- List personal access tokens
- Get single personal access token
- Revoke a personal access token
- Create a personal access token (administrator only)
Personal access tokens API
You can read more about personal access tokens.
List personal access tokens
- Introduced in GitLab 13.3.
- Moved from GitLab Ultimate to GitLab Free in 13.6.
-
created_after
,created_before
,last_used_after
,last_used_before
,revoked
,search
andstate
filters were introduced in GitLab 15.5.
Get all personal access tokens the authenticated user has access to. By default, returns an unfiltered list of:
- Only personal access tokens created by the current user to a non-administrator.
- All personal access tokens to an administrator.
Administrators:
- Can use the
user_id
parameter to filter by a user. - Can use other filters on all personal access tokens (GitLab 15.5 and later).
Non-administrators:
- Cannot use the
user_id
parameter to filter on any user except themselves, otherwise they receive a401 Unauthorized
response. - Can only filter on their own personal access tokens (GitLab 15.5 and later).
GET /personal_access_tokens
GET /personal_access_tokens?created_after=2022-01-01T00:00:00
GET /personal_access_tokens?created_before=2022-01-01T00:00:00
GET /personal_access_tokens?last_used_after=2022-01-01T00:00:00
GET /personal_access_tokens?last_used_before=2022-01-01T00:00:00
GET /personal_access_tokens?revoked=true
GET /personal_access_tokens?search=name
GET /personal_access_tokens?state=inactive
GET /personal_access_tokens?user_id=1
Supported attributes:
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
created_after
| datetime (ISO 8601) | No | Limit results to PATs created after specified time. |
created_before
| datetime (ISO 8601) | No | Limit results to PATs created before specified time. |
last_used_after
| datetime (ISO 8601) | No | Limit results to PATs last used after specified time. |
last_used_before
| datetime (ISO 8601) | No | Limit results to PATs last used before specified time. |
revoked
| boolean | No | Limit results to PATs with specified revoked state. Valid values are true and false .
|
search
| string | No | Limit results to PATs with name containing search string. |
state
| string | No | Limit results to PATs with specified state. Valid values are active and inactive .
|
user_id
| integer or string | No | Limit results to PATs owned by specified user. |
Example request:
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/personal_access_tokens"
Example response:
[
{
"id": 4,
"name": "Test Token",
"revoked": false,
"created_at": "2020-07-23T14:31:47.729Z",
"scopes": [
"api"
],
"user_id": 24,
"last_used_at": "2021-10-06T17:58:37.550Z",
"active": true,
"expires_at": null
}
]
Example request:
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/personal_access_tokens?user_id=3"
Example response:
[
{
"id": 4,
"name": "Test Token",
"revoked": false,
"created_at": "2020-07-23T14:31:47.729Z",
"scopes": [
"api"
],
"user_id": 3,
"last_used_at": "2021-10-06T17:58:37.550Z",
"active": true,
"expires_at": null
}
]
Example request:
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/personal_access_tokens?revoked=true"
Example response:
[
{
"id": 41,
"name": "Revoked Test Token",
"revoked": true,
"created_at": "2022-01-01T14:31:47.729Z",
"scopes": [
"api"
],
"user_id": 8,
"last_used_at": "2022-05-18T17:58:37.550Z",
"active": false,
"expires_at": null
}
]
You can filter by merged attributes with:
GET /personal_access_tokens?revoked=true&created_before=2022-01-01
Get single personal access token
Get a personal access token by either:
- Using the ID of the personal access token.
- Passing it to the API in a header.
Using a personal access token ID
Introduced in GitLab 15.1.
Get a single personal access token by its ID. Users can get their own tokens. Administrators can get any token.
GET /personal_access_tokens/:id
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id
| integer/string | yes | ID of personal access token |
curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/personal_access_tokens/<id>"
Responses
404
HTTP status code introduced in GitLab 15.3.
-
401: Unauthorized
if either:- The user doesn’t have access to the token with the specified ID.
- The token with the specified ID doesn’t exist.
-
404: Not Found
if the user is an administrator but the token with the specified ID doesn’t exist.
Using a request header
Introduced in GitLab 15.5
Get a single personal access token by using passing the token in a header.
GET /personal_access_tokens/self
curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/personal_access_tokens/self"
Example response:
{
"id": 4,
"name": "Test Token",
"revoked": false,
"created_at": "2020-07-23T14:31:47.729Z",
"scopes": [
"api"
],
"user_id": 3,
"last_used_at": "2021-10-06T17:58:37.550Z",
"active": true,
"expires_at": null
}
Revoke a personal access token
Revoke a personal access token by either:
- Using the ID of the personal access token.
- Passing it to the API in a header.
Using a personal access token ID
- Introduced in GitLab 13.3.
- Moved from GitLab Ultimate to GitLab Free in 13.6.
Revoke a personal access token using its ID.
DELETE /personal_access_tokens/:id
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id
| integer/string | yes | ID of personal access token |
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.
Using a request header
-
Introduced in GitLab 15.0. Limited to tokens with
api
scope. - Introduced in GitLab 15.4, any token can use this endpoint.
Revokes a personal access token that is passed in using a request header. Requires:
-
api
scope in GitLab 15.0 to GitLab 15.3. - Any scope in GitLab 15.4 and later.
DELETE /personal_access_tokens/self
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/personal_access_tokens/self"
Responses
-
204: No Content
if successfully revoked. -
400: Bad Request
if not revoked successfully.
Create a personal access token (administrator only)
See the Users API documentation for information on creating a personal access token.