• Valid notification levels
• Global notification settings
• Update global notification settings
• Group / project level notification settings
• Update group/project level notification settings

Notification settings API

Change notification settings using the REST API.

Valid notification levels

The notification levels are defined in the NotificationSetting.level model enumeration. Currently, these levels are recognized:

• disabled
• participating
• watch
• global
• mention
• custom

If the custom level is used, specific email events can be controlled. Available events are returned by NotificationSetting.email_events. Currently, these events are recognized:

• new_note
• new_issue
• reopen_issue
• close_issue
• reassign_issue
• issue_due
• new_merge_request
• push_to_merge_request
• reopen_merge_request
• close_merge_request
• reassign_merge_request
• merge_merge_request
• failed_pipeline
• fixed_pipeline
• success_pipeline
• moved_project
• merge_when_pipeline_succeeds
• new_epic Ultimate only.

Global notification settings

Get current notification settings and email address.

GET /notification_settings

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

Example response:

{
  "level": "participating",
  "notification_email": "admin@example.com"
}

Update global notification settings

Update current notification settings and email address.

PUT /notification_settings

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/notification_settings?level=watch"

Example response:

{
  "level": "watch",
  "notification_email": "admin@example.com"
}

Group / project level notification settings

Get current group or project notification settings.

GET /groups/:id/notification_settings
GET /projects/:id/notification_settings

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/notification_settings"
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/8/notification_settings"

Example response:

{
  "level": "global"
}

Update group/project level notification settings

Update current group/project notification settings.

PUT /groups/:id/notification_settings
PUT /projects/:id/notification_settings

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/notification_settings?level=watch"
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/8/notification_settings?level=custom&new_note=true"

Example responses:

{
  "level": "watch"
}

{
  "level": "custom",
  "events": {
    "new_note": true,
    "new_issue": false,
    "reopen_issue": false,
    "close_issue": false,
    "reassign_issue": false,
    "issue_due": false,
    "new_merge_request": false,
    "push_to_merge_request": false,
    "reopen_merge_request": false,
    "close_merge_request": false,
    "reassign_merge_request": false,
    "merge_merge_request": false,
    "failed_pipeline": false,
    "fixed_pipeline": false,
    "success_pipeline": false
  }
}

Users on GitLab Ultimate also see the new_epic parameter for global and group-level notification settings:

{
  "level": "custom",
  "events": {
    "new_note": true,
    "new_issue": false,
    "new_epic": false,
    ...
  }
}