Applications API

Introduced in GitLab 10.5.

Applications API operates on OAuth applications for:

NOTE: Note: Only admin users can use the Applications API.

Create an application

Create an application by posting a JSON payload.

Returns 200 if the request succeeds.

POST /applications

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
name string yes Name of the application.
redirect_uri string yes Redirect URI of the application.
scopes string yes Scopes of the application.
confidential boolean no The application will be used where the client secret can be kept confidential. Native mobile apps and Single Page Apps are considered non-confidential. Defaults to true if not supplied

Example request:

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --data "name=MyApplication&redirect_uri=http://redirect.uri&scopes=" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/applications

Example response:

{
    "id":1,
    "application_id": "5832fc6e14300a0d962240a8144466eef4ee93ef0d218477e55f11cf12fc3737",
    "application_name": "MyApplication",
    "secret": "ee1dd64b6adc89cf7e2c23099301ccc2c61b441064e9324d963c46902a85ec34",
    "callback_url": "http://redirect.uri",
    "confidential": true
}

List all applications

List all registered applications.

GET /applications

Example request:

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

Example response:

[
    {
        "id":1,
        "application_id": "5832fc6e14300a0d962240a8144466eef4ee93ef0d218477e55f11cf12fc3737",
        "application_name": "MyApplication",
        "callback_url": "http://redirect.uri",
        "confidential": true
    }
]

NOTE: Note: The secret value will not be exposed by this API.

Delete an application

Delete a specific application.

Returns 204 if the request succeeds.

DELETE /applications/:id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes The ID of the application (not the application_id).

Example request:

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/applications/:id