External Status Checks API (ULTIMATE)

List status checks for a merge request

For a single merge request, list the external status checks that apply to it and their status.

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/status_checks

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes ID of a project
merge_request_iid integer yes IID of a merge request
[
    {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Rule 1",
        "external_url": "https://gitlab.com/test-endpoint",
        "status": "approved"
    },
    {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Rule 2",
        "external_url": "https://gitlab.com/test-endpoint-2",
        "status": "pending"
    }
]

Set status of an external status check

For a single merge request, use the API to inform GitLab that a merge request has passed a check by an external service.

POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/status_check_responses

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes ID of a project
merge_request_iid integer yes IID of a merge request
sha string yes SHA at HEAD of the source branch
external_status_check_id integer yes ID of an external status check

NOTE: sha must be the SHA at the HEAD of the merge request's source branch.

Get project external status checks

You can request information about a project's external status checks using the following endpoint:

GET /projects/:id/external_status_checks

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes ID of a project
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Compliance Check",
    "project_id": 6,
    "external_url": "https://gitlab.com/example/test.json",
    "protected_branches": [
      {
        "id": 14,
        "project_id": 6,
        "name": "master",
        "created_at": "2020-10-12T14:04:50.787Z",
        "updated_at": "2020-10-12T14:04:50.787Z",
        "code_owner_approval_required": false
      }
    ]
  }
]

Create external status check

You can create a new external status check for a project using the following endpoint:

POST /projects/:id/external_status_checks

WARNING: External status checks send information about all applicable merge requests to the defined external service. This includes confidential merge requests.

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes ID of a project
name string yes Display name of status check
external_url string yes URL of status check resource
protected_branch_ids array<Integer> no IDs of protected branches to scope the rule by

Delete external status check

You can delete an external status check for a project using the following endpoint:

DELETE /projects/:id/external_status_checks/:check_id
Attribute Type Required Description
rule_id integer yes ID of an status check
id integer yes ID of a project

Update external status check

You can update an existing external status check for a project using the following endpoint:

PUT /projects/:id/external_status_checks/:check_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes ID of a project
rule_id integer yes ID of an external status check
name string no Display name of status check
external_url string no URL of external status check resource
protected_branch_ids array<Integer> no IDs of protected branches to scope the rule by

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