Filter parameters
List currently authenticated user’s events
- Get user contribution events
List a Project’s visible events

Events API

Filter parameters

Actions

See User contribution events for available types for the action parameter. These options are in lowercase.

Target Types

Available target types for the target_type parameter are:

issue
milestone
merge_request
note
project
snippet
user

These options are in lowercase. Events associated with epics are not available using the API.

Date formatting

Dates for the before and after parameters should be supplied in the following format:

YYYY-MM-DD

Event Time Period Limit

GitLab removes events older than 3 years from the events table for performance reasons.

List currently authenticated user’s events

Get a list of events for the authenticated user. Scope read_user or api is required. Events associated with epics are not available using the API.

GET /events

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`action`	string	no	Include only events of a particular action type
`target_type`	string	no	Include only events of a particular target type
`before`	date	no	Include only events created before a particular date. View how to format dates.
`after`	date	no	Include only events created after a particular date. View how to format dates.
`scope`	string	no	Include all events across a user’s projects.
`sort`	string	no	Sort events in `asc` or `desc` order by `created_at`. Default is `desc`.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/events?target_type=issue&action=created&after=2017-01-31&before=2017-03-01&scope=all"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "title":null,
    "project_id":1,
    "action_name":"opened",
    "target_id":160,
    "target_type":"Issue",
    "author_id":25,
    "target_title":"Qui natus eos odio tempore et quaerat consequuntur ducimus cupiditate quis.",
    "created_at":"2017-02-09T10:43:19.667Z",
    "author":{
      "name":"User 3",
      "username":"user3",
      "id":25,
      "state":"active",
      "avatar_url":"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/97d6d9441ff85fdc730e02a6068d267b?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
      "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/user3"
    },
    "author_username":"user3"
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "title":null,
    "project_id":1,
    "action_name":"opened",
    "target_id":159,
    "target_type":"Issue",
    "author_id":21,
    "target_title":"Nostrum enim non et sed optio illo deleniti non.",
    "created_at":"2017-02-09T10:43:19.426Z",
    "author":{
      "name":"Test User",
      "username":"ted",
      "id":21,
      "state":"active",
      "avatar_url":"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/80fb888c9a48b9a3f87477214acaa63f?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
      "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/ted"
    },
    "author_username":"ted"
  }
]

Get user contribution events

Get the contribution events for the specified user, sorted from newest to oldest. Scope read_user or api is required. Events associated with epics are not available using API.

GET /users/:id/events

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	The ID or Username of the user
`action`	string	no	Include only events of a particular action type
`target_type`	string	no	Include only events of a particular target type
`before`	date	no	Include only events created before a particular date. View how to format dates.
`after`	date	no	Include only events created after a particular date. View how to format dates.
`sort`	string	no	Sort events in `asc` or `desc` order by `created_at`. Default is `desc`.
`page`	integer	no	The page of results to return. Defaults to 1.
`per_page`	integer	no	The number of results per page. Defaults to 20.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/users/:id/events"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 3,
    "title": null,
    "project_id": 15,
    "action_name": "closed",
    "target_id": 830,
    "target_type": "Issue",
    "author_id": 1,
    "target_title": "Public project search field",
    "author": {
      "name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
      "username": "root",
      "id": 1,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/fox_avatar.png",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
    },
    "author_username": "root"
  },
  {
    "id": 4,
    "title": null,
    "project_id": 15,
    "action_name": "pushed",
    "target_id": null,
    "target_type": null,
    "author_id": 1,
    "author": {
      "name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
      "username": "root",
      "id": 1,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/fox_avatar.png",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
    },
    "author_username": "john",
    "push_data": {
      "commit_count": 1,
      "action": "pushed",
      "ref_type": "branch",
      "commit_from": "50d4420237a9de7be1304607147aec22e4a14af7",
      "commit_to": "c5feabde2d8cd023215af4d2ceeb7a64839fc428",
      "ref": "master",
      "commit_title": "Add simple search to projects in public area"
    },
    "target_title": null
  },
  {
    "id": 5,
    "title": null,
    "project_id": 15,
    "action_name": "closed",
    "target_id": 840,
    "target_type": "Issue",
    "author_id": 1,
    "target_title": "Finish & merge Code search PR",
    "author": {
      "name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
      "username": "root",
      "id": 1,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/fox_avatar.png",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
    },
    "author_username": "root"
  },
  {
    "id": 7,
    "title": null,
    "project_id": 15,
    "action_name": "commented on",
    "target_id": 1312,
    "target_type": "Note",
    "author_id": 1,
    "target_title": null,
    "created_at": "2015-12-04T10:33:58.089Z",
    "note": {
      "id": 1312,
      "body": "What an awesome day!",
      "attachment": null,
      "author": {
        "name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
        "username": "root",
        "id": 1,
        "state": "active",
        "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/fox_avatar.png",
        "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
      },
      "created_at": "2015-12-04T10:33:56.698Z",
      "system": false,
      "noteable_id": 377,
      "noteable_type": "Issue"
    },
    "author": {
      "name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
      "username": "root",
      "id": 1,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://localhost:3000/uploads/user/avatar/1/fox_avatar.png",
      "web_url": "http://localhost:3000/root"
    },
    "author_username": "root"
  }
]

