= Gerrit Code Review - /projects/ REST API

This page describes the project related REST endpoints.
Please also take note of the general information on the
link:rest-api.html[REST API].

[[project-endpoints]]
== Project Endpoints

[[list-projects]]
=== List Projects
--
'GET /projects/'
--

Lists the projects accessible by the caller. This is the same as
using the link:cmd-ls-projects.html[ls-projects] command over SSH,
and accepts the same options as query parameters.

As result a map is returned that maps the project names to
link:#project-info[ProjectInfo] entries. The entries in the map are sorted
by project name.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/?d HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "external/bison": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "external%2Fbison",
      "description": "GNU parser generator"
    },
    "external/gcc": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "external%2Fgcc",
    },
    "external/openssl": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "external%2Fopenssl",
      "description": "encryption\ncrypto routines"
    },
    "test": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "test",
      "description": "\u003chtml\u003e is escaped"
    }
  }
----

.Get all projects with their description
****
get::/projects/?d
****

[[suggest-projects]]
The `/projects/` URL also accepts a prefix string in the `p` parameter.
This limits the results to those projects that start with the specified
prefix.
List all projects that start with `platform/`:

.Request
----
  GET /projects/?p=platform%2F HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "platform/drivers": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "platform%2Fdrivers",
    },
    "platform/tools": {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "platform%2Ftools",
    }
  }
----
E.g. this feature can be used by suggestion client UI's to limit results.

The `/projects/` URL also accepts a limit integer in the `n` parameter.
This limits the results to show `n` projects.

Query the first 25 projects in project list.
----
  GET /projects/?n=25 HTTP/1.0
----

The `/projects/` URL also accepts a start integer in the `S` parameter.
The results will skip `S` projects from project list.

Query 25 projects starting from index 50.
----
  GET /projects/?n=25&S=50 HTTP/1.0
----

[[get-project]]
=== Get Project
--
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]'
--

Retrieves a project.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/plugins%2Freplication HTTP/1.0
----

As response a link:#project-info[ProjectInfo] entity is returned that
describes the project.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
    "id": "plugins%2Freplication",
    "name": "plugins/replication",
    "parent": "Public-Plugins",
    "description": "Copies to other servers using the Git protocol"
  }
----

[[create-project]]
=== Create Project
--
'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]'
--

Creates a new project.

In the request body additional data for the project can be provided as
link:#project-input[ProjectInput].

.Request
----
  PUT /projects/MyProject HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "description": "This is a demo project.",
    "submit_type": "CHERRY_PICK",
    "owners": [
      "MyProject-Owners"
    ]
  }
----

As response the link:#project-info[ProjectInfo] entity is returned that
describes the created project.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 201 Created
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
    "id": "MyProject",
    "name": "MyProject",
    "parent": "All-Projects",
    "description": "This is a demo project."
  }
----

[[get-project-description]]
=== Get Project Description
--
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/description'
--

Retrieves the description of a project.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/plugins%2Freplication/description HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "Copies to other servers using the Git protocol"
----

If the project does not have a description an empty string is returned.

[[set-project-description]]
=== Set Project Description
--
'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/description'
--

Sets the description of a project.

The new project description must be provided in the request body inside
a link:#project-description-input[ProjectDescriptionInput] entity.

.Request
----
  PUT /projects/plugins%2Freplication/description HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "description": "Plugin for Gerrit that handles the replication.",
    "commit_message": "Update the project description"
  }
----

As response the new project description is returned.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "Plugin for Gerrit that handles the replication."
----

If the description was deleted the response is "`204 No Content`".

[[delete-project-description]]
=== Delete Project Description
--
'DELETE /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/description'
--

Deletes the description of a project.

The request body does not need to include a
link:#project-description-input[ProjectDescriptionInput] entity if no
commit message is specified.

Please note that some proxies prohibit request bodies for DELETE
requests. In this case, if you want to specify a commit message, use
link:#set-project-description[PUT] to delete the description.

.Request
----
  DELETE /projects/plugins%2Freplication/description HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
----

[[get-project-parent]]
=== Get Project Parent
--
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/parent'
--

Retrieves the name of a project's parent project. For the
`All-Projects` root project an empty string is returned.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/plugins%2Freplication/parent HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "All-Projects"
----

[[set-project-parent]]
=== Set Project Parent
--
'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/parent'
--

Sets the parent project for a project.

The new name of the parent project must be provided in the request body
inside a link:#project-parent-input[ProjectParentInput] entity.

