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Jobs API

List project jobs

Get a list of jobs in a project.

GET /projects/:id/jobs
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
scope string or array of strings no The scope of jobs to show, one or array of: created, pending, running, failed, success, canceled, skipped, manual; showing all jobs if none provided 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" '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,
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.802Z",
    "artifacts_file": {
      "filename": "artifacts.zip",
      "size": 1000
    },
    "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:27.895Z",
    "id": 7,
    "name": "teaspoon",
    "pipeline": {
      "id": 6,
      "ref": "master",
      "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "status": "pending"
    },
    "ref": "master",
    "runner": null,
    "stage": "test",
    "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:27.722Z",
    "status": "failed",
    "tag": false,
    "user": {
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "bio": null,
      "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
      "id": 1,
      "linkedin": "",
      "name": "Administrator",
      "skype": "",
      "state": "active",
      "twitter": "",
      "username": "root",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
      "website_url": ""
    }
  },
  {
    "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,
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.727Z",
    "artifacts_file": null,
    "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:24.921Z",
    "id": 6,
    "name": "spinach:other",
    "pipeline": {
      "id": 6,
      "ref": "master",
      "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "status": "pending"
    },
    "ref": "master",
    "runner": null,
    "stage": "test",
    "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:24.729Z",
    "status": "failed",
    "tag": false,
    "user": {
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "bio": null,
      "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
      "id": 1,
      "linkedin": "",
      "name": "Administrator",
      "skype": "",
      "state": "active",
      "twitter": "",
      "username": "root",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
      "website_url": ""
    }
  }
]

List pipeline jobs

Get a list of jobs for a pipeline.

GET /projects/:id/pipelines/:pipeline_id/jobs
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
pipeline_id integer yes The ID of a pipeline
scope string or array of strings no The scope of jobs to show, one or array of: created, pending, running, failed, success, canceled, skipped, manual; showing all jobs if none provided 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" '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,
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.802Z",
    "artifacts_file": {
      "filename": "artifacts.zip",
      "size": 1000
    },
    "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:27.895Z",
    "id": 7,
    "name": "teaspoon",
    "pipeline": {
      "id": 6,
      "ref": "master",
      "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "status": "pending"
    },
    "ref": "master",
    "runner": null,
    "stage": "test",
    "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:27.722Z",
    "status": "failed",
    "tag": false,
    "user": {
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "bio": null,
      "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
      "id": 1,
      "linkedin": "",
      "name": "Administrator",
      "skype": "",
      "state": "active",
      "twitter": "",
      "username": "root",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
      "website_url": ""
    }
  },
  {
    "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,
    "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.727Z",
    "artifacts_file": null,
    "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:24.921Z",
    "id": 6,
    "name": "spinach:other",
    "pipeline": {
      "id": 6,
      "ref": "master",
      "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
      "status": "pending"
    },
    "ref": "master",
    "runner": null,
    "stage": "test",
    "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:24.729Z",
    "status": "failed",
    "tag": false,
    "user": {
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "bio": null,
      "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
      "id": 1,
      "linkedin": "",
      "name": "Administrator",
      "skype": "",
      "state": "active",
      "twitter": "",
      "username": "root",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
      "website_url": ""
    }
  }
]

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 The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
job_id integer yes The ID of a job 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "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,
  "created_at": "2015-12-24T15:51:21.880Z",
  "artifacts_file": null,
  "finished_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:31.198Z",
  "id": 8,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "pipeline": {
    "id": 6,
    "ref": "master",
    "sha": "0ff3ae198f8601a285adcf5c0fff204ee6fba5fd",
    "status": "pending"
  },
  "ref": "master",
  "runner": null,
  "stage": "test",
  "started_at": "2015-12-24T17:54:30.733Z",
  "status": "failed",
  "tag": false,
  "user": {
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "bio": null,
    "created_at": "2015-12-21T13:14:24.077Z",
    "id": 1,
    "linkedin": "",
    "name": "Administrator",
    "skype": "",
    "state": "active",
    "twitter": "",
    "username": "root",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.dev/root",
    "website_url": ""
  }
}

Get job artifacts

Introduced in GitLab 8.5

Get job artifacts of a project

GET /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/artifacts
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
job_id integer yes The ID of a job 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/8/artifacts"

Response:

Status Description
200 Serves the artifacts file
404 Build not found or no artifacts

Download the artifacts archive

Introduced in GitLab 8.10.

Download the artifacts archive from the given reference name and job provided the job finished successfully.

GET /projects/:id/jobs/artifacts/:ref_name/download?job=name

Parameters

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
ref_name string yes The ref from a repository (can only be branch or tag name, not HEAD or SHA)
job string yes The name of the job

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/artifacts/master/download?job=test"

Example response:

Status Description
200 Serves the artifacts file
404 Build not found or no artifacts

Download a single artifact file

Introduced in GitLab 10.0

Download a single artifact file from within the job's artifacts archive.

Only a single file is going to be extracted from the archive and streamed to a client.

GET /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/artifacts/*artifact_path

Parameters

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
job_id integer yes The unique job identifier
artifact_path string yes Path to a file inside the artifacts archive

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/5/artifacts/some/release/file.pdf"

Example response:

Status Description
200 Sends a single artifact file
400 Invalid path provided
404 Build not found or no file/artifacts

Get a trace file

Get a trace of a specific job of a project

GET /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/trace
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
job_id integer yes The ID of a job 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/8/trace"

Response:

Status Description
200 Serves the trace file
404 Build not found or no trace 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 The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
job_id integer yes The ID of a job 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "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,
  "created_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
  "artifacts_file": null,
  "finished_at": "2016-01-11T10:14:09.526Z",
  "id": 69,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "ref": "master",
  "runner": null,
  "stage": "test",
  "started_at": null,
  "status": "canceled",
  "tag": 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 The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
job_id integer yes The ID of a job 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "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,
  "created_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
  "artifacts_file": null,
  "finished_at": null,
  "id": 69,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "ref": "master",
  "runner": null,
  "stage": "test",
  "started_at": null,
  "status": "pending",
  "tag": false,
  "user": null
}

Erase a job

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

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

Parameters

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
job_id integer yes The ID of a job

Example of request

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "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,
  "download_url": null,
  "id": 69,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "ref": "master",
  "runner": 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",
  "status": "failed",
  "tag": false,
  "user": null
}

Keep artifacts

Prevents artifacts from being deleted when expiration is set.

POST /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/artifacts/keep

Parameters

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
job_id integer yes The ID of a job

Example request:

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/1/artifacts/keep"

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,
  "download_url": null,
  "id": 69,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "ref": "master",
  "runner": 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",
  "status": "failed",
  "tag": false,
  "user": null
}

Play a job

Triggers a manual action to start a job.

POST /projects/:id/jobs/:job_id/play
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
job_id integer yes The ID of a job 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/jobs/1/play"

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,
  "created_at": "2016-01-11T10:13:33.506Z",
  "artifacts_file": null,
  "finished_at": null,
  "id": 69,
  "name": "rubocop",
  "ref": "master",
  "runner": null,
  "stage": "test",
  "started_at": null,
  "status": "started",
  "tag": false,
  "user": null
}