Users API (FREE)

List users

Get a list of users.

This function takes pagination parameters page and per_page to restrict the list of users.

For non-administrator users

GET /users

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "john_smith",
    "name": "John Smith",
    "state": "active",
    "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",
    "avatar_url": "http://gravatar.com/../e32131cd8.jpeg",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/jack_smith"
  }
]

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 (introduced in GitLab 13.4):

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

For administrators (FREE SELF)

The namespace_id field in the response was introduced in GitLab 14.10.

The created_by field in the response was introduced in GitLab 15.6.

GET /users

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`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`
`saml_provider_id` (PREMIUM)	number	no	Return only users created by the specified SAML provider ID. If not included, it returns all users.

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "john_smith",
    "email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "John Smith",
    "state": "active",
    "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
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "username": "jack_smith",
    "email": "jack@example.com",
    "name": "Jack Smith",
    "state": "blocked",
    "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
  }
]

Users on GitLab Premium or higher 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 higher 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

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:

Manually by an administrator.
As a project bot user.

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

Single user

Get a single user.

For user

GET /users/:id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of a user

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "john_smith",
  "name": "John Smith",
  "state": "active",
  "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
}

For administrators (FREE SELF)

The namespace_id field in the response was introduced in GitLab 14.10.

The created_by field in the response was introduced in GitLab 15.6.

GET /users/:id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of a user

Example Responses:

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "john_smith",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "name": "John Smith",
  "state": "active",
  "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
}

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

Users on GitLab Premium or higher 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 higher 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
  ...
}

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

Manually by an administrator.
As a project bot user.

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

User creation (FREE SELF)

The namespace_id field in the response was introduced in GitLab 14.10.

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

Creates a new user. Note only administrators can create new users. Either password, reset_password, or force_random_password must be specified. If reset_password and force_random_password are both false, then password is required.

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

NOTE: From GitLab 12.1, private_profile defaults to false. From GitLab 15.8, private_profile defaults to the value determined by this setting.

NOTE: From GitLab 13.2, bio defaults to "" instead of null.

POST /users

Parameters:

Attribute	Required	Description
`admin`	No	User is an administrator. Valid values are `true` or `false`. Defaults to false.
`auditor` (PREMIUM)	No	User is an auditor. Valid values are `true` or `false`. Defaults to false. Introduced in GitLab 15.3.
`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)
`email`	Yes	Email
`extern_uid`	No	External UID
`external`	No	Flags the user as external - true or false (default)
`extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit` (PREMIUM)	No	Can be set by administrators only. Additional CI/CD minutes for this user.
`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 this setting.
`projects_limit`	No	Number of projects user can create
`provider`	No	External provider name
`reset_password`	No	Send user password reset link - true or false(default)
`shared_runners_minutes_limit` (PREMIUM)	No	Can be set by administrators only. Maximum number of monthly CI/CD minutes for this user. Can be `nil` (default; inherit system default), `0` (unlimited), or `> 0`.
`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	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

User modification (FREE SELF)

The namespace_id field in the response was introduced in GitLab 14.10.

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

Modifies an existing user. Only administrators can change attributes of a user.

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 function.

PUT /users/:id

Parameters:

Attribute	Required	Description
`admin`	No	User is an administrator. Valid values are `true` or `false`. Defaults to false.
`auditor` (PREMIUM)	No	User is an auditor. Valid values are `true` or `false`. Defaults to false. Introduced in GitLab 15.3.(default)
`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` (PREMIUM)	No	Can be set by administrators only. Additional CI/CD minutes for this user.
`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` (PREMIUM)	No	Can be set by administrators only. Maximum number of monthly CI/CD minutes for this user. Can be `nil` (default; inherit system default), `0` (unlimited) or `> 0`.
`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	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

On password update, the user is forced to change it upon next login. Note, at the moment this method does only return a 404 error, even in cases where a 409 (Conflict) would be more appropriate. For example, when renaming the email address to some existing one.

Delete authentication identity from user (FREE SELF)

Deletes a user's authentication identity using the provider name associated with that identity. Available only for administrators.

DELETE /users/:id/identities/:provider

Parameters:

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

User deletion (FREE SELF)

Deletes a user. Available only for administrators. This returns a 204 No Content status code if the operation was successfully, 404 if the resource was not found or 409 if the user cannot be soft deleted.