.Request
----
  PUT /projects/plugins%2Freplication/parent HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "parent": "Public-Plugins",
    "commit_message": "Update the project parent"
  }
----

As response the new parent project name is returned.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "Public-Plugins"
----

[[get-head]]
=== Get HEAD
--
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/HEAD'
--

Retrieves for a project the name of the branch to which `HEAD` points.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/plugins%2Freplication/HEAD HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "refs/heads/master"
----

[[set-head]]
=== Set HEAD
--
'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/HEAD'
--

Sets `HEAD` for a project.

The new ref to which `HEAD` should point must be provided in the
request body inside a link:#head-input[HeadInput] entity.

.Request
----
  PUT /projects/plugins%2Freplication/HEAD HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "ref": "refs/heads/stable"
  }
----

As response the new ref to which `HEAD` points is returned.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "refs/heads/stable"
----

[[get-repository-statistics]]
=== Get Repository Statistics
--
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/statistics.git'
--

Return statistics for the repository of a project.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/plugins%2Freplication/statistics.git HTTP/1.0
----

The repository statistics are returned as a
link:#repository-statistics-info[RepositoryStatisticsInfo] entity.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "number_of_loose_objects": 127,
    "number_of_loose_refs": 15,
    "number_of_pack_files": 15,
    "number_of_packed_objects": 67,
    "number_of_packed_refs": 0,
    "size_of_loose_objects": 29466,
    "size_of_packed_objects": 9646
  }
----

[[get-config]]
=== Get Config
--
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/config'
--

Gets some configuration information about a project. Note that this
config info is not simply the contents of `project.config`; it generally
contains fields that may have been inherited from parent projects.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/myproject/config
----

A link:#config-info[ConfigInfo] entity is returned that describes the
project configuration. Some fields are only visible to users that have
read access to `refs/meta/config`.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#project_config",
    "description": "demo project",
    "use_contributor_agreements": {
      "value": true,
      "configured_value": "TRUE",
      "inherited_value": false
    },
    "use_content_merge": {
      "value": true,
      "configured_value": "INHERIT",
      "inherited_value": true
    },
    "use_signed_off_by": {
      "value": false,
      "configured_value": "INHERIT",
      "inherited_value": false
    },
    "require_change_id": {
      "value": false,
      "configured_value": "FALSE",
      "inherited_value": true
    },
    "max_object_size_limit": {
      "value": "15m",
      "configured_value": "15m",
      "inherited_value": "20m"
    },
    "submit_type": "MERGE_IF_NECESSARY",
    "state": "ACTIVE",
    "commentlinks": {},
    "plugin_config": {
      "helloworld": {
        "language": {
          "display_name": "Preferred Language",
          "type": "STRING",
          "value": "en"
        }
      }
    },
    "actions": {
      "cookbook~hello-project": {
        "method": "POST",
        "label": "Say hello",
        "title": "Say hello in different languages",
        "enabled": true
      }
    }
  }
----

[[set-config]]
=== Set Config
--
'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/config'
--

Sets the configuration of a project.

The new configuration must be provided in the request body as a
link:#config-input[ConfigInput] entity.

.Request
----
  PUT /projects/myproject/config HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "description": "demo project",
    "use_contributor_agreements": "FALSE",
    "use_content_merge": "INHERIT",
    "use_signed_off_by": "INHERIT",
    "require_change_id": "TRUE",
    "max_object_size_limit": "10m",
    "submit_type": "REBASE_IF_NECESSARY",
    "state": "ACTIVE"
  }
----

As response the new configuration is returned as a link:#config-info[
ConfigInfo] entity.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#project_config",
    "use_contributor_agreements": {
      "value": false,
      "configured_value": "FALSE",
      "inherited_value": false
    },
    "use_content_merge": {
      "value": true,
      "configured_value": "INHERIT",
      "inherited_value": true
    },
    "use_signed_off_by": {
      "value": false,
      "configured_value": "INHERIT",
      "inherited_value": false
    },
    "require_change_id": {
      "value": true,
      "configured_value": "TRUE",
      "inherited_value": true
    },
    "max_object_size_limit": {
      "value": "10m",
      "configured_value": "10m",
      "inherited_value": "20m"
    },
    "submit_type": "REBASE_IF_NECESSARY",
    "state": "ACTIVE",
    "commentlinks": {}
  }
----

[[run-gc]]
=== Run GC
--
'POST /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/gc'
--

Run the Git garbage collection for the repository of a project.

