This page describes the account related REST endpoints. Please also take note of the general information on the REST API.

Account Endpoints

Suggest Account

'GET /accounts/'

Suggest users for a given query q and result limit n. If result limit is not passed, then the default 10 is used. Returns a list of matching AccountInfo entities.

Request
  GET /accounts/?q=John HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "_account_id": 1000096,
      "name": "John Doe",
      "email": "john.doe@example.com",
      "username": "john"
    },
    {
      "_account_id": 1001439,
      "name": "John Smith",
      "email": "john.smith@example.com",
      "username": "jsmith"
    },
  ]

Get Account

'GET /accounts/{account-id}'

Returns an account as an AccountInfo entity.

Request
  GET /accounts/self HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "_account_id": 1000096,
    "name": "John Doe",
    "email": "john.doe@example.com",
    "username": "john"
  }

Create Account

'PUT /accounts/{username}'

Creates a new account.

In the request body additional data for the account can be provided as AccountInput.

Request
  PUT /accounts/john HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "name": "John Doe",
    "email": "john.doe@example.com",
    "ssh_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA0T...YImydZAw==",
    "http_password": "19D9aIn7zePb",
    "groups": [
      "MyProject-Owners"
    ]
  }

As response a detailed AccountInfo entity is returned that describes the created account.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 201 Created
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "_account_id": 1000195,
    "name": "John Doe",
    "email": "john.doe@example.com"
  }

Get Account Name

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/name'

Retrieves the full name of an account.

Request
  GET /accounts/self/name HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "John Doe"

If the account does not have a name an empty string is returned.

Set Account Name

'PUT /accounts/{account-id}/name'

Sets the full name of an account.

The new account name must be provided in the request body inside an AccountNameInput entity.

Request
  PUT /accounts/self/name HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "name": "John F. Doe"
  }

As response the new account name is returned.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "John F. Doe"

If the name was deleted the response is “204 No Content”.

Some realms may not allow to modify the account name. In this case the request is rejected with “405 Method Not Allowed”.

Delete Account Name

'DELETE /accounts/{account-id}/name'

Deletes the name of an account.

Request
  DELETE /accounts/self/name HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Get Username

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/username'

Retrieves the username of an account.

Request
  GET /accounts/self/username HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "john.doe"

If the account does not have a username the response is “404 Not Found”.

Get Active

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/active'

Checks if an account is active.

Request
  GET /accounts/john.doe@example.com/active HTTP/1.0

If the account is active the string ok is returned.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK

  ok

If the account is inactive the response is “204 No Content”.

Set Active

'PUT /accounts/{account-id}/active'

Sets the account state to active.

Request
  PUT /accounts/john.doe@example.com/active HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 201 Created

If the account was already active the response is “200 OK”.

Delete Active

'DELETE /accounts/{account-id}/active'

Sets the account state to inactive.

Request
  DELETE /accounts/john.doe@example.com/active HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

If the account was already inactive the response is “404 Not Found”.

Get HTTP Password

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/password.http'

Retrieves the HTTP password of an account.

Request
  GET /accounts/john.doe@example.com/password.http HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "Qmxlc21ydCB1YmVyIGFsbGVzIGluIGRlciBXZWx0IQ"

If the account does not have an HTTP password the response is “404 Not Found”.

Set/Generate HTTP Password

'PUT /accounts/{account-id}/password.http'

Sets/Generates the HTTP password of an account.

The options for setting/generating the HTTP password must be provided in the request body inside a HttpPasswordInput entity.

Request
  PUT /accounts/self/password.http HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "generate": true
  }

As response the new HTTP password is returned.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "ETxgpih8xrNs"

If the HTTP password was deleted the response is “204 No Content”.

Delete HTTP Password

'DELETE /accounts/{account-id}/password.http'

Deletes the HTTP password of an account.

Request
  DELETE /accounts/self/password.http HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

List Account Emails

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/emails'

Returns the email addresses that are configured for the specified user.

