🤖 GitLab API NodeJS library with full support of all the Gitlab API services.
🤖 GitLab API NodeJS library with full support of all the Gitlab API services.
# Install from npm npm install @gitbeaker/node # NodeJS default, index.es.js for esmnpm install @gitbeaker/browser # UMD default
npm install @gitbeaker/cli # CLI
NodeJS
// ES6 (>=node 10.16.0 LTS) import { Gitlab } from '@gitbeaker/node'; // All Resources import { Projects } from '@gitbeaker/node'; // Just the Project Resource //...etc// ES5, assuming native or polyfilled Promise is available const { Gitlab } = require('@gitbeaker/node');
Browser
// ES6 (>=node 10.16.0 LTS) import { Gitlab } from '@gitbeaker/browser'; // All Resources import { Projects } from '@gitbeaker/browser'; // Just the Project Resource //...etc// ES5, assuming native or polyfilled Promise is available const { Gitlab } = require('@gitbeaker/browser');
OR through the script tag:
Instantiate the library using a basic token created in your Gitlab Profile
const api = new Gitlab({ token: 'personaltoken', });
Available instantiating options:
| Name | Optional | Default | Description | | -------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |
host| Yes |
https://gitlab.com| Gitlab Instance Host URL | |
token| No* | N/A | Personal Token. Required (one of the three tokens are required) | |
oauthToken| No* | N/A | OAuth Token. Required (one of the three tokens are required) | |
jobToken| No* | N/A | CI Job Token. Required (one of the three tokens are required) | |
rejectUnauthorized| Yes |
true| Http Certificate setting, Only applies to HTTPS hosts urls | |
sudo| Yes |
false| Sudo query parameter | |
version| Yes |
4| API Version ID | |
camelize| Yes |
false| Camelizes all response body keys | |
requesterFn| Yes* | @gitbeaker/node & @gitbeaker/cli : Got-based, @gitbeaker/browser: Ky-based. The @gitbeaker/core package does not have a default and thus must be set explicitly | Request Library Wrapper | |
requestTimeout| Yes |
300000| Request Library Timeout in ms | |
profileToken| Yes | N/A | Requests Profiles Token | |
profileMode| Yes |
execution| Requests Profiles Token |
The CLI export functions in a similar manner, following the pattern:
gitbeaker [service name] [method name] --config_args pos_arg1 pos_arg2 --opts_arg1
Where:
service nameis any of the supported API names
method nameis any of the supported commands on that API service (See source for exceptions, but generally all, show, remove, update)
--config_argsis any of general configuration arguments such as your personal token. These are outlined in the table above or by looking at the cli help menu
pos_arg1 pos_arg2..etcis any of the arguments you would normally supply to the function. The names of the args should match the names in the method headers. These positional arguments can also be written as flag arguments,
--pos_arg1 --pos_arg2..etcBUT must be written in the correct order.
--opts_arg1...etcis any of the optional arguments that you would normally supply to the function. Their names should match what the GitLab API docs request.
There is one small exception with the instantiating arguments, however, which must be supplied using a
gbor
glprefix. ie.
# To get all the projects gitbeaker projects all --gb-token="personaltoken"To get a project with id = 2
gitbeaker projects show --gl-token="personaltoken" 2
To reduce the annoyance of having to pass those configuration properties each time, it is also possible to pass the token and host information through environment variables in the form of
GITLAB_[option name]or
GITBEAKER_[option name]ie:
GITLAB_HOST=http://example.com GITLAB_TOKEN=personaltoken GITBEAKER_CAMELIZE=true
This could be set globally or using a .env file in the project folder.
Although there are the official docs for the API, there are some extra goodies offered by this package! After the 3.0.0 release, the next large project will be putting together proper documentation for these goodies [#39]! Stay tuned!!