Options for the Git garbage collection can be specified in the
request body as a link:#gc-input[GCInput] entity.

.Request
----
  POST /projects/plugins%2Freplication/gc HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "show_progress": true
  }
----

The response is the streamed output of the garbage collection.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8

  collecting garbage for "plugins/replication":
  Pack refs:              100% (21/21)
  Counting objects:       20
  Finding sources:        100% (20/20)
  Getting sizes:          100% (13/13)
  Compressing objects:     83% (5/6)
  Writing objects:        100% (20/20)
  Selecting commits:      100% (7/7)
  Building bitmaps:       100% (7/7)
  Finding sources:        100% (41/41)
  Getting sizes:          100% (25/25)
  Compressing objects:     52% (12/23)
  Writing objects:        100% (41/41)
  Prune loose objects also found in pack files: 100% (36/36)
  Prune loose, unreferenced objects: 100% (36/36)
  done.
----

[[branch-endpoints]]
== Branch Endpoints

[[list-branches]]
=== List Branches
--
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/branches/'
--

List the branches of a project.

As result a list of link:#branch-info[BranchInfo] entries is
returned.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/work%2Fmy-project/branches/ HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "ref": "HEAD",
      "revision": "master"
    },
    {
      "ref": "refs/meta/config",
      "revision": "76016386a0d8ecc7b6be212424978bb45959d668"
    },
    {
      "ref": "refs/heads/master",
      "revision": "67ebf73496383c6777035e374d2d664009e2aa5c"
    },
    {
      "ref": "refs/heads/stable",
      "revision": "64ca533bd0eb5252d2fee83f63da67caae9b4674",
      "can_delete": true
    }
  ]
----

[[get-branch]]
=== Get Branch
--
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/branches/link:#branch-id[\{branch-id\}]'
--

Retrieves a branch of a project.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/work%2Fmy-project/branches/master HTTP/1.0
----

As response a link:#branch-info[BranchInfo] entity is returned that
describes the branch.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "ref": "refs/heads/master",
    "revision": "67ebf73496383c6777035e374d2d664009e2aa5c"
  }
----

[[create-branch]]
=== Create Branch
--
'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/branches/link:#branch-id[\{branch-id\}]'
--

Creates a new branch.

In the request body additional data for the branch can be provided as
link:#branch-input[BranchInput].

.Request
----
  PUT /projects/MyProject/branches/stable HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "revision": "76016386a0d8ecc7b6be212424978bb45959d668"
  }
----

As response a link:#branch-info[BranchInfo] entity is returned that
describes the created branch.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 201 Created
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "ref": "refs/heads/stable",
    "revision": "76016386a0d8ecc7b6be212424978bb45959d668",
    "can_delete": true
  }
----

[[delete-branch]]
=== Delete Branch
--
'DELETE /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/branches/link:#branch-id[\{branch-id\}]'
--

Deletes a branch.

.Request
----
  DELETE /projects/MyProject/branches/stable HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
----

[[get-content]]
=== Get Content
--
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/branches/link:#branch-id[\{branch-id\}]/files/link:rest-api-changes.html#file-id[\{file-id\}]/content'
--

Gets the content of a file from the HEAD revision of a certain branch.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/gerrit/branches/master/files/gerrit-server%2Fsrc%2Fmain%2Fjava%2Fcom%2Fgoogle%2Fgerrit%2Fserver%2Fproject%2FRefControl.java/content HTTP/1.0
----

The content is returned as base64 encoded string.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: text/plain;charset=UTF-8

  Ly8gQ29weXJpZ2h0IChDKSAyMDEwIFRoZSBBbmRyb2lkIE9wZW4gU291cmNlIFByb2plY...
----

[[child-project-endpoints]]
== Child Project Endpoints

[[list-child-projects]]
=== List Child Projects
--
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/children/'
--

List the direct child projects of a project.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/Public-Plugins/children/ HTTP/1.0
----

As result a list of link:#project-info[ProjectInfo] entries is
returned that describe the child projects.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "plugins%2Freplication",
      "name": "plugins/replication",
      "parent": "Public-Plugins",
      "description": "Copies to other servers using the Git protocol"
    },
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "plugins%2Freviewnotes",
      "name": "plugins/reviewnotes",
      "parent": "Public-Plugins",
      "description": "Annotates merged commits using notes on refs/notes/review."
    },
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "plugins%2Fsingleusergroup",
      "name": "plugins/singleusergroup",
      "parent": "Public-Plugins",
      "description": "GroupBackend enabling users to be directly added to access rules"
    }
  ]
----

To resolve the child projects of a project recursively the parameter
`recursive` can be set.

