Jobs API

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List project jobs

History
  • Support for keyset pagination introduced in GitLab 15.9.

Get a list of jobs in a project. Jobs are sorted in descending order of their IDs.

By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated

note
This endpoint supports both offset-based and keyset-based pagination, but keyset-based pagination is strongly recommended when requesting consecutive pages of results.
GET /projects/:id/jobs
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string Yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
scope string or array of strings No Scope of jobs to show. Either one of or an array of the following: created, pending, running, failed, success, canceled, skipped, waiting_for_resource, or manual. All jobs are returned if scope is not provided. 
curl --globoff --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs?scope[]=pending&scope[]=running"

Example of response 

[
  {
    "commit": {
      "author_email": "admin@example.com",
      "author_name": "Administrator",
      "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
      "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "message": "Test the CI integration.",
      "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
      "title": "Test the CI integration."
    },
    "coverage": null,
    "archived": false,
    "allow_failure": false,
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.802Z",
    "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:27.722Z",
    "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:27.895Z",
    "erased_at": null,
    "duration": 0.173,
    "queued_duration": 0.010,
    "artifacts_file": {
      "filename": "artifacts.zip",
      "size": 1000
    },
    "artifacts": [
      {"file_type": "archive", "size": 1000, "filename": "artifacts.zip", "file_format": "zip"},
      {"file_type": "metadata", "size": 186, "filename": "metadata.gz", "file_format": "gzip"},
      {"file_type": "trace", "size": 1500, "filename": "job.log", "file_format": "raw"},
      {"file_type": "junit", "size": 750, "filename": "junit.xml.gz", "file_format": "gzip"}
    ],
    "artifacts_expire_at": "2016-01-23T17:54:27.895Z",
    "tag_list": [
      "docker runner", "ubuntu18"
    ],
    "id": 7,
    "name": "teaspoon",
    "pipeline": {
      "id": 6,
      "project_id": 1,
      "ref": "main",
      "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "status": "pending"
    },
    "ref": "main",
    "runner": {
      "id": 32,
      "description": "",
      "ip_address": null,
      "active": true,
      "paused": false,
      "is_shared": true,
      "runner_type": "instance_type",
      "name": null,
      "online": false,
      "status": "offline"
    },
    "runner_manager": {
      "id": 1,
      "system_id": "s_89e5e9956577",
      "version": "16.11.1",
      "revision": "535ced5f",
      "platform": "linux",
      "architecture": "amd64",
      "created_at": "2024-05-01T10:12:02.507Z",
      "contacted_at": "2024-05-07T06:30:09.355Z",
      "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
      "status": "offline"
    },
    "stage": "test",
    "status": "failed",
    "failure_reason": "script_failure",
    "tag": false,
    "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/7",
    "project": {
      "ci_job_token_scope_enabled": false
    },
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
      "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
      "bio": null,
      "location": null,
      "public_email": "",
      "skype": "",
      "linkedin": "",
      "twitter": "",
      "website_url": "",
      "organization": ""
    }
  },
  {
    "commit": {
      "author_email": "admin@example.com",
      "author_name": "Administrator",
      "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
      "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "message": "Test the CI integration.",
      "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
      "title": "Test the CI integration."
    },
    "coverage": null,
    "archived": false,
    "allow_failure": false,
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.727Z",
    "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:24.729Z",
    "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:24.921Z",
    "erased_at": null,
    "duration": 0.192,
    "queued_duration": 0.023,
    "artifacts_expire_at": "2016-01-23T17:54:24.921Z",
    "tag_list": [
      "docker runner", "win10-2004"
    ],
    "id": 6,
    "name": "rspec:other",
    "pipeline": {
      "id": 6,
      "project_id": 1,
      "ref": "main",
      "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "status": "pending"
    },
    "ref": "main",
    "artifacts": [],
    "runner": null,
    "runner_manager": null,
    "stage": "test",
    "status": "failed",
    "failure_reason": "stuck_or_timeout_failure",
    "tag": false,
    "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/6",
    "project": {
      "ci_job_token_scope_enabled": false
    },
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
      "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
      "bio": null,
      "location": null,
      "public_email": "",
      "skype": "",
      "linkedin": "",
      "twitter": "",
      "website_url": "",
      "organization": ""
    }
  }
]

List pipeline jobs

Get a list of jobs for a pipeline.

