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Search API

DETAILS: Tier: Free, Premium, Ultimate Offering: GitLab.com, Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated

Every API call to search must be authenticated.

When advanced search is enabled, these additional scopes are available for the advanced search, group search, and project search APIs:

  • wiki_blobs
  • commits
  • blobs
  • notes

If you want to use basic search instead, see specify a search type.

Advanced search API

Search for a term across the entire GitLab instance. The response depends on the requested scope.

GET /search
Attribute Type Required Description
scope string Yes The scope to search in. Values include projects, issues, merge_requests, milestones, snippet_titles, and users. Additional scopes are wiki_blobs, commits, blobs, and notes.
search string Yes The search term.
confidential boolean No Filter by confidentiality. Supports issues scope; other scopes are ignored.
order_by string No Allowed values are created_at only. If not set, results are sorted by created_at in descending order for basic search, or by the most relevant documents for advanced search.
sort string No Allowed values are asc or desc only. If not set, results are sorted by created_at in descending order for basic search, or by the most relevant documents for advanced search.
state string No Filter by state. Supports issues and merge_requests scopes; other scopes are ignored.
fields array of strings No Array of fields you wish to search, allowed values are title only. Supports issues and merge_requests scopes; other scopes are ignored. Premium and Ultimate only.

Scope: projects 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/search?scope=projects&search=flight"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 6,
    "description": "Nobis sed ipsam vero quod cupiditate veritatis hic.",
    "name": "Flight",
    "name_with_namespace": "Twitter / Flight",
    "path": "flight",
    "path_with_namespace": "twitter/flight",
    "created_at": "2017-09-05T07:58:01.621Z",
    "default_branch": "main",
    "tag_list":[], //deprecated, use `topics` instead
    "topics":[],
    "ssh_url_to_repo": "ssh://jarka@localhost:2222/twitter/flight.git",
    "http_url_to_repo": "http://localhost:3000/twitter/flight.git",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/twitter/flight",
    "readme_url": "http://localhost:3000/twitter/flight/-/blob/main/README.md",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "star_count": 0,
    "forks_count": 0,
    "last_activity_at": "2018-01-31T09:56:30.902Z"
  }
]

Scope: issues 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/search?scope=issues&search=file"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 83,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 12,
    "title": "Add file",
    "description": "Add first file",
    "state": "opened",
    "created_at": "2018-01-24T06:02:15.514Z",
    "updated_at": "2018-02-06T12:36:23.263Z",
    "closed_at": null,
    "labels":[],
    "milestone": null,
    "assignees": [{
      "id": 20,
      "name": "Ceola Deckow",
      "username": "sammy.collier",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c23d85a4f50e0ea76ab739156c639231?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/sammy.collier"
    }],
    "author": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
    },
    "assignee": {
      "id": 20,
      "name": "Ceola Deckow",
      "username": "sammy.collier",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c23d85a4f50e0ea76ab739156c639231?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/sammy.collier"
    },
    "user_notes_count": 0,
    "upvotes": 0,
    "downvotes": 0,
    "due_date": null,
    "confidential": false,
    "discussion_locked": null,
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/h5bp/7bp/subgroup-prj/issues/1",
    "time_stats": {
      "time_estimate": 0,
      "total_time_spent": 0,
      "human_time_estimate": null,
      "human_total_time_spent": null
    }
  }
]

NOTE: The assignee column is deprecated. It is shown as a single-sized array assignees to conform to the GitLab EE API.