The API's that are currently supported are:
// General ApplicationSettings BroadcastMessages Events FeatureFlags GeoNodes GitignoreTemplates GitLabCIYMLTemplates Keys License LicenceTemplates Lint Markdown Namespaces NotificationSettings PagesDomains Search SidekiqMetrics Snippets SystemHooks Version Wikis// Groups Groups GroupAccessRequests GroupBadges GroupCustomAttributes GroupIssueBoards GroupMembers GroupMilestones GroupProjects GroupRunners GroupVariables GroupLabels GroupDeployTokens Epics EpicIssues EpicNotes EpicDiscussions
// Projects Branches Commits CommitDiscussions ContainerRegistry Deployments DeployKeys Environments FreezePeriods Issues IssuesStatistics IssueNotes IssueDiscussions IssueAwardEmojis Jobs Labels MergeRequests MergeRequestApprovals MergeRequestAwardEmojis MergeRequestDiscussions MergeRequestNotes Packages Pipelines PipelineSchedules PipelineScheduleVariables Projects ProjectAccessRequests ProjectBadges ProjectCustomAttributes ProjectImportExport ProjectIssueBoards ProjectHooks ProjectMembers ProjectMilestones ProjectSnippets ProjectSnippetNotes ProjectSnippetDiscussions ProjectSnippetAwardEmojis ProtectedBranches ProtectedTags ProjectVariables ProjectDeployTokens PushRules Releases ReleaseLinks Repositories RepositoryFiles Runners Services Tags Todos Triggers VulnerabilityFindings
// Users Users UserEmails UserImpersonationTokens UserKeys UserGPGKeys
It can be annoying to have to import all the API's pertaining to a specific resource. For example, the Projects resource is composed of many API's, Projects, Issues, Labels, MergeRequests, etc. For convenience, there is a Bundle export for importing and instantiating all these related API's at once.
import { ProjectsBundle } from 'gitlab';const services = new ProjectsBundle({ host: 'http://example.com', token: 'personaltoken' })
services.Projects.all() services.MergeRequests.all() etc..
Currently there are three Bundles:
Branches Commits CommitDiscussions ContainerRegistry Deployments DeployKeys Environments FreezePeriods Issues IssuesStatistics IssueNotes IssueDiscussions IssueAwardEmojis Jobs Labels MergeRequests MergeRequestApprovals MergeRequestAwardEmojis MergeRequestDiscussions MergeRequestNotes Packages Pipelines PipelineSchedules PipelineScheduleVariables Projects ProjectAccessRequests ProjectBadges ProjectCustomAttributes ProjectImportExport ProjectIssueBoards ProjectHooks ProjectMembers ProjectMilestones ProjectSnippets ProjectSnippetNotes ProjectSnippetDiscussions ProjectSnippetAwardEmojis ProtectedBranches ProtectedTags ProjectVariables ProjectDeployTokens PushRules Releases ReleaseLinks Repositories RepositoryFiles Runners Services Tags Todos Triggers VulnerabilityFindings
Users, UserCustomAttributes, UserEmails, UserImpersonationTokens, UserKeys, UserGPGKeys
Groups GroupAccessRequests GroupBadges GroupCustomAttributes GroupIssueBoards GroupMembers GroupMilestones GroupProjects GroupRunners GroupVariables GroupLabels GroupDeployTokens Epics EpicIssues EpicNotes EpicDiscussions
Once you have your library instantiated, you can utilize many of the API's functionality:
Using the await/async method
import { Gitlab } from 'gitlab';const api = new Gitlab({ host: 'http://example.com', token: 'personaltoken', });
// Listing users let users = await api.Users.all();
// Or using Promise-Then notation api.Projects.all().then((projects) => { console.log(projects); });
A general rule about all the function parameters:
ie.
import { Gitlab } from 'gitlab';const api = new Gitlab({ host: 'http://example.com', token: 'personaltoken', });
api.Projects.create({ //options defined in the Gitlab API documentation });
Available pagination options:
| Name | Keyset | Offset | Type | Default | Description | | -------------- | ------ | ------ | -------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | |
pagination| X | X | 'offset' or 'keyset' | 'offset' | Defines which pagination type should be used | |
perPage| X | X | Number | 20 | Amount of results per request | |
maxPages| X | X | Number | N/A | Maximum amount of requests that should be made | |
page| | X | Number | N/A | Specific page to be retrieved | |
showExpanded| | X | Boolean | false | Returns with the pagination information in addition to the data |
For any .all() function on a resource, it will return all the items from Gitlab. This can be troublesome if there are many items, as the request itself can take a while to be fulfilled. As such, a maxPages option can be passed to limit the scope of the all function.