DELETE /users/:id

Parameters:

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, as well as groups owned solely by this user.

List current user

Get current user.

For non-administrator users

Gets the authenticated user.

GET /user

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "john_smith",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "name": "John Smith",
  "state": "active",
  "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 higher also see the shared_runners_minutes_limit, extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit parameters.

For administrators (FREE SELF)

The namespace_id field in the response was introduced in GitLab 14.10.

The created_by field in the response was introduced in GitLab 15.6.

GET /user

Parameters:

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",
  "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,
  "note": null
}

Users on GitLab Premium or higher also see these parameters:

shared_runners_minutes_limit
extra_shared_runners_minutes_limit
is_auditor
provisioned_by_group_id
using_license_seat

User status

Get the status of the authenticated user.

GET /user/status

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. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication.

GET /users/:id_or_username/status

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

curl "https://gitlab.example.com/users/janedoe/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 user status

Set the status of the current user.

PUT /user/status
PATCH /user/status

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.

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 responses

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

Get user preferences

Get a list of the authenticated user's preferences.

GET /user/preferences

Example response:

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

Parameters:

none

User preference modification

Update the current user's preferences.

PUT /user/preferences

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

Parameters:

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.

User follow

Follow and unfollow users

Follow a user.

POST /users/:id/follow

Unfollow a user.

POST /users/:id/unfollow

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of the user to follow

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/users/3/follow"

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "john_smith",
  "name": "John Smith",
  "state": "active",
  "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/cd8.jpeg",
  "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/john_smith"
}

Followers and following

Get the followers of a user.

GET /users/:id/followers

Get the list of users being followed.

GET /users/:id/following

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of the user to follow

curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>"  "https://gitlab.example.com/users/3/followers"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "Lennie Donnelly",
    "username": "evette.kilback",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7955171a55ac4997ed81e5976287890a?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://127.0.0.1:3000/evette.kilback"
  },
  {
    "id": 4,
    "name": "Serena Bradtke",
    "username": "cammy",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a2daad869a7b60d3090b7b9bef4baf57?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://127.0.0.1:3000/cammy"
  }
]

User counts

Get the counts (same as in the upper-right menu) of the authenticated user.

Attribute	Type	Description
`assigned_issues`	number	Number of issues that are open and assigned to the current user. Added in GitLab 14.2.
`assigned_merge_requests`	number	Number of merge requests that are active and assigned to the current user. Added in GitLab 13.8.
`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. Added in GitLab 13.8.
`todos`	number	Number of pending to-do items for current user. Added in GitLab 14.2.

GET /user_counts

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
}

List user projects

See the list of user projects.

List associations count for user

Get a list of a specified 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

Parameters:

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 SSH keys

Get a list of the authenticated user's SSH keys.

GET /user/keys

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "title": "Public key",
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiPWx6WM4lhHNedGfBpPJNPpZ7yKu+dnn1SJejgt4596k6YjzGGphH2TUxwKzxcKDKKezwkpfnxPkSMkuEspGRt/aZZ9wa++Oi7Qkr8prgHc4soW6NUlfDzpvZK2H5E7eQaSeP3SAwGmQKUFHCddNaP0L+hM7zhFNzjFvpaMgJw0=",
    "created_at": "2014-08-01T14:47:39.080Z"
  },
  {
    "id": 3,
    "title": "Another Public key",
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiPWx6WM4lhHNedGfBpPJNPpZ7yKu+dnn1SJejgt4596k6YjzGGphH2TUxwKzxcKDKKezwkpfnxPkSMkuEspGRt/aZZ9wa++Oi7Qkr8prgHc4soW6NUlfDzpvZK2H5E7eQaSeP3SAwGmQKUFHCddNaP0L+hM7zhFNzjFvpaMgJw0=",
    "created_at": "2014-08-01T14:47:39.080Z"
  }
]

Parameters:

none

List SSH keys for user

Get a list of a specified user's SSH keys.

GET /users/:id_or_username/keys

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id_or_username`	string	yes	ID or username of the user to get the SSH keys for.

Single SSH key

Get a single key.