Scope: merge_requests 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/search?scope=merge_requests&search=file"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 56,
    "iid": 8,
    "project_id": 6,
    "title": "Add first file",
    "description": "This is a test MR to add file",
    "state": "opened",
    "created_at": "2018-01-22T14:21:50.830Z",
    "updated_at": "2018-02-06T12:40:33.295Z",
    "target_branch": "main",
    "source_branch": "jaja-test",
    "upvotes": 0,
    "downvotes": 0,
    "author": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
    },
    "assignee": {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "Jacquelyn Kutch",
      "username": "abigail",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3138c66095ee4bd11a508c2f7f7772da?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/abigail"
    },
    "source_project_id": 6,
    "target_project_id": 6,
    "labels": [
      "ruby",
      "tests"
    ],
    "draft": false,
    "work_in_progress": false,
    "milestone": {
      "id": 13,
      "iid": 3,
      "project_id": 6,
      "title": "v2.0",
      "description": "Qui aut qui eos dolor beatae itaque tempore molestiae.",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2017-09-05T07:58:29.099Z",
      "updated_at": "2017-09-05T07:58:29.099Z",
      "due_date": null,
      "start_date": null
    },
    "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": false,
    "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
    "sha": "78765a2d5e0a43585945c58e61ba2f822e4d090b",
    "merge_commit_sha": null,
    "squash_commit_sha": null,
    "user_notes_count": 0,
    "discussion_locked": null,
    "should_remove_source_branch": null,
    "force_remove_source_branch": true,
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/twitter/flight/merge_requests/8",
    "time_stats": {
      "time_estimate": 0,
      "total_time_spent": 0,
      "human_time_estimate": null,
      "human_total_time_spent": null
    }
  }
]

Scope: milestones 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/search?scope=milestones&search=release"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 44,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 12,
    "title": "next release",
    "description": "Next release milestone",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2018-02-06T12:43:39.271Z",
    "updated_at": "2018-02-06T12:44:01.298Z",
    "due_date": "2018-04-18",
    "start_date": "2018-02-04"
  }
]

Scope: snippet_titles 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/search?scope=snippet_titles&search=sample"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 50,
    "title": "Sample file",
    "file_name": "file.rb",
    "description": "Simple ruby file",
    "author": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
    },
    "updated_at": "2018-02-06T12:49:29.104Z",
    "created_at": "2017-11-28T08:20:18.071Z",
    "project_id": 9,
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root/jira-test/snippets/50"
  }
]

Scope: users 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/search?scope=users&search=doe"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "John Doe1",
    "username": "user1",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c922747a93b40d1ea88262bf1aebee62?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://localhost/user1"
  }
]

Scope: wiki_blobs

DETAILS: Tier: Premium, Ultimate

This scope is available only when advanced search is enabled.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/search?scope=wiki_blobs&search=bye"

Example response:


[
  {
    "basename": "home",
    "data": "hello\n\nand bye\n\nend",
    "path": "home.md",
    "filename": "home.md",
    "id": null,
    "ref": "main",
    "startline": 5,
    "project_id": 6,
    "group_id": null
  }
]

NOTE: filename is deprecated in favor of path. Both return the full path of the file inside the repository, but in the future filename is intended to be only the filename and not the full path. For details, see issue 34521.

Scope: commits

DETAILS: Tier: Premium, Ultimate

This scope is available only when advanced search is enabled.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/search?scope=commits&search=bye"

Example response:


[
  {
  "id": "4109c2d872d5fdb1ed057400d103766aaea97f98",
  "short_id": "4109c2d8",
  "title": "goodbye $.browser",
  "created_at": "2013-02-18T22:02:54.000Z",
  "parent_ids": [
    "59d05353ab575bcc2aa958fe1782e93297de64c9"
  ],
  "message": "goodbye $.browser\n",
  "author_name": "angus croll",
  "author_email": "[email protected]",
  "authored_date": "2013-02-18T22:02:54.000Z",
  "committer_name": "angus croll",
  "committer_email": "[email protected]",
  "committed_date": "2013-02-18T22:02:54.000Z",
  "project_id": 6
  }
]

Scope: blobs

DETAILS: Tier: Premium, Ultimate

This scope is available only when advanced search is enabled.

The following filters are available for this scope:

  • filename
  • path
  • extension

To use a filter, include it in your query. For example: a query filename:some_name*.

You may use wildcards (*) to use glob matching.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/search?scope=blobs&search=installation"

Example response:


[
  {
    "basename": "README",
    "data": "```\n\n## Installation\n\nQuick start using the [pre-built",
    "path": "README.md",
    "filename": "README.md",
    "id": null,
    "ref": "main",
    "startline": 46,
    "project_id": 6
  }
]

NOTE: filename is deprecated in favor of path. Both return the full path of the file inside the repository, but in the future filename is intended to be only the filename and not the full path. For details, see issue 34521.

