Snippets API

Introduced in GitLab 8.15.

Snippet visibility level

Snippets in GitLab can be either private, internal, or public. You can set it with the visibility field in the snippet.

Constants for snippet visibility levels are:

Visibility	Description
private	The snippet is visible only to the snippet creator
internal	The snippet is visible for any logged in user
public	The snippet can be accessed without any authentication

List snippets

Get a list of current user's snippets.

GET /snippets

Single snippet

Get a single snippet.

GET /snippets/:id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	Integer	yes	The ID of a snippet

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/snippets/1

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "title": "test",
  "file_name": "add.rb",
  "description": "Ruby test snippet",
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "john_smith",
    "email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "John Smith",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z"
  },
  "expires_at": null,
  "updated_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
  "created_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
  "web_url": "http://example.com/snippets/1",
}

Create new snippet

Creates a new snippet. The user must have permission to create new snippets.

POST /snippets

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
title	String	yes	The title of a snippet
file_name	String	yes	The name of a snippet file
content	String	yes	The content of a snippet
description	String	no	The description of a snippet
visibility	String	no	The snippet's visibility

curl --request POST \
     --data '{"title": "This is a snippet", "content": "Hello world", "description": "Hello World snippet", "file_name": "test.txt", "visibility": "internal" }' \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: valid_api_token" \
     https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/snippets

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "title": "This is a snippet",
  "file_name": "test.txt",
  "description": "Hello World snippet",
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "john_smith",
    "email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "John Smith",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z"
  },
  "expires_at": null,
  "updated_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
  "created_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
  "web_url": "http://example.com/snippets/1",
}

Update snippet

Updates an existing snippet. The user must have permission to change an existing snippet.

PUT /snippets/:id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	Integer	yes	The ID of a snippet
title	String	no	The title of a snippet
file_name	String	no	The name of a snippet file
description	String	no	The description of a snippet
content	String	no	The content of a snippet
visibility	String	no	The snippet's visibility

curl --request PUT \
     --data '{"title": "foo", "content": "bar"}' \
     --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: valid_api_token" \
     https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/snippets/1

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "title": "test",
  "file_name": "add.rb",
  "description": "description of snippet",
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "john_smith",
    "email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "John Smith",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z"
  },
  "expires_at": null,
  "updated_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
  "created_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
  "web_url": "http://example.com/snippets/1",
}

Delete snippet

Deletes an existing snippet.

DELETE /snippets/:id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	Integer	yes	The ID of a snippet

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/snippets/1"

upon successful delete a 204 No content HTTP code shall be expected, with no data, but if the snippet is non-existent, a 404 Not Found will be returned.

Explore all public snippets

GET /snippets/public

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
per_page	Integer	no	number of snippets to return per page
page	Integer	no	the page to retrieve

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/snippets/public?per_page=2&page=1

Example response:

[
    {
        "author": {
            "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/edaf55a9e363ea263e3b981d09e0f7f7?s=80&d=identicon",
            "id": 12,
            "name": "Libby Rolfson",
            "state": "active",
            "username": "elton_wehner",
            "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/elton_wehner"
        },
        "created_at": "2016-11-25T16:53:34.504Z",
        "file_name": "oconnerrice.rb",
        "id": 49,
        "raw_url": "http://localhost:3000/snippets/49/raw",
        "title": "Ratione cupiditate et laborum temporibus.",
        "updated_at": "2016-11-25T16:53:34.504Z",
        "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/snippets/49"
    },
    {
        "author": {
            "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/36583b28626de71061e6e5a77972c3bd?s=80&d=identicon",
            "id": 16,
            "name": "Llewellyn Flatley",
            "state": "active",
            "username": "adaline",
            "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/adaline"
        },
        "created_at": "2016-11-25T16:53:34.479Z",
        "file_name": "muellershields.rb",
        "id": 48,
        "raw_url": "http://localhost:3000/snippets/48/raw",
        "title": "Minus similique nesciunt vel fugiat qui ullam sunt.",
        "updated_at": "2016-11-25T16:53:34.479Z",
        "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/snippets/48"
    }
]

Get user agent details

Notes: Introduced in GitLab 9.4.

Available only for admins.

GET /snippets/:id/user_agent_detail

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	Integer	yes	The ID of a snippet

curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/snippets/1/user_agent_detail

Example response:

{
  "user_agent": "AppleWebKit/537.36",
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "akismet_submitted": false
}