Request
  GET /accounts/self/emails HTTP/1.0

As response the email addresses of the user are returned as a list of EmailInfo entities.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "email": "john.doe@example.com",
      "preferred": true
    },
    {
      "email": "j.doe@example.com"
    }
  ]

Get Account Email

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/emails/{email-id}'

Retrieves an email address of a user.

Request
  GET /accounts/self/emails/john.doe@example.com HTTP/1.0

As response an EmailInfo entity is returned that describes the email address.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "email": "john.doe@example.com",
    "preferred": true
  }

Create Account Email

'PUT /accounts/{account-id}/emails/{email-id}'

Registers a new email address for the user. A verification email is sent with a link that needs to be visited to confirm the email address, unless DEVELOPMENT_BECOME_ANY_ACCOUNT is used as authentication type. For the development mode email addresses are directly added without confirmation. A Gerrit administrator may add an email address without confirmation by setting no_confirmation in the EmailInput.

In the request body additional data for the email address can be provided as EmailInput.

Request
  PUT /accounts/self/emails/john.doe@example.com HTTP/1.0

As response the new email address is returned as EmailInfo entity.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 201 Created
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "email": "john.doe@example.com",
    "pending_confirmation": true
  }

Delete Account Email

'DELETE /accounts/{account-id}/emails/{email-id}'

Deletes an email address of an account.

Request
  DELETE /accounts/self/emails/john.doe@example.com HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Set Preferred Email

'PUT /accounts/{account-id}/emails/{email-id}/preferred'

Sets an email address as preferred email address for an account.

Request
  PUT /accounts/self/emails/john.doe@example.com/preferred HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 201 Created

If the email address was already the preferred email address of the account the response is “200 OK”.

List SSH Keys

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/sshkeys'

Returns the SSH keys of an account.

Request
  GET /accounts/self/sshkeys HTTP/1.0

As response the SSH keys of the account are returned as a list of SshKeyInfo entities.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "seq": 1,
      "ssh_public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA0T...YImydZAw\u003d\u003d john.doe@example.com",
      "encoded_key": "AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA0T...YImydZAw\u003d\u003d",
      "algorithm": "ssh-rsa",
      "comment": "john.doe@example.com",
      "valid": true
    }
  ]

Get SSH Key

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/sshkeys/{ssh-key-id}'

Retrieves an SSH key of a user.

Request
  GET /accounts/self/sshkeys/1 HTTP/1.0

As response an SshKeyInfo entity is returned that describes the SSH key.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "seq": 1,
    "ssh_public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA0T...YImydZAw\u003d\u003d john.doe@example.com",
    "encoded_key": "AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA0T...YImydZAw\u003d\u003d",
    "algorithm": "ssh-rsa",
    "comment": "john.doe@example.com",
    "valid": true
  }

Add SSH Key

'POST /accounts/{account-id}/sshkeys'

Adds an SSH key for a user.

The SSH public key must be provided as raw content in the request body.

Request
  POST /accounts/self/sshkeys HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: plain/text

  AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA0T...YImydZAw\u003d\u003d

As response an SshKeyInfo entity is returned that describes the new SSH key.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "seq": 2,
    "ssh_public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA0T...YImydZAw\u003d\u003d john.doe@example.com",
    "encoded_key": "AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA0T...YImydZAw\u003d\u003d",
    "algorithm": "ssh-rsa",
    "comment": "john.doe@example.com",
    "valid": true
  }

Delete SSH Key

'DELETE /accounts/{account-id}/sshkeys/{ssh-key-id}'

Deletes an SSH key of a user.

Request
  DELETE /accounts/self/sshkeys/2 HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

List Account Capabilities

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/capabilities'

Returns the global capabilities that are enabled for the specified user.

If the global capabilities for the calling user should be listed, self can be used as account-id. This can be used by UI tools to discover if administrative features are available to the caller, so they can hide (or show) relevant UI actions.