Scope: notes

DETAILS: Tier: Premium, Ultimate

This scope is available only when advanced search is enabled.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/search?scope=notes&search=maxime"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 191,
    "body": "Harum maxime consequuntur et et deleniti assumenda facilis.",
    "attachment": null,
    "author": {
      "id": 23,
      "name": "User 1",
      "username": "user1",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/111d68d06e2d317b5a59c2c6c5bad808?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/user1"
    },
    "created_at": "2017-09-05T08:01:32.068Z",
    "updated_at": "2017-09-05T08:01:32.068Z",
    "system": false,
    "noteable_id": 22,
    "noteable_type": "Issue",
    "project_id": 6,
    "noteable_iid": 2
  }
]

Group search API

Search for a term in the specified group.

If a user is not a member of a group and the group is private, a GET request on that group results in a 404 Not Found status code.

GET /groups/:id/search
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string Yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
scope string Yes The scope to search in. Values include projects, issues, merge_requests, milestones, and users. Additional scopes are wiki_blobs, commits, blobs, and notes.
search string Yes The search term.
confidential boolean No Filter by confidentiality. Supports only issues scope; other scopes are ignored.
order_by string No Allowed values are created_at only. If not set, results are sorted by created_at in descending order for basic search, or by the most relevant documents for advanced search.
sort string No Allowed values are asc or desc only. If not set, results are sorted by created_at in descending order for basic search, or by the most relevant documents for advanced search.
state string No Filter by state. Supports issues and merge_requests only; other scopes are ignored.

The response depends on the requested scope.

Scope: projects 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/3/search?scope=projects&search=flight"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 6,
    "description": "Nobis sed ipsam vero quod cupiditate veritatis hic.",
    "name": "Flight",
    "name_with_namespace": "Twitter / Flight",
    "path": "flight",
    "path_with_namespace": "twitter/flight",
    "created_at": "2017-09-05T07:58:01.621Z",
    "default_branch": "main",
    "tag_list":[], //deprecated, use `topics` instead
    "topics":[],
    "ssh_url_to_repo": "ssh://jarka@localhost:2222/twitter/flight.git",
    "http_url_to_repo": "http://localhost:3000/twitter/flight.git",
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/twitter/flight",
    "readme_url": "http://localhost:3000/twitter/flight/-/blob/main/README.md",
    "avatar_url": null,
    "star_count": 0,
    "forks_count": 0,
    "last_activity_at": "2018-01-31T09:56:30.902Z"
  }
]

Scope: issues 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/3/search?scope=issues&search=file"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 83,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 12,
    "title": "Add file",
    "description": "Add first file",
    "state": "opened",
    "created_at": "2018-01-24T06:02:15.514Z",
    "updated_at": "2018-02-06T12:36:23.263Z",
    "closed_at": null,
    "labels":[],
    "milestone": null,
    "assignees": [{
      "id": 20,
      "name": "Ceola Deckow",
      "username": "sammy.collier",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c23d85a4f50e0ea76ab739156c639231?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/sammy.collier"
    }],
    "author": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
    },
    "assignee": {
      "id": 20,
      "name": "Ceola Deckow",
      "username": "sammy.collier",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c23d85a4f50e0ea76ab739156c639231?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/sammy.collier"
    },
    "user_notes_count": 0,
    "upvotes": 0,
    "downvotes": 0,
    "due_date": null,
    "confidential": false,
    "discussion_locked": null,
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/h5bp/7bp/subgroup-prj/issues/1",
    "time_stats": {
      "time_estimate": 0,
      "total_time_spent": 0,
      "human_time_estimate": null,
      "human_total_time_spent": null
    }
  }
]

NOTE: assignee column is deprecated, now we show it as a single-sized array assignees to conform to the GitLab EE API.

