Managed Licenses API

caution
“approval” and “blacklisted” approval statuses are changed to “allowed” and “denied” in GitLab 15.0.

List managed licenses

Get all managed licenses for a given project. 

GET /projects/:id/managed_licenses
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/managed_licenses"

Example response: 

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "MIT",
    "approval_status": "allowed"
  },
  {
    "id": 3,
    "name": "ISC",
    "approval_status": "denied"
  }
]

Show an existing managed license

Shows an existing managed license. 

GET /projects/:id/managed_licenses/:managed_license_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
managed_license_id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded name of the license belonging to the project 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/managed_licenses/6"

Example response: 

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "MIT",
  "approval_status": "denied"
}

Create a new managed license

Creates a new managed license for the given project with the given name and approval status. 

POST /projects/:id/managed_licenses
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
name string yes The name of the managed license
approval_status string yes The approval status of the license. “allowed” or “denied”. 
curl --data "name=MIT&approval_status=denied" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/managed_licenses"

Example response: 

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "MIT",
  "approval_status": "allowed"
}

Delete a managed license

Deletes a managed license with a given ID. 

DELETE /projects/:id/managed_licenses/:managed_license_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
managed_license_id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded name of the license belonging to the project 
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/managed_licenses/4"

When successful, it replies with an HTTP 204 response.

Edit an existing managed license

Updates an existing managed license with a new approval status. 

PATCH /projects/:id/managed_licenses/:managed_license_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
managed_license_id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded name of the license belonging to the project
approval_status string yes The approval status of the license. “allowed” or “denied”. 
curl --request PATCH --data "approval_status=denied" \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/managed_licenses/6"

Example response: 

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "MIT",
  "approval_status": "denied"
}