By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated

This endpoint: 

GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/jobs
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string Yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
pipeline_id integer Yes ID of a pipeline. Can also be obtained in CI jobs via the predefined CI variable CI_PIPELINE_ID.
include_retried boolean No Include retried jobs in the response. Defaults to false.
scope string or array of strings No Scope of jobs to show. Either one of or an array of the following: created, pending, running, failed, success, canceled, skipped, waiting_for_resource, or manual. All jobs are returned if scope is not provided. 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/pipelines/6/jobs?scope[]=pending&scope[]=running"

Example of response 

[
  {
    "commit": {
      "author_email": "admin@example.com",
      "author_name": "Administrator",
      "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
      "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "message": "Test the CI integration.",
      "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
      "title": "Test the CI integration."
    },
    "coverage": null,
    "archived": false,
    "allow_failure": false,
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.727Z",
    "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:24.729Z",
    "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:24.921Z",
    "erased_at": null,
    "duration": 0.192,
    "queued_duration": 0.023,
    "artifacts_expire_at": "2016-01-23T17:54:24.921Z",
    "tag_list": [
      "docker runner", "ubuntu18"
    ],
    "id": 6,
    "name": "rspec:other",
    "pipeline": {
      "id": 6,
      "project_id": 1,
      "ref": "main",
      "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "status": "pending"
    },
    "ref": "main",
    "artifacts": [],
    "runner": {
      "id": 32,
      "description": "",
      "ip_address": null,
      "active": true,
      "paused": false,
      "is_shared": true,
      "runner_type": "instance_type",
      "name": null,
      "online": false,
      "status": "offline"
    },
    "runner_manager": {
      "id": 1,
      "system_id": "s_89e5e9956577",
      "version": "16.11.1",
      "revision": "535ced5f",
      "platform": "linux",
      "architecture": "amd64",
      "created_at": "2024-05-01T10:12:02.507Z",
      "contacted_at": "2024-05-07T06:30:09.355Z",
      "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
    },
    "stage": "test",
    "status": "failed",
    "failure_reason": "stuck_or_timeout_failure",
    "tag": false,
    "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/6",
    "project": {
      "ci_job_token_scope_enabled": false
    },
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
      "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
      "bio": null,
      "location": null,
      "public_email": "",
      "skype": "",
      "linkedin": "",
      "twitter": "",
      "website_url": "",
      "organization": ""
    }
  },
  {
    "commit": {
      "author_email": "admin@example.com",
      "author_name": "Administrator",
      "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
      "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "message": "Test the CI integration.",
      "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
      "title": "Test the CI integration."
    },
    "coverage": null,
    "archived": false,
    "allow_failure": false,
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.802Z",
    "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:27.722Z",
    "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:27.895Z",
    "erased_at": null,
    "duration": 0.173,
    "queued_duration": 0.023,
    "artifacts_file": {
      "filename": "artifacts.zip",
      "size": 1000
    },
    "artifacts": [
      {"file_type": "archive", "size": 1000, "filename": "artifacts.zip", "file_format": "zip"},
      {"file_type": "metadata", "size": 186, "filename": "metadata.gz", "file_format": "gzip"},
      {"file_type": "trace", "size": 1500, "filename": "job.log", "file_format": "raw"},
      {"file_type": "junit", "size": 750, "filename": "junit.xml.gz", "file_format": "gzip"}
    ],
    "artifacts_expire_at": "2016-01-23T17:54:27.895Z",
    "tag_list": [
      "docker runner", "ubuntu18"
    ],
    "id": 7,
    "name": "teaspoon",
    "pipeline": {
      "id": 6,
      "project_id": 1,
      "ref": "main",
      "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "status": "pending"
    },
    "ref": "main",
    "runner": null,
    "runner_manager": null,
    "stage": "test",
    "status": "failed",
    "failure_reason": "script_failure",
    "tag": false,
    "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/7",
    "project": {
      "ci_job_token_scope_enabled": false
    },
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
      "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
      "bio": null,
      "location": null,
      "public_email": "",
      "skype": "",
      "linkedin": "",
      "twitter": "",
      "website_url": "",
      "organization": ""
    }
  }
]

List pipeline trigger jobs

Get a list of trigger jobs for a pipeline. 

GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/bridges
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string Yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
pipeline_id integer Yes ID of a pipeline.
scope string or array of strings No Scope of jobs to show. Either one of or an array of the following: created, pending, running, failed, success, canceled, skipped, waiting_for_resource, or manual. All jobs are returned if scope is not provided. 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/pipelines/6/bridges?scope[]=pending&scope[]=running"

