Pipelines API

Pipelines pagination

By default, GET requests return 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated.

Read more on pagination.

List project pipelines

Introduced in GitLab 8.11

GET /projects/:id/pipelines

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
scope	string	no	The scope of pipelines, one of: running, pending, finished, branches, tags
status	string	no	The status of pipelines, one of: running, pending, success, failed, canceled, skipped, created, manual
ref	string	no	The ref of pipelines
sha	string	no	The SHA of pipelines
yaml_errors	boolean	no	Returns pipelines with invalid configurations
name	string	no	The name of the user who triggered pipelines
username	string	no	The username of the user who triggered pipelines
updated_after	datetime	no	Return pipelines updated after the specified date. Format: ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ
updated_before	datetime	no	Return pipelines updated before the specified date. Format: ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ
order_by	string	no	Order pipelines by id, status, ref, updated_at or user_id (default: id)
sort	string	no	Sort pipelines in asc or desc order (default: desc)

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

Example of response

[
  {
    "id": 47,
    "status": "pending",
    "ref": "new-pipeline",
    "sha": "a91957a858320c0e17f3a0eca7cfacbff50ea29a",
    "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/pipelines/47",
    "created_at": "2016-08-11T11:28:34.085Z",
    "updated_at": "2016-08-11T11:32:35.169Z",
  },
  {
    "id": 48,
    "status": "pending",
    "ref": "new-pipeline",
    "sha": "eb94b618fb5865b26e80fdd8ae531b7a63ad851a",
    "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/pipelines/48",
    "created_at": "2016-08-12T10:06:04.561Z",
    "updated_at": "2016-08-12T10:09:56.223Z",
  }
]

Get a single pipeline

Introduced in GitLab 8.11

GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
pipeline_id	integer	yes	The ID of a pipeline

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/pipelines/46"

Example of response

{
  "id": 46,
  "status": "success",
  "ref": "master",
  "sha": "a91957a858320c0e17f3a0eca7cfacbff50ea29a",
  "before_sha": "a91957a858320c0e17f3a0eca7cfacbff50ea29a",
  "tag": false,
  "yaml_errors": null,
  "user": {
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "id": 1,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
  },
  "created_at": "2016-08-11T11:28:34.085Z",
  "updated_at": "2016-08-11T11:32:35.169Z",
  "started_at": null,
  "finished_at": "2016-08-11T11:32:35.145Z",
  "committed_at": null,
  "duration": null,
  "coverage": "30.0",
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/pipelines/46"
}

Get variables of a pipeline

GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/variables

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
pipeline_id	integer	yes	The ID of a pipeline

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/pipelines/46/variables"

Example of response

[
  {
    "key": "RUN_NIGHTLY_BUILD",
    "variable_type": "env_var",
    "value": "true"
  },
  {
    "key": "foo",
    "value": "bar"
  }
]

Get a pipeline's test report

Introduced in GitLab 13.0.

CAUTION: Caution: This API route is part of the JUnit test report feature. It is protected by a feature flag that is disabled due to performance issues with very large data sets. See the documentation for the feature for further details.

GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/test_report

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
pipeline_id	integer	yes	The ID of a pipeline

Sample request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/pipelines/46/test_report"

Sample response:

{
  "total_time": 5,
  "total_count": 1,
  "success_count": 1,
  "failed_count": 0,
  "skipped_count": 0,
  "error_count": 0,
  "test_suites": [
    {
      "name": "Secure",
      "total_time": 5,
      "total_count": 1,
      "success_count": 1,
      "failed_count": 0,
      "skipped_count": 0,
      "error_count": 0,
      "test_cases": [
        {
          "status": "success",
          "name": "Security Reports can create an auto-remediation MR",
          "classname": "vulnerability_management_spec",
          "execution_time": 5,
          "system_output": null,
          "stack_trace": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Create a new pipeline

Introduced in GitLab 8.14

POST /projects/:id/pipeline

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
ref	string	yes	Reference to commit
variables	array	no	An array containing the variables available in the pipeline, matching the structure [{ 'key' => 'UPLOAD_TO_S3', 'variable_type' => 'file', 'value' => 'true' }]

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/pipeline?ref=master"

Example of response

{
  "id": 61,
  "sha": "384c444e840a515b23f21915ee5766b87068a70d",
  "ref": "master",
  "status": "pending",
  "before_sha": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "tag": false,
  "yaml_errors": null,
  "user": {
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "id": 1,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
  },
  "created_at": "2016-11-04T09:36:13.747Z",
  "updated_at": "2016-11-04T09:36:13.977Z",
  "started_at": null,
  "finished_at": null,
  "committed_at": null,
  "duration": null,
  "coverage": null,
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/pipelines/61"
}

Retry jobs in a pipeline

Introduced in GitLab 8.11

POST /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/retry

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
pipeline_id	integer	yes	The ID of a pipeline

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/pipelines/46/retry"

Response:

{
  "id": 46,
  "status": "pending",
  "ref": "master",
  "sha": "a91957a858320c0e17f3a0eca7cfacbff50ea29a",
  "before_sha": "a91957a858320c0e17f3a0eca7cfacbff50ea29a",
  "tag": false,
  "yaml_errors": null,
  "user": {
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "id": 1,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
  },
  "created_at": "2016-08-11T11:28:34.085Z",
  "updated_at": "2016-08-11T11:32:35.169Z",
  "started_at": null,
  "finished_at": "2016-08-11T11:32:35.145Z",
  "committed_at": null,
  "duration": null,
  "coverage": null,
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/pipelines/46"
}

Cancel a pipeline's jobs

Introduced in GitLab 8.11

POST /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/cancel

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
pipeline_id	integer	yes	The ID of a pipeline

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/pipelines/46/cancel"

Response:

{
  "id": 46,
  "status": "canceled",
  "ref": "master",
  "sha": "a91957a858320c0e17f3a0eca7cfacbff50ea29a",
  "before_sha": "a91957a858320c0e17f3a0eca7cfacbff50ea29a",
  "tag": false,
  "yaml_errors": null,
  "user": {
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "id": 1,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
  },
  "created_at": "2016-08-11T11:28:34.085Z",
  "updated_at": "2016-08-11T11:32:35.169Z",
  "started_at": null,
  "finished_at": "2016-08-11T11:32:35.145Z",
  "committed_at": null,
  "duration": null,
  "coverage": null,
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/pipelines/46"
}

Delete a pipeline

Introduced in GitLab 11.6.

DELETE /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
pipeline_id	integer	yes	The ID of a pipeline

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --request "DELETE" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/pipelines/46"