Child projects that are not visible to the calling user are ignored and
are not resolved further.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/Public-Projects/children/?recursive HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "gerrit",
      "name": "gerrit",
      "parent": "Public-Projects",
      "description": "Gerrit Code Review"
    },
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "plugins%2Freplication",
      "name": "plugins/replication",
      "parent": "Public-Plugins",
      "description": "Copies to other servers using the Git protocol"
    },
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "plugins%2Freviewnotes",
      "name": "plugins/reviewnotes",
      "parent": "Public-Plugins",
      "description": "Annotates merged commits using notes on refs/notes/review."
    },
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "plugins%2Fsingleusergroup",
      "name": "plugins/singleusergroup",
      "parent": "Public-Plugins",
      "description": "GroupBackend enabling users to be directly added to access rules"
    },
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
      "id": "Public-Plugins",
      "name": "Public-Plugins",
      "parent": "Public-Projects",
      "description": "Parent project for plugins/*"
    }
  ]
----

[[get-child-project]]
=== Get Child Project
--
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/children/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]'
--

Retrieves a child project. If a non-direct child project should be
retrieved the parameter `recursive` must be set.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/Public-Plugins/children/plugins%2Freplication HTTP/1.0
----

As response a link:#project-info[ProjectInfo] entity is returned that
describes the child project.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#project",
    "id": "plugins%2Freplication",
    "name": "plugins/replication",
    "parent": "Public-Plugins",
    "description": "Copies to other servers using the Git protocol"
  }
----

[[dashboard-endpoints]]
== Dashboard Endpoints

[[list-dashboards]]
=== List Dashboards
--
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/dashboards/'
--

List custom dashboards for a project.

As result a list of link:#dashboard-info[DashboardInfo] entries is
returned.

List all dashboards for the `work/my-project` project:

.Request
----
  GET /projects/work%2Fmy-project/dashboards/ HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "kind": "gerritcodereview#dashboard",
      "id": "main:closed",
      "ref": "main",
      "path": "closed",
      "description": "Merged and abandoned changes in last 7 weeks",
      "url": "/dashboard/?title\u003dClosed+changes\u0026Merged\u003dstatus:merged+age:7w\u0026Abandoned\u003dstatus:abandoned+age:7w",
      "default": true,
      "title": "Closed changes",
      "sections": [
        {
          "name": "Merged",
          "query": "status:merged age:7w"
        },
        {
          "name": "Abandoned",
          "query": "status:abandoned age:7w"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
----

.Get all dashboards of the 'All-Projects' project
****
get::/projects/All-Projects/dashboards/
****

[[get-dashboard]]
=== Get Dashboard
--
'GET /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/dashboards/link:#dashboard-id[\{dashboard-id\}]'
--

Retrieves a project dashboard. The dashboard can be defined on that
project or be inherited from a parent project.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/work%2Fmy-project/dashboards/main:closed HTTP/1.0
----

As response a link:#dashboard-info[DashboardInfo] entity is returned
that describes the dashboard.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#dashboard",
    "id": "main:closed",
    "ref": "main",
    "path": "closed",
    "description": "Merged and abandoned changes in last 7 weeks",
    "url": "/dashboard/?title\u003dClosed+changes\u0026Merged\u003dstatus:merged+age:7w\u0026Abandoned\u003dstatus:abandoned+age:7w",
    "default": true,
    "title": "Closed changes",
    "sections": [
      {
        "name": "Merged",
        "query": "status:merged age:7w"
      },
      {
        "name": "Abandoned",
        "query": "status:abandoned age:7w"
      }
    ]
  }
----

To retrieve the default dashboard of a project use `default` as
dashboard-id.

.Request
----
  GET /projects/work%2Fmy-project/dashboards/default HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#dashboard",
    "id": "main:closed",
    "ref": "main",
    "path": "closed",
    "description": "Merged and abandoned changes in last 7 weeks",
    "url": "/dashboard/?title\u003dClosed+changes\u0026Merged\u003dstatus:merged+age:7w\u0026Abandoned\u003dstatus:abandoned+age:7w",
    "default": true,
    "title": "Closed changes",
    "sections": [
      {
        "name": "Merged",
        "query": "status:merged age:7w"
      },
      {
        "name": "Abandoned",
        "query": "status:abandoned age:7w"
      }
    ]
  }
----

[[set-dashboard]]
=== Set Dashboard
--
'PUT /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/dashboards/link:#dashboard-id[\{dashboard-id\}]'
--

Updates/Creates a project dashboard.

