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Group and project migration by direct transfer API (FREE)

With the group migration by direct transfer API, you can start and view the progress of migrations initiated with group migration by direct transfer.

WARNING: Migrating projects with this API is in Beta. This feature is not ready for production use.

Prerequisites

For information on prerequisites for group migration by direct transfer API, see prerequisites for migrating groups by direct transfer.

Start a new group or project migration

Use this endpoint to start a new group or project migration. Specify:

  • entities[group_entity] to migrate a group.
  • entities[project_entity] to migrate a project (Beta).
POST /bulk_imports
Attribute Type Required Description
configuration Hash yes The source GitLab instance configuration.
configuration[url] String yes Source GitLab instance URL.
configuration[access_token] String yes Access token to the source GitLab instance.
entities Array yes List of entities to import.
entities[source_type] String yes Source entity type. Valid values are group_entity (GitLab 14.2 and later) and project_entity (GitLab 15.11 and later).
entities[source_full_path] String yes Source full path of the entity to import.
entities[destination_slug] String yes Destination slug for the entity.
entities[destination_name] String no Deprecated: Use destination_slug instead. Destination slug for the entity.
entities[destination_namespace] String yes Destination namespace for the entity.
entities[migrate_projects] Boolean no Also import all nested projects of the group (if source_type is group_entity). Defaults to true. 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/bulk_imports" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
    "configuration": {
      "url": "http://gitlab.example/",
      "access_token": "access_token"
    },
    "entities": [
      {
        "source_full_path": "source/full/path",
        "source_type": "group_entity",
        "destination_slug": "destination_slug",
        "destination_namespace": "destination/namespace/path"
      }
    ]
  }'
{ "id": 1, "status": "created", "source_type": "gitlab", "created_at": "2021-06-18T09:45:55.358Z", "updated_at": "2021-06-18T09:46:27.003Z" }

List all group or project migrations

GET /bulk_imports
Attribute Type Required Description
per_page integer no Number of records to return per page.
page integer no Page to retrieve.
sort string no Return records sorted in asc or desc order by creation date. Default is desc
status string no Import status.

The status can be one of the following:

  • created
  • started
  • finished
  • failed
curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/bulk_imports?per_page=2&page=1"
[
    {
        "id": 1,
        "status": "finished",
        "source_type": "gitlab",
        "created_at": "2021-06-18T09:45:55.358Z",
        "updated_at": "2021-06-18T09:46:27.003Z"
    },
    {
        "id": 2,
        "status": "started",
        "source_type": "gitlab",
        "created_at": "2021-06-18T09:47:36.581Z",
        "updated_at": "2021-06-18T09:47:58.286Z"
    }
]

List all group or project migrations' entities

GET /bulk_imports/entities
Attribute Type Required Description
per_page integer no Number of records to return per page.
page integer no Page to retrieve.
sort string no Return records sorted in asc or desc order by creation date. Default is desc
status string no Import status.

The status can be one of the following:

  • created
  • started
  • finished
  • failed
curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/bulk_imports/entities?per_page=2&page=1&status=started"
[
    {
        "id": 1,
        "bulk_import_id": 1,
        "status": "finished",
        "source_full_path": "source_group",
        "destination_slug": "destination_slug",
        "destination_namespace": "destination_path",
        "parent_id": null,
        "namespace_id": 1,
        "project_id": null,
        "created_at": "2021-06-18T09:47:37.390Z",
        "updated_at": "2021-06-18T09:47:51.867Z",
        "failures": []
    },
    {
        "id": 2,
        "bulk_import_id": 2,
        "status": "failed",
        "source_full_path": "another_group",
        "destination_slug": "another_slug",
        "destination_namespace": "another_namespace",
        "parent_id": null,
        "namespace_id": null,
        "project_id": null,
        "created_at": "2021-06-24T10:40:20.110Z",
        "updated_at": "2021-06-24T10:40:46.590Z",
        "failures": [
            {
                "relation": "group",
                "step": "extractor",
                "exception_message": "Error!",
                "exception_class": "Exception",
                "correlation_id_value": "dfcf583058ed4508e4c7c617bd7f0edd",
                "created_at": "2021-06-24T10:40:46.495Z",
                "pipeline_class": "BulkImports::Groups::Pipelines::GroupPipeline",
                "pipeline_step": "extractor"
            }
        ]
    }
]

Get group or project migration details

GET /bulk_imports/:id

curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/bulk_imports/1"
{
  "id": 1,
  "status": "finished",
  "source_type": "gitlab",
  "created_at": "2021-06-18T09:45:55.358Z",
  "updated_at": "2021-06-18T09:46:27.003Z"
}

List group or project migration entities

GET /bulk_imports/:id/entities
Attribute Type Required Description
per_page integer no Number of records to return per page.
page integer no Page to retrieve.
sort string no Return records sorted in asc or desc order by creation date. Default is desc
status string no Import status.

The status can be one of the following:

  • created
  • started
  • finished
  • failed
curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/bulk_imports/1/entities?per_page=2&page=1&status=finished"
[
    {
        "id": 1,
        "status": "finished",
        "source_type": "gitlab",
        "created_at": "2021-06-18T09:45:55.358Z",
        "updated_at": "2021-06-18T09:46:27.003Z"
    }
]

Get group or project migration entity details

GET /bulk_imports/:id/entities/:entity_id

curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/bulk_imports/1/entities/2"
{
  "id": 1,
  "status": "finished",
  "source_type": "gitlab",
  "created_at": "2021-06-18T09:45:55.358Z",
  "updated_at": "2021-06-18T09:46:27.003Z"
}