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Group access tokens API

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List group access tokens

Get a list of group access tokens.

In GitLab 17.2 and later, you can use the state attribute to limit the response to group access tokens with a specified state.

GET /groups/:id/access_tokens
GET /groups/:id/access_tokens?state=inactive
Attribute Type required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the group
state string No Limit results to tokens with specified state. Valid values are active and inactive. By default both states are returned. 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/<group_id>/access_tokens"
[
   {
      "user_id" : 141,
      "scopes" : [
         "api"
      ],
      "name" : "token",
      "expires_at" : "2021-01-31",
      "id" : 42,
      "active" : true,
      "created_at" : "2021-01-20T22:11:48.151Z",
      "revoked" : false,
      "last_used_at": null,
      "access_level": 40
   },
   {
      "user_id" : 141,
      "scopes" : [
         "read_api"
      ],
      "name" : "token-2",
      "expires_at" : "2021-01-31",
      "id" : 43,
      "active" : false,
      "created_at" : "2021-01-21T12:12:38.123Z",
      "revoked" : true,
      "last_used_at": "2021-02-13T10:34:57.178Z",
      "access_level": 40
   }
]

Get a group access token

Get a group access token by ID.

GET /groups/:id/access_tokens/:token_id
Attribute Type required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the group
token_id integer yes ID of the group access token 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/<group_id>/access_tokens/<token_id>"
{
   "user_id" : 141,
   "scopes" : [
      "api"
   ],
   "name" : "token",
   "expires_at" : "2021-01-31",
   "id" : 42,
   "active" : true,
   "created_at" : "2021-01-20T22:11:48.151Z",
   "revoked" : false,
   "access_level": 40
}

Create a group access token

  • The expires_at attribute default was introduced in GitLab 16.0.

Create a group access token. You must have the Owner role for the group to create group access tokens.

POST /groups/:id/access_tokens
Attribute Type required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the group
name String yes Name of the group access token
scopes Array[String] yes List of scopes
access_level Integer no Access level. Valid values are 10 (Guest), 20 (Reporter), 30 (Developer), 40 (Maintainer), and 50 (Owner).
expires_at Date yes Expiration date of the access token in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD). The date cannot be set later than the maximum allowable lifetime of an access token. 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
--header "Content-Type:application/json" \
--data '{ "name":"test_token", "scopes":["api", "read_repository"], "expires_at":"2021-01-31", "access_level": 30 }' \
"https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/<group_id>/access_tokens"
{
   "scopes" : [
      "api",
      "read_repository"
   ],
   "active" : true,
   "name" : "test",
   "revoked" : false,
   "created_at" : "2021-01-21T19:35:37.921Z",
   "user_id" : 166,
   "id" : 58,
   "expires_at" : "2021-01-31",
   "token" : "D4y...Wzr",
   "access_level": 30
}

Rotate a group access token

Prerequisites:

Rotate a group access token. Revokes the previous token and creates a new token that expires in one week.

In GitLab 16.6 and later, you can use the expires_at parameter to set a different expiry date. This non-default expiry date can be up to a maximum of one year from the rotation date.

POST /groups/:id/access_tokens/:token_id/rotate
Attribute Type required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the group
token_id integer yes ID of the access token
expires_at date no Expiration date of the access token in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD). Introduced in GitLab 16.6. 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/<group_id>/access_tokens/<token_id>/rotate"

Example response:

{
    "id": 42,
    "name": "Rotated Token",
    "revoked": false,
    "created_at": "2023-08-01T15:00:00.000Z",
    "scopes": ["api"],
    "user_id": 1337,
    "last_used_at": null,
    "active": true,
    "expires_at": "2023-08-15",
    "access_level": 30,
    "token": "s3cr3t"
}

Responses

  • 200: OK if existing token is successfully revoked and the new token is created.
  • 400: Bad Request if not rotated successfully.
  • 401: Unauthorized if either the:
    • User does not have access to the token with the specified ID.
    • Token with the specified ID does not exist.
  • 404: Not Found if the user is an administrator but the token with the specified ID does not exist.

Automatic reuse detection

Refer to automatic reuse detection for personal access tokens for more information.

Revoke a group access token

Revoke a group access token.

DELETE /groups/:id/access_tokens/:token_id
Attribute Type required Description
id integer or string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the group
token_id integer yes ID of the group access token 
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/<group_id>/access_tokens/<token_id>"

Responses

  • 204: No Content if successfully revoked.
  • 400 Bad Request or 404 Not Found if not revoked successfully.