GET /user/keys/:key_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`key_id`	string	yes	ID of an SSH key

{
  "id": 1,
  "title": "Public key",
  "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiPWx6WM4lhHNedGfBpPJNPpZ7yKu+dnn1SJejgt4596k6YjzGGphH2TUxwKzxcKDKKezwkpfnxPkSMkuEspGRt/aZZ9wa++Oi7Qkr8prgHc4soW6NUlfDzpvZK2H5E7eQaSeP3SAwGmQKUFHCddNaP0L+hM7zhFNzjFvpaMgJw0=",
  "created_at": "2014-08-01T14:47:39.080Z"
}

Single SSH key for given user

Introduced in GitLab 14.9.

Get a single key for a given user.

GET /users/:id/keys/:key_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of specified user
`key_id`	integer	yes	SSH key ID

{
  "id": 1,
  "title": "Public key",
  "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiPWx6WM4lhHNedGfBpPJNPpZ7yKu+dnn1SJejgt4596k6YjzGGphH2TUxwKzxcKDKKezwkpfnxPkSMkuEspGRt/aZZ9wa++Oi7Qkr8prgHc4soW6NUlfDzpvZK2H5E7eQaSeP3SAwGmQKUFHCddNaP0L+hM7zhFNzjFvpaMgJw0=",
  "created_at": "2014-08-01T14:47:39.080Z"
}

Add SSH key

The usage_type parameter was introduced in GitLab 15.7.

Creates a new key owned by the authenticated user.

POST /user/keys

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`title`	string	yes	New SSH key's title
`key`	string	yes	New SSH key
`expires_at`	string	no	Expiration date of the SSH key in ISO 8601 format (`YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`)
`usage_type`	string	no	Scope of usage for the SSH key: `auth`, `signing` or `auth_and_signing`. Default: `auth_and_signing`

{
  "title": "ABC",
  "key": "ssh-dss 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 loic@call",
  "expires_at": "2016-01-21T00:00:00.000Z",
  "usage_type": "auth"
}

Returns a created key with status 201 Created on success. If an error occurs a 400 Bad Request is returned with a message explaining the error:

{
  "message": {
    "fingerprint": [
      "has already been taken"
    ],
    "key": [
      "has already been taken"
    ]
  }
}

Add SSH key for user (FREE SELF)

The usage_type parameter was introduced in GitLab 15.7.

Create new key owned by specified user. Available only for administrator.

POST /users/:id/keys

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of specified user
`title`	string	yes	New SSH key's title
`key`	string	yes	New SSH key
`expires_at`	string	no	Expiration date of the SSH key in ISO 8601 format (`YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`)
`usage_type`	string	no	Scope of usage for the SSH key: `auth`, `signing` or `auth_and_signing`. Default: `auth_and_signing`

{
  "title": "ABC",
  "key": "ssh-dss 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 loic@call",
  "expires_at": "2016-01-21T00:00:00.000Z",
  "usage_type": "auth"
}

Returns a created key with status 201 Created on success. If an error occurs a 400 Bad Request is returned with a message explaining the error:

{
  "message": {
    "fingerprint": [
      "has already been taken"
    ],
    "key": [
      "has already been taken"
    ]
  }
}

NOTE: This also adds an audit event, as described in audit instance events. (PREMIUM)

Delete SSH key for current user

Deletes key owned by the authenticated user.

This returns a 204 No Content status code if the operation was successfully or 404 if the resource was not found.

DELETE /user/keys/:key_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`key_id`	integer	yes	SSH key ID

Delete SSH key for given user (FREE SELF)

Deletes key owned by a specified user. Available only for administrator.

DELETE /users/:id/keys/:key_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of specified user
`key_id`	integer	yes	SSH key ID

List all GPG keys

Get a list of the authenticated user's GPG keys.

GET /user/gpg_keys

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

Example response:

[
    {
        "id": 1,
        "key": "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\r\n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\r\no4nlxaz65VucmNbN1aMbDXLJVSqR1DuE00vEsL1AItI=\r\n=XQoy\r\n-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----",
        "created_at": "2017-09-05T09:17:46.264Z"
    }
]

Get a specific GPG key

Get a specific GPG key of authenticated user.

GET /user/gpg_keys/:key_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`key_id`	integer	yes	ID of the GPG key

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/user/gpg_keys/1"

Example response:

  {
      "id": 1,
      "key": "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\r\n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\r\no4nlxaz65VucmNbN1aMbDXLJVSqR1DuE00vEsL1AItI=\r\n=XQoy\r\n-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----",
      "created_at": "2017-09-05T09:17:46.264Z"
  }

Add a GPG key

Creates a new GPG key owned by the authenticated user.

