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

Account Endpoints

Query Account

'GET /accounts/'

Queries accounts visible to the caller. The query string must be provided by the q parameter. The n parameter can be used to limit the returned results.

As result a list of AccountInfo entities is returned.

Request
  GET /accounts/?q=name:John+email:example.com&n=2 HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "_account_id": 1000096,
    },
    {
      "_account_id": 1001439,
      "_more_accounts": true
    }
  ]

If the number of accounts matching the query exceeds either the internal limit or a supplied n query parameter, the last account object has a _more_accounts: true JSON field set.

The S or start query parameter can be supplied to skip a number of accounts from the list.

Additional fields can be obtained by adding o parameters, each option slows down the query response time to the client so they are generally disabled by default. Optional fields are:

  • DETAILS: Includes full name, preferred email, username, display name, avatars, status, state and tags for each account.

  • ALL_EMAILS: Includes all registered emails. Requires the caller to have the Modify Account global capability.

To get account suggestions set the parameter suggest and provide the typed substring as query q. If a result limit n is not specified, then the default 10 is used.

For account suggestions account details and all emails are always returned.

Request
  GET /accounts/?suggest&q=John HTTP/1.0

Secondary emails are only included if the calling user has the Modify Account capability.

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"
      "display_name": "John D"
    },
    {
      "_account_id": 1001439,
      "name": "John Smith",
      "email": "john.smith@example.com",
      "username": "jsmith"
      "display_name": "Johnny"
    },
  ]

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"
    "display_name": "Super 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",
    "display_name": "Super John",
    "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"
  }

Delete Account

'DELETE /accounts/{account-id}'

Deletes the given account.

Currently only supporting self deletion (regardless of the way {account-id} is provided).

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

Get Account Details

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

Retrieves the details of an account as an AccountDetailInfo entity.

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

  )]}'
  {
    "registered_on": "2015-07-23 07:01:09.296000000",
    "_account_id": 1000096,
    "name": "John Doe",
    "email": "john.doe@example.com",
    "username": "john"
    "display_name": "Super John"
  }

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 Account Status

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

Retrieves the status of an account.

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

  )]}'
  "Available"

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

Set Account Status

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

Sets the status of an account.

The new account status must be provided in the request body inside an AccountStatusInput entity.

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

  {
    "status": "Out Of Office"
  }

As response the new account status is returned.

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

  )]}'
  "Out Of Office"

If the status was deleted the response is “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”.

Set Username

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

The new username must be provided in the request body inside a UsernameInput entity.

Once set, the username cannot be changed or deleted. If attempted this fails with “405 Method Not Allowed”.

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

  {
    "username": "jdoe"
  }

As response the new username is returned.

Set Display Name

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

The new display name must be provided in the request body inside a DisplayNameInput entity.

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

  {
    "display_name": "John"
  }

As response the new display name is returned.

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

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
  Content-Disposition: attachment
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  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 “409 Conflict”.

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.

The account must have a username.

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

Get OAuth Access Token

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

Returns a previously obtained OAuth access token.

Request
  GET /accounts/self/oauthtoken HTTP/1.1

As a response, an OAuthTokenInfo entity is returned that describes the OAuth access token.

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

   )]}'
    {
      "username": "johndow",
      "resource_host": "gerrit.example.org",
      "access_token": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJqdGkiOi",
      "provider_id": "oauth-plugin:oauth-provider",
      "expires_at": "922337203775807",
      "type": "bearer"
    }

If there is no token available, or the token has already expired, “404 Not Found” is returned as response. Requests to obtain an access token of another user are rejected with “403 Forbidden”.

List Account Emails

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

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

ModifyAccount capability is required to view emails of other users.

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. If sendemail.allowrcpt is configured, the added email address must belong to a domain that is allowed, unless no_confirmation is set. If sendemail.denyrcpt is configured, make sure that the added email address is not disallowed or belongs to a domain that is disallowed.

The EmailInput object in the request body may contain additional options for the email address.

