System hooks (FREE SELF)

Your GitLab instance can perform HTTP POST requests on the following events:

group_create
group_destroy
group_rename
key_create
key_destroy
project_create
project_destroy
project_rename
project_transfer
project_update
repository_update
user_add_to_group
user_add_to_team
user_create
user_destroy
user_failed_login
user_remove_from_group
user_remove_from_team
user_rename
user_update_for_group
user_update_for_team

The triggers for most of these are self-explanatory, but project_update and project_rename deserve some clarification: project_update is fired any time an attribute of a project is changed (including name, description, and tags) unless the path attribute is also changed. In that case, a project_rename is triggered instead (so that, for instance, if all you care about is the repository URL, you can just listen for project_rename).

user_failed_login is sent whenever a blocked user attempts to sign in and is denied access.

System hooks can be used, for example, for logging or changing information in an LDAP server.

In addition to these default events, you can enable triggers for other events, such as push events, and disable the repository_update event when you create a system hook.

NOTE: We follow the same structure and deprecations as Webhooks for Push and Tag events, but we never display commits.

Create a system hook

To create a system hook:

On the top bar, select Menu > Admin.
On the left sidebar, select System Hooks.
Provide the URL and Secret Token.
Select the checkbox next to each optional Trigger you want to enable.
Select Enable SSL verification, if desired.
Click Add system hook.

Hooks request example

Request header:

X-Gitlab-Event: System Hook

Project created:

{
          "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:54Z",
          "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
          "event_name": "project_create",
                "name": "StoreCloud",
         "owner_email": "[email protected]",
          "owner_name": "John Smith",
              "owners": [{
                         "name": "John",
                         "email": "[email protected]"
                        }],
                "path": "storecloud",
 "path_with_namespace": "jsmith/storecloud",
          "project_id": 74,
  "project_visibility": "private"
}

Project destroyed:

{
          "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:58Z",
          "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
          "event_name": "project_destroy",
                "name": "Underscore",
         "owner_email": "[email protected]",
          "owner_name": "John Smith",
              "owners": [{
                         "name": "John",
                         "email": "[email protected]"
                        }],
                "path": "underscore",
 "path_with_namespace": "jsmith/underscore",
          "project_id": 73,
  "project_visibility": "internal"
}

Project renamed:

{
               "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:58Z",
               "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
               "event_name": "project_rename",
                     "name": "Underscore",
                     "path": "underscore",
      "path_with_namespace": "jsmith/underscore",
               "project_id": 73,
               "owner_name": "John Smith",
              "owner_email": "[email protected]",
                   "owners": [{
                              "name": "John",
                              "email": "[email protected]"
                             }],
       "project_visibility": "internal",
  "old_path_with_namespace": "jsmith/overscore"
}

Note that project_rename is not triggered if the namespace changes. Please refer to group_rename and user_rename for that case.

Project transferred:

{
               "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:58Z",
               "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
               "event_name": "project_transfer",
                     "name": "Underscore",
                     "path": "underscore",
      "path_with_namespace": "scores/underscore",
               "project_id": 73,
               "owner_name": "John Smith",
              "owner_email": "[email protected]",
                   "owners": [{
                              "name": "John",
                              "email": "[email protected]"
                             }],
       "project_visibility": "internal",
  "old_path_with_namespace": "jsmith/overscore"
}

Project updated:

{
          "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:54Z",
          "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
          "event_name": "project_update",
                "name": "StoreCloud",
         "owner_email": "[email protected]",
          "owner_name": "John Smith",
              "owners": [{
                         "name": "John",
                         "email": "[email protected]"
                        }],
                "path": "storecloud",
 "path_with_namespace": "jsmith/storecloud",
          "project_id": 74,
  "project_visibility": "private"
}

New Team Member:

{
                  "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:56Z",
                  "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
                  "event_name": "user_add_to_team",
                "access_level": "Maintainer",
                  "project_id": 74,
                "project_name": "StoreCloud",
                "project_path": "storecloud",
 "project_path_with_namespace": "jsmith/storecloud",
                  "user_email": "[email protected]",
                   "user_name": "John Smith",
               "user_username": "johnsmith",
                     "user_id": 41,
          "project_visibility": "private"
}