POST /user/gpg_keys

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`key`	string	yes	New GPG key


export KEY="$( gpg --armor --export <your_gpg_key_id>)"

curl --data-urlencode "key=-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
> xsBNBFVjnlIBCACibzXOLCiZiL2oyzYUaTOCkYnSUhymg3pdbfKtd4mpBa58xKBj
> t1pTHVpw3Sk03wmzhM/Ndlt1AV2YhLv++83WKr+gAHFYFiCV/tnY8bx3HqvVoy8O
> CfxWhw4QZK7+oYzVmJj8ZJm3ZjOC4pzuegNWlNLCUdZDx9OKlHVXLCX1iUbjdYWa
> qKV6tdV8hZolkbyjedQgrpvoWyeSHHpwHF7yk4gNJWMMI5rpcssL7i6mMXb/sDzO
> VaAtU5wiVducsOa01InRFf7QSTxoAm6Xy0PGv/k48M6xCALa9nY+BzlOv47jUT57
> vilf4Szy9dKD0v9S0mQ+IHB+gNukWrnwtXx5ABEBAAHNFm5hbWUgKGNvbW1lbnQp
> IDxlbUBpbD7CwHUEEwECACkFAlVjnlIJEINgJNgv009/AhsDAhkBBgsJCAcDAgYV
> CAIJCgsEFgIDAQAAxqMIAFBHuBA8P1v8DtHonIK8Lx2qU23t8Mh68HBIkSjk2H7/
> oO2cDWCw50jZ9D91PXOOyMPvBWV2IE3tARzCvnNGtzEFRtpIEtZ0cuctxeIF1id5
> crfzdMDsmZyRHAOoZ9VtuD6mzj0ybQWMACb7eIHjZDCee3Slh3TVrLy06YRdq2I4
> bjMOPePtK5xnIpHGpAXkB3IONxyITpSLKsA4hCeP7gVvm7r7TuQg1ygiUBlWbBYn
> iE5ROzqZjG1s7dQNZK/riiU2umGqGuwAb2IPvNiyuGR3cIgRE4llXH/rLuUlspAp
> o4nlxaz65VucmNbN1aMbDXLJVSqR1DuE00vEsL1AItI=
> =XQoy
> -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----" \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/user/gpg_keys"

Example response:

[
    {
        "id": 1,
        "key": "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----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\no4nlxaz65VucmNbN1aMbDXLJVSqR1DuE00vEsL1AItI=\n=XQoy\n-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----",
        "created_at": "2017-09-05T09:17:46.264Z"
    }
]

Delete a GPG key

Delete a GPG key owned by the authenticated user.

DELETE /user/gpg_keys/:key_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`key_id`	integer	yes	ID of the GPG key

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/user/gpg_keys/1"

Returns 204 No Content on success or 404 Not Found if the key cannot be found.

List all GPG keys for given user

Get a list of a specified user's GPG keys. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication.

GET /users/:id/gpg_keys

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of the user

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/users/2/gpg_keys"

Example response:

[
    {
        "id": 1,
        "key": "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\r\n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\r\no4nlxaz65VucmNbN1aMbDXLJVSqR1DuE00vEsL1AItI=\r\n=XQoy\r\n-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----",
        "created_at": "2017-09-05T09:17:46.264Z"
    }
]

Get a specific GPG key for a given user

Get a specific GPG key for a given user. Introduced in GitLab 13.5, this endpoint can be accessed without administrator authentication.

GET /users/:id/gpg_keys/:key_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of the user
`key_id`	integer	yes	ID of the GPG key

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/users/2/gpg_keys/1"

Example response:

  {
      "id": 1,
      "key": "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\r\n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\r\no4nlxaz65VucmNbN1aMbDXLJVSqR1DuE00vEsL1AItI=\r\n=XQoy\r\n-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----",
      "created_at": "2017-09-05T09:17:46.264Z"
  }

Add a GPG key for a given user (FREE SELF)

Create new GPG key owned by the specified user. Available only for administrator.

