path: root/Documentation/rest-api-projects.txt

Gerrit Code Review - /projects/ REST API
========================================

This page describes the project related REST endpoints.
Please also take note of the general information on the
link:rest-api.html[REST API].

Endpoints
---------

[[project-endpoints]]
Project Endpoints
-----------------

[[list-projects]]
List Projects
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[verse]
'GET /projects/'

Lists the projects accessible by the caller. This is the same as
using the link:cmd-ls-projects.html[ls-projects] command over SSH,
and accepts the same options as query parameters.

As result a map is returned that maps the project names to
link:#project-info[ProjectInfo] entries. The entries in the map are sorted
by project name.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/?d HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "external/bison": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "external%2Fbison",
      "description": "GNU parser generator"
    },
    "external/gcc": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "external%2Fgcc",
    },
    "external/openssl": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "external%2Fopenssl",
      "description": "encryption\ncrypto routines"
    },
    "test": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "test",
      "description": "\u003chtml\u003e is escaped"
    }
  }
----

.Get all projects with their description
****
get::/projects/?d
****

[[suggest-projects]]
The `/projects/` URL also accepts a prefix string in the `p` parameter.
This limits the results to those projects that start with the specified
prefix.
List all projects that start with `platform/`:

.Request
----
  GET /projects/?p=platform%2F HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "platform/drivers": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "platform%2Fdrivers",
    },
    "platform/tools": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "platform%2Ftools",
    }
  }
----
E.g. this feature can be used by suggestion client UI's to limit results.

[[get-project]]
Get Project
~~~~~~~~~~~
[verse]
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]'

Retrieves a project.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/plugins%2Freplication HTTP/1.0
----

As response a link:#project-info[ProjectInfo] entity is returned that
describes the project.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
    "id": "plugins%2Freplication",
    "name": "plugins/replication",
    "parent": "Public-Plugins",
    "description": "Copies to other servers using the Git protocol"
  }
----

[[create-project]]
Create Project
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[verse]
'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]'

Creates a new project.

In the request body additional data for the project can be provided as
link:#project-input[ProjectInput].

.Request
----
  PUT /projects/MyProject HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "description": "This is a demo project.",
    "submit_type": "CHERRY_PICK",
    "owners": [
      "MyProject-Owners"
    ]
  }
----

As response the link:#project-info[ProjectInfo] entity is returned that
describes the created project.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 201 Created
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
    "id": "MyProject",
    "name": "MyProject",
    "parent": "All-Projects",
    "description": "This is a demo project."
  }
----

[[get-project-description]]
Get Project Description
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[verse]
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/description'

Retrieves the description of a project.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/plugins%2Freplication/description HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "Copies to other servers using the Git protocol"
----

If the project does not have a description an empty string is returned.

[[set-project-description]]
Set Project Description
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[verse]
'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/description'

Sets the description of a project.

The new project description must be provided in the request body inside
a link:#project-description-input[ProjectDescriptionInput] entity.

.Request
----
  PUT /projects/plugins%2Freplication/description HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "description": "Plugin for Gerrit that handles the replication.",
    "commit_message": "Update the project description"
  }
----

As response the new project description is returned.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "Plugin for Gerrit that handles the replication."
----

If the description was deleted the response is "`204 No Content`".

[[delete-project-description]]
Delete Project Description
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[verse]
'DELETE /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/description'

Deletes the description of a project.

The request body does not need to include a
link:#project-description-input[ProjectDescriptionInput] entity if no
commit message is specified.

Please note that some proxies prohibit request bodies for DELETE
requests. In this case, if you want to specify a commit message, use
link:#set-project-description[PUT] to delete the description.

.Request
----
  DELETE /projects/plugins%2Freplication/description HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
----

[[get-project-parent]]
Get Project Parent
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[verse]
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/parent'

Retrieves the name of a project's parent project. For the
`All-Projects` root project an empty string is returned.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/plugins%2Freplication/parent HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "All-Projects"
----

[[set-project-parent]]
Set Project Parent
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[verse]
'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/parent'

Sets the parent project for a project.

The new name of the parent project must be provided in the request body
inside a link:#project-parent-input[ProjectParentInput] entity.

.Request
----
  PUT /projects/plugins%2Freplication/parent HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "parent": "Public-Plugins",
    "commit_message": "Update the project parent"
  }
----

As response the new parent project name is returned.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "Public-Plugins"
----

[[get-head]]
Get HEAD
~~~~~~~~
[verse]
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/HEAD'

