System hooks
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System hooks (not to be confused with server hooks or file hooks) perform HTTP POST requests and are triggered 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_access_request_revoked_for_group
user_access_request_revoked_for_project
user_access_request_to_group
user_access_request_to_project
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
require clarification:
-
project_update
triggers when an attribute of a project is changed (including name, description, and tags) except when thepath
attribute is also changed. -
project_rename
triggers when an attribute of a project (includingpath
) is changed. If you only care about the repository URL, just listen forproject_rename
.
user_failed_login
is sent whenever a blocked user attempts to sign in and is denied access.
As an example, use system hooks for logging or changing information in an LDAP server.
You can also enable triggers for other events, such as push events, and disable the repository_update
event
when you create a system hook.
NOTE: For push and tag events, the same structure and deprecations are followed as project and group webhooks. However, commits are never displayed.
Create a system hook
- Name and Description introduced in GitLab 16.9.
To create a system hook:
-
On the left sidebar, at the bottom, select Admin.
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Select System hooks.
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Select Add new webhook.
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In URL, enter the URL of the webhook endpoint. The URL must be percent-encoded if it contains one or more special characters.
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Optional. In Name, enter the name of the webhook.
-
Optional. In Description, enter the description of the webhook.
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Optional. In Secret token, enter the secret token to validate requests.
The token is sent with the webhook request in the
X-Gitlab-Token
HTTP header. Your webhook endpoint can check the token to verify the request is legitimate. -
In the Trigger section, select the checkbox for each GitLab event you want to trigger the webhook.
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Optional. Clear the Enable SSL verification checkbox to disable SSL verification.
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Select 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": "johnsmith@example.com",
"owner_name": "John Smith",
"owners": [{
"name": "John",
"email": "user1@example.com"
}],
"path": "storecloud",
"path_with_namespace": "jsmith/storecloud",
"project_id": 74,
"project_namespace_id" : 23,
"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": "johnsmith@example.com",
"owner_name": "John Smith",
"owners": [{
"name": "John",
"email": "user1@example.com"
}],
"path": "underscore",
"path_with_namespace": "jsmith/underscore",
"project_id": 73,
"project_namespace_id" : 23,
"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": "johnsmith@example.com",
"owners": [{
"name": "John",
"email": "user1@example.com"
}],
"project_namespace_id" : 23,
"project_visibility": "internal",
"old_path_with_namespace": "jsmith/overscore"
}
project_rename
is not triggered if the namespace changes.
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": "johnsmith@example.com",
"owners": [{
"name": "John",
"email": "user1@example.com"
}],
"project_namespace_id" : 23,
"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": "johnsmith@example.com",
"owner_name": "John Smith",
"owners": [{
"name": "John",
"email": "user1@example.com"
}],
"path": "storecloud",
"path_with_namespace": "jsmith/storecloud",
"project_id": 74,
"project_namespace_id" : 23,
"project_visibility": "private"
}
Access request for group removed:
{
"created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:56Z",
"updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
"event_name": "user_access_request_revoked_for_group",
"group_access": "Maintainer",
"group_id": 78,
"group_name": "StoreCloud",
"group_path": "storecloud",
"user_email": "johnsmith@example.com",
"user_name": "John Smith",
"user_username": "johnsmith",
"user_id": 41
}
Access request for project removed:
{
"created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:56Z",
"updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
"event_name": "user_access_request_revoked_for_project",
"access_level": "Maintainer",
"project_id": 74,
"project_name": "StoreCloud",
"project_path": "storecloud",
"project_path_with_namespace": "jsmith/storecloud",
"user_email": "johnsmith@example.com",
"user_name": "John Smith",
"user_username": "johnsmith",
"user_id": 41,
"project_visibility": "private"
}
Access request for group created:
{
"created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:56Z",
"updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
"event_name": "user_access_request_to_group",
"group_access": "Maintainer",
"group_id": 78,
"group_name": "StoreCloud",
"group_path": "storecloud",
"user_email": "johnsmith@example.com",
"user_name": "John Smith",
"user_username": "johnsmith",
"user_id": 41
}
Access request for project created:
{
"created_at": "2012-07-21T07:30:56Z",
"updated_at": "2012-07-21T07:38:22Z",
"event_name": "user_access_request_to_project",
"access_level": "Maintainer",
"project_id": 74,
"project_name": "StoreCloud",
"project_path": "storecloud",
"project_path_with_namespace": "jsmith/storecloud",
"user_email": "johnsmith@example.com",
"user_name": "John Smith",
"user_username": "johnsmith",
"user_id": 41,
"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": "johnsmith@example.com",
"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": "johnsmith@example.com",
"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": "johnsmith@example.com",
"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": "js@gitlabhq.com",
"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": "js@gitlabhq.com",
"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": "user4@example.com",
"user_id": 26,
"username": "user4",
"state": "blocked"
}
If the user is blocked through 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": "best-email@example.tld",
"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": "johnsmith@example.com",
"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": "johnsmith@example.com",
"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": "johnsmith@example.com",
"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": "john@example.com",
"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":"git@example.com: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":"git@example.com:mike/diaspora.git",
"ssh_url":"git@example.com:mike/diaspora.git",
"http_url":"http://example.com/mike/diaspora.git"
},
"repository":{
"name": "Diaspora",
"url": "git@example.com:mike/diaspora.git",
"description": "",
"homepage": "http://example.com/mike/diaspora",
"git_http_url":"http://example.com/mike/diaspora.git",
"git_ssh_url":"git@example.com: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": "user@example.com"
}
}
],
"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":"git@example.com: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":"git@example.com:jsmith/example.git",
"ssh_url":"git@example.com:jsmith/example.git",
"http_url":"http://example.com/jsmith/example.git"
},
"repository":{
"name": "Example",
"url": "ssh://git@example.com/jsmith/example.git",
"description": "",
"homepage": "http://example.com/jsmith/example",
"git_http_url":"http://example.com/jsmith/example.git",
"git_ssh_url":"git@example.com: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": "admin@example.com"
},
"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":"git@example.com: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":"git@example.com: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":"git@example.com: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":"git@example.com: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":"git@example.com: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":"git@example.com: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": "admin@example.com",
"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":"git@example.com: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":"git@example.com:jsmith/example.git",
"ssh_url":"git@example.com: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.