Request
  GET /accounts/self/capabilities HTTP/1.0

As response the global capabilities of the user are returned as a CapabilityInfo entity.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "queryLimit": {
      "min": 0,
      "max": 500
    },
    "emailReviewers": true
  }

Administrator that has authenticated with digest authentication:

Request
  GET /a/accounts/self/capabilities HTTP/1.0
  Authorization: Digest username="admin", realm="Gerrit Code Review", nonce="...
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "administrateServer": true,
    "queryLimit": {
      "min": 0,
      "max": 500
    },
    "createAccount": true,
    "createGroup": true,
    "createProject": true,
    "emailReviewers": true,
    "killTask": true,
    "viewCaches": true,
    "flushCaches": true,
    "viewConnections": true,
    "viewPlugins": true,
    "viewQueue": true,
    "runGC": true
  }
Get your own capabilities
GET /accounts/self/capabilities HTTP/1.0

To filter the set of global capabilities the q parameter can be used. Filtering may decrease the response time by avoiding looking at every possible alternative for the caller.

Request
  GET /a/accounts/self/capabilities?q=createAccount&q=createGroup HTTP/1.0
  Authorization: Digest username="admin", realm="Gerrit Code Review", nonce="...
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "createAccount": true,
    "createGroup": true
  }
Check if you can create groups
GET /accounts/self/capabilities?q=createGroup HTTP/1.0

Check Account Capability

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/capabilities/{capability-id}'

Checks if a user has a certain global capability.

Request
  GET /a/accounts/self/capabilities/createGroup HTTP/1.0

If the user has the global capability the string ok is returned.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK

  ok

If the user doesn’t have the global capability the response is “404 Not Found”.

Check if you can create groups
GET /accounts/self/capabilities/createGroup HTTP/1.0

List Groups

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/groups/'

Lists all groups that contain the specified user as a member.

Request
  GET /a/accounts/self/groups/ HTTP/1.0

As result a list of GroupInfo entries is returned.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "id": "global%3AAnonymous-Users",
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-global%3AAnonymous-Users",
      "options": {
      },
      "description": "Any user, signed-in or not",
      "group_id": 2,
      "owner_id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389"
    },
    {
      "id": "834ec36dd5e0ed21a2ff5d7e2255da082d63bbd7",
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-834ec36dd5e0ed21a2ff5d7e2255da082d63bbd7",
      "options": {
        "visible_to_all": true,
      },
      "group_id": 6,
      "owner_id": "834ec36dd5e0ed21a2ff5d7e2255da082d63bbd7"
    },
    {
      "id": "global%3ARegistered-Users",
      "url": "#/admin/groups/uuid-global%3ARegistered-Users",
      "options": {
      },
      "description": "Any signed-in user",
      "group_id": 3,
      "owner_id": "6a1e70e1a88782771a91808c8af9bbb7a9871389"
    }
  ]
List all groups that contain you as a member
GET /accounts/self/groups/ HTTP/1.0

Get Avatar

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/avatar'

Retrieves the avatar image of the user.

With the size option (alias s) you can specify the preferred size in pixels (height and width).

Request
  GET /a/accounts/john.doe@example.com/avatar?s=20 HTTP/1.0

The response redirects to the URL of the avatar image.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 302 Found
  Location: https://profiles/avatar/john_doe.jpeg?s=20x20

Get Avatar Change URL

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/avatar.change.url'

Retrieves the URL where the user can change the avatar image.

Request
  GET /a/accounts/self/avatar.change.url HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

  https://profiles/pictures/john.doe

Get User Preferences

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/preferences'

Retrieves the user’s preferences.