Retrieves for a project the name of the branch to which `HEAD` points.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/plugins%2Freplication/HEAD HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "refs/heads/master"
----

[[set-head]]
Set HEAD
~~~~~~~~
[verse]
'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/HEAD'

Sets `HEAD` for a project.

The new ref to which `HEAD` should point must be provided in the
request body inside a link:#head-input[HeadInput] entity.

.Request
----
  PUT /projects/plugins%2Freplication/HEAD HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "ref": "refs/heads/stable"
  }
----

As response the new ref to which `HEAD` points is returned.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "refs/heads/stable"
----

[[get-repository-statistics]]
Get Repository Statistics
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[verse]
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/statistics.git'

Return statistics for the repository of a project.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/plugins%2Freplication/statistics.git HTTP/1.0
----

The repository statistics are returned as a
link:#repository-statistics-info[RepositoryStatisticsInfo] entity.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "number_of_loose_objects": 127,
    "number_of_loose_refs": 15,
    "number_of_pack_files": 15,
    "number_of_packed_objects": 67,
    "number_of_packed_refs": 0,
    "size_of_loose_objects": 29466,
    "size_of_packed_objects": 9646
  }
----

[[run-gc]]
Run GC
~~~~~~
[verse]
'POST /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/gc'

Run the Git garbage collection for the repository of a project.

.Request
----
  POST /projects/plugins%2Freplication/gc HTTP/1.0
----

The response is the streamed output of the garbage collection.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8

  collecting garbage for "plugins/replication":
  Pack refs:              100% (21/21)
  Counting objects:       20
  Finding sources:        100% (20/20)
  Getting sizes:          100% (13/13)
  Compressing objects:     83% (5/6)
  Writing objects:        100% (20/20)
  Selecting commits:      100% (7/7)
  Building bitmaps:       100% (7/7)
  Finding sources:        100% (41/41)
  Getting sizes:          100% (25/25)
  Compressing objects:     52% (12/23)
  Writing objects:        100% (41/41)
  Prune loose objects also found in pack files: 100% (36/36)
  Prune loose, unreferenced objects: 100% (36/36)
  done.
----

[[dashboard-endpoints]]
Dashboard Endpoints
-------------------

[[list-dashboards]]
List Dashboards
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[verse]
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/dashboards/'

List custom dashboards for a project.

As result a list of link:#dashboard-info[DashboardInfo] entries is
returned.

List all dashboards for the `work/my-project` project:

.Request
----
  GET /projects/work%2Fmy-project/dashboards/ HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#dashboard",
      "id": "main:closed",
      "ref": "main",
      "path": "closed",
      "description": "Merged and abandoned changes in last 7 weeks",
      "url": "/dashboard/?title\u003dClosed+changes\u0026Merged\u003dstatus:merged+age:7w\u0026Abandoned\u003dstatus:abandoned+age:7w",
      "default": true,
      "title": "Closed changes",
      "sections": [
        {
          "name": "Merged",
          "query": "status:merged age:7w"
        },
        {
          "name": "Abandoned",
          "query": "status:abandoned age:7w"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
----

.Get all dashboards of the 'All-Projects' project
****
get::/projects/All-Projects/dashboards/
****

[[get-dashboard]]
Get Dashboard
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[verse]
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/dashboards/link:#dashboard-id[\{dashboard-id\}]'

Retrieves a project dashboard. The dashboard can be defined on that
project or be inherited from a parent project.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/work%2Fmy-project/dashboards/main:closed HTTP/1.0
----

As response a link:#dashboard-info[DashboardInfo] entity is returned
that describes the dashboard.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#dashboard",
    "id": "main:closed",
    "ref": "main",
    "path": "closed",
    "description": "Merged and abandoned changes in last 7 weeks",
    "url": "/dashboard/?title\u003dClosed+changes\u0026Merged\u003dstatus:merged+age:7w\u0026Abandoned\u003dstatus:abandoned+age:7w",
    "default": true,
    "title": "Closed changes",
    "sections": [
      {
        "name": "Merged",
        "query": "status:merged age:7w"
      },
      {
        "name": "Abandoned",
        "query": "status:abandoned age:7w"
      }
    ]
  }
----

