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Appearance API (CORE ONLY)

Introduced in GitLab 12.7.

Appearance API allows you to maintain GitLab's appearance as if using the GitLab UI at /admin/appearance. The API requires administrator privileges.

Get current appearance configuration

List the current appearance configuration of the GitLab instance.

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

Example response:

{
  "title": "GitLab Test Instance",
  "description": "gitlab-test.example.com",
  "logo": "/uploads/-/system/appearance/logo/1/logo.png",
  "header_logo": "/uploads/-/system/appearance/header_logo/1/header.png",
  "favicon": "/uploads/-/system/appearance/favicon/1/favicon.png",
  "new_project_guidelines": "Please read the FAQs for help.",
  "profile_image_guidelines": "Custom profile image guidelines",
  "header_message": "",
  "footer_message": "",
  "message_background_color": "#e75e40",
  "message_font_color": "#ffffff",
  "email_header_and_footer_enabled": false
}

Change appearance configuration

Use an API call to modify GitLab instance appearance configuration.

PUT /application/appearance
Attribute Type Required Description
title string no Instance title on the sign in / sign up page
description string no Markdown text shown on the sign in / sign up page
logo mixed no Instance image used on the sign in / sign up page
header_logo mixed no Instance image used for the main navigation bar
favicon mixed no Instance favicon in .ico/.png format
new_project_guidelines string no Markdown text shown on the new project page
profile_image_guidelines string no Markdown text shown on the profile page below Public Avatar
header_message string no Message within the system header bar
footer_message string no Message within the system footer bar
message_background_color string no Background color for the system header / footer bar
message_font_color string no Font color for the system header / footer bar
email_header_and_footer_enabled boolean no Add header and footer to all outgoing emails if enabled 
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/application/appearance?email_header_and_footer_enabled=true&header_message=test

Example response:

{
  "title": "GitLab Test Instance",
  "description": "gitlab-test.example.com",
  "logo": "/uploads/-/system/appearance/logo/1/logo.png",
  "header_logo": "/uploads/-/system/appearance/header_logo/1/header.png",
  "favicon": "/uploads/-/system/appearance/favicon/1/favicon.png",
  "new_project_guidelines": "Please read the FAQs for help.",
  "profile_image_guidelines": "Custom profile image guidelines",
  "header_message": "test",
  "footer_message": "",
  "message_background_color": "#e75e40",
  "message_font_color": "#ffffff",
  "email_header_and_footer_enabled": true
}