Team Member Removed:

{
                  "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:56Z",
                  "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
                  "event_name": "user_remove_from_team",
                "access_level": "Maintainer",
                  "project_id": 74,
                "project_name": "StoreCloud",
                "project_path": "storecloud",
 "project_path_with_namespace": "jsmith/storecloud",
                  "user_email": "[email protected]",
                   "user_name": "John Smith",
               "user_username": "johnsmith",
                     "user_id": 41,
          "project_visibility": "private"
}

Team Member Updated:

{
                  "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:56Z",
                  "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
                  "event_name": "user_update_for_team",
                "access_level": "Maintainer",
                  "project_id": 74,
                "project_name": "StoreCloud",
                "project_path": "storecloud",
 "project_path_with_namespace": "jsmith/storecloud",
                  "user_email": "[email protected]",
                   "user_name": "John Smith",
               "user_username": "johnsmith",
                     "user_id": 41,
          "project_visibility": "private"
}

User created:

{
   "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:44:07Z",
   "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
        "email": "[email protected]",
   "event_name": "user_create",
         "name": "John Smith",
     "username": "js",
      "user_id": 41
}

User removed:

{
   "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:44:07Z",
   "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
        "email": "[email protected]",
   "event_name": "user_destroy",
         "name": "John Smith",
     "username": "js",
      "user_id": 41
}

User failed login:

{
  "event_name": "user_failed_login",
  "created_at": "2017-10-03T06:08:48Z",
  "updated_at": "2018-01-15T04:52:06Z",
        "name": "John Smith",
       "email": "[email protected]",
     "user_id": 26,
    "username": "user4",
       "state": "blocked"
}

If the user is blocked via LDAP, state is ldap_blocked.

User renamed:

{
    "event_name": "user_rename",
    "created_at": "2017-11-01T11:21:04Z",
    "updated_at": "2017-11-01T14:04:47Z",
          "name": "new-name",
         "email": "[email protected]",
       "user_id": 58,
      "username": "new-exciting-name",
  "old_username": "old-boring-name"
}

Key added

{
    "event_name": "key_create",
    "created_at": "2014-08-18 18:45:16 UTC",
    "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
      "username": "root",
           "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQC58FwqHUbebw2SdT7SP4FxZ0w+lAO/erhy2ylhlcW/tZ3GY3mBu9VeeiSGoGz8hCx80Zrz+aQv28xfFfKlC8XQFpCWwsnWnQqO2Lv9bS8V1fIHgMxOHIt5Vs+9CAWGCCvUOAurjsUDoE2ALIXLDMKnJxcxD13XjWdK54j6ZXDB4syLF0C2PnAQSVY9X7MfCYwtuFmhQhKaBussAXpaVMRHltie3UYSBUUuZaB3J4cg/7TxlmxcNd+ppPRIpSZAB0NI6aOnqoBCpimscO/VpQRJMVLr3XiSYeT6HBiDXWHnIVPfQc03OGcaFqOit6p8lYKMaP/iUQLm+pgpZqrXZ9vB john@localhost",
           "id": 4
}

Key removed

{
    "event_name": "key_destroy",
    "created_at": "2014-08-18 18:45:16 UTC",
    "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
      "username": "root",
           "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQC58FwqHUbebw2SdT7SP4FxZ0w+lAO/erhy2ylhlcW/tZ3GY3mBu9VeeiSGoGz8hCx80Zrz+aQv28xfFfKlC8XQFpCWwsnWnQqO2Lv9bS8V1fIHgMxOHIt5Vs+9CAWGCCvUOAurjsUDoE2ALIXLDMKnJxcxD13XjWdK54j6ZXDB4syLF0C2PnAQSVY9X7MfCYwtuFmhQhKaBussAXpaVMRHltie3UYSBUUuZaB3J4cg/7TxlmxcNd+ppPRIpSZAB0NI6aOnqoBCpimscO/VpQRJMVLr3XiSYeT6HBiDXWHnIVPfQc03OGcaFqOit6p8lYKMaP/iUQLm+pgpZqrXZ9vB john@localhost",
            "id": 4
}

Group created:

{
   "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:54Z",
   "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
   "event_name": "group_create",
         "name": "StoreCloud",
         "path": "storecloud",
     "group_id": 78
}