Request
  GET /a/accounts/self/preferences HTTP/1.0

As result the account preferences of the user are returned as a PreferencesInfo entity.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "changes_per_page": 25,
    "show_site_header": true,
    "use_flash_clipboard": true,
    "date_format": "STD",
    "time_format": "HHMM_12",
    "size_bar_in_change_table": true,
    "review_category_strategy": "ABBREV",
    "diff_view": "SIDE_BY_SIDE",
    "my": [
      {
        "url": "#/dashboard/self",
        "name": "Changes"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/owner:self+is:draft",
        "name": "Drafts"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/has:draft",
        "name": "Draft Comments"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/is:watched+is:open",
        "name": "Watched Changes"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/is:starred",
        "name": "Starred Changes"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/groups/self",
        "name": "Groups"
      }
    ]
  }

Set User Preferences

'PUT /accounts/{account-id}/preferences'

Sets the user’s preferences.

The new preferences must be provided in the request body as a PreferencesInput entity.

Request
  PUT /a/accounts/self/preferences HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "changes_per_page": 50,
    "show_site_header": true,
    "use_flash_clipboard": true,
    "date_format": "STD",
    "time_format": "HHMM_12",
    "size_bar_in_change_table": true,
    "review_category_strategy": "NAME",
    "diff_view": "SIDE_BY_SIDE",
    "my": [
      {
        "url": "#/dashboard/self",
        "name": "Changes"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/owner:self+is:draft",
        "name": "Drafts"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/has:draft",
        "name": "Draft Comments"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/is:watched+is:open",
        "name": "Watched Changes"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/is:starred",
        "name": "Starred Changes"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/groups/self",
        "name": "Groups"
      }
    ]
  }

As result the new preferences of the user are returned as a PreferencesInfo entity.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "changes_per_page": 50,
    "show_site_header": true,
    "use_flash_clipboard": true,
    "date_format": "STD",
    "time_format": "HHMM_12",
    "size_bar_in_change_table": true,
    "review_category_strategy": "NAME",
    "diff_view": "SIDE_BY_SIDE",
    "my": [
      {
        "url": "#/dashboard/self",
        "name": "Changes"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/owner:self+is:draft",
        "name": "Drafts"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/has:draft",
        "name": "Draft Comments"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/is:watched+is:open",
        "name": "Watched Changes"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/is:starred",
        "name": "Starred Changes"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/groups/self",
        "name": "Groups"
      }
    ]
  }

Get Diff Preferences

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/preferences.diff'

Retrieves the diff preferences of a user.

Request
  GET /a/accounts/self/preferences.diff HTTP/1.0

As result the diff preferences of the user are returned as a DiffPreferencesInfo entity.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "context": 10,
    "theme": "DEFAULT",
    "ignore_whitespace": "IGNORE_ALL_SPACE",
    "intraline_difference": true,
    "line_length": 100,
    "show_tabs": true,
    "show_whitespace_errors": true,
    "syntax_highlighting": true,
    "tab_size": 8
  }

Set Diff Preferences

'PUT /accounts/{account-id}/preferences.diff'

Sets the diff preferences of a user.

The new diff preferences must be provided in the request body as a DiffPreferencesInput entity.

Request
  GET /a/accounts/self/preferences.diff HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "context": 10,
    "theme": "ECLIPSE",
    "ignore_whitespace": "IGNORE_ALL_SPACE",
    "intraline_difference": true,
    "line_length": 100,
    "show_line_endings": true,
    "show_tabs": true,
    "show_whitespace_errors": true,
    "syntax_highlighting": true,
    "tab_size": 8
  }

As result the new diff preferences of the user are returned as a DiffPreferencesInfo entity.

Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "context": 10,
    "theme": "ECLIPSE",
    "ignore_whitespace": "IGNORE_ALL_SPACE",
    "intraline_difference": true,
    "line_length": 100,
    "show_line_endings": true,
    "show_tabs": true,
    "show_whitespace_errors": true,
    "syntax_highlighting": true,
    "tab_size": 8
  }

Get Starred Changes

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/starred.changes'

Gets the changes starred by the identified user account. This URL endpoint is functionally identical to the changes query GET /changes/?q=is:starred. The result is a list of ChangeInfo entities.