To retrieve the default dashboard of a project use `default` as
dashboard-id.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/work%2Fmy-project/dashboards/default HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#dashboard",
    "id": "main:closed",
    "ref": "main",
    "path": "closed",
    "description": "Merged and abandoned changes in last 7 weeks",
    "url": "/dashboard/?title\u003dClosed+changes\u0026Merged\u003dstatus:merged+age:7w\u0026Abandoned\u003dstatus:abandoned+age:7w",
    "default": true,
    "title": "Closed changes",
    "sections": [
      {
        "name": "Merged",
        "query": "status:merged age:7w"
      },
      {
        "name": "Abandoned",
        "query": "status:abandoned age:7w"
      }
    ]
  }
----

[[set-dashboard]]
Set Dashboard
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[verse]
'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/dashboards/link:#dashboard-id[\{dashboard-id\}]'

Updates/Creates a project dashboard.

Currently only supported for the `default` dashboard.

The creation/update information for the dashboard must be provided in
the request body as a link:#dashboard-input[DashboardInput] entity.

.Request
----
  PUT /projects/work%2Fmy-project/dashboards/default HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "id": "main:closed",
    "commit_message": "Define the default dashboard"
  }
----

As response the new/updated dashboard is returned as a
link:#dashboard-info[DashboardInfo] entity.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#dashboard",
    "id": "main:closed",
    "ref": "main",
    "path": "closed",
    "description": "Merged and abandoned changes in last 7 weeks",
    "url": "/dashboard/?title\u003dClosed+changes\u0026Merged\u003dstatus:merged+age:7w\u0026Abandoned\u003dstatus:abandoned+age:7w",
    "default": true,
    "title": "Closed changes",
    "sections": [
      {
        "name": "Merged",
        "query": "status:merged age:7w"
      },
      {
        "name": "Abandoned",
        "query": "status:abandoned age:7w"
      }
    ]
  }
----

[[delete-dashboard]]
Delete Dashboard
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[verse]
'DELETE /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/dashboards/link:#dashboard-id[\{dashboard-id\}]'

Deletes a project dashboard.

Currently only supported for the `default` dashboard.

The request body does not need to include a link:#dashboard-input[
DashboardInput] entity if no commit message is specified.

Please note that some proxies prohibit request bodies for DELETE
requests.

.Request
----
  DELETE /projects/work%2Fmy-project/dashboards/default HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
----


[[ids]]
IDs
---

[[dashboard-id]]
\{dashboard-id\}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The ID of a dashboard in the format '<ref>:<path>'.

A special dashboard ID is `default` which represents the default
dashboard of a project.

[[project-name]]
\{project-name\}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The name of the project.


[[json-entities]]
JSON Entities
-------------

[[dashboard-info]]
DashboardInfo
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The `DashboardInfo` entity contains information about a project
dashboard.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|===============================
|Field Name        ||Description
|`kind`            ||`gerritcodereview#dashboard`
|`id`              ||
The ID of the dashboard. The ID has the format '<ref>:<path>',
where ref and path are URL encoded.
|`project`         ||
The name of the project for which this dashboard is returned.
|`defining_project`||
The name of the project in which this dashboard is defined.
This is different from `project` if the dashboard is inherited from a
parent project.
|`ref`             ||
The name of the ref in which the dashboard is defined, without the
`refs/meta/dashboards/` prefix, which is common for all dashboard refs.
|`path`            ||
The path of the file in which the dashboard is defined.
|`description`     |optional|The description of the dashboard.
|`foreach`         |optional|
Subquery that applies to all sections in the dashboard. +
Tokens such as `${project}` are not resolved.
|`url`             ||
The URL under which the dashboard can be opened in the Gerrit WebUI. +
The URL is relative to the canonical web URL. +
Tokens in the queries such as `${project}` are resolved.
|`default`         |not set if `false`|
Whether this is the default dashboard of the project.
|`title`           |optional|The title of the dashboard.
|`sections`        ||
The list of link:#dashboard-section-info[sections] in the dashboard.
|===============================

[[dashboard-input]]
DashboardInput
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The `DashboardInput` entity contains information to create/update a
project dashboard.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|=============================
|Field Name      ||Description
|`id`            |optional|
URL encoded ID of a dashboard to which this dashboard should link to.
|`commit_message`|optional|
Message that should be used to commit the change of the dashboard.
|=============================

[[dashboard-section-info]]
DashboardSectionInfo
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The `DashboardSectionInfo` entity contains information about a section
in a dashboard.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,6"]
|===========================
|Field Name    |Description
|`name`        |The title of the section.
|`query`       |The query of the section. +
Tokens such as `${project}` are not resolved.
|===========================