Group removed:

{
   "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:54Z",
   "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
   "event_name": "group_destroy",
         "name": "StoreCloud",
         "path": "storecloud",
     "group_id": 78
}

Group renamed:

{
     "event_name": "group_rename",
     "created_at": "2017-10-30T15:09:00Z",
     "updated_at": "2017-11-01T10:23:52Z",
           "name": "Better Name",
           "path": "better-name",
      "full_path": "parent-group/better-name",
       "group_id": 64,
       "old_path": "old-name",
  "old_full_path": "parent-group/old-name"
}

New Group Member:

{
    "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:56Z",
    "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
    "event_name": "user_add_to_group",
  "group_access": "Maintainer",
      "group_id": 78,
    "group_name": "StoreCloud",
    "group_path": "storecloud",
    "user_email": "[email protected]",
     "user_name": "John Smith",
 "user_username": "johnsmith",
       "user_id": 41
}

Group Member Removed:

{
    "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:56Z",
    "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
    "event_name": "user_remove_from_group",
  "group_access": "Maintainer",
      "group_id": 78,
    "group_name": "StoreCloud",
    "group_path": "storecloud",
    "user_email": "[email protected]",
     "user_name": "John Smith",
 "user_username": "johnsmith",
       "user_id": 41
}

Group Member Updated:

{
    "created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:56Z",
    "updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
    "event_name": "user_update_for_group",
  "group_access": "Maintainer",
      "group_id": 78,
    "group_name": "StoreCloud",
    "group_path": "storecloud",
    "user_email": "[email protected]",
     "user_name": "John Smith",
 "user_username": "johnsmith",
       "user_id": 41
}

Push events

Triggered when you push to the repository, except when pushing tags. It generates one event per modified branch.

Request header:

X-Gitlab-Event: System Hook

Request body:

{
  "event_name": "push",
  "before": "95790bf891e76fee5e1747ab589903a6a1f80f22",
  "after": "da1560886d4f094c3e6c9ef40349f7d38b5d27d7",
  "ref": "refs/heads/master",
  "checkout_sha": "da1560886d4f094c3e6c9ef40349f7d38b5d27d7",
  "user_id": 4,
  "user_name": "John Smith",
  "user_email": "[email protected]",
  "user_avatar": "https://s.gravatar.com/avatar/d4c74594d841139328695756648b6bd6?s=8://s.gravatar.com/avatar/d4c74594d841139328695756648b6bd6?s=80",
  "project_id": 15,
  "project":{
    "name":"Diaspora",
    "description":"",
    "web_url":"http://example.com/mike/diaspora",
    "avatar_url":null,
    "git_ssh_url":"[email protected]:mike/diaspora.git",
    "git_http_url":"http://example.com/mike/diaspora.git",
    "namespace":"Mike",
    "visibility_level":0,
    "path_with_namespace":"mike/diaspora",
    "default_branch":"master",
    "homepage":"http://example.com/mike/diaspora",
    "url":"[email protected]:mike/diaspora.git",
    "ssh_url":"[email protected]:mike/diaspora.git",
    "http_url":"http://example.com/mike/diaspora.git"
  },
  "repository":{
    "name": "Diaspora",
    "url": "[email protected]:mike/diaspora.git",
    "description": "",
    "homepage": "http://example.com/mike/diaspora",
    "git_http_url":"http://example.com/mike/diaspora.git",
    "git_ssh_url":"[email protected]:mike/diaspora.git",
    "visibility_level":0
  },
  "commits": [
    {
      "id": "c5feabde2d8cd023215af4d2ceeb7a64839fc428",
      "message": "Add simple search to projects in public area",
      "timestamp": "2013-05-13T18:18:08+00:00",
      "url": "https://dev.gitlab.org/gitlab/gitlabhq/commit/c5feabde2d8cd023215af4d2ceeb7a64839fc428",
      "author": {
        "name": "Example User",
        "email": "[email protected]"
      }
    }
  ],
  "total_commits_count": 1
}

Tag events

Triggered when you create (or delete) tags to the repository. It generates one event per modified tag.