Request
  GET /a/accounts/self/starred.changes
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "id": "myProject~master~I8473b95934b5732ac55d26311a706c9c2bde9940",
      "project": "myProject",
      "branch": "master",
      "change_id": "I8473b95934b5732ac55d26311a706c9c2bde9940",
      "subject": "Implementing Feature X",
      "status": "NEW",
      "created": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000",
      "updated": "2013-02-21 11:16:36.775000000",
      "mergeable": true,
      "_number": 3965,
      "owner": {
        "name": "John Doe"
      }
    }
  ]

Star Change

'PUT /accounts/{account-id}/starred.changes/{change-id}'

Star a change. Starred changes are returned for the search query is:starred or starredby:USER and automatically notify the user whenever updates are made to the change.

Request
  PUT /a/accounts/self/starred.changes/myProject~master~I8473b95934b5732ac55d26311a706c9c2bde9940 HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Unstar Change

'DELETE /accounts/{account-id}/starred.changes/{change-id}'

Unstar a change. Removes the starred flag, stopping notifications.

Request
  DELETE /a/accounts/self/starred.changes/myProject~master~I8473b95934b5732ac55d26311a706c9c2bde9940 HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

IDs

{account-id}

Identifier that uniquely identifies one account.

This can be:

  • a string of the format "Full Name <email@example.com>"

  • just the email address ("email@example")

  • a full name if it is unique ("Full Name")

  • an account ID ("18419")

  • a user name ("username")

  • self for the calling user

{capability-id}

Identifier of a global capability. Valid values are all field names of the CapabilityInfo entity.

{email-id}

An email address, or preferred for the preferred email address of the user.

{username}

The user name.

{ssh-key-id}

The sequence number of the SSH key.

JSON Entities

AccountInfo

The AccountInfo entity contains information about an account.

Field Name Description

_account_id

The numeric ID of the account.

name

optional

The full name of the user.
Only set if detailed account information is requested.

email

optional

The email address the user prefers to be contacted through.
Only set if detailed account information is requested.

username

optional

The username of the user.
Only set if detailed account information is requested.

AccountInput

The AccountInput entity contains information for the creation of a new account.

Field Name Description

username

optional

The user name. If provided, must match the user name from the URL.

name

optional

The full name of the user.

email

optional

The email address of the user.

ssh_key

optional

The public SSH key of the user.

http_password

optional

The HTTP password of the user.

groups

optional

A list of group IDs that identify the groups to which the user should be added.

AccountNameInput

The AccountNameInput entity contains information for setting a name for an account.

Field Name Description

name

optional

The new full name of the account.
If not set or if set to an empty string, the account name is deleted.

CapabilityInfo

The CapabilityInfo entity contains information about the global capabilities of a user.

Field Name Description

accessDatabase

not set if false

Whether the user has the Access Database capability.

administrateServer

not set if false

Whether the user has the Administrate Server capability.

createAccount

not set if false

Whether the user has the Create Account capability.

createGroup

not set if false

Whether the user has the Create Group capability.

createProject

not set if false

Whether the user has the Create Project capability.

emailReviewers

not set if false

Whether the user has the Email Reviewers capability.

flushCaches

not set if false

Whether the user has the Flush Caches capability.

killTask

not set if false

Whether the user has the Kill Task capability.

priority

not set if INTERACTIVE

The name of the thread pool used by the user, see Priority capability.

queryLimit

The Query Limit of the user as QueryLimitInfo.

runAs

not set if false

Whether the user has the Run As capability.

runGC

not set if false

Whether the user has the Run Garbage Collection capability.

streamEvents

not set if false

Whether the user has the Stream Events capability.

viewAllAccounts

not set if false

Whether the user has the View All Accounts capability.

viewCaches

not set if false

Whether the user has the View Caches capability.

viewConnections

not set if false

Whether the user has the View Connections capability.

viewPlugins

not set if false

Whether the user has the View Plugins capability.

viewQueue

not set if false

Whether the user has the View Queue capability.

