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Project badges API

Introduced in GitLab 10.6.

Placeholder tokens

Badges support placeholders that will be replaced in real time in both the link and image URL. The allowed placeholders are:

  • %{project_path}: will be replaced by the project path.
  • %{project_id}: will be replaced by the project ID.
  • %{default_branch}: will be replaced by the project default branch.
  • %{commit_sha}: will be replaced by the last project's commit sha.

List all badges of a project

Gets a list of a project's badges and its group badges.

GET /projects/:id/badges
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
name string no Name of the badges to return (case-sensitive). 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges

Example response:

[
  {
    "name": "Coverage",
    "id": 1,
    "link_url": "http://example.com/ci_status.svg?project=%{project_path}&ref=%{default_branch}",
    "image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
    "rendered_link_url": "http://example.com/ci_status.svg?project=example-org/example-project&ref=master",
    "rendered_image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
    "kind": "project"
  },
  {
    "name": "Pipeline",
    "id": 2,
    "link_url": "http://example.com/ci_status.svg?project=%{project_path}&ref=%{default_branch}",
    "image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
    "rendered_link_url": "http://example.com/ci_status.svg?project=example-org/example-project&ref=master",
    "rendered_image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
    "kind": "group"
  },
]

Get a badge of a project

Gets a badge of a project.

GET /projects/:id/badges/:badge_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
badge_id integer yes The badge ID 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges/:badge_id

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "link_url": "http://example.com/ci_status.svg?project=%{project_path}&ref=%{default_branch}",
  "image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
  "rendered_link_url": "http://example.com/ci_status.svg?project=example-org/example-project&ref=master",
  "rendered_image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
  "kind": "project"
}

Add a badge to a project

Adds a badge to a project.

POST /projects/:id/badges
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
link_url string yes URL of the badge link
image_url string yes URL of the badge image 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --data "link_url=https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/commits/master&image_url=https://shields.io/my/badge1&position=0" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "link_url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/commits/master",
  "image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge1",
  "rendered_link_url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/commits/master",
  "rendered_image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge1",
  "kind": "project"
}

Edit a badge of a project

Updates a badge of a project.

PUT /projects/:id/badges/:badge_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
badge_id integer yes The badge ID
link_url string no URL of the badge link
image_url string no URL of the badge image 
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges/:badge_id

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "link_url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/commits/master",
  "image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
  "rendered_link_url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/commits/master",
  "rendered_image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
  "kind": "project"
}

Remove a badge from a project

Removes a badge from a project. Only project's badges will be removed by using this endpoint.

DELETE /projects/:id/badges/:badge_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
badge_id integer yes The badge ID 
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges/:badge_id

Preview a badge from a project

Returns how the link_url and image_url final URLs would be after resolving the placeholder interpolation.

GET /projects/:id/badges/render
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
link_url string yes URL of the badge link
image_url string yes URL of the badge image 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges/render?link_url=http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fci_status.svg%3Fproject%3D%25%7Bproject_path%7D%26ref%3D%25%7Bdefault_branch%7D&image_url=https%3A%2F%2Fshields.io%2Fmy%2Fbadge

Example response:

{
  "link_url": "http://example.com/ci_status.svg?project=%{project_path}&ref=%{default_branch}",
  "image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
  "rendered_link_url": "http://example.com/ci_status.svg?project=example-org/example-project&ref=master",
  "rendered_image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge",
}