Scope: merge_requests 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/3/search?scope=merge_requests&search=file"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 56,
    "iid": 8,
    "project_id": 6,
    "title": "Add first file",
    "description": "This is a test MR to add file",
    "state": "opened",
    "created_at": "2018-01-22T14:21:50.830Z",
    "updated_at": "2018-02-06T12:40:33.295Z",
    "target_branch": "main",
    "source_branch": "jaja-test",
    "upvotes": 0,
    "downvotes": 0,
    "author": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
    },
    "assignee": {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "Jacquelyn Kutch",
      "username": "abigail",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3138c66095ee4bd11a508c2f7f7772da?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/abigail"
    },
    "source_project_id": 6,
    "target_project_id": 6,
    "labels": [
      "ruby",
      "tests"
    ],
    "draft": false,
    "work_in_progress": false,
    "milestone": {
      "id": 13,
      "iid": 3,
      "project_id": 6,
      "title": "v2.0",
      "description": "Qui aut qui eos dolor beatae itaque tempore molestiae.",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2017-09-05T07:58:29.099Z",
      "updated_at": "2017-09-05T07:58:29.099Z",
      "due_date": null,
      "start_date": null
    },
    "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": false,
    "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
    "sha": "78765a2d5e0a43585945c58e61ba2f822e4d090b",
    "merge_commit_sha": null,
    "squash_commit_sha": null,
    "user_notes_count": 0,
    "discussion_locked": null,
    "should_remove_source_branch": null,
    "force_remove_source_branch": true,
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/twitter/flight/merge_requests/8",
    "time_stats": {
      "time_estimate": 0,
      "total_time_spent": 0,
      "human_time_estimate": null,
      "human_total_time_spent": null
    }
  }
]

Scope: milestones 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/3/search?scope=milestones&search=release"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 44,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 12,
    "title": "next release",
    "description": "Next release milestone",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2018-02-06T12:43:39.271Z",
    "updated_at": "2018-02-06T12:44:01.298Z",
    "due_date": "2018-04-18",
    "start_date": "2018-02-04"
  }
]

Scope: users 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/3/search?scope=users&search=doe"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "John Doe1",
    "username": "user1",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c922747a93b40d1ea88262bf1aebee62?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://localhost/user1"
  }
]

Scope: wiki_blobs

DETAILS: Tier: Premium, Ultimate

This scope is available only when advanced search is enabled.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/6/search?scope=wiki_blobs&search=bye"

Example response:


[
  {
    "basename": "home",
    "data": "hello\n\nand bye\n\nend",
    "path": "home.md",
    "filename": "home.md",
    "id": null,
    "ref": "main",
    "startline": 5,
    "project_id": 6,
    "group_id": 1
  }
]

NOTE: filename is deprecated in favor of path. Both return the full path of the file inside the repository, but in the future filename is intended to be only the filename and not the full path. For details, see issue 34521.

Scope: commits

DETAILS: Tier: Premium, Ultimate

This scope is available only when advanced search is enabled.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/6/search?scope=commits&search=bye"

Example response:


[
  {
  "id": "4109c2d872d5fdb1ed057400d103766aaea97f98",
  "short_id": "4109c2d8",
  "title": "goodbye $.browser",
  "created_at": "2013-02-18T22:02:54.000Z",
  "parent_ids": [
    "59d05353ab575bcc2aa958fe1782e93297de64c9"
  ],
  "message": "goodbye $.browser\n",
  "author_name": "angus croll",
  "author_email": "[email protected]",
  "authored_date": "2013-02-18T22:02:54.000Z",
  "committer_name": "angus croll",
  "committer_email": "[email protected]",
  "committed_date": "2013-02-18T22:02:54.000Z",
  "project_id": 6
  }
]

Scope: blobs

DETAILS: Tier: Premium, Ultimate

This scope is available only when advanced search is enabled.

The following filters are available for this scope:

  • filename
  • path
  • extension

To use a filter, include it in your query. For example: a query filename:some_name*.

You may use wildcards (*) to use glob matching.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/6/search?scope=blobs&search=installation"

Example response:


[
  {
    "basename": "README",
    "data": "```\n\n## Installation\n\nQuick start using the [pre-built",
    "path": "README.md",
    "filename": "README.md",
    "id": null,
    "ref": "main",
    "startline": 46,
    "project_id": 6
  }
]

NOTE: filename is deprecated in favor of path. Both return the full path of the file inside the repository, but in the future filename is intended to be only the filename and not the full path. For details, see issue 34521.

