http://your.gitlab.com", "YOUR_PRIVATE_TOKEN", null, proxyConfig);See the Javadoc on the GitLabApi class for a complete list of methods accepting the proxy configuration (clientConfiguration parameter)
As of GitLab4J-API 4.2.0 support has been added for GitLab API V4. If your application requires GitLab API V3, you can still use GitLab4J-API by creating your GitLabApi instance as follows:
// Create a GitLabApi instance to communicate with your GitLab server using GitLab API V3
GitLabApi gitLabApi = new GitLabApi(ApiVersion.V3, "http://your.gitlab.server.com", "YOUR_PRIVATE_TOKEN");NOTICE:
As of GitLab 11.0 support for the GitLab API v3 has been removed (see https://about.gitlab.com/2018/06/01/api-v3-removal-impending/). Support for GitLab API v3 will be removed from this library in January 2019. If you are utilizing the v3 support, please update your code before January 2019.
As of GitLab4J-API 4.8.39 support has been added to log the requests to and the responses from the GitLab API. Enable logging using one of the following methods on the GitLabApi instance:
GitLabApi gitLabApi = new GitLabApi("http://your.gitlab.server.com", "YOUR_PRIVATE_TOKEN");
// Log using the shared logger and default level of FINE
gitLabApi.enableRequestResponseLogging();
// Log using the shared logger and the INFO level
gitLabApi.enableRequestResponseLogging(java.util.logging.Level.INFO);
// Log using the specified logger and the INFO level
gitLabApi.enableRequestResponseLogging(youtLoggerInstance, java.util.logging.Level.INFO);GitLab4J-API provides an easy to use paging mechanism to page through lists of results from the GitLab API. Here are a couple of examples on how to use the Pager:
// Get a Pager instance that will page through the projects with 10 projects per page
Pager<Project> projectPager = gitlabApi.getProjectsApi().getProjects(10);
// Iterate through the pages and print out the name and description
while (projectsPager.hasNext())) {
for (Project project : projectPager.next()) {
System.out.println(project.getName() + " -: " + project.getDescription());
}
}As of GitLab4J-API 4.9.2, you can also fetch all the items as a single list using a Pager instance:
// Get a Pager instance so we can load all the projects into a single list, 10 items at a time:
Pager<Project> projectPager = gitlabApi.getProjectsApi().getProjects(10);
List<Project> allProjects = projectPager.all();As of GitLab4J-API 4.9.2, you can also stream list based items in a Java 8 Stream using a Pager instance as follows:
// Get a Pager instance to get a Stream<Project> instance.
Pager<Project> projectPager = gitlabApi.getProjectsApi().getProjects(10);
// Stream the Projects printing out the project name.
projectPager.stream().map(Project::getName).forEach(name -> System.out.println(name));The following API classes also include getXxxxxStream() methods which return a Java 8 Stream:
GroupApi
IssuesApi
NotesApi
ProjectApi
RepositoryApi
TagsApi
UserApi
Example usage:
// Stream the visible Projects printing out the project name.
gitlabApi.getProjectsApi().getProjectsStream().map(Project::getName).forEach(name -> System.out.println(name));
// Operate on the stream in parallel, this example sorts User instances by username
Stream<User> stream = new UserApi(gitLabApi).getUsersStream();
List<User> sortedUsers = stream.parallel().sorted(comparing(User::getUsername)).collect(toList());GitLab4J-API supports Java 8 Optional<T> for API calls that result in the return of a single item. Here is an example on how to use the Java 8 Optional<T> API calls:
Optional<Group> optionalGroup = gitlabApi.getGroupApi().getGroup("my-group-path");
if (optionalGroup.isPresent())
return optionalGroup.get();
return gitlabApi.getGroupApi().addGroup("my-group-name", "my-group-path");GitLab issues allow for time tracking. The following time units are currently available:
- months (mo)
- weeks (w)
- days (d)
- hours (h)
- minutes (m)
Conversion rates are 1mo = 4w, 1w = 5d and 1d = 8h.
The API has been broken up into sub API classes to make it easier to learn and to separate concerns. Following is a list of the sub APIs along with a sample use of each API. See the Javadocs for a complete list of available methods for each sub API.
