Project snippets

Snippet visibility level

Snippets in GitLab can be either private, internal or public. You can set it with the visibility field in the snippet.

Constants for snippet visibility levels are:

visibility	Description
private	The snippet is visible only the snippet creator
internal	The snippet is visible for any logged in user
public	The snippet can be accessed without any authentication

List snippets

Get a list of project snippets.

GET /projects/:id/snippets

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user

Single snippet

Get a single project snippet.

GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
• snippet_id (required) - The ID of a project's snippet

{
  "id": 1,
  "title": "test",
  "file_name": "add.rb",
  "description": "Ruby test snippet",
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "john_smith",
    "email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "John Smith",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z"
  },
  "updated_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
  "created_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
  "web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/snippets/1"
}

Create new snippet

Creates a new project snippet. The user must have permission to create new snippets.

POST /projects/:id/snippets

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
• title (required) - The title of a snippet
• file_name (required) - The name of a snippet file
• description (optional) - The description of a snippet
• code (required) - The content of a snippet
• visibility (required) - The snippet's visibility

Update snippet

Updates an existing project snippet. The user must have permission to change an existing snippet.

PUT /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
• snippet_id (required) - The ID of a project's snippet
• title (optional) - The title of a snippet
• file_name (optional) - The name of a snippet file
• description (optional) - The description of a snippet
• code (optional) - The content of a snippet
• visibility (optional) - The snippet's visibility

Delete snippet

Deletes an existing project snippet. This returns a 204 No Content status code if the operation was successfully or 404 if the resource was not found.

DELETE /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
• snippet_id (required) - The ID of a project's snippet

Snippet content

Returns the raw project snippet as plain text.

GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/raw

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
• snippet_id (required) - The ID of a project's snippet

Get user agent details

Notes: Introduced in GitLab 9.4.

Available only for admins.

GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/user_agent_detail

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	Integer	yes	The ID of a snippet

curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/snippets/1/user_agent_detail

Example response:

{
  "user_agent": "AppleWebKit/537.36",
  "ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
  "akismet_submitted": false
}