import { Gitlab } from 'gitlab';const api = new Gitlab({ host: 'http://example.com', token: 'personaltoken', });
let projects = await api.Projects.all({ maxPages: 2 });
You can also use this in conjunction with the perPage argument which would override the default of 30 per page set by Gitlab:
import { Gitlab } from 'gitlab';const api = new Gitlab({ host: 'http://example.com', token: 'personaltoken', });
let projects = await api.Projects.all({ maxPages: 2, perPage: 40 });
Additionally, if you would like to get back the pagination information, to know how many total pages there are for example, pass the option
showExpanded. If there are multiple results the pagination property will be included as shown below:
... const { data, paginationInfo } = await api.Projects.all({ perPage:40, maxPages:2, showExpanded: true }); ...
This will result in a response in this format:
data: [ ... ], paginationInfo: { total: 20, next: 4, current: 2, previous: 1, perPage: 3, totalPages: 3, }
Note: Supplying any pagination restrictions is call intensive. Some resources will require many requests which can put a significant load on the Gitlab Server. The general best practice would be setting the page request option to only return the first page if all results are not required.
Similarly, support for Keyset pagination can be toggled on by passing a pagination parameter as a query option
const { data } = await api.Projects.all({ pagination: 'keyset', });
Note that for keyset pagination,
page, and
showExpandedare not supported.
For private gitlab instances, administrators can impersonate users through the API. To do so, you have to set the 'Sudo' header on the services you want to impersonate the user for.
For example, if you want to disable notifications for a specific user:
import { NotificationSettings } from 'gitlab';const service = new NotificationSettings({ host: 'http://example.com', token: 'personaltoken' sudo: 8 // Can be the user ID or a username });
await service.edit({ level: NotificationSettings.LEVELS.DISABLED })
There is another constructor parameter that allows the user to specify their custom request library as long as it has a similar API to ky. To specify the library, simply set the
requesterproperty when instatiating a service:
An example can be seen in the KyRequester.ts file
import { Gitlab } from 'gitlab'; import YourCustomRequester from 'custom-requester';const api = new Gitlab({ host: 'http://example.com', token: 'personaltoken', requester: YourCustomRequester, });
If your Gitlab server is running via HTTPS, the proper way to pass in your certificates is via a
NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTSenvironment key, like this:
"scripts": { "start": "NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS=./secrets/3ShapeCA.pem node bot.js" },
NOTE: Using `process.env.NODETLSREJECTUNAUTHORIZED = '0'
will not work with thegitlablibrary. TherejectUnauthorized` key is the only way to allow insecure certificates to be bypassed._
For responses such as file data that may be returned from the API, the data is exposed as a buffer. For example, when trying to write a file, this can be done like:
let bufferedData = await api.Jobs.downloadLatestArtifactFile(project.id, 'test', 'job_test');fs.writeFileSync('test.zip', bufferedData);
To get this running locally rather than from your
node_modulesfolder:
$ git clone https://github.com/jdalrymple/gitbeaker.git $ cd gitbeaker $ yarn install $ yarn build
And then inside whatever project you are using
gitbeakerin you change your references to use that repo. In your package.json of that upstream project change:
"dependencies": { "gitlab": "5.0.0" }
to this
"dependencies": { "gitlab": "" }
Testing is a work-in-progress right now but here is the start.
docker-compose -f docker-compose.test.yml up
export PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=$(docker exec -it gitlab bash -lc 'printf "%q" "${PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN}"') export GITLAB_URL=$(docker exec -it gitlab bash -lc 'printf "%q" "${GITLAB_URL}"')
yarn testor, alternatively
yarn test-with-token # sets PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN and GITLAB_URL from above, before running tests
You can also define them in front of the yarn script
PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN='abcdefg' GITLAB_URL='http://localhost:8080' yarn test
Note it may take about 3 minutes to get the variables while Gitlab is starting up in the container
This started as a fork from node-gitlab-legacy but I ended up rewriting much of the code. Here are the original work's contributors.