DiffPreferencesInfo

The DiffPreferencesInfo entity contains information about the diff preferences of a user.

Field Name Description

context

The number of lines of context when viewing a patch.

theme

The CodeMirror theme. Currently only a subset of light and dark CodeMirror themes are supported.

expand_all_comments

not set if false

Whether all inline comments should be automatically expanded.

ignore_whitespace

Whether whitespace changes should be ignored and if yes, which whitespace changes should be ignored.
Allowed values are IGNORE_NONE, IGNORE_SPACE_AT_EOL, IGNORE_SPACE_CHANGE, IGNORE_ALL_SPACE.

intraline_difference

not set if false

Whether intraline differences should be highlighted.

line_length

Number of characters that should be displayed in one line.

manual_review

not set if false

Whether the 'Reviewed' flag should not be set automatically on a patch when it is viewed.

retain_header

not set if false

Whether the header that is displayed above the patch (that either shows the commit message, the diff preferences, the patch sets or the files) should be retained on file switch.

show_line_endings

not set if false

Whether Windows EOL/Cr-Lf should be displayed as '\r' in a dotted-line box.

show_tabs

not set if false

Whether tabs should be shown.

show_whitespace_errors

not set if false

Whether whitespace errors should be shown.

skip_deleted

not set if false

Whether deleted files should be skipped on file switch.

skip_uncommented

not set if false

Whether uncommented files should be skipped on file switch.

syntax_highlighting

not set if false

Whether syntax highlighting should be enabled.

hide_top_menu

not set if false

If true the top menu header and site header is hidden.

auto_hide_diff_table_header

not set if false

If true the diff table header is automatically hidden when scrolling down more than half of a page.

hide_line_numbers

not set if false

If true the line numbers are hidden.

tab_size

Number of spaces that should be used to display one tab.

'hide_empty_pane'

not set if false

Whether empty panes should be hidden. The left pane is empty when a file was added; the right pane is empty when a file was deleted.

DiffPreferencesInput

The DiffPreferencesInput entity contains information for setting the diff preferences of a user. Fields which are not set will not be updated.

Field Name Description

context

optional

The number of lines of context when viewing a patch.

expand_all_comments

optional

Whether all inline comments should be automatically expanded.

ignore_whitespace

optional

Whether whitespace changes should be ignored and if yes, which whitespace changes should be ignored.
Allowed values are IGNORE_NONE, IGNORE_SPACE_AT_EOL, IGNORE_SPACE_CHANGE, IGNORE_ALL_SPACE.

intraline_difference

optional

Whether intraline differences should be highlighted.

line_length

optional

Number of characters that should be displayed in one line.

manual_review

optional

Whether the 'Reviewed' flag should not be set automatically on a patch when it is viewed.

retain_header

optional

Whether the header that is displayed above the patch (that either shows the commit message, the diff preferences, the patch sets or the files) should be retained on file switch.

show_line_endings

optional

Whether Windows EOL/Cr-Lf should be displayed as '\r' in a dotted-line box.

show_tabs

optional

Whether tabs should be shown.

show_whitespace_errors

optional

Whether whitespace errors should be shown.

skip_deleted

optional

Whether deleted files should be skipped on file switch.

skip_uncommented

optional

Whether uncommented files should be skipped on file switch.

syntax_highlighting

optional

Whether syntax highlighting should be enabled.

hide_top_menu

optional

True if the top menu header and site header should be hidden.

auto_hide_diff_table_header

optional

True if the diff table header is automatically hidden when scrolling down more than half of a page.

hide_line_numbers

optional

True if the line numbers should be hidden.

tab_size

optional

Number of spaces that should be used to display one tab.

EmailInfo

The EmailInfo entity contains information about an email address of a user.

Field Name Description

email

The email address.

preferred

not set if false

Whether this is the preferred email address of the user.

pending_confirmation

not set if false

Set true if the user must confirm control of the email address by following a verification link before Gerrit will permit use of this address.

