GitLab CI YMLs API
In GitLab, there is an API endpoint available to work with GitLab CI/CD YMLs. For more information on CI/CD pipeline configuration in GitLab, see the configuration reference documentation.
List GitLab CI YAML templates
Get all GitLab CI/CD YAML templates.
GET /templates/gitlab_ci_ymls
Example request:
curl "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/templates/gitlab_ci_ymls"
Example response:
[
{
"key": "Android",
"name": "Android"
},
{
"key": "Android-Fastlane",
"name": "Android-Fastlane"
},
{
"key": "Auto-DevOps",
"name": "Auto-DevOps"
},
{
"key": "Bash",
"name": "Bash"
},
{
"key": "C++",
"name": "C++"
},
{
"key": "Chef",
"name": "Chef"
},
{
"key": "Clojure",
"name": "Clojure"
},
{
"key": "Code-Quality",
"name": "Code-Quality"
},
{
"key": "Crystal",
"name": "Crystal"
},
{
"key": "Django",
"name": "Django"
},
{
"key": "Docker",
"name": "Docker"
},
{
"key": "Elixir",
"name": "Elixir"
},
{
"key": "Go",
"name": "Go"
},
{
"key": "Gradle",
"name": "Gradle"
},
{
"key": "Grails",
"name": "Grails"
},
{
"key": "Julia",
"name": "Julia"
},
{
"key": "LaTeX",
"name": "LaTeX"
},
{
"key": "Laravel",
"name": "Laravel"
},
{
"key": "Maven",
"name": "Maven"
},
{
"key": "Mono",
"name": "Mono"
}
]
Single GitLab CI YAML template
Get a single GitLab CI/CD YAML template.
GET /templates/gitlab_ci_ymls/:key
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
key
| string | yes | The key of the GitLab CI/CD YAML template |
Example request:
curl "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/templates/gitlab_ci_ymls/Ruby"
Example response:
{
"name": "Ruby",
"content": "# This file is a template, and might need editing before it works on your project.\n# Official language image. Look for the different tagged releases at:\n# https://hub.docker.com/r/library/ruby/tags/\nimage: \"ruby:2.5\"\n\n# Pick zero or more services to be used on all builds.\n# Only needed when using a docker container to run your tests in.\n# Check out: http://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/services/index.html\n - mysql:latest\n - redis:latest\n - postgres:latest\n\nvariables:\n POSTGRES_DB: database_name\n\n# Cache gems in between builds\ncache:\n paths:\n - vendor/ruby\n\n# This is a basic example for a gem or script which doesn't use\n# services such as redis or postgres\nbefore_script:\n - ruby -v # Print out ruby version for debugging\n # Uncomment next line if your rails app needs a JS runtime:\n # - apt-get update -q && apt-get install nodejs -yqq\n - bundle install -j $(nproc) --path vendor # Install dependencies into ./vendor/ruby\n\n# Optional - Delete if not using `rubocop`\nrubocop:\n script:\n - rubocop\n\nrspec:\n script:\n - rspec spec\n\nrails:\n variables:\n DATABASE_URL: \"postgresql://postgres:postgres@postgres:5432/$POSTGRES_DB\"\n script:\n - rails db:migrate\n - rails db:seed\n - rails test\n\n# This deploy job uses a simple deploy flow to Heroku, other providers, e.g. AWS Elastic Beanstalk\n# are supported too: https://github.com/travis-ci/dpl\ndeploy:\n type: deploy\n environment: production\n script:\n - gem install dpl\n - dpl --provider=heroku --app=$HEROKU_APP_NAME --api-key=$HEROKU_PRODUCTION_KEY\n"
}