Request header:

X-Gitlab-Event: System Hook

Request body:

{
  "event_name": "tag_push",
  "before": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "after": "82b3d5ae55f7080f1e6022629cdb57bfae7cccc7",
  "ref": "refs/tags/v1.0.0",
  "checkout_sha": "5937ac0a7beb003549fc5fd26fc247adbce4a52e",
  "user_id": 1,
  "user_name": "John Smith",
  "user_avatar": "https://s.gravatar.com/avatar/d4c74594d841139328695756648b6bd6?s=8://s.gravatar.com/avatar/d4c74594d841139328695756648b6bd6?s=80",
  "project_id": 1,
  "project":{
    "name":"Example",
    "description":"",
    "web_url":"http://example.com/jsmith/example",
    "avatar_url":null,
    "git_ssh_url":"[email protected]:jsmith/example.git",
    "git_http_url":"http://example.com/jsmith/example.git",
    "namespace":"Jsmith",
    "visibility_level":0,
    "path_with_namespace":"jsmith/example",
    "default_branch":"master",
    "homepage":"http://example.com/jsmith/example",
    "url":"[email protected]:jsmith/example.git",
    "ssh_url":"[email protected]:jsmith/example.git",
    "http_url":"http://example.com/jsmith/example.git"
  },
  "repository":{
    "name": "Example",
    "url": "ssh://[email protected]/jsmith/example.git",
    "description": "",
    "homepage": "http://example.com/jsmith/example",
    "git_http_url":"http://example.com/jsmith/example.git",
    "git_ssh_url":"[email protected]:jsmith/example.git",
    "visibility_level":0
  },
  "commits": [],
  "total_commits_count": 0
}

Merge request events

Triggered when a new merge request is created, an existing merge request was updated/merged/closed or a commit is added in the source branch.

Request header:

