Suggest Changes API

This page describes the API for suggesting changes.

Every API call to suggestions must be authenticated.

Applying a suggestion

Applies a suggested patch in a merge request. Users must have at least the Developer role to perform such action. 

PUT /suggestions/:id/apply
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes The ID of a suggestion
commit_message string no A custom commit message to use instead of the default generated message or the project’s default message 
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/suggestions/5/apply"

Example response: 

{
  "id": 5,
  "from_line": 10,
  "to_line": 10,
  "applicable": true,
  "applied": false,
  "from_content": "This is an eaxmple\n",
  "to_content": "This is an example\n"
}

Applying multiple suggestions 

PUT /suggestions/batch_apply
Attribute Type Required Description
ids integer yes The IDs of suggestions
commit_message string no A custom commit message to use instead of the default generated message or the project’s default message 
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --data '{"ids": [5, 6]}' "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/suggestions/batch_apply"

Example response: 

[
  {
    "id": 5,
    "from_line": 10,
    "to_line": 10,
    "applicable": true,
    "applied": false,
    "from_content": "This is an eaxmple\n",
    "to_content": "This is an example\n"
  }
  {
    "id": 6,
    "from_line": 19
    "to_line": 19,
    "applicable": true,
    "applied": false,
    "from_content": "This is another eaxmple\n",
    "to_content": "This is another example\n"
  }
 ]