Request
  PUT /accounts/self/emails/john.doe@example.com HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
  Content-Length: 3

  {}

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== john.doe@example.com",
      "encoded_key": "AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA0T...YImydZAw==",
      "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== john.doe@example.com",
    "encoded_key": "AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA0T...YImydZAw==",
    "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.

Trying to add an SSH key that already exists succeeds, but no new SSH key is persisted.

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

  ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA0T...YImydZAw== john.doe@example.com

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== john.doe@example.com",
    "encoded_key": "AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA0T...YImydZAw==",
    "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 GPG Keys

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

Returns the GPG keys of an account.

Request
  GET /accounts/self/gpgkeys HTTP/1.0

As a response, the GPG keys of the account are returned as a map of GpgKeyInfo entities, keyed by ID.

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

  )]}'
  {
    "AFC8A49B": {
      "fingerprint": "0192 723D 42D1 0C5B 32A6  E1E0 9350 9E4B AFC8 A49B",
      "user_ids": [
        "John Doe \u003cjohn.doe@example.com\u003e"
      ],
      "key": "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\nVersion: BCPG v1.52\n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\nTO+/u80JI+ROTMHE6unGp5Pgh/xIz6Wd34E0lWL1eOyNfGiPLyRWn1d0",
      "status": "TRUSTED",
      "problems": [],
    },
  }

Get GPG Key

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/gpgkeys/{gpg-key-id}'

Retrieves a GPG key of a user.

Request
  GET /accounts/self/gpgkeys/AFC8A49B HTTP/1.0

As a response, a GpgKeyInfo entity is returned that describes the GPG key.

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

  )]}'
  {
    "id": "AFC8A49B",
    "fingerprint": "0192 723D 42D1 0C5B 32A6  E1E0 9350 9E4B AFC8 A49B",
    "user_ids": [
      "John Doe \u003cjohn.doe@example.com\u003e"
    ],
    "key": "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\nVersion: BCPG v1.52\n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\nTO+/u80JI+ROTMHE6unGp5Pgh/xIz6Wd34E0lWL1eOyNfGiPLyRWn1d0",
    "status": "TRUSTED",
    "problems": [],
  }

Add/Delete GPG Keys

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

Add or delete one or more GPG keys for a user.

The changes must be provided in the request body as a GpgKeysInput entity. Each new GPG key is provided in ASCII armored format, and must contain a self-signed certification matching a registered email or other identity of the user.

Request
  POST /accounts/link:#account-id[\{account-id\}]/gpgkeys
  Content-Type: application/json

  {
    "add": [
      "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\nVersion: GnuPG v1\n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\nfaURgAcjarQzJnG0hUps2GNO/+nM7UyyJAGfHlh5\n=EdXO\n-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n"
    ],
    "delete": [
      "DEADBEEF",
    ]
  }'

As a response, the modified GPG keys are returned as a map of GpgKeyInfo entities, keyed by ID. Deleted keys are represented by an empty object.

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

  )]}'
  {
    "AFC8A49B": {
      "fingerprint": "0192 723D 42D1 0C5B 32A6  E1E0 9350 9E4B AFC8 A49B",
      "user_ids": [
        "John Doe \u003cjohn.doe@example.com\u003e"
      ],
      "key": "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\nVersion: BCPG v1.52\n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\nTO+/u80JI+ROTMHE6unGp5Pgh/xIz6Wd34E0lWL1eOyNfGiPLyRWn1d0"
      "status": "TRUSTED",
      "problems": [],
    }
    "DEADBEEF": {}
  }

Delete GPG Key

'DELETE /accounts/{account-id}/gpgkeys/{gpg-key-id}'

Deletes a GPG key of a user.

Request
  DELETE /accounts/self/gpgkeys/AFC8A49B 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 basic authentication:

Request
  GET /a/accounts/self/capabilities HTTP/1.0
  Authorization: Basic ABCDECF..
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: Basic ABCDEF...
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.

