Retrieve a template of a particular type

GET

/api/v4/projects/{id}/templates/{type}/{name}

Retrieves a template of a specified type for a project.

Authorizations

http
oauth2

Parameters

Path Parameters

required

One of:

string
integer

string

The ID or URL-encoded path of the project

type

required

string

>= 1 characters

Allowed values: dockerfiles gitignores gitlab_ci_ymls licenses issues merge_requests

name

required

string

The key of the template, as obtained from the collection endpoint.

Example

MIT

Query Parameters

source_template_project_id

integer

nullable

The project id where a given template is being stored. This is useful when multiple templates from different projects have the same name

Example

project

string

nullable

The project name to use when expanding placeholders in the template. Only affects licenses

Example

GitLab

fullname

string

nullable

The full name of the copyright holder to use when expanding placeholders in the template. Only affects licenses

Example

GitLab B.V.

Responses

200

application/json

object

key

string

name

string

nickname

string

html_url

string

source_url

string

popular

boolean

description

string

conditions

Array<string>

permissions

Array<string>

limitations

Array<string>

content

string

Example

{
  "key": "gpl-3.0",
  "name": "GNU General Public License v3.0",
  "nickname": "GNU GPLv3",
  "html_url": "http://choosealicense.com/licenses/gpl-3.0",
  "description": "A simple license",
  "conditions": [
    "include-copyright"
  ],
  "permissions": [
    "commercial-use"
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "liability"
  ],
  "content": "GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE"
}

400

Bad Request

401

Unauthorized

404

Not found