POST /users/:id/gpg_keys

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of the user
`key_id`	integer	yes	ID of the GPG key

curl --data-urlencode "key=-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
> xsBNBFVjnlIBCACibzXOLCiZiL2oyzYUaTOCkYnSUhymg3pdbfKtd4mpBa58xKBj
> t1pTHVpw3Sk03wmzhM/Ndlt1AV2YhLv++83WKr+gAHFYFiCV/tnY8bx3HqvVoy8O
> CfxWhw4QZK7+oYzVmJj8ZJm3ZjOC4pzuegNWlNLCUdZDx9OKlHVXLCX1iUbjdYWa
> qKV6tdV8hZolkbyjedQgrpvoWyeSHHpwHF7yk4gNJWMMI5rpcssL7i6mMXb/sDzO
> VaAtU5wiVducsOa01InRFf7QSTxoAm6Xy0PGv/k48M6xCALa9nY+BzlOv47jUT57
> vilf4Szy9dKD0v9S0mQ+IHB+gNukWrnwtXx5ABEBAAHNFm5hbWUgKGNvbW1lbnQp
> IDxlbUBpbD7CwHUEEwECACkFAlVjnlIJEINgJNgv009/AhsDAhkBBgsJCAcDAgYV
> CAIJCgsEFgIDAQAAxqMIAFBHuBA8P1v8DtHonIK8Lx2qU23t8Mh68HBIkSjk2H7/
> oO2cDWCw50jZ9D91PXOOyMPvBWV2IE3tARzCvnNGtzEFRtpIEtZ0cuctxeIF1id5
> crfzdMDsmZyRHAOoZ9VtuD6mzj0ybQWMACb7eIHjZDCee3Slh3TVrLy06YRdq2I4
> bjMOPePtK5xnIpHGpAXkB3IONxyITpSLKsA4hCeP7gVvm7r7TuQg1ygiUBlWbBYn
> iE5ROzqZjG1s7dQNZK/riiU2umGqGuwAb2IPvNiyuGR3cIgRE4llXH/rLuUlspAp
> o4nlxaz65VucmNbN1aMbDXLJVSqR1DuE00vEsL1AItI=
> =XQoy
> -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----" \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/users/2/gpg_keys"

Example response:

[
    {
        "id": 1,
        "key": "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----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\no4nlxaz65VucmNbN1aMbDXLJVSqR1DuE00vEsL1AItI=\n=XQoy\n-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----",
        "created_at": "2017-09-05T09:17:46.264Z"
    }
]

Delete a GPG key for a given user (FREE SELF)

Delete a GPG key owned by a specified user. Available only for administrator.

DELETE /users/:id/gpg_keys/:key_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of the user
`key_id`	integer	yes	ID of the GPG key

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/users/2/gpg_keys/1"

List emails

Get a list of the authenticated user's emails.

NOTE: This endpoint does not return the primary email address, but issue 25077 proposes to change this behavior.

GET /user/emails

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "email": "email@example.com",
    "confirmed_at" : "2021-03-26T19:07:56.248Z"
  },
  {
    "id": 3,
    "email": "email2@example.com",
    "confirmed_at" : null
  }
]

Parameters:

none

List emails for user (FREE SELF)

Get a list of a specified user's emails. Available only for administrator

NOTE: This endpoint does not return the primary email address, but issue 25077 proposes to change this behavior.

GET /users/:id/emails

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of specified user

Single email

Get a single email.

GET /user/emails/:email_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`email_id`	integer	yes	Email ID

{
  "id": 1,
  "email": "email@example.com",
  "confirmed_at" : "2021-03-26T19:07:56.248Z"
}

Add email

Creates a new email owned by the authenticated user.

POST /user/emails

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`email`	string	yes	Email address

{
  "id": 4,
  "email": "email@example.com",
  "confirmed_at" : "2021-03-26T19:07:56.248Z"
}

Returns a created email with status 201 Created on success. If an error occurs a 400 Bad Request is returned with a message explaining the error:

{
  "message": {
    "email": [
      "has already been taken"
    ]
  }
}

Add email for user (FREE SELF)

Create new email owned by specified user. Available only for administrator

POST /users/:id/emails

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	string	yes	ID of specified user
`email`	string	yes	Email address
`skip_confirmation`	boolean	no	Skip confirmation and assume email is verified - true or false (default)

Delete email for current user

Deletes email owned by authenticated user.

This returns a 204 No Content status code if the operation was successfully or 404 if the resource was not found.

