GitLab API - How to get private_token using GET with session parameter?
I am using GitLab API v3 to do some operations on my private installation. Using private_token in GET URL is working fine. e.g.
GET http://git.example.com/api/v3/projects?=private_token=xyz123
But in order to make this possible, you need a private_token. There is one sure way to get it - from your account settings. But I want my users to use their email id/ login id and password to retrieve the private key and use it from there for rest of the operations.
I used following GET url and it is doing nothing for me:
GET http://git.example.com/api/v3/session?login=xyzuser&password=xyzpassword
Ideally as per GitLab documentation, I should get a JSON as follows -
{
"id": 1,
"username": "john_smith",
"email": "[email protected]",
"name": "John Smith",
"private_token": "dd34asd13as",
"blocked": false,
"created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z",
"bio": null,
"skype": "",
"linkedin": "",
"twitter": "",
"dark_scheme": false,
"theme_id": 1,
"is_admin": false,
"can_create_group" : true,
"can_create_team" : true,
"can_create_project" : true
}
If I get this, I can get private_token and work from there.
What am I doing wrong?
Answer
You need to POST the data as stated in the api (http://api.gitlab.org/session.html).
Be aware that if you do this action on a http port (instead of using https) that the password is send in plain text to the server.