X-Gitlab-Event: System Hook

{
  "object_kind": "merge_request",
  "event_type": "merge_request",
  "user": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=40\u0026d=identicon",
    "email": "[email protected]"
  },
  "project": {
    "id": 1,
    "name":"Gitlab Test",
    "description":"Aut reprehenderit ut est.",
    "web_url":"http://example.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-test",
    "avatar_url":null,
    "git_ssh_url":"[email protected]:gitlabhq/gitlab-test.git",
    "git_http_url":"http://example.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-test.git",
    "namespace":"GitlabHQ",
    "visibility_level":20,
    "path_with_namespace":"gitlabhq/gitlab-test",
    "default_branch":"master",
    "homepage":"http://example.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-test",
    "url":"http://example.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-test.git",
    "ssh_url":"[email protected]:gitlabhq/gitlab-test.git",
    "http_url":"http://example.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-test.git"
  },
  "repository": {
    "name": "Gitlab Test",
    "url": "http://example.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-test.git",
    "description": "Aut reprehenderit ut est.",
    "homepage": "http://example.com/gitlabhq/gitlab-test"
  },
  "object_attributes": {
    "id": 99,
    "target_branch": "master",
    "source_branch": "ms-viewport",
    "source_project_id": 14,
    "author_id": 51,
    "assignee_id": 6,
    "title": "MS-Viewport",
    "created_at": "2013-12-03T17:23:34Z",
    "updated_at": "2013-12-03T17:23:34Z",
    "milestone_id": null,
    "state": "opened",
    "merge_status": "unchecked",
    "target_project_id": 14,
    "iid": 1,
    "description": "",
    "source": {
      "name":"Awesome Project",
      "description":"Aut reprehenderit ut est.",
      "web_url":"http://example.com/awesome_space/awesome_project",
      "avatar_url":null,
      "git_ssh_url":"[email protected]:awesome_space/awesome_project.git",
      "git_http_url":"http://example.com/awesome_space/awesome_project.git",
      "namespace":"Awesome Space",
      "visibility_level":20,
      "path_with_namespace":"awesome_space/awesome_project",
      "default_branch":"master",
      "homepage":"http://example.com/awesome_space/awesome_project",
      "url":"http://example.com/awesome_space/awesome_project.git",
      "ssh_url":"[email protected]:awesome_space/awesome_project.git",
      "http_url":"http://example.com/awesome_space/awesome_project.git"
    },
    "target": {
      "name":"Awesome Project",
      "description":"Aut reprehenderit ut est.",
      "web_url":"http://example.com/awesome_space/awesome_project",
      "avatar_url":null,
      "git_ssh_url":"[email protected]:awesome_space/awesome_project.git",
      "git_http_url":"http://example.com/awesome_space/awesome_project.git",
      "namespace":"Awesome Space",
      "visibility_level":20,
      "path_with_namespace":"awesome_space/awesome_project",
      "default_branch":"master",
      "homepage":"http://example.com/awesome_space/awesome_project",
      "url":"http://example.com/awesome_space/awesome_project.git",
      "ssh_url":"[email protected]:awesome_space/awesome_project.git",
      "http_url":"http://example.com/awesome_space/awesome_project.git"
    },
    "last_commit": {
      "id": "da1560886d4f094c3e6c9ef40349f7d38b5d27d7",
      "message": "fixed readme",
      "timestamp": "2012-01-03T23:36:29+02:00",
      "url": "http://example.com/awesome_space/awesome_project/commits/da1560886d4f094c3e6c9ef40349f7d38b5d27d7",
      "author": {
        "name": "GitLab dev user",
        "email": "gitlabdev@dv6700.(none)"
      }
    },
    "work_in_progress": false,
    "url": "http://example.com/diaspora/merge_requests/1",
    "action": "open",
    "assignee": {
      "name": "User1",
      "username": "user1",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=40\u0026d=identicon"
    }
  },
  "labels": [{
    "id": 206,
    "title": "API",
    "color": "#ffffff",
    "project_id": 14,
    "created_at": "2013-12-03T17:15:43Z",
    "updated_at": "2013-12-03T17:15:43Z",
    "template": false,
    "description": "API related issues",
    "type": "ProjectLabel",
    "group_id": 41
  }],
  "changes": {
    "updated_by_id": {
      "previous": null,
      "current": 1
    },
    "updated_at": {
      "previous": "2017-09-15 16:50:55 UTC",
      "current":"2017-09-15 16:52:00 UTC"
    },
    "labels": {
      "previous": [{
        "id": 206,
        "title": "API",
        "color": "#ffffff",
        "project_id": 14,
        "created_at": "2013-12-03T17:15:43Z",
        "updated_at": "2013-12-03T17:15:43Z",
        "template": false,
        "description": "API related issues",
        "type": "ProjectLabel",
        "group_id": 41
      }],
      "current": [{
        "id": 205,
        "title": "Platform",
        "color": "#123123",
        "project_id": 14,
        "created_at": "2013-12-03T17:15:43Z",
        "updated_at": "2013-12-03T17:15:43Z",
        "template": false,
        "description": "Platform related issues",
        "type": "ProjectLabel",
        "group_id": 41
      }]
    }
  }
}

Repository Update events

Triggered only once when you push to the repository (including tags).

Request header:

X-Gitlab-Event: System Hook

Request body:

{
  "event_name": "repository_update",
  "user_id": 1,
  "user_name": "John Smith",
  "user_email": "[email protected]",
  "user_avatar": "https://s.gravatar.com/avatar/d4c74594d841139328695756648b6bd6?s=8://s.gravatar.com/avatar/d4c74594d841139328695756648b6bd6?s=80",
  "project_id": 1,
  "project": {
    "name":"Example",
    "description":"",
    "web_url":"http://example.com/jsmith/example",
    "avatar_url":null,
    "git_ssh_url":"[email protected]:jsmith/example.git",
    "git_http_url":"http://example.com/jsmith/example.git",
    "namespace":"Jsmith",
    "visibility_level":0,
    "path_with_namespace":"jsmith/example",
    "default_branch":"master",
    "homepage":"http://example.com/jsmith/example",
    "url":"[email protected]:jsmith/example.git",
    "ssh_url":"[email protected]:jsmith/example.git",
    "http_url":"http://example.com/jsmith/example.git"
  },
  "changes": [
    {
      "before":"8205ea8d81ce0c6b90fbe8280d118cc9fdad6130",
      "after":"4045ea7a3df38697b3730a20fb73c8bed8a3e69e",
      "ref":"refs/heads/master"
    }
  ],
  "refs":["refs/heads/master"]
}

Local requests in system hooks

Requests to local network by system hooks can be allowed or blocked by an administrator.