Users may only retrieve the preferences for their own account, unless they are an Administrator or a member of a group that is granted the ModifyAccount capability, in which case they can retrieve the preferences for any account.

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

  )]}'
  {
    "changes_per_page": 25,
    "theme": "AUTO",
    "date_format": "STD",
    "time_format": "HHMM_12",
    "diff_view": "SIDE_BY_SIDE",
    "size_bar_in_change_table": true,
    "mute_common_path_prefixes": true,
    "publish_comments_on_push": true,
    "work_in_progress_by_default": true,
    "allow_browser_notifications": true,
    "allow_suggest_code_while_commenting": true,
    "diff_page_sidebar": "plugin-foo",
    "default_base_for_merges": "FIRST_PARENT",
    "my": [
      {
        "url": "#/dashboard/self",
        "name": "Changes"
      },
      {
        "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"
      },
      change_table: []
    ]
  }

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,
    "theme": "DARK",
    "expand_inline_diffs": true,
    "date_format": "STD",
    "time_format": "HHMM_12",
    "size_bar_in_change_table": true,
    "disable_keyboard_shortcuts": true,
    "disable_token_highlighting": true,
    "allow_browser_notifications": false,
    "allow_suggest_code_while_commenting": false,
    "diff_page_sidebar": "NONE",
    "diff_view": "SIDE_BY_SIDE",
    "mute_common_path_prefixes": true,
    "my": [
      {
        "url": "#/dashboard/self",
        "name": "Changes"
      },
      {
        "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"
      }
    ],
    "change_table": [
      "Subject",
      "Owner"
    ]
  }

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,
    "theme" "DARK",
    "expand_inline_diffs": true,
    "date_format": "STD",
    "time_format": "HHMM_12",
    "size_bar_in_change_table": true,
    "diff_view": "SIDE_BY_SIDE",
    "publish_comments_on_push": true,
    "disable_keyboard_shortcuts": true,
    "disable_token_highlighting": true,
    "work_in_progress_by_default": true,
    "mute_common_path_prefixes": true,
    "my": [
      {
        "url": "#/dashboard/self",
        "name": "Changes"
      },
      {
        "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"
      }
    ],
    "change_table": [
      "Subject",
      "Owner"
    ]
  }

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,
    "ignore_whitespace": "IGNORE_ALL",
    "intraline_difference": true,
    "line_length": 100,
    "cursor_blink_rate": 500,
    "show_tabs": true,
    "show_whitespace_errors": true,
    "syntax_highlighting": true,
    "tab_size": 8,
    "font_size": 12
  }

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

  {
    "context": 10,
    "ignore_whitespace": "IGNORE_ALL",
    "intraline_difference": true,
    "line_length": 100,
    "cursor_blink_rate": 500,
    "show_line_endings": true,
    "show_tabs": true,
    "show_whitespace_errors": true,
    "syntax_highlighting": true,
    "tab_size": 8,
    "font_size": 12
  }

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,
    "ignore_whitespace": "IGNORE_ALL",
    "intraline_difference": true,
    "line_length": 100,
    "show_line_endings": true,
    "show_tabs": true,
    "show_whitespace_errors": true,
    "syntax_highlighting": true,
    "tab_size": 8,
    "font_size": 12
  }

Get Edit Preferences

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

Retrieves the edit preferences of a user.

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

As result the edit preferences of the user are returned as a EditPreferencesInfo entity.

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

  )]}'
  {
    "tab_size": 4,
    "line_length": 80,
    "indent_unit": 2,
    "cursor_blink_rate": 530,
    "hide_top_menu": true,
    "show_whitespace_errors": true,
    "hide_line_numbers": true,
    "match_brackets": true,
    "line_wrapping": false,
    "indent_with_tabs": false,
    "auto_close_brackets": true
  }

Set Edit Preferences

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

Sets the edit preferences of a user.