Currently only supported for the `default` dashboard.

The creation/update information for the dashboard must be provided in
the request body as a link:#dashboard-input[DashboardInput] entity.

.Request
----
  PUT /projects/work%2Fmy-project/dashboards/default HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  {
    "id": "main:closed",
    "commit_message": "Define the default dashboard"
  }
----

As response the new/updated dashboard is returned as a
link:#dashboard-info[DashboardInfo] entity.

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "kind": "gerritcodereview#dashboard",
    "id": "main:closed",
    "ref": "main",
    "path": "closed",
    "description": "Merged and abandoned changes in last 7 weeks",
    "url": "/dashboard/?title\u003dClosed+changes\u0026Merged\u003dstatus:merged+age:7w\u0026Abandoned\u003dstatus:abandoned+age:7w",
    "default": true,
    "title": "Closed changes",
    "sections": [
      {
        "name": "Merged",
        "query": "status:merged age:7w"
      },
      {
        "name": "Abandoned",
        "query": "status:abandoned age:7w"
      }
    ]
  }
----

[[delete-dashboard]]
=== Delete Dashboard
--
'DELETE /projects/link:#project-name[\{project-name\}]/dashboards/link:#dashboard-id[\{dashboard-id\}]'
--

Deletes a project dashboard.

Currently only supported for the `default` dashboard.

The request body does not need to include a link:#dashboard-input[
DashboardInput] entity if no commit message is specified.

Please note that some proxies prohibit request bodies for DELETE
requests.

.Request
----
  DELETE /projects/work%2Fmy-project/dashboards/default HTTP/1.0
----

.Response
----
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
----


[[ids]]
== IDs

[[branch-id]]
=== \{branch-id\}
The name of a branch or `HEAD`. The prefix `refs/heads/` can be
omitted.

[[dashboard-id]]
=== \{dashboard-id\}
The ID of a dashboard in the format '<ref>:<path>'.

A special dashboard ID is `default` which represents the default
dashboard of a project.

[[project-name]]
=== \{project-name\}
The name of the project.


[[json-entities]]
== JSON Entities

[[branch-info]]
=== BranchInfo
The `BranchInfo` entity contains information about a branch.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|=========================
|Field Name  ||Description
|`ref`       ||The ref of the branch.
|`revision`  ||The revision to which the branch points.
|`can_delete`|`false` if not set|
Whether the calling user can delete this branch.
|=========================

[[branch-input]]
=== BranchInput
The `BranchInput` entity contains information for the creation of
a new branch.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|=======================
|Field Name||Description
|`ref`     |optional|
The name of the branch. The prefix `refs/heads/` can be
omitted. +
If set, must match the branch ID in the URL.
|`revision`|optional|
The base revision of the new branch. +
If not set, `HEAD` will be used as base revision.
|=======================

