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Pipeline triggers

You can read more about triggering pipelines through the API.

List project triggers

Get a list of project's build triggers.

GET /projects/:id/triggers
Attribute Type required Description
id integer yes The ID of a project 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/triggers"

[
    {
        "id": 10,
        "description": "my trigger",
        "created_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
        "deleted_at": null,
        "last_used": null,
        "token": "6d056f63e50fe6f8c5f8f4aa10edb7",
        "updated_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
        "owner": null
    }
]

Get trigger details

Get details of project's build trigger.

GET /projects/:id/triggers/:trigger_id
Attribute Type required Description
id integer yes The ID of a project
token string yes The token of a trigger 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/triggers/5"

{
    "id": 10,
    "description": "my trigger",
    "created_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
    "deleted_at": null,
    "last_used": null,
    "token": "6d056f63e50fe6f8c5f8f4aa10edb7",
    "updated_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
    "owner": null
}

Create a project trigger

Create a trigger for a project.

POST /projects/:id/triggers
Attribute Type required Description
id integer yes The ID of a project
description string yes The trigger name 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" --form description="my description" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/triggers"

{
    "id": 10,
    "description": "my trigger",
    "created_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
    "deleted_at": null,
    "last_used": null,
    "token": "6d056f63e50fe6f8c5f8f4aa10edb7",
    "updated_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
    "owner": null
}

Update a project trigger

Update a trigger for a project.

PUT /projects/:id/triggers/:trigger_id
Attribute Type required Description
trigger_id integer yes The trigger id
description string no The trigger name 
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" --form description="my description" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/triggers/10"

{
    "id": 10,
    "description": "my trigger",
    "created_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
    "deleted_at": null,
    "last_used": null,
    "token": "6d056f63e50fe6f8c5f8f4aa10edb7",
    "updated_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
    "owner": null
}

Take ownership of a project trigger

Update an owner of a project trigger.

POST /projects/:id/triggers/:trigger_id/take_ownership
Attribute Type required Description
trigger_id integer yes The trigger id 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/triggers/10/take_ownership"

{
    "id": 10,
    "description": "my trigger",
    "created_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
    "deleted_at": null,
    "last_used": null,
    "token": "6d056f63e50fe6f8c5f8f4aa10edb7",
    "updated_at": "2016-01-07T09:53:58.235Z",
    "owner": null
}

Remove a project trigger

Remove a project's build trigger.

DELETE /projects/:id/triggers/:trigger_id
Attribute Type required Description
id integer yes The ID of a project
trigger_id integer yes The trigger id 
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/triggers/5"