Can't find out base GitLab API base url

Question

I've created project and repo on my gitlab.com account, generated private key, now I'm trying to do api call to get list of commits.

Now I want to get list of projects via api, from documentation https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/api/projects.html#list-projects

GET /projects

So I'm doing

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: XXXXXXX -c" "https://gitlab.com/projects"

And getting 404. I've tried several combinations and can't find correct base url.

Same for repository commits, documentations https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/api/commits.html says

https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/5/repository/commits

fine, I'm trying (with myusername/projectname as project id) https://gitlab.com/api/v3/projects/myusername/projectname/repository/commits

And got 404 as well

Answer 1

https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/#basic-usage

try this command : curl "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects" as given in the document

If you are using version3 of Gitlab then use curl --header "Authorization: Bearer OAUTH-TOKEN" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects

There is also "python-gitlab" module which will help you get Id from Project-name easily https://python-gitlab.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

Answer 2

The correct base url for the hosted GitLab is https://gitlab.com/api/v4/ so your request to
GET /projects would be

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: XXXXXX" "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects"

Also, the project ID is not the same as the project name. You can retrieve the project ID from the response of your request to GET /projects

Answer 3

For me the following request worked:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: YOUR_TOKEN" "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/users/YOUR_USER_ID/projects" 

Don't know why the request :curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: PRIVATE_TOKEN" "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/" returned a list with some other public projects.

Another useful request for user info: curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: PRIVATE_TOKEN" "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/user/"