[[config-info]]
=== ConfigInfo
The `ConfigInfo` entity contains information about the effective project
configuration.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|=========================================
|Field Name                  ||Description
|`description`               |optional|
The description of the project.
|`use_contributor_agreements`|optional|
link:#inherited-boolean-info[InheritedBooleanInfo] that tells whether
authors must complete a contributor agreement on the site before
pushing any commits or changes to this project.
|`use_content_merge`         |optional|
link:#inherited-boolean-info[InheritedBooleanInfo] that tells whether
Gerrit will try to perform a 3-way merge of text file content when a
file has been modified by both the destination branch and the change
being submitted. This option only takes effect if submit type is not
FAST_FORWARD_ONLY.
|`use_signed_off_by`         |optional|
link:#inherited-boolean-info[InheritedBooleanInfo] that tells whether
each change must contain a Signed-off-by line from either the author or
the uploader in the commit message.
|`require_change_id`         |optional|
link:#inherited-boolean-info[InheritedBooleanInfo] that tells whether a
valid link:user-changeid.html[Change-Id] footer in any commit uploaded
for review is required. This does not apply to commits pushed directly
to a branch or tag.
|`max_object_size_limit`     ||
The link:config-gerrit.html#receive.maxObjectSizeLimit[max object size
limit] of this project as a link:#max-object-size-limit-info[
MaxObjectSizeLimitInfo] entity.
|`submit_type`               ||
The default submit type of the project, can be `MERGE_IF_NECESSARY`,
`FAST_FORWARD_ONLY`, `REBASE_IF_NECESSARY`, `MERGE_ALWAYS` or
`CHERRY_PICK`.
|`state`                     |optional|
The state of the project, can be `ACTIVE`, `READ_ONLY` or `HIDDEN`. +
Not set if the project state is `ACTIVE`.
|`commentlinks`              ||
Map with the comment link configurations of the project. The name of
the comment link configuration is mapped to the comment link
configuration, which has the same format as the
link:config-gerrit.html#_a_id_commentlink_a_section_commentlink[
commentlink section] of `gerrit.config`.
|`theme`                     |optional|
The theme that is configured for the project as a link:#theme-info[
ThemeInfo] entity.
|`plugin_config`             |optional|
Plugin configuration as map which maps the plugin name to a map of
parameter names to link:#config-parameter-info[ConfigParameterInfo]
entities.
|`actions`                   |optional|
Actions the caller might be able to perform on this project. The
information is a map of view names to
link:rest-api-changes.html#action-info[ActionInfo] entities.
|=========================================

[[config-input]]
=== ConfigInput
The `ConfigInput` entity describes a new project configuration.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|=========================================
|Field Name                  ||Description
|`description`               |optional|
The new description of the project. +
If not set, the description is removed.
|`use_contributor_agreements`|optional|
Whether authors must complete a contributor agreement on the site
before pushing any commits or changes to this project. +
Can be `TRUE`, `FALSE` or `INHERIT`. +
If not set, this setting is not updated.
|`use_content_merge`         |optional|
Whether Gerrit will try to perform a 3-way merge of text file content
when a file has been modified by both the destination branch and the
change being submitted. This option only takes effect if submit type is
not FAST_FORWARD_ONLY. +
Can be `TRUE`, `FALSE` or `INHERIT`. +
If not set, this setting is not updated.
|`use_signed_off_by`         |optional|
Whether each change must contain a Signed-off-by line from either the
author or the uploader in the commit message. +
Can be `TRUE`, `FALSE` or `INHERIT`. +
If not set, this setting is not updated.
|`require_change_id`         |optional|
Whether a valid link:user-changeid.html[Change-Id] footer in any commit
uploaded for review is required. This does not apply to commits pushed
directly to a branch or tag. +
Can be `TRUE`, `FALSE` or `INHERIT`. +
If not set, this setting is not updated.
|`max_object_size_limit`     |optional|
The link:config-gerrit.html#receive.maxObjectSizeLimit[max object size
limit] of this project as a link:#max-object-size-limit-info[
MaxObjectSizeLimitInfo] entity. +
If set to `0`, the max object size limit is removed. +
If not set, this setting is not updated.
|`submit_type`               |optional|
The default submit type of the project, can be `MERGE_IF_NECESSARY`,
`FAST_FORWARD_ONLY`, `REBASE_IF_NECESSARY`, `MERGE_ALWAYS` or
`CHERRY_PICK`. +
If not set, the submit type is not updated.
|`state`                     |optional|
The state of the project, can be `ACTIVE`, `READ_ONLY` or `HIDDEN`. +
Not set if the project state is `ACTIVE`. +
If not set, the project state is not updated.
|`plugin_config_values`      |optional|
Plugin configuration values as map which maps the plugin name to a map
of parameter names to values.
|=========================================

[[config-parameter-info]]
ConfigParameterInfo
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The `ConfigParameterInfo` entity describes a project configuration
parameter.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|===============================
|Field Name        ||Description
|`display_name`    |optional|
The display name of the configuration parameter.
|`description`     |optional|
The description of the configuration parameter.
|`warning`         |optional|
Warning message for the configuration parameter.
|`type`            ||
The type of the configuration parameter. Can be `STRING`, `INT`,
`LONG`, `BOOLEAN`, `LIST` or `ARRAY`.
|`value`           |optional|
The value of the configuration parameter as string. If the parameter
is inheritable this is the effective value which is deduced from
`configured_value` and `inherited_value`.
|`values`          |optional|
The list of values. Only set if the `type` is `ARRAY`.
`editable`         |`false` if not set|
Whether the value is editable.
|`permitted_values`|optional|
The list of permitted values. Only set if the `type` is `LIST`.
|`inheritable`     |`false` if not set|
Whether the configuration parameter can be inherited.
|`configured_value`|optional|
The value of the configuration parameter that is configured on this
project, only set if `inheritable` is true.
|`inherited_value` |optional|
The inherited value of the configuration parameter, only set if
`inheritable` is true.
|`permitted_values` |optional|
The list of permitted values, only set if the `type` is `LIST`.
|===============================

