Deploy keys API (FREE)

List all deploy keys (FREE SELF)

Get a list of all deploy keys across all projects of the GitLab instance. This endpoint requires an administrator role and is not available on GitLab.com.

GET /deploy_keys

Supported attributes:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`public`	boolean	{dotted-circle} No	Only return deploy keys that are public. Defaults to `false`.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/deploy_keys?public=true"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "title": "Public key",
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiPWx6WM4lhHNedGfBpPJNPpZ7yKu+dnn1SJejgt4596k6YjzGGphH2TUxwKzxcKDKKezwkpfnxPkSMkuEspGRt/aZZ9wa++Oi7Qkr8prgHc4soW6NUlfDzpvZK2H5E7eQaSeP3SAwGmQKUFHCddNaP0L+hM7zhFNzjFvpaMgJw0=",
    "fingerprint": "7f:72:08:7d:0e:47:48:ec:37:79:b2:76:68:b5:87:65",
    "created_at": "2013-10-02T10:12:29Z",
    "projects_with_write_access": [
      {
        "id": 73,
        "description": null,
        "name": "project2",
        "name_with_namespace": "Sidney Jones / project2",
        "path": "project2",
        "path_with_namespace": "sidney_jones/project2",
        "created_at": "2021-10-25T18:33:17.550Z"
      },
      {
        "id": 74,
        "description": null,
        "name": "project3",
        "name_with_namespace": "Sidney Jones / project3",
        "path": "project3",
        "path_with_namespace": "sidney_jones/project3",
        "created_at": "2021-10-25T18:33:17.666Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": 3,
    "title": "Another Public key",
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiPWx6WM4lhHNedGfBpPJNPpZ7yKu+dnn1SJejgt4596k6YjzGGphH2TUxwKzxcKDKKezwkpfnxPkSMkuEspGRt/aZZ9wa++Oi7Qkr8prgHc4soW6NUlfDzpvZK2H5E7eQaSeP3SAwGmQKUFHCddNaP0L+hM7zhFNzjFvpaMgJw0=",
    "fingerprint": "64:d3:73:d4:83:70:ab:41:96:68:d5:3d:a5:b0:34:ea",
    "created_at": "2013-10-02T11:12:29Z",
    "projects_with_write_access": []
  }
]

List project deploy keys

Get a list of a project's deploy keys.

GET /projects/:id/deploy_keys

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/deploy_keys"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "title": "Public key",
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiPWx6WM4lhHNedGfBpPJNPpZ7yKu+dnn1SJejgt4596k6YjzGGphH2TUxwKzxcKDKKezwkpfnxPkSMkuEspGRt/aZZ9wa++Oi7Qkr8prgHc4soW6NUlfDzpvZK2H5E7eQaSeP3SAwGmQKUFHCddNaP0L+hM7zhFNzjFvpaMgJw0=",
    "created_at": "2013-10-02T10:12:29Z",
    "can_push": false
  },
  {
    "id": 3,
    "title": "Another Public key",
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiPWx6WM4lhHNedGfBpPJNPpZ7yKu+dnn1SJejgt4596k6YjzGGphH2TUxwKzxcKDKKezwkpfnxPkSMkuEspGRt/aZZ9wa++Oi7Qkr8prgHc4soW6NUlfDzpvZK2H5E7eQaSeP3SAwGmQKUFHCddNaP0L+hM7zhFNzjFvpaMgJw0=",
    "created_at": "2013-10-02T11:12:29Z",
    "can_push": false
  }
]

Get a single deploy key

Get a single key.

GET /projects/:id/deploy_keys/:key_id

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
`key_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the deploy key

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/deploy_keys/11"

Example response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "title": "Public key",
  "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAIEAiPWx6WM4lhHNedGfBpPJNPpZ7yKu+dnn1SJejgt4596k6YjzGGphH2TUxwKzxcKDKKezwkpfnxPkSMkuEspGRt/aZZ9wa++Oi7Qkr8prgHc4soW6NUlfDzpvZK2H5E7eQaSeP3SAwGmQKUFHCddNaP0L+hM7zhFNzjFvpaMgJw0=",
  "created_at": "2013-10-02T10:12:29Z",
  "can_push": false
}

Add deploy key

Creates a new deploy key for a project.

If the deploy key already exists in another project, it's joined to the current project only if the original one is accessible by the same user.

POST /projects/:id/deploy_keys

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
`title`	string	yes	New deploy key's title
`key`	string	yes	New deploy key
`can_push`	boolean	no	Can deploy key push to the project's repository

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     --data '{"title": "My deploy key", "key": "ssh-rsa AAAA...", "can_push": "true"}' \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/deploy_keys/"

Example response:

{
   "key" : "ssh-rsa AAAA...",
   "id" : 12,
   "title" : "My deploy key",
   "can_push": true,
   "created_at" : "2015-08-29T12:44:31.550Z"
}

Update deploy key

Updates a deploy key for a project.

PUT /projects/:id/deploy_keys/:key_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
`title`	string	no	New deploy key's title
`can_push`	boolean	no	Can deploy key push to the project's repository

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     --data '{"title": "New deploy key", "can_push": true}' "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/deploy_keys/11"

Example response:

{
   "id": 11,
   "title": "New deploy key",
   "key": "ssh-rsa AAAA...",
   "created_at": "2015-08-29T12:44:31.550Z",
   "can_push": true
}

Delete deploy key

Removes a deploy key from the project. If the deploy key is used only for this project, it's deleted from the system.

DELETE /projects/:id/deploy_keys/:key_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
`key_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the deploy key

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/deploy_keys/13"

Enable a deploy key

Enables a deploy key for a project so this can be used. Returns the enabled key, with a status code 201 when successful.

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/deploy_keys/13/enable"

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
`key_id`	integer	yes	The ID of the deploy key

Example response:

{
   "key" : "ssh-rsa AAAA...",
   "id" : 12,
   "title" : "My deploy key",
   "created_at" : "2015-08-29T12:44:31.550Z"
}

Add deploy keys to multiple projects

If you want to add the same deploy key to multiple projects in the same group, this can be achieved with the API.

First, find the ID of the projects you're interested in, by either listing all projects:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects"

Or finding the ID of a group:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups"

Then listing all projects in that group (for example, group 1234):

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1234"

With those IDs, add the same deploy key to all:

for project_id in 321 456 987; do
    curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
         --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
         --data '{"title": "my key", "key": "ssh-rsa AAAA..."}' \
         "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/${project_id}/deploy_keys"
done