[[head-input]]
HeadInput
~~~~~~~~~
The `HeadInput` entity contains information for setting `HEAD` for a
project.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,6"]
|============================
|Field Name      |Description
|`ref`           |
The ref to which `HEAD` should be set, the `refs/heads` prefix can be
omitted.
|============================

[[project-description-input]]
ProjectDescriptionInput
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The `ProjectDescriptionInput` entity contains information for setting a
project description.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|=============================
|Field Name      ||Description
|`description`   |optional|The project description. +
The project description will be deleted if not set.
|`commit_message`|optional|
Message that should be used to commit the change of the project
description in the `project.config` file to the `refs/meta/config`
branch.
|=============================

[[project-info]]
ProjectInfo
~~~~~~~~~~~
The `ProjectInfo` entity contains information about a project.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|===========================
|Field Name    ||Description
|`kind`        ||`gerritcodereview#project`
|`id`          ||The URL encoded project name.
|`name`        |
not set if returned in a map where the project name is used as map key|
The name of the project.
|`parent`      |optional|
The name of the parent project. +
`?-<n>` if the parent project is not visible (`<n>` is a number which
is increased for each non-visible project).
|`description` |optional|The description of the project.
|`branches`    |optional|Map of branch names to HEAD revisions.
|===========================

[[project-input]]
ProjectInput
~~~~~~~~~~~~
The `ProjectInput` entity contains information for the creation of
a new project.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|=========================================
|Field Name                  ||Description
|`name`                      |optional|
The name of the project (not encoded). +
If set, must match the project name in the URL.
|`parent`                    |optional|
The name of the parent project. +
If not set, the `All-Projects` project will be the parent project.
|`description`               |optional|The description of the project.
|`permissions_only`          |`false` if not set|
Whether a permission-only project should be created.
|`create_empty_commit`       |`false` if not set|
Whether an empty initial commit should be created.
|`submit_type`               |optional|
The submit type that should be set for the project
(`MERGE_IF_NECESSARY`, `REBASE_IF_NECESSARY`, `FAST_FORWARD_ONLY`,
`MERGE_ALWAYS`, `CHERRY_PICK`). +
If not set, `MERGE_IF_NECESSARY` is set as submit type.
|`branches`                  |optional|
A list of branches that should be initially created. +
For the branch names the `refs/heads/` prefix can be omitted.
|`owners`                    |optional|
A list of groups that should be assigned as project owner. +
Each group in the list must be specified as
link:rest-api-groups.html#group-id[group-id]. +
If not set, the link:config-gerrit.html#repository.name.ownerGroup[
groups that are configured as default owners] are set as project
owners.
|`use_contributor_agreements`|`INHERIT` if not set|
Whether contributor agreements should be used for the project  (`TRUE`,
`FALSE`, `INHERIT`).
|`use_signed_off_by`         |`INHERIT` if not set|
Whether the usage of 'Signed-Off-By' footers is required for the
project (`TRUE`, `FALSE`, `INHERIT`).
|`use_content_merge`         |`INHERIT` if not set|
Whether content merge should be enabled for the project (`TRUE`,
`FALSE`, `INHERIT`). +
`FALSE`, if the `submit_type` is `FAST_FORWARD_ONLY`.
|`require_change_id`         |`INHERIT` if not set|
Whether the usage of Change-Ids is required for the project (`TRUE`,
`FALSE`, `INHERIT`).
|=========================================

[[project-parent-input]]
ProjectParentInput
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The `ProjectParentInput` entity contains information for setting a
project parent.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|=============================
|Field Name      ||Description
|`parent`        ||The name of the parent project.
|`commit_message`|optional|
Message that should be used to commit the change of the project parent
in the `project.config` file to the `refs/meta/config` branch.
|=============================

[[repository-statistics-info]]
RepositoryStatisticsInfo
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The `RepositoryStatisticsInfo` entity contains information about
statistics of a Git repository.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,6"]
|======================================
|Field Name                |Description
|`number_of_loose_objects` |Number of loose objects.
|`number_of_loose_refs`    |Number of loose refs.
|`number_of_pack_files`    |Number of pack files.
|`number_of_packed_objects`|Number of packed objects.
|`number_of_packed_refs`   |Number of packed refs.
|`size_of_loose_objects`   |Size of loose objects in bytes.
|`size_of_packed_objects`  |Size of packed objects in bytes.
|======================================


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