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Create an approval rule for a merge request

POST
/api/v4/projects/{id}/merge_requests/{merge_request_iid}/approval_rules

Creates an approval rule for a specified merge request. If approval_project_rule_id is set with the ID of an existing approval rule from the project, this endpoint copies the values for name, users, and groups from the project rule.

Authorizations

Section titled “ Authorizations ”

Parameters

Section titled “ Parameters ”

Path Parameters

Section titled “ Path Parameters ”
id
required
One of:
string

The ID or URL-encoded path of the project

merge_request_iid
required
integer

The IID of a merge request

Request Body required

Section titled “ Request Body required ”
Media type application/json
object
name
required

The name of the approval rule

string
nullable
approvals_required
required

The number of required approvals for this rule

integer
nullable
approval_project_rule_id

The ID of a project-level approval rule

integer
nullable
user_ids

The user ids for this rule

Array<integer>
nullable
group_ids

The group ids for this rule

Array<integer>
nullable
usernames

The usernames for this rule

Array<string>
nullable
Example generated 
{
  "name": "example",
  "approvals_required": 1,
  "approval_project_rule_id": 1,
  "user_ids": [
    1
  ],
  "group_ids": [
    1
  ],
  "usernames": [
    "example"
  ]
}

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

201

Section titled “ 201 ”

Created

Media type application/json
object
id
integer format: int64
name
string
rule_type
string
eligible_approvers
Array<object>
object
id
integer format: int64
username
string
public_email
string
name
string
state
string
locked
boolean
avatar_url
string
avatar_path
string
custom_attributes
Array<object>
object
key
string
value
string
web_url
string
approvals_required
integer
users
Array<object>
object
id
integer format: int64
username
string
public_email
string
name
string
state
string
locked
boolean
avatar_url
string
avatar_path
string
custom_attributes
Array<object>
object
key
string
value
string
web_url
string
groups
Array<object>
object
id
integer format: int64
web_url
string
name
string
path
string
description
string
visibility
string
share_with_group_lock
boolean
require_two_factor_authentication
boolean
two_factor_grace_period
integer
project_creation_level
string
auto_devops_enabled
string
subgroup_creation_level
string
emails_disabled
boolean
emails_enabled
boolean
show_diff_preview_in_email
boolean
mentions_disabled
string
lfs_enabled
boolean
archived
boolean
math_rendering_limits_enabled
boolean
lock_math_rendering_limits_enabled
boolean
crm_enabled
boolean
resource_access_token_notify_inherited
boolean
lock_resource_access_token_notify_inherited
boolean
default_branch
string
default_branch_protection
integer
default_branch_protection_defaults
string
avatar_url
string
request_access_enabled
boolean
full_name
string
full_path
string
created_at
string
parent_id
string
organization_id
integer format: int64
shared_runners_setting
string
max_artifacts_size
integer
custom_attributes
object
key
string
value
string
statistics
string
marked_for_deletion_on
string
root_storage_statistics
object
build_artifacts_size

CI artifacts size in bytes.

integer
container_registry_size

Container registry size in bytes.

integer
container_registry_size_is_estimated

Indicates whether the deduplicated container registry size for the namespace is an estimated value or not.

boolean
dependency_proxy_size

Dependency Proxy sizes in bytes.

integer
lfs_objects_size

LFS objects size in bytes.

integer
packages_size

Packages size in bytes.

integer
pipeline_artifacts_size

CI pipeline artifacts size in bytes.

integer
repository_size

Git repository size in bytes.

integer
snippets_size

Snippets size in bytes.

integer
storage_size

Total storage in bytes.

integer
uploads_size

Uploads size in bytes.

integer
wiki_size

Wiki size in bytes.

integer
ldap_cn
string
ldap_access
string
ldap_group_links
object
cn
string
group_access
integer
provider
string
filter
string
member_role_id
integer format: int64
saml_group_links
object
name
string
access_level
integer
member_role_id
integer format: int64
provider
string
file_template_project_id
string
wiki_access_level
string
repository_storage
string
duo_core_features_enabled

[Experimental] Indicates whether GitLab Duo Core features are enabled for the group

boolean
duo_features_enabled
string
lock_duo_features_enabled
string
auto_duo_code_review_enabled
string
web_based_commit_signing_enabled
string
allow_personal_snippets
string
duo_namespace_access_rules
string
built_in_project_templates_enabled
boolean
lock_built_in_project_templates_enabled
boolean
contains_hidden_groups
boolean
report_type
string
section
string
source_rule
object
approvals_required
integer
overridden
boolean
Example 
{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "QA",
  "rule_type": "regular",
  "eligible_approvers": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "username": "admin",
      "public_email": "john@example.com",
      "name": "Administrator",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://gravatar.com/avatar/1",
      "avatar_path": "/user/avatar/28/The-Big-Lebowski-400-400.png",
      "custom_attributes": [
        {
          "key": "foo",
          "value": "bar"
        }
      ],
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root"
    }
  ],
  "approvals_required": 2,
  "users": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "username": "admin",
      "public_email": "john@example.com",
      "name": "Administrator",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://gravatar.com/avatar/1",
      "avatar_path": "/user/avatar/28/The-Big-Lebowski-400-400.png",
      "custom_attributes": [
        {
          "key": "foo",
          "value": "bar"
        }
      ],
      "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/root"
    }
  ],
  "groups": [
    {
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/groups/diaspora",
      "name": "Diaspora",
      "custom_attributes": {
        "key": "foo",
        "value": "bar"
      },
      "ldap_group_links": {
        "cn": "ldap-group-1",
        "group_access": 10,
        "provider": "ldapmain",
        "filter": "id >= 500",
        "member_role_id": 12
      },
      "saml_group_links": {
        "name": "saml-group-1",
        "access_level": 40,
        "member_role_id": 12,
        "provider": "saml"
      }
    }
  ],
  "section": "Backend",
  "source_rule": {
    "approvals_required": 2
  }
}

400

Section titled “ 400 ”

Bad Request

404

Section titled “ 404 ”

Not Found