Project Aliases API

All methods require administrator authorization.

List all project aliases

Get a list of all project aliases: 

GET /project_aliases

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

Example response: 

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "project_id": 1,
    "name": "gitlab-foss"
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "project_id": 2,
    "name": "gitlab"
  }
]

Get project alias’ details

Get details of a project alias: 

GET /project_aliases/:name
Attribute Type Required Description
name string yes The name of the alias 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/project_aliases/gitlab"

Example response: 

{
  "id": 1,
  "project_id": 1,
  "name": "gitlab"
}

Create a project alias

Add a new alias for a project. When successful, responds with 201 Created. When there are validation errors, for example, when the alias already exists, responds with 400 Bad Request: 

POST /project_aliases
Attribute Type Required Description
project_id integer/string yes The ID or path of the project.
name string yes The name of the alias. Must be unique. 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/project_aliases" --form "project_id=1" --form "name=gitlab"

or 

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/project_aliases" --form "project_id=gitlab-org/gitlab" --form "name=gitlab"

Example response: 

{
  "id": 1,
  "project_id": 1,
  "name": "gitlab"
}

Delete a project alias

Removes a project aliases. Responds with a 204 when project alias exists, 404 when it doesn’t: 

DELETE /project_aliases/:name
Attribute Type Required Description
name string yes The name of the alias 
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/project_aliases/gitlab"