This cannot delete a primary email address.

DELETE /user/emails/:email_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`email_id`	integer	yes	Email ID

Delete email for given user (FREE SELF)

Prerequisite:

You must be an administrator of a self-managed GitLab instance.

Deletes an email address owned by a specified user. This cannot delete a primary email address.

DELETE /users/:id/emails/:email_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of specified user
`email_id`	integer	yes	Email ID

Block user (FREE SELF)

Blocks the specified user. Available only for administrator.

POST /users/:id/block

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of specified user

Returns:

201 OK on success.
404 User Not Found if user cannot be found.
403 Forbidden when trying to block:
- A user that is blocked through LDAP.
- An internal user.

Unblock user (FREE SELF)

Unblocks the specified user. Available only for administrator.

POST /users/:id/unblock

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of specified user

Returns 201 OK on success, 404 User Not Found is user cannot be found or 403 Forbidden when trying to unblock a user blocked by LDAP synchronization.

Deactivate user (FREE SELF)

Introduced in GitLab 12.4.

Deactivates the specified user. Available only for administrator.

POST /users/:id/deactivate

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of specified user

Returns:

201 OK on success.
404 User Not Found if user cannot be found.
403 Forbidden when trying to deactivate a user that is:
- Blocked by administrator or by LDAP synchronization.
- Not dormant.
- Internal.

Activate user (FREE SELF)

Introduced in GitLab 12.4.

Activates the specified user. Available only for administrator.

POST /users/:id/activate

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of specified user

Returns:

201 OK on success.
404 User Not Found if the user cannot be found.
403 Forbidden if the user cannot be activated because they are blocked by an administrator or by LDAP synchronization.

Ban user (FREE SELF)

Introduced in GitLab 14.3.

Bans the specified user. Available only for administrator.

POST /users/:id/ban

Parameters:

id (required) - ID of specified user

Returns:

201 OK on success.
404 User Not Found if user cannot be found.
403 Forbidden when trying to ban a user that is not active.

Unban user (FREE SELF)

Introduced in GitLab 14.3.

Unbans the specified user. Available only for administrator.

POST /users/:id/unban

Parameters:

id (required) - ID of specified user

Returns:

201 OK on success.
404 User Not Found if the user cannot be found.
403 Forbidden when trying to unban a user that is not banned.

Get user contribution events

See the Events API documentation

Get all impersonation tokens of a user (FREE SELF)

Requires administrator access.

It retrieves every impersonation token of the user. Use the pagination parameters page and per_page to restrict the list of impersonation tokens.

GET /users/:user_id/impersonation_tokens

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`user_id`	integer	yes	ID of the user
`state`	string	no	Filter tokens based on state (`all`, `active`, `inactive`)

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/users/42/impersonation_tokens"

Example response:

[
   {
      "active" : true,
      "user_id" : 2,
      "scopes" : [
         "api"
      ],
      "revoked" : false,
      "name" : "mytoken",
      "id" : 2,
      "created_at" : "2017-03-17T17:18:09.283Z",
      "impersonation" : true,
      "expires_at" : "2017-04-04"
   },
   {
      "active" : false,
      "user_id" : 2,
      "scopes" : [
         "read_user"
      ],
      "revoked" : true,
      "name" : "mytoken2",
      "created_at" : "2017-03-17T17:19:28.697Z",
      "id" : 3,
      "impersonation" : true,
      "expires_at" : "2017-04-14"
   }
]

Approve user (FREE SELF)

Introduced in GitLab 13.7.

Approves the specified user. Available only for administrators.

POST /users/:id/approve

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of specified user

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/users/42/approve"

Returns:

201 Created on success.
404 User Not Found if user cannot be found.
403 Forbidden if the user cannot be approved because they are blocked by an administrator or by LDAP synchronization.
409 Conflict if the user has been deactivated.

Example Responses:

{ "message": "Success" }

{ "message": "404 User Not Found" }

{ "message": "The user you are trying to approve is not pending approval" }

Reject user (FREE SELF)

Introduced in GitLab 14.3.

Rejects specified user that is pending approval. Available only for administrators.

POST /users/:id/reject

Parameters:

id (required) - ID of specified user

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/users/42/reject"

Returns:

200 OK on success.
403 Forbidden if not authenticated as an administrator.
404 User Not Found if user cannot be found.
409 Conflict if user is not pending approval.

