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Project badges API

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Placeholder tokens

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

  • %{project_path}: Replaced by the project path.
  • %{project_title}: Replaced by the project title.
  • %{project_name}: Replaced by the project name.
  • %{project_id}: Replaced by the project ID.
  • %{project_namespace}: Replaced by the project's namespace full path.
  • %{group_name}: Replaced by the project's top-level group name.
  • %{gitlab_server}: Replaced by the project's server name.
  • %{gitlab_pages_domain}: Replaced by the domain name hosting GitLab Pages.
  • %{default_branch}: Replaced by the project default branch.
  • %{commit_sha}: Replaced by the project's last commit SHA.
  • %{latest_tag}: Replaced by the project's last tag.

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
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?name=Coverage"

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=main",
    "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=main",
    "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
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:

{
  "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=main",
  "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
link_url string yes URL of the badge link
image_url string yes URL of the badge image
name string no Name of the badge
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     --data "link_url=https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/commits/main&image_url=https://shields.io/my/badge1&name=mybadge" \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges"

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "mybadge",
  "link_url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/commits/main",
  "image_url": "https://shields.io/my/badge1",
  "rendered_link_url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/commits/main",
  "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
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
name string no Name of the badge
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges?name=Coverage"
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Example response:

```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges?name=Coverage"
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## Remove a badge from a project

Removes a badge from a project. Only project badges are removed by using this endpoint.

```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges?name=Coverage"
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id`      | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](rest/index.md#namespaced-paths) |
| `badge_id` | integer | yes   | The badge ID |

```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges?name=Coverage"
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## Preview a badge from a project

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

```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges?name=Coverage"
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| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id`      | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](rest/index.md#namespaced-paths) |
| `link_url` | string         | yes | URL of the badge link|
| `image_url` | string | yes | URL of the badge image |

```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges?name=Coverage"
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Example response:

```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:id/badges?name=Coverage"
```6