AwardEmojiApi
CommitsApi
DeployKeysApi
DiscussionsApi
EpicsApi
EventsApi
GroupApi
HealthCheckApi
IssuesApi
JobApi
LabelsApi
MergeRequestApi
MilestonesApi
NamespaceApi
NotesApi
NotificationSettingsApi
PipelineApi
ProjectApi
ProtectedBranchesApi
RepositoryApi
RepositoryFileApi
RunnersApi
ServicesApi
SessionApi
SnippetsApi
SystemHooksApi
UserApi
WikisApi
// Get a list of AwardEmoji belonging to the specified issue (group ID = 1, issues IID = 1)
List<AwardEmoji> awardEmojis = gitLabApi.getAwardEmojiApi().getIssuAwardEmojis(1, 1);// Get a list of commits associated with the specified branch that fall within the specified time window
// This uses the ISO8601 date utilities the in org.gitlab4j.api.utils.ISO8601 class
Date since = ISO8601.toDate("2017-01-01T00:00:00Z");
Date until = new Date(); // now
List<Commit> commits = gitLabApi.getCommitsApi().getCommits(1234, "new-feature", since, until);// Get a list of DeployKeys for the authenticated user
List<DeployKey> deployKeys = gitLabApi.getDeployKeysApi().getDeployKeys();// Get a list of Discussions for the specified merge request
List<DeployKey> deployKeys = gitLabApi.getDiscussionsApi().getMergeRequestDiscussions(projectId, mergeRequestIid);// Get a list epics of the requested group and its subgroups.
List<Epic> epics = gitLabApi.getEpicsApi().getEpics(1);// Get a list of Events for the authenticated user
Date after = new Date(0); // After Epoch
Date before = new Date(); // Before now
List<Event> events = gitLabApi.getEventsApi().getAuthenticatedUserEvents(null, null, before, after, DESC);// Get a list of groups that you have access to
List<Group> groups = gitLabApi.getGroupApi().getGroups();// Get the liveness endpoint health check results. Assumes ip_whitelisted per:
// https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/monitoring/ip_whitelist.html
HealthCheckInfo healthCheck = gitLabApi.getHealthCheckApi().getLiveness();// Get a list of issues for the specified project ID
List<Issue> issues = gitLabApi.getIssuesApi().getIssues(1234);// Get a list of jobs for the specified project ID
List<Job> jobs = gitLabApi.getJobApi().getJobs(1234);// Get a list of labels for the specified project ID
List<Label> labels = gitLabApi.getLabelsApi().getLabels(1234);// Get a list of the merge requests for the specified project
List<MergeRequest> mergeRequests = gitLabApi.getMergeRequestApi().getMergeRequests(1234);// Get a list of the milestones for the specified project
List<Milestone> milestones = gitLabApi.getMilestonesApi().getMilestones(1234);// Get all namespaces that match "foobar" in their name or path
List<Namespace> namespaces = gitLabApi.getNamespaceApi().findNamespaces("foobar");// Get a list of the issues's notes for project ID 1234, issue IID 1
List<Note> notes = gitLabApi.getNotesApi().getNotes(1234, 1);// Get the current global notification settings
NotificationSettings settings = gitLabApi.getNotificationSettingsApi().getGlobalNotificationSettings();// Get all pipelines for the specified project ID
List<Pipeline> pipelines = gitLabApi.getPipelineApi().getPipelines(1234);// Get a list of accessible projects
public List<Project> projects = gitLabApi.getProjectApi().getProjects();// Create a new project
Project projectSpec = new Project()
.withName("my-project")
.withDescription("My project for demonstration.")
.withIssuesEnabled(true)
.withMergeRequestsEnabled(true)
.withWikiEnabled(true)
.withSnippetsEnabled(true)
.withPublic(true);
Project newProject = gitLabApi.getProjectApi().createProject(projectSpec);List<ProtectedBranch> branches = gitLabApi.getProtectedBranchesApi().getProtectedBranches(project.getId());// Get a list of repository branches from a project, sorted by name alphabetically
List<Branch> branches = gitLabApi.getRepositoryApi().getBranches();// Get info (name, size, ...) and the content from a file in repository
RepositoryFile file = gitLabApi.getRepositoryFileApi().getFile("file-path", 1234, "ref"); // Get All Runners.
List<Runner> runners = gitLabApi.getRunnersApi().getAllRunners();// Activate/Update the Slack Notifications service
SlackService slackService = new SlackService()
.withMergeRequestsEvents(true)
.withWebhook("https://hooks.slack.com/services/ABCDEFGHI/KJLMNOPQR/wetrewq7897HKLH8998wfjjj")
.withUsername("GitLab4J");
gitLabApi.getServicesApi().updateSlackService("project-path", slackService);// Log in to the GitLab server and get the session info
gitLabApi.getSessionApi().login("your-username", "your-email", "your-password");// Get a list of the authenticated user's snippets
List<Snippet> snippets = gitLabApi.getSnippetsApi().getSnippets();// Get a list of installed system hooks
List<SystemHook> hooks = gitLabApi.getSystemHooksApi().getSystemHooks();// Get the User info for user_id 1
User user = gitLabApi.getUserApi().getUser(1);
// Create a new user with no password who will recieve a reset password email
User userConfig = new User()
.withEmail("jdoe@example.com")
.withName("Jane Doe")
.withUsername("jdoe");
String password = null;
boolean sendResetPasswordEmail = true;
gitLabApi.getUserApi().createUser(userConfig, password, sendResetPasswordEmail);// Get a list of pages in project wiki
List<WikiPage> wikiPages = gitLabApi.getWikisApi().getPages();