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

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

  {
    "tab_size": 4,
    "line_length": 80,
    "indent_unit": 2,
    "cursor_blink_rate": 530,
    "hide_top_menu": true,
    "show_tabs": true,
    "show_whitespace_errors": true,
    "syntax_highlighting": true,
    "hide_line_numbers": true,
    "match_brackets": true,
    "line_wrapping": false,
    "auto_close_brackets": true
  }

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

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

  )]}'
  {
    "tab_size": 4,
    "line_length": 80,
    "cursor_blink_rate": 530,
    "hide_top_menu": true,
    "show_whitespace_errors": true,
    "hide_line_numbers": true,
    "match_brackets": true,
    "auto_close_brackets": true
  }

Get Watched Projects

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/watched.projects'

Retrieves all projects a user is watching.

Request
  GET /a/accounts/self/watched.projects HTTP/1.0

As result the watched projects of the user are returned as a list of ProjectWatchInfo entities. The result is sorted by project name in ascending order.

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

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "project": "Test Project 1",
      "notify_new_changes": true,
      "notify_new_patch_sets": true,
      "notify_all_comments": true,
    },
    {
      "project": "Test Project 2",
      "filter": "branch:experimental",
      "notify_all_comments": true,
      "notify_submitted_changes": true,
      "notify_abandoned_changes": true
    }
  ]

Add/Update a List of Watched Project Entities

'POST /accounts/{account-id}/watched.projects'

Add new projects to watch or update existing watched projects. Projects that are already watched by a user will be updated with the provided configuration. All other projects in the request will be watched using the provided configuration. The posted body can contain ProjectWatchInfo entities. Omitted boolean values will be set to false.

Request
  POST /a/accounts/self/watched.projects HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  [
    {
      "project": "Test Project 1",
      "notify_new_changes": true,
      "notify_new_patch_sets": true,
      "notify_all_comments": true,
    }
  ]

As result the watched projects of the user are returned as a list of ProjectWatchInfo entities. The result is sorted by project name in ascending order.

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

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "project": "Test Project 1",
      "notify_new_changes": true,
      "notify_new_patch_sets": true,
      "notify_all_comments": true,
    },
    {
      "project": "Test Project 2",
      "notify_new_changes": true,
      "notify_new_patch_sets": true,
      "notify_all_comments": true,
    }
  ]

Delete Watched Projects

'POST /accounts/{account-id}/watched.projects:delete'

Projects posted to this endpoint will no longer be watched. The posted body can contain a list of ProjectWatchInfo entities.

Request
  POST /a/accounts/self/watched.projects:delete HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  [
    {
      "project": "Test Project 1",
      "filter": "branch:master"
    }
  ]
Response
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Get Account External IDs

'GET /accounts/{account-id}/external.ids'

Retrieves the external ids of a user account.

Only external ids belonging to the caller may be requested. Users that have Modify Account can request external ids that belong to other accounts.

Request
  GET /a/accounts/self/external.ids HTTP/1.0

As result the external ids of the user are returned as a list of AccountExternalIdInfo entities.

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

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "identity": "username:john",
      "email_address": "john.doe@example.com",
      "trusted": true
    }
  ]

Delete Account External IDs

'POST /accounts/{account-id}/external.ids:delete'

Delete a list of external ids for a user account. The target external ids must be provided as a list in the request body.

Only external ids belonging to the caller may be deleted. Users that have Modify Account can delete external ids that belong to other accounts. External ids in the 'username:' scheme can only be deleted by users that have Administrate Server or both Maintain Server and Modify Account since the user may not be able to login anymore, after the removal of the external id with scheme 'username:'. Users cannot delete their own external id with scheme 'username:' in order to prevent they can lock themselves out since they may not be able to login anymore.

Request
  POST /a/accounts/self/external.ids:delete HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8

  [
    "mailto:john.doe@example.com"
  ]
Response
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

List Contributor Agreements

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

Gets a list of the user’s signed contributor agreements.

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

As response the user’s signed agreements are returned as a list of ContributorAgreementInfo entities.