Example of response 

[
  {
    "commit": {
      "author_email": "admin@example.com",
      "author_name": "Administrator",
      "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
      "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "message": "Test the CI integration.",
      "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
      "title": "Test the CI integration."
    },
    "coverage": null,
    "archived": false,
    "allow_failure": false,
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.802Z",
    "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:27.722Z",
    "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:58:27.895Z",
    "erased_at": null,
    "duration": 240,
    "queued_duration": 0.123,
    "id": 7,
    "name": "teaspoon",
    "pipeline": {
      "id": 6,
      "project_id": 1,
      "ref": "main",
      "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "status": "pending",
      "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:50:16.123Z",
      "updated_at": "2015-12-24T18:00:44.432Z",
      "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/pipelines/6"
    },
    "ref": "main",
    "stage": "test",
    "status": "pending",
    "tag": false,
    "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/7",
    "project": {
      "ci_job_token_scope_enabled": false
    },
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
      "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
      "bio": null,
      "location": null,
      "public_email": "",
      "skype": "",
      "linkedin": "",
      "twitter": "",
      "website_url": "",
      "organization": ""
    },
    "downstream_pipeline": {
      "id": 5,
      "sha": "f62a4b2fb89754372a346f24659212eb8da13601",
      "ref": "main",
      "status": "pending",
      "created_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:27.722Z",
      "updated_at": "2015-12-24T17:58:27.896Z",
      "web_url": "https://example.com/diaspora/diaspora-client/pipelines/5"
    }
  }
]

Get job token’s job

Retrieve the job that generated a job token. 

GET /job

Examples (must run as part of the script section of a CI/CD job): 

curl --header "Authorization: Bearer $CI_JOB_TOKEN" "${CI_API_V4_URL}/job"
curl --header "JOB-TOKEN: $CI_JOB_TOKEN" "${CI_API_V4_URL}/job"
curl "${CI_API_V4_URL}/job?job_token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN"

Example of response 

{
  "commit": {
    "author_email": "admin@example.com",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
    "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "message": "Test the CI integration.",
    "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
    "title": "Test the CI integration."
  },
  "coverage": null,
  "archived": false,
  "allow_failure": false,
  "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.880Z",
  "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:30.733Z",
  "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:31.198Z",
  "erased_at": null,
  "duration": 0.465,
  "queued_duration": 0.123,
  "artifacts_expire_at": "2016-01-23T17:54:31.198Z",
  "id": 8,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "pipeline": {
    "id": 6,
    "project_id": 1,
    "ref": "main",
    "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "status": "pending"
  },
  "ref": "main",
  "artifacts": [],
  "runner": null,
  "runner_manager": null,
  "stage": "test",
  "status": "failed",
  "failure_reason": "script_failure",
  "tag": false,
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/8",
  "project": {
    "ci_job_token_scope_enabled": false
  },
  "user": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
    "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
    "bio": null,
    "location": null,
    "public_email": "",
    "skype": "",
    "linkedin": "",
    "twitter": "",
    "website_url": "",
    "organization": ""
  }
}

Get GitLab agent by CI_JOB_TOKEN

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Retrieve the job that generated the CI_JOB_TOKEN, along with a list of allowed agents. 

GET /job/allowed_agents

Supported attributes:

Attribute Type Required Description
CI_JOB_TOKEN string Yes Token value associated with the GitLab-provided CI_JOB_TOKEN variable.

Example request: 

curl --header "JOB-TOKEN: <CI_JOB_TOKEN>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/job/allowed_agents"
curl "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/job/allowed_agents?job_token=<CI_JOB_TOKEN>"

Example response: 

{
  "allowed_agents": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "config_project": {
        "id": 1,
        "description": null,
        "name": "project1",
        "name_with_namespace": "John Doe2 / project1",
        "path": "project1",
        "path_with_namespace": "namespace1/project1",
        "created_at": "2022-11-16T14:51:50.579Z"
      }
    }
  ],
  "job": {
    "id": 1
  },
  "pipeline": {
    "id": 2
  },
  "project": {
    "id": 1,
    "groups": [
      {
        "id": 1
      },
      {
        "id": 2
      },
      {
        "id": 3
      }
    ]
  },
  "user": {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "John Doe3",
    "username": "user2",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/10fc7f102b",
    "web_url": "http://localhost/user2"
  }
}

Get a single job

Get a single job of a project 

GET /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string Yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
job_id integer Yes ID of a job. 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/8"

Example of response 

{
  "commit": {
    "author_email": "admin@example.com",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
    "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "message": "Test the CI integration.",
    "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
    "title": "Test the CI integration."
  },
  "coverage": null,
  "archived": false,
  "allow_failure": false,
  "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.880Z",
  "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:30.733Z",
  "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:31.198Z",
  "erased_at": null,
  "duration": 0.465,
  "queued_duration": 0.010,
  "artifacts_expire_at": "2016-01-23T17:54:31.198Z",
  "tag_list": [
      "docker runner", "macos-10.15"
    ],
  "id": 8,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "pipeline": {
    "id": 6,
    "project_id": 1,
    "ref": "main",
    "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "status": "pending"
  },
  "ref": "main",
  "artifacts": [],
  "runner": null,
  "runner_manager": null,
  "stage": "test",
  "status": "failed",
  "tag": false,
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/8",
  "project": {
    "ci_job_token_scope_enabled": false
  },
  "user": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
    "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
    "bio": null,
    "location": null,
    "public_email": "",
    "skype": "",
    "linkedin": "",
    "twitter": "",
    "website_url": "",
    "organization": ""
  }
}