List a Project’s visible events

This endpoint has been around longer than the others. Documentation was formerly located in the Projects API pages.

Get a list of visible events for a particular project.

GET /projects/:project_id/events

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`project_id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`action`	string	no	Include only events of a particular action type
`target_type`	string	no	Include only events of a particular target type
`before`	date	no	Include only events created before a particular date. View how to format dates.
`after`	date	no	Include only events created after a particular date. View how to format dates.
`sort`	string	no	Sort events in `asc` or `desc` order by `created_at`. Default is `desc`.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/:project_id/events?target_type=issue&action=created&after=2017-01-31&before=2017-03-01"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 8,
    "title":null,
    "project_id":1,
    "action_name":"opened",
    "target_id":160,
    "target_iid":160,
    "target_type":"Issue",
    "author_id":25,
    "target_title":"Qui natus eos odio tempore et quaerat consequuntur ducimus cupiditate quis.",
    "created_at":"2017-02-09T10:43:19.667Z",
    "author":{
      "name":"User 3",
      "username":"user3",
      "id":25,
      "state":"active",
      "avatar_url":"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/97d6d9441ff85fdc730e02a6068d267b?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
      "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/user3"
    },
    "author_username":"user3"
  },
  {
    "id": 9,
    "title":null,
    "project_id":1,
    "action_name":"opened",
    "target_id":159,
    "target_iid":159,
    "target_type":"Issue",
    "author_id":21,
    "target_title":"Nostrum enim non et sed optio illo deleniti non.",
    "created_at":"2017-02-09T10:43:19.426Z",
    "author":{
      "name":"Test User",
      "username":"ted",
      "id":21,
      "state":"active",
      "avatar_url":"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/80fb888c9a48b9a3f87477214acaa63f?s=80\u0026d=identicon",
      "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/ted"
    },
    "author_username":"ted"
  },
  {
    "id": 10,
    "title": null,
    "project_id": 1,
    "action_name": "commented on",
    "target_id": 1312,
    "target_iid": 1312,
    "target_type": "Note",
    "author_id": 1,
    "data": null,
    "target_title": null,
    "created_at": "2015-12-04T10:33:58.089Z",
    "note": {
      "id": 1312,
      "body": "What an awesome day!",
      "attachment": null,
      "author": {
        "name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
        "username": "root",
        "id": 1,
        "state": "active",
        "avatar_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/user/avatar/1/fox_avatar.png",
        "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root"
      },
      "created_at": "2015-12-04T10:33:56.698Z",
      "system": false,
      "noteable_id": 377,
      "noteable_type": "Issue",
      "noteable_iid": 377
    },
    "author": {
      "name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
      "username": "root",
      "id": 1,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/user/avatar/1/fox_avatar.png",
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "author_username": "root"
  }
]

Events API

Filter parameters

Actions

Target Types

Date formatting

Event Time Period Limit

List currently authenticated user’s events

Get user contribution events

List a Project’s visible events

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