Groups

Groups

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Examples

List the groups:

groups = gl.groups.list()

Get a group’s detail:

group = gl.groups.get(group_id)

List a group’s projects:

projects = group.projects.list()

List a group’s shared projects:

projects = group.shared_projects.list()

Note

GroupProject and SharedProject objects returned by these two API calls are very limited, and do not provide all the features of Project objects. If you need to manipulate projects, create a new Project object:

first_group_project = group.projects.list()[0]
manageable_project = gl.projects.get(first_group_project.id, lazy=True)

You can filter and sort the result using the following parameters:

  • archived: limit by archived status

  • visibility: limit by visibility. Allowed values are public, internal and private

  • search: limit to groups matching the given value

  • order_by: sort by criteria. Allowed values are id, name, path, created_at, updated_at and last_activity_at

  • sort: sort order: asc or desc

  • ci_enabled_first: return CI enabled groups first

  • include_subgroups: include projects in subgroups

Create a group:

group = gl.groups.create({'name': 'group1', 'path': 'group1'})

Warning

On GitLab.com, creating top-level groups is currently not permitted using the API. You can only use the API to create subgroups.

Create a subgroup under an existing group:

subgroup = gl.groups.create({'name': 'subgroup1', 'path': 'subgroup1', 'parent_id': parent_group_id})

Update a group:

group.description = 'My awesome group'
group.save()

Set the avatar image for a group:

# the avatar image can be passed as data (content of the file) or as a file
# object opened in binary mode
group.avatar = open('path/to/file.png', 'rb')
group.save()

Remove a group:

gl.groups.delete(group_id)
# or
group.delete()

Restore a Group marked for deletion (Premium only)::

group.restore()

Share/unshare the group with a group:

group.share(group2.id, gitlab.const.AccessLevel.DEVELOPER)
group.unshare(group2.id)

Import / Export

You can export groups from gitlab, and re-import them to create new groups.

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A group export is an asynchronous operation. To retrieve the archive generated by GitLab you need to:

  1. Create an export using the API

  2. Wait for the export to be done

  3. Download the result

Warning

Unlike the Project Export API, GitLab does not provide an export_status for Group Exports. It is up to the user to ensure the export is finished.

However, Group Exports only contain metadata, so they are much faster than Project Exports.

# Create the export
group = gl.groups.get(my_group)
export = group.exports.create()

# Wait for the export to finish
time.sleep(3)

# Download the result
with open('/tmp/export.tgz', 'wb') as f:
    export.download(streamed=True, action=f.write)

Import the group:

with open('/tmp/export.tgz', 'rb') as f:
    gl.groups.import_group(f, path='imported-group', name="Imported Group")

Subgroups

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Examples

List the subgroups for a group:

subgroups = group.subgroups.list()

Note

The GroupSubgroup objects don’t expose the same API as the Group objects. If you need to manipulate a subgroup as a group, create a new Group object:

real_group = gl.groups.get(subgroup_id, lazy=True)
real_group.issues.list()

Descendant Groups

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List the descendant groups of a group:

descendant_groups = group.descendant_groups.list()

Note

Like the GroupSubgroup objects described above, GroupDescendantGroup objects do not expose the same API as the Group objects. Create a new Group object instead if needed, as shown in the subgroup example.

Group custom attributes

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List custom attributes for a group:

attrs = group.customattributes.list()

Get a custom attribute for a group:

attr = group.customattributes.get(attr_key)

Set (create or update) a custom attribute for a group:

attr = group.customattributes.set(attr_key, attr_value)

Delete a custom attribute for a group:

attr.delete()
# or
group.customattributes.delete(attr_key)

Search groups by custom attribute:

group.customattributes.set('role': 'admin')
gl.groups.list(custom_attributes={'role': 'admin'})

Group members

The following constants define the supported access levels:

  • gitlab.const.AccessLevel.GUEST = 10

  • gitlab.const.AccessLevel.REPORTER = 20

  • gitlab.const.AccessLevel.DEVELOPER = 30

  • gitlab.const.AccessLevel.MAINTAINER = 40

  • gitlab.const.AccessLevel.OWNER = 50

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Billable group members are only available in GitLab EE.

Examples

List only direct group members:

members = group.members.list()

List the group members recursively (including inherited members through ancestor groups):

members = group.members_all.list(get_all=True)

Get only direct group member:

members = group.members.get(member_id)

Get a member of a group, including members inherited through ancestor groups:

members = group.members_all.get(member_id)

Add a member to the group:

member = group.members.create({'user_id': user_id,
                               'access_level': gitlab.const.AccessLevel.GUEST})

Update a member (change the access level):

member.access_level = gitlab.const.AccessLevel.DEVELOPER
member.save()

Remove a member from the group:

group.members.delete(member_id)
# or
member.delete()

List billable members of a group (top-level groups only):

billable_members = group.billable_members.list()

Remove a billable member from the group:

group.billable_members.delete(member_id)
# or
billable_member.delete()

List memberships of a billable member:

billable_member.memberships.list()

Groups hooks

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List the group hooks:

hooks = group.hooks.list()

Get a group hook:

hook = group.hooks.get(hook_id)

Create a group hook:

hook = group.hooks.create({'url': 'http://my/action/url', 'push_events': 1})

Update a group hook:

hook.push_events = 0
hook.save()

Delete a group hook:

group.hooks.delete(hook_id)
# or
hook.delete()

Group push rules

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Create group push rules (at least one rule is necessary):

group.pushrules.create({'deny_delete_tag': True})

Get group push rules:

pr = group.pushrules.get()

Edit group push rules:

pr.branch_name_regex = '^(master|develop|support-\d+|release-\d+\..+|hotfix-.+|feature-.+)$'
pr.save()

Delete group push rules:

pr.delete()

Group Service Account

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Create group service account (only allowed at top level group):

group.serviceaccount.create({'name': 'group-service-account', 'username': 'group-service-account'})