Scope: notes

DETAILS: Tier: Premium, Ultimate

This scope is available only when advanced search is enabled.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/6/search?scope=notes&search=maxime"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 191,
    "body": "Harum maxime consequuntur et et deleniti assumenda facilis.",
    "attachment": null,
    "author": {
      "id": 23,
      "name": "User 1",
      "username": "user1",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/111d68d06e2d317b5a59c2c6c5bad808?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/user1"
    },
    "created_at": "2017-09-05T08:01:32.068Z",
    "updated_at": "2017-09-05T08:01:32.068Z",
    "system": false,
    "noteable_id": 22,
    "noteable_type": "Issue",
    "project_id": 6,
    "noteable_iid": 2
  }
]

Project search API

Search for a term in the specified project.

If a user is not a member of a project and the project is private, a GET request on that project results in a 404 status code.

GET /projects/:id/search
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer or string Yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
scope string Yes The scope to search in. Values include issues, merge_requests, milestones, and users. Additional scopes are wiki_blobs, commits, blobs, and notes.
search string Yes The search term.
confidential boolean No Filter by confidentiality. Supports issues scope; other scopes are ignored.
ref string No The name of a repository branch or tag to search on. The project's default branch is used by default. Applicable only for scopes blobs, commits, and wiki_blobs.
order_by string No Allowed values are created_at only. If not set, results are sorted by created_at in descending order for basic search, or by the most relevant documents for advanced search.
sort string No Allowed values are asc or desc only. If not set, results are sorted by created_at in descending order for basic search, or by the most relevant documents for advanced search.
state string No Filter by state. Supports the issues and merge_requests scopes; other scopes are ignored.

The response depends on the requested scope.

Scope: issues 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/12/search?scope=issues&search=file"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 83,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 12,
    "title": "Add file",
    "description": "Add first file",
    "state": "opened",
    "created_at": "2018-01-24T06:02:15.514Z",
    "updated_at": "2018-02-06T12:36:23.263Z",
    "closed_at": null,
    "labels":[],
    "milestone": null,
    "assignees": [{
      "id": 20,
      "name": "Ceola Deckow",
      "username": "sammy.collier",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c23d85a4f50e0ea76ab739156c639231?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/sammy.collier"
    }],
    "author": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
    },
    "assignee": {
      "id": 20,
      "name": "Ceola Deckow",
      "username": "sammy.collier",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c23d85a4f50e0ea76ab739156c639231?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/sammy.collier"
    },
    "user_notes_count": 0,
    "upvotes": 0,
    "downvotes": 0,
    "due_date": null,
    "confidential": false,
    "discussion_locked": null,
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/h5bp/7bp/subgroup-prj/issues/1",
    "time_stats": {
      "time_estimate": 0,
      "total_time_spent": 0,
      "human_time_estimate": null,
      "human_total_time_spent": null
    }
  }
]

NOTE: assignee column is deprecated, now we show it as a single-sized array assignees to conform to the GitLab EE API.

Scope: merge_requests 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/6/search?scope=merge_requests&search=file"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 56,
    "iid": 8,
    "project_id": 6,
    "title": "Add first file",
    "description": "This is a test MR to add file",
    "state": "opened",
    "created_at": "2018-01-22T14:21:50.830Z",
    "updated_at": "2018-02-06T12:40:33.295Z",
    "target_branch": "main",
    "source_branch": "jaja-test",
    "upvotes": 0,
    "downvotes": 0,
    "author": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
    },
    "assignee": {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "Jacquelyn Kutch",
      "username": "abigail",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3138c66095ee4bd11a508c2f7f7772da?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/abigail"
    },
    "source_project_id": 6,
    "target_project_id": 6,
    "labels": [
      "ruby",
      "tests"
    ],
    "draft": false,
    "work_in_progress": false,
    "milestone": {
      "id": 13,
      "iid": 3,
      "project_id": 6,
      "title": "v2.0",
      "description": "Qui aut qui eos dolor beatae itaque tempore molestiae.",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2017-09-05T07:58:29.099Z",
      "updated_at": "2017-09-05T07:58:29.099Z",
      "due_date": null,
      "start_date": null
    },
    "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": false,
    "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
    "sha": "78765a2d5e0a43585945c58e61ba2f822e4d090b",
    "merge_commit_sha": null,
    "squash_commit_sha": null,
    "user_notes_count": 0,
    "discussion_locked": null,
    "should_remove_source_branch": null,
    "force_remove_source_branch": true,
    "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/twitter/flight/merge_requests/8",
    "time_stats": {
      "time_estimate": 0,
      "total_time_spent": 0,
      "human_time_estimate": null,
      "human_total_time_spent": null
    }
  }
]