[[dashboard-info]]
=== DashboardInfo
The `DashboardInfo` entity contains information about a project
dashboard.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|===============================
|Field Name        ||Description
|`kind`            ||`gerritcodereview#dashboard`
|`id`              ||
The ID of the dashboard. The ID has the format '<ref>:<path>',
where ref and path are URL encoded.
|`project`         ||
The name of the project for which this dashboard is returned.
|`defining_project`||
The name of the project in which this dashboard is defined.
This is different from `project` if the dashboard is inherited from a
parent project.
|`ref`             ||
The name of the ref in which the dashboard is defined, without the
`refs/meta/dashboards/` prefix, which is common for all dashboard refs.
|`path`            ||
The path of the file in which the dashboard is defined.
|`description`     |optional|The description of the dashboard.
|`foreach`         |optional|
Subquery that applies to all sections in the dashboard. +
Tokens such as `${project}` are not resolved.
|`url`             ||
The URL under which the dashboard can be opened in the Gerrit Web UI. +
The URL is relative to the canonical web URL. +
Tokens in the queries such as `${project}` are resolved.
|`default`         |not set if `false`|
Whether this is the default dashboard of the project.
|`title`           |optional|The title of the dashboard.
|`sections`        ||
The list of link:#dashboard-section-info[sections] in the dashboard.
|===============================

[[dashboard-input]]
=== DashboardInput
The `DashboardInput` entity contains information to create/update a
project dashboard.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|=============================
|Field Name      ||Description
|`id`            |optional|
URL encoded ID of a dashboard to which this dashboard should link to.
|`commit_message`|optional|
Message that should be used to commit the change of the dashboard.
|=============================

[[dashboard-section-info]]
=== DashboardSectionInfo
The `DashboardSectionInfo` entity contains information about a section
in a dashboard.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,6"]
|===========================
|Field Name    |Description
|`name`        |The title of the section.
|`query`       |The query of the section. +
Tokens such as `${project}` are not resolved.
|===========================

[[gc-input]]
=== GCInput
The `GCInput` entity contains information to run the Git garbage
collection.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|=============================
|Field Name      ||Description
|`show_progress` |`false` if not set|
Whether progress information should be shown.
|=============================

[[head-input]]
=== HeadInput
The `HeadInput` entity contains information for setting `HEAD` for a
project.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,6"]
|============================
|Field Name      |Description
|`ref`           |
The ref to which `HEAD` should be set, the `refs/heads` prefix can be
omitted.
|============================

[[inherited-boolean-info]]
=== InheritedBooleanInfo
A boolean value that can also be inherited.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|================================
|Field Name         ||Description
|`value`            ||
The effective boolean value.
|`configured_value` ||
The configured value, can be `TRUE`, `FALSE` or `INHERITED`.
|`inherited_value`  |optional|
The boolean value inherited from the parent. +
Not set if there is no parent.
|================================

[[max-object-size-limit-info]]
=== MaxObjectSizeLimitInfo
The `MaxObjectSizeLimitInfo` entity contains information about the
link:config-gerrit.html#receive.maxObjectSizeLimit[max object size
limit] of a project.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|===============================
|Field Name        ||Description
|`value`           |optional|
The effective value of the max object size limit as a formatted string. +
Not set if there is no limit for the object size.
|`configured_value`|optional|
The max object size limit that is configured on the project as a
formatted string. +
Not set if there is no limit for the object size configured on project
level.
|`inherited_value` |optional|
The max object size limit that is inherited as a formatted string. +
Not set if there is no global limit for the object size.
|===============================

[[project-description-input]]
=== ProjectDescriptionInput
The `ProjectDescriptionInput` entity contains information for setting a
project description.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|=============================
|Field Name      ||Description
|`description`   |optional|The project description. +
The project description will be deleted if not set.
|`commit_message`|optional|
Message that should be used to commit the change of the project
description in the `project.config` file to the `refs/meta/config`
branch.
|=============================