Get a log file

Get a log (trace) of a specific job of a project: 

GET /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/trace
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string Yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
job_id integer Yes ID of a job. 
curl --location --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/8/trace"

Possible response status codes:

Status Description
200 Serves the log file
404 Job not found or no log file

Cancel a job

Cancel a single job of a project 

POST /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/cancel
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string Yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
job_id integer Yes ID of a job. 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/1/cancel"

Example of response 

{
  "commit": {
    "author_email": "admin@example.com",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
    "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "message": "Test the CI integration.",
    "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
    "title": "Test the CI integration."
  },
  "coverage": null,
  "archived": false,
  "allow_failure": false,
  "created_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
  "started_at": "2016-01-11T10:14:09.526Z",
  "finished_at": null,
  "erased_at": null,
  "duration": 8,
  "queued_duration": 0.010,
  "id": 1,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "ref": "main",
  "artifacts": [],
  "runner": null,
  "runner_manager": null,
  "stage": "test",
  "status": "canceled",
  "tag": false,
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/1",
  "project": {
    "ci_job_token_scope_enabled": false
  },
  "user": null
}

Retry a job

Retry a single job of a project 

POST /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/retry
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string Yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
job_id integer Yes ID of a job. 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/1/retry"

Example of response 

{
  "commit": {
    "author_email": "admin@example.com",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
    "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "message": "Test the CI integration.",
    "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
    "title": "Test the CI integration."
  },
  "coverage": null,
  "archived": false,
  "allow_failure": false,
  "created_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
  "started_at": null,
  "finished_at": null,
  "erased_at": null,
  "duration": null,
  "queued_duration": 0.010,
  "id": 1,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "ref": "main",
  "artifacts": [],
  "runner": null,
  "runner_manager": null,
  "stage": "test",
  "status": "pending",
  "tag": false,
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/1",
  "project": {
    "ci_job_token_scope_enabled": false
  },
  "user": null
}
note
Prior to GitLab 17.0, this endpoint does not support trigger jobs.

Erase a job

Erase a single job of a project (remove job artifacts and a job log) 

POST /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/erase

Parameters

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string Yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
job_id integer Yes ID of a job.

Example of request 

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

Example of response 

{
  "commit": {
    "author_email": "admin@example.com",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
    "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "message": "Test the CI integration.",
    "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
    "title": "Test the CI integration."
  },
  "coverage": null,
  "archived": false,
  "allow_failure": false,
  "download_url": null,
  "id": 1,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "ref": "main",
  "artifacts": [],
  "runner": null,
  "runner_manager": null,
  "stage": "test",
  "created_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
  "started_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
  "finished_at": "2016-01-11T10:15:10.506Z",
  "erased_at": "2016-01-11T11:30:19.914Z",
  "duration": 97.0,
  "queued_duration": 0.010,
  "status": "failed",
  "tag": false,
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/1",
  "project": {
    "ci_job_token_scope_enabled": false
  },
  "user": null
}
note
You can’t delete archived jobs with the API, but you can delete job artifacts and logs from jobs completed before a specific date

Run a job

For a job in manual status, trigger an action to start the job. 

POST /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/play
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string Yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
job_id integer Yes ID of a job.
job_variables_attributes array of hashes No An array containing the custom variables available to the job.

Example request: 

curl --request POST "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/1/play" \
     --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     --data @variables.json

@variables.json is structured like: 

{
  "job_variables_attributes": [
    {
      "key": "TEST_VAR_1",
      "value": "test1"
    },
    {
      "key": "TEST_VAR_2",
      "value": "test2"
    }
  ]
}

Example response: 

{
  "commit": {
    "author_email": "admin@example.com",
    "author_name": "Administrator",
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T16:51:14.000+01:00",
    "id": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "message": "Test the CI integration.",
    "short_id": "0ff3ae19",
    "title": "Test the CI integration."
  },
  "coverage": null,
  "archived": false,
  "allow_failure": false,
  "created_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
  "started_at": null,
  "finished_at": null,
  "erased_at": null,
  "duration": null,
  "queued_duration": 0.010,
  "id": 1,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "ref": "main",
  "artifacts": [],
  "runner": null,
  "runner_manager": null,
  "stage": "test",
  "status": "pending",
  "tag": false,
  "web_url": "https://example.com/foo/bar/-/jobs/1",
  "project": {
    "ci_job_token_scope_enabled": false
  },
  "user": null
}