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Personal access tokens API

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List personal access tokens

Get a list of personal access tokens.

GET /personal_access_tokens
Attribute Type required Description
user_id integer/string no The ID of the user to filter by

NOTE: Administrators can use the user_id parameter to filter by a user. Non-administrators cannot filter by any user except themselves. Attempting to do so will result in a 401 Unauthorized response.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/personal_access_tokens"
[
    {
        "id": 4,
        "name": "Test Token",
        "revoked": false,
        "created_at": "2020-07-23T14:31:47.729Z",
        "scopes": [
            "api"
        ],
        "active": true,
        "user_id": 24,
        "expires_at": null
    }
]
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/personal_access_tokens?user_id=3"
[
    {
        "id": 4,
        "name": "Test Token",
        "revoked": false,
        "created_at": "2020-07-23T14:31:47.729Z",
        "scopes": [
            "api"
        ],
        "active": true,
        "user_id": 3,
        "expires_at": null
    }
]

Revoke a personal access token

Revoke a personal access token.

DELETE /personal_access_tokens/:id
Attribute Type required Description
id integer/string yes ID of personal access token

NOTE: Non-administrators can revoke their own tokens. Administrators can revoke tokens of any user.

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

Responses

  • 204: No Content if successfully revoked.
  • 400 Bad Request if not revoked successfully.

Create a personal access token (admin only)

See the Users API documentation for information on creating a personal access token.