Group and project members API

Valid access levels

The access levels are defined in the Gitlab::Access module. Currently, these levels are recognized:

10 => Guest access
20 => Reporter access
30 => Developer access
40 => Maintainer access
50 => Owner access # Only valid for groups

List all members of a group or project

Gets a list of group or project members viewable by the authenticated user. Returns only direct members and not inherited members through ancestors groups.

GET /groups/:id/members
GET /projects/:id/members

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project or group owned by the authenticated user
query	string	no	A query string to search for members
user_ids	array of integers	no	Filter the results on the given user IDs

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/:id/members
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/members

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "raymond_smith",
    "name": "Raymond Smith",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c2525a7f58ae3776070e44c106c48e15?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://192.168.1.8:3000/root",
    "expires_at": "2012-10-22T14:13:35Z",
    "access_level": 30
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "username": "john_doe",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c2525a7f58ae3776070e44c106c48e15?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://192.168.1.8:3000/root",
    "expires_at": "2012-10-22T14:13:35Z",
    "access_level": 30
  }
]

List all members of a group or project including inherited members

Gets a list of group or project members viewable by the authenticated user, including inherited members through ancestor groups. When a user is a member of the project/group and of one or more ancestor groups the user is returned only once with the project access_level (if exists) or the access_level for the user in the first group which he belongs to in the project groups ancestors chain.

GET /groups/:id/members/all
GET /projects/:id/members/all

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project or group owned by the authenticated user
query	string	no	A query string to search for members
user_ids	array of integers	no	Filter the results on the given user IDs

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/:id/members/all
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/members/all

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "raymond_smith",
    "name": "Raymond Smith",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c2525a7f58ae3776070e44c106c48e15?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://192.168.1.8:3000/root",
    "expires_at": "2012-10-22T14:13:35Z",
    "access_level": 30
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "username": "john_doe",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c2525a7f58ae3776070e44c106c48e15?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://192.168.1.8:3000/root",
    "expires_at": "2012-10-22T14:13:35Z",
    "access_level": 30
  },
  {
    "id": 3,
    "username": "foo_bar",
    "name": "Foo bar",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c2525a7f58ae3776070e44c106c48e15?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://192.168.1.8:3000/root",
    "expires_at": "2012-11-22T14:13:35Z",
    "access_level": 30
  }
]

Get a member of a group or project

Gets a member of a group or project. Returns only direct members and not inherited members through ancestor groups.

GET /groups/:id/members/:user_id
GET /projects/:id/members/:user_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project or group owned by the authenticated user
user_id	integer	yes	The user ID of the member

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/:id/members/:user_id
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/members/:user_id

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "raymond_smith",
  "name": "Raymond Smith",
  "state": "active",
  "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c2525a7f58ae3776070e44c106c48e15?s=80&d=identicon",
  "web_url": "http://192.168.1.8:3000/root",
  "access_level": 30,
  "expires_at": null
}

Get a member of a group or project, including inherited members

Introduced in GitLab 12.4.

Gets a member of a group or project, including members inherited through ancestor groups. See the corresponding endpoint to list all inherited members for details.

GET /groups/:id/members/all/:user_id
GET /projects/:id/members/all/:user_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project or group owned by the authenticated user
user_id	integer	yes	The user ID of the member

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/:id/members/all/:user_id
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/members/all/:user_id

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "raymond_smith",
  "name": "Raymond Smith",
  "state": "active",
  "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c2525a7f58ae3776070e44c106c48e15?s=80&d=identicon",
  "web_url": "http://192.168.1.8:3000/root",
  "access_level": 30,
  "expires_at": null
}

Add a member to a group or project

Adds a member to a group or project.

POST /groups/:id/members
POST /projects/:id/members

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project or group owned by the authenticated user
user_id	integer	yes	The user ID of the new member
access_level	integer	yes	A valid access level
expires_at	string	no	A date string in the format YEAR-MONTH-DAY

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --data "user_id=1&access_level=30" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/:id/members
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --data "user_id=1&access_level=30" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/members

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "raymond_smith",
  "name": "Raymond Smith",
  "state": "active",
  "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c2525a7f58ae3776070e44c106c48e15?s=80&d=identicon",
  "web_url": "http://192.168.1.8:3000/root",
  "expires_at": "2012-10-22T14:13:35Z",
  "access_level": 30
}

Edit a member of a group or project

Updates a member of a group or project.

PUT /groups/:id/members/:user_id
PUT /projects/:id/members/:user_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project or group owned by the authenticated user
user_id	integer	yes	The user ID of the member
access_level	integer	yes	A valid access level
expires_at	string	no	A date string in the format YEAR-MONTH-DAY

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/:id/members/:user_id?access_level=40
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/members/:user_id?access_level=40

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "raymond_smith",
  "name": "Raymond Smith",
  "state": "active",
  "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c2525a7f58ae3776070e44c106c48e15?s=80&d=identicon",
  "web_url": "http://192.168.1.8:3000/root",
  "expires_at": "2012-10-22T14:13:35Z",
  "access_level": 40
}

Remove a member from a group or project

Removes a user from a group or project.

DELETE /groups/:id/members/:user_id
DELETE /projects/:id/members/:user_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project or group owned by the authenticated user
user_id	integer	yes	The user ID of the member

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/:id/members/:user_id
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/members/:user_id

Give a group access to a project

Look at share project with group