Example Responses:

{ "message": "Success" }

{ "message": "404 User Not Found" }

{ "message": "User does not have a pending request" }

Get an impersonation token of a user (FREE SELF)

Requires administrators permissions.

It shows a user's impersonation token.

GET /users/:user_id/impersonation_tokens/:impersonation_token_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`user_id`	integer	yes	ID of the user
`impersonation_token_id`	integer	yes	ID of the impersonation token

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/users/42/impersonation_tokens/2"

Example response:

{
   "active" : true,
   "user_id" : 2,
   "scopes" : [
      "api"
   ],
   "revoked" : false,
   "name" : "mytoken",
   "id" : 2,
   "created_at" : "2017-03-17T17:18:09.283Z",
   "impersonation" : true,
   "expires_at" : "2017-04-04"
}

Create an impersonation token (FREE SELF)

Requires administrator access. Token values are returned once. Make sure you save it because you can't access it again.

It creates a new impersonation token. Only administrators can do this. You are only able to create impersonation tokens to impersonate the user and perform both API calls and Git reads and writes. The user can't see these tokens in their profile settings page.

POST /users/:user_id/impersonation_tokens

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`user_id`	integer	yes	ID of the user
`name`	string	yes	Name of the impersonation token
`expires_at`	date	no	Expiration date of the impersonation token in ISO format (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
`scopes`	array	yes	Array of scopes of the impersonation token (`api`, `read_user`)

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --data "name=mytoken" --data "expires_at=2017-04-04" \
     --data "scopes[]=api" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/users/42/impersonation_tokens"

Example response:

{
   "id" : 2,
   "revoked" : false,
   "user_id" : 2,
   "scopes" : [
      "api"
   ],
   "token" : "EsMo-vhKfXGwX9RKrwiy",
   "active" : true,
   "impersonation" : true,
   "name" : "mytoken",
   "created_at" : "2017-03-17T17:18:09.283Z",
   "expires_at" : "2017-04-04"
}

Revoke an impersonation token (FREE SELF)

Requires administrator access.

It revokes an impersonation token.

DELETE /users/:user_id/impersonation_tokens/:impersonation_token_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`user_id`	integer	yes	ID of the user
`impersonation_token_id`	integer	yes	ID of the impersonation token

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/users/42/impersonation_tokens/1"

Create a personal access token (FREE SELF)

Introduced in GitLab 13.6.

Feature flag removed in GitLab 13.8.

Use this API to create a new personal access token. Token values are returned once so, make sure you save it as you can't access it again. This API can only be used by GitLab administrators.

POST /users/:user_id/personal_access_tokens

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`user_id`	integer	yes	ID of the user
`name`	string	yes	Name of the personal access token
`expires_at`	date	no	Expiration date of the personal access token in ISO format (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
`scopes`	array	yes	Array of scopes of the personal access token. See personal access token scopes for possible values.

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --data "name=mytoken" --data "expires_at=2017-04-04" \
     --data "scopes[]=api" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/users/42/personal_access_tokens"

Example response:

{
    "id": 3,
    "name": "mytoken",
    "revoked": false,
    "created_at": "2020-10-14T11:58:53.526Z",
    "scopes": [
        "api"
    ],
    "user_id": 42,
    "active": true,
    "expires_at": "2020-12-31",
    "token": "ggbfKkC4n-Lujy8jwCR2"
}

Get user activities (FREE SELF)

Pre-requisite:

You must be an administrator.

Get the last activity date for all users, sorted from oldest to newest.

The activities that update the timestamp 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 (introduced in GitLab 11.8)
User using the API
User using the GraphQL API

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

GET /user/activities

Parameters:

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.

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.

User memberships (FREE SELF)

Introduced in GitLab 12.8.

Pre-requisite:

You must be an administrator.

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

Parameters:

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`

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.

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"
  }
]

Disable two factor authentication (FREE SELF)

Introduced in GitLab 15.2.

Pre-requisite:

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

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	ID of the user

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 CI runner (FREE SELF)

It creates a new runner, linked to the current user.

Requires administrator access or ownership of the target namespace or project. Token values are returned once. Make sure you save it because you can't access it again.

POST /user/runners

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).

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": "glrt-kyahzxLaj4Dc1jQf4xjX",
    "token_expires_at": null
}