[[project-info]]
=== ProjectInfo
The `ProjectInfo` entity contains information about a project.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|===========================
|Field Name    ||Description
|`kind`        ||`gerritcodereview#project`
|`id`          ||The URL encoded project name.
|`name`        |
not set if returned in a map where the project name is used as map key|
The name of the project.
|`parent`      |optional|
The name of the parent project. +
`?-<n>` if the parent project is not visible (`<n>` is a number which
is increased for each non-visible project).
|`description` |optional|The description of the project.
|`branches`    |optional|Map of branch names to HEAD revisions.
|===========================

[[project-input]]
=== ProjectInput
The `ProjectInput` entity contains information for the creation of
a new project.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|=========================================
|Field Name                  ||Description
|`name`                      |optional|
The name of the project (not encoded). +
If set, must match the project name in the URL.
|`parent`                    |optional|
The name of the parent project. +
If not set, the `All-Projects` project will be the parent project.
|`description`               |optional|The description of the project.
|`permissions_only`          |`false` if not set|
Whether a permission-only project should be created.
|`create_empty_commit`       |`false` if not set|
Whether an empty initial commit should be created.
|`submit_type`               |optional|
The submit type that should be set for the project
(`MERGE_IF_NECESSARY`, `REBASE_IF_NECESSARY`, `FAST_FORWARD_ONLY`,
`MERGE_ALWAYS`, `CHERRY_PICK`). +
If not set, `MERGE_IF_NECESSARY` is set as submit type unless
link:config-gerrit.html#repository.name.defaultSubmitType[
repository.<name>.defaultSubmitType] is set to a different value.
|`branches`                  |optional|
A list of branches that should be initially created. +
For the branch names the `refs/heads/` prefix can be omitted.
|`owners`                    |optional|
A list of groups that should be assigned as project owner. +
Each group in the list must be specified as
link:rest-api-groups.html#group-id[group-id]. +
If not set, the link:config-gerrit.html#repository.name.ownerGroup[
groups that are configured as default owners] are set as project
owners.
|`use_contributor_agreements`|`INHERIT` if not set|
Whether contributor agreements should be used for the project  (`TRUE`,
`FALSE`, `INHERIT`).
|`use_signed_off_by`         |`INHERIT` if not set|
Whether the usage of 'Signed-Off-By' footers is required for the
project (`TRUE`, `FALSE`, `INHERIT`).
|`use_content_merge`         |`INHERIT` if not set|
Whether content merge should be enabled for the project (`TRUE`,
`FALSE`, `INHERIT`). +
`FALSE`, if the `submit_type` is `FAST_FORWARD_ONLY`.
|`require_change_id`         |`INHERIT` if not set|
Whether the usage of Change-Ids is required for the project (`TRUE`,
`FALSE`, `INHERIT`).
|`max_object_size_limit`     |optional|
Max allowed Git object size for this project.
Common unit suffixes of 'k', 'm', or 'g' are supported.
|`plugin_config_values`      |optional|
Plugin configuration values as map which maps the plugin name to a map
of parameter names to values.
|=========================================

[[project-parent-input]]
=== ProjectParentInput
The `ProjectParentInput` entity contains information for setting a
project parent.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|=============================
|Field Name      ||Description
|`parent`        ||The name of the parent project.
|`commit_message`|optional|
Message that should be used to commit the change of the project parent
in the `project.config` file to the `refs/meta/config` branch.
|=============================

[[repository-statistics-info]]
=== RepositoryStatisticsInfo
The `RepositoryStatisticsInfo` entity contains information about
statistics of a Git repository.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,6"]
|======================================
|Field Name                |Description
|`number_of_loose_objects` |Number of loose objects.
|`number_of_loose_refs`    |Number of loose refs.
|`number_of_pack_files`    |Number of pack files.
|`number_of_packed_objects`|Number of packed objects.
|`number_of_packed_refs`   |Number of packed refs.
|`size_of_loose_objects`   |Size of loose objects in bytes.
|`size_of_packed_objects`  |Size of packed objects in bytes.
|======================================

[[theme-info]]
=== ThemeInfo
The `ThemeInfo` entity describes a theme.

[options="header",width="50%",cols="1,^2,4"]
|=============================
|Field Name      ||Description
|`css`           |optional|
The path to the `GerritSite.css` file.
|`header`        |optional|
The path to the `GerritSiteHeader.html` file.
|`footer`        |optional|
The path to the `GerritSiteFooter.html` file.
|=============================


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