EmailInput

The EmailInput entity contains information for registering a new email address.

Field Name Description

email

The email address. If provided, must match the email address from the URL.

preferred

false if not set

Whether the new email address should become the preferred email address of the user (only supported if no_confirmation is set or if the authentication type is DEVELOPMENT_BECOME_ANY_ACCOUNT).

no_confirmation

false if not set

Whether the email address should be added without confirmation. In this case no verification email is sent to the user.
Only Gerrit administrators are allowed to add email addresses without confirmation.

HttpPasswordInput

The HttpPasswordInput entity contains information for setting/generating an HTTP password.

Field Name Description

generate

false if not set

Whether a new HTTP password should be generated

http_password

optional

The new HTTP password. Only Gerrit administrators may set the HTTP password directly.
If empty or not set and generate is false or not set, the HTTP password is deleted.

PreferencesInfo

The PreferencesInfo entity contains information about a user’s preferences.

Field Name Description

changes_per_page

The number of changes to show on each page. Allowed values are 10, 25, 50, 100.

show_site_header

not set if false

Whether the site header should be shown.

use_flash_clipboard

not set if false

Whether to use the flash clipboard widget.

download_scheme

The type of download URL the user prefers to use.

download_command

The type of download command the user prefers to use.

copy_self_on_email

not set if false

Whether to CC me on comments I write.

date_format

The format to display the date in. Allowed values are STD, US, ISO, EURO, UK.

time_format

The format to display the time in. Allowed values are HHMM_12, HHMM_24.

relative_date_in_change_table

not set if false

Whether to show relative dates in the changes table.

size_bar_in_change_table

not set if false

Whether to show the change sizes as colored bars in the change table.

legacycid_in_change_table

not set if false

Whether to show change number in the change table.

mute_common_path_prefixes

not set if false

Whether to mute common path prefixes in file names in the file table.

review_category_strategy

The strategy used to displayed info in the review category column. Allowed values are NONE, NAME, EMAIL, USERNAME, ABBREV.

diff_view

The type of diff view to show. Allowed values are SIDE_BY_SIDE, UNIFIED_DIFF.

PreferencesInput

The PreferencesInput entity contains information for setting the user preferences. Fields which are not set will not be updated.

Field Name Description

changes_per_page

optional

The number of changes to show on each page. Allowed values are 10, 25, 50, 100.

show_site_header

optional

Whether the site header should be shown.

use_flash_clipboard

optional

Whether to use the flash clipboard widget.

download_scheme

optional

The type of download URL the user prefers to use.

download_command

optional

The type of download command the user prefers to use.

copy_self_on_email

optional

Whether to CC me on comments I write.

date_format

optional

The format to display the date in. Allowed values are STD, US, ISO, EURO, UK.

time_format

optional

The format to display the time in. Allowed values are HHMM_12, HHMM_24.

relative_date_in_change_table

optional

Whether to show relative dates in the changes table.

size_bar_in_change_table

optional

Whether to show the change sizes as colored bars in the change table.

legacycid_in_change_table

optional

Whether to show change number in the change table.

mute_common_path_prefixes

optional

Whether to mute common path prefixes in file names in the file table.

review_category_strategy

optional

The strategy used to displayed info in the review category column. Allowed values are NONE, NAME, EMAIL, USERNAME, ABBREV.

diff_view

optional

The type of diff view to show. Allowed values are SIDE_BY_SIDE, UNIFIED_DIFF.

QueryLimitInfo

The QueryLimitInfo entity contains information about the Query Limit of a user.

Field Name Description

min

Lower limit.

max

Upper limit.

SshKeyInfo

The SshKeyInfo entity contains information about an SSH key of a user.

Field Name Description

seq

The sequence number of the SSH key.

ssh_public_key

The complete public SSH key.

encoded_key

The encoded key.

algorithm

The algorithm of the SSH key.

comment

optional

The comment of the SSH key.

valid

Whether the SSH key is valid.

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