Action: API Request

GitLab Operation

The API Request action in GitLab allows you to interact programmatically with GitLab’s API to retrieve or modify repository, project, or user data.

Example User Story

I want to automatically fetch the latest open issues for our weekly report, so I use the API Request action in GitLab to pull the data directly from our project.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
method	String	Yes
path	String	Yes
headers	Map	No
queryParams	Map	No
body	String	No

Related Connections

GitLab

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "api-request",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "API Request",
    "description": "Make an API request to GitLab"
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "method",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "HTTP method for the request (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE)"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "path",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Path for the API request"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "headers",
      "type": "Map",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Headers for the API request"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "queryParams",
      "type": "Map",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Query parameters for the API request"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "body",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Body for the API request"
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "response",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["body"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "Response from the API request"
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "{{method}}",
        "path": "{{path}}",
        "headers": "{{headers}}",
        "queryParams": "{{queryParams}}",
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{{body}}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}