Scope: milestones 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/12/search?scope=milestones&search=release"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 44,
    "iid": 1,
    "project_id": 12,
    "title": "next release",
    "description": "Next release milestone",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2018-02-06T12:43:39.271Z",
    "updated_at": "2018-02-06T12:44:01.298Z",
    "due_date": "2018-04-18",
    "start_date": "2018-02-04"
  }
]

Scope: users 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/6/search?scope=users&search=doe"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "John Doe1",
    "username": "user1",
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c922747a93b40d1ea88262bf1aebee62?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://localhost/user1"
  }
]

Scope: wiki_blobs

DETAILS: Tier: Premium, Ultimate

This scope is available only when advanced search is enabled.

The following filters are available for this scope:

  • filename
  • path
  • extension

To use a filter, include it in your query. For example: a query filename:some_name*. You may use wildcards (*) to use glob matching.

Wiki blobs searches are performed on both filenames and contents. Search results:

  • Found in filenames are displayed before results found in contents.
  • May contain multiple matches for the same blob because the search string might be found in both the filename and content, or might appear multiple times in the content.
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/6/search?scope=wiki_blobs&search=bye"

Example response:


[
  {
    "basename": "home",
    "data": "hello\n\nand bye\n\nend",
    "path": "home.md",
    "filename": "home.md",
    "id": null,
    "ref": "main",
    "startline": 5,
    "project_id": 6,
    "group_id": 1
  }
]

NOTE: filename is deprecated in favor of path. Both return the full path of the file inside the repository, but in the future filename is intended to be only the filename and not the full path. For details, see issue 34521.

Scope: commits

DETAILS: Tier: Premium, Ultimate

This scope is available only when advanced search is enabled.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/6/search?scope=commits&search=bye"

Example response:


[
  {
  "id": "4109c2d872d5fdb1ed057400d103766aaea97f98",
  "short_id": "4109c2d8",
  "title": "goodbye $.browser",
  "created_at": "2013-02-18T22:02:54.000Z",
  "parent_ids": [
    "59d05353ab575bcc2aa958fe1782e93297de64c9"
  ],
  "message": "goodbye $.browser\n",
  "author_name": "angus croll",
  "author_email": "[email protected]",
  "authored_date": "2013-02-18T22:02:54.000Z",
  "committer_name": "angus croll",
  "committer_email": "[email protected]",
  "committed_date": "2013-02-18T22:02:54.000Z",
  "project_id": 6
  }
]

Scope: blobs

DETAILS: Tier: Premium, Ultimate

This scope is available only when advanced search is enabled.

The following filters are available for this scope:

  • filename
  • path
  • extension

To use a filter, include it in your query. For example: a query filename:some_name*. You may use wildcards (*) to use glob matching.

Blobs searches are performed on both filenames and contents. Search results:

  • Found in filenames are displayed before results found in contents.
  • May contain multiple matches for the same blob because the search string might be found in both the filename and content, or might appear multiple times in the content.
curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/6/search?scope=blobs&search=keyword%20filename:*.py

Example response:


[
  {
    "basename": "README",
    "data": "```\n\n## Installation\n\nQuick start using the [pre-built",
    "path": "README.md",
    "filename": "README.md",
    "id": null,
    "ref": "main",
    "startline": 46,
    "project_id": 6
  }
]

NOTE: filename is deprecated in favor of path. Both return the full path of the file inside the repository, but in the future filename is intended to be only the filename and not the full path. For details, see issue 34521.

Scope: notes

DETAILS: Tier: Premium, Ultimate

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/6/search?scope=notes&search=maxime"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 191,
    "body": "Harum maxime consequuntur et et deleniti assumenda facilis.",
    "attachment": null,
    "author": {
      "id": 23,
      "name": "User 1",
      "username": "user1",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/111d68d06e2d317b5a59c2c6c5bad808?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/user1"
    },
    "created_at": "2017-09-05T08:01:32.068Z",
    "updated_at": "2017-09-05T08:01:32.068Z",
    "system": false,
    "noteable_id": 22,
    "noteable_type": "Issue",
    "project_id": 6,
    "noteable_iid": 2
  }
]