GitLab
This page contains the setup guide and reference information for the Gitlab Source connector.
Prerequisites
- Gitlab instance or an account at Gitlab
- Start date
- GitLab Groups (Optional)
- GitLab Projects (Optional)
For Airbyte Cloud:
- Personal Access Token (see personal access token)
- OAuth
For Airbyte Open Source:
- Personal Access Token (see personal access token)
Setup guide
Step 1: Set up GitLab
Create a GitLab Account or set up a local instance of GitLab.
Airbyte Open Source additional setup steps
Log into GitLab and then generate a personal access token. Your token should have the read_api scope, that Grants read access to the API, including all groups and projects, the container registry, and the package registry.
Step 2: Set up the GitLab connector in Airbyte
For Airbyte Cloud:
- Log into your Airbyte Cloud account.
- In the left navigation bar, click Sources. In the top-right corner, click + new source.
- On the source setup page, select GitLab from the Source type dropdown and enter a name for this connector.
- Click
Authenticate your GitLab accountby selecting Oauth or Personal Access Token for Authentication. - Log in and Authorize to the GitLab account.
- Start date - The date from which you'd like to replicate data for streams.
- API URL - The URL to access you self-hosted GitLab instance or
gitlab.com(default). - Groups (Optional) - Space-delimited list of GitLab group IDs, e.g.
airbytehqfor single group,airbytehq another-repofor multiple groups. - Projects (Optional) - Space-delimited list of GitLab projects to pull data for, e.g.
airbytehq/airbyte. - Click Set up source.
Note: You can specify either Group IDs or Project IDs in the source configuration. If both fields are blank, the connector will retrieve a list of all the groups that are accessible to the configured token and ingest as normal.
For Airbyte Open Source:
- Authenticate with Personal Access Token.
Supported sync modes
The Gitlab Source connector supports the following sync modes:
Supported Streams
This connector outputs the following streams:
- Branches
- Commits (Incremental)
- Issues (Incremental)
- Group Issue Boards
- Pipelines (Incremental)
- Jobs
- Projects
- Project Milestones
- Project Merge Requests (Incremental)
- Users
- Groups
- Group Milestones
- Group and Project members
- Tags
- Releases
- Group Labels
- Project Labels
- Epics (only available for GitLab Ultimate and GitLab.com Gold accounts)
- Epic Issues (only available for GitLab Ultimate and GitLab.com Gold accounts)
Additional information
GitLab source works with GitLab API v4. It can also work with self-hosted GitLab API v4.
Performance considerations
Gitlab has the rate limits, but the Gitlab connector should not run into Gitlab API limitations under normal usage. Please create an issue if you see any rate limit issues that are not automatically retried successfully.
Changelog
| Version | Date | Pull Request | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6.0 | 2023-06-30 | 27869 | Add shared_runners_setting field to groups |
| 1.5.1 | 2023-06-24 | 27679 | Fix formatting |
| 1.5.0 | 2023-06-15 | 27392 | Make API URL an optional parameter in spec. |
| 1.4.2 | 2023-06-15 | 27346 | Partially revert changes made in version 1.0.4, disallow http calls in cloud. |
| 1.4.1 | 2023-06-13 | 27351 | Fix OAuth token expiry date. |
| 1.4.0 | 2023-06-12 | 27234 | Skip stream slices on 403/404 errors, do not fail syncs. |
| 1.3.1 | 2023-06-08 | 27147 | Improve connectivity check for connections with no projects/groups |
| 1.3.0 | 2023-06-08 | 27150 | Update stream schemas |
| 1.2.1 | 2023-06-02 | 26947 | New field name added to Pipelines and PipelinesExtended stream schema |
| 1.2.0 | 2023-05-17 | 22293 | Preserve data in records with flattened keys |
| 1.1.1 | 2023-05-23 | 26422 | Fix error 404 Repository Not Found when syncing project with Repository feature disabled |
| 1.1.0 | 2023-05-10 | 25948 | Introduce two new fields in the Projects stream schema |
| 1.0.4 | 2023-04-20 | 21373 | Accept api_url with or without scheme |
| 1.0.3 | 2023-02-14 | 22992 | Specified date formatting in specification |
| 1.0.2 | 2023-01-27 | 22001 | Set AvailabilityStrategy for streams explicitly to None |
| 1.0.1 | 2023-01-23 | 21713 | Fix missing data issue |
| 1.0.0 | 2022-12-05 | 7506 | Add OAuth2.0 authentication option |
| 0.1.12 | 2022-12-15 | 20542 | Revert HttpAvailability changes, run on cdk 0.15.0 |
| 0.1.11 | 2022-12-14 | 20479 | Use HttpAvailabilityStrategy + add unit tests |
| 0.1.10 | 2022-12-12 | 20384 | Fetch groups along with their subgroups |
| 0.1.9 | 2022-12-11 | 20348 | Fix 403 error when syncing EpicIssues stream |
| 0.1.8 | 2022-12-02 | 20023 | Fix duplicated records issue for Projects stream |
| 0.1.7 | 2022-12-01 | 19986 | Fix GroupMilestones stream schema |
| 0.1.6 | 2022-06-23 | 13252 | Add GroupIssueBoards stream |
| 0.1.5 | 2022-05-02 | 11907 | Fix null projects param and container_expiration_policy |
| 0.1.4 | 2022-03-23 | 11140 | Ingest All Accessible Groups if not Specified in Config |
| 0.1.3 | 2021-12-21 | 8991 | Update connector fields title/description |
| 0.1.2 | 2021-10-18 | 7108 | Allow all domains to be used as api_url |
| 0.1.1 | 2021-10-12 | 6932 | Fix pattern field in spec file, remove unused fields from config files, use cache from CDK |
| 0.1.0 | 2021-07-06 | 4174 | Initial Release |