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

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "name": "Individual",
      "description": "If you are going to be contributing code on your own, this is the one you want. You can sign this one online.",
      "url": "static/cla_individual.html"
    }
  ]

Delete Draft Comments

'POST /accounts/{account-id}/drafts:delete'

Deletes some or all of a user’s draft comments. The set of comments to delete is specified as a DeleteDraftCommentsInput entity. An empty input entity deletes all comments.

Only drafts belonging to the caller may be deleted.

Request
  POST /accounts/self/drafts.delete HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "query": "is:abandoned"
  }

As a response, a list of DeletedDraftCommentInfo entities is returned.

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

   )]}'
   [
     {
       "change": {
         "id": "myProject~master~I8473b95934b5732ac55d26311a706c9c2bde9940",
         "project": "myProject",
         "branch": "master",
         "change_id": "I8473b95934b5732ac55d26311a706c9c2bde9940",
         "subject": "Implementing Feature X",
         "status": "ABANDONED",
         "created": "2013-02-01 09:59:32.126000000",
         "updated": "2013-02-21 11:16:36.775000000",
         "insertions": 34,
         "deletions": 101,
         "_number": 3965,
         "owner": {
           "name": "John Doe"
         }
       },
       "deleted": [
         {
           "id": "TvcXrmjM",
           "path": "gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/project/RefControl.java",
           "line": 23,
           "message": "[nit] trailing whitespace",
           "updated": "2013-02-26 15:40:43.986000000"
         }
       ]
     }
   ]

Sign Contributor Agreement

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

Signs a contributor agreement.

The contributor agreement must be provided in the request body as a ContributorAgreementInput.

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

  {
    "name": "Individual"
  }

As response the contributor agreement name is returned.

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

  )]}'
  "Individual"

Index Account

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

Adds or updates the account in the secondary index.

Request
  POST /accounts/1000096/index HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Default Star Endpoints

Get Changes With Default Star

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

Gets the changes that were starred with the default star 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",
      "starred": true,
      "stars": [
        "star"
      ],
      "mergeable": true,
      "submittable": false,
      "insertions": 145,
      "deletions": 12,
      "_number": 3965,
      "owner": {
        "name": "John Doe"
      }
    }
  ]

Put Default Star On Change

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

Star a change with the default label. Changes starred with the default label are returned for the search query is:starred or has:star 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

Remove Default Star From Change

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

Remove the default star label from a change. This stops 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:

  • self or me for the calling user

  • a bare account ID ("18419")

  • an account ID following a name in parentheses ("Full Name (18419)")

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

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

  • a full name ("Full Name")

  • a user name ("username")

In all cases, accounts that are not visible to the calling user are not considered.

In all cases except a bare account ID and self/me, inactive accounts are not considered. Inactive accounts should only be referenced by bare ID.

If the input is a bare account ID, this will always resolve to exactly one account if there is a visible account with that ID, and zero accounts otherwise. (This is true even in corner cases like a user having a full name which is exactly a numeric account ID belonging to a different user; such a user cannot be identified by this number.)

If the identifier is ambiguous or only refers to inactive accounts, the error message from the API should contain a human-readable description of how to disambiguate the request.

Note: Except as noted above, callers should not rely on the particular priorities of any of the identifiers in the account resolution algorithm. Any other formats may be subject to future deprecation. If callers require specific searching semantics, they should use the Query Account endpoint to resolve a string to one or more accounts, then access the API using the account ID.

{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.

{gpg-key-id}

A GPG key identifier, either the 8-character hex key reported by gpg --list-keys, or the 40-character hex fingerprint (whitespace is ignored) reported by gpg --list-keys --with-fingerprint.

JSON Entities

AccountDetailInfo

The AccountDetailInfo entity contains detailed information about an account.

AccountDetailInfo has the same fields as AccountInfo. In addition AccountDetailInfo has the following field:

Field Name Description

registered_on

The timestamp of when the account was registered.

AccountExternalIdInfo

The AccountExternalIdInfo entity contains information for an external id of an account.

Field Name Description

identity

The account external id.

email_address

optional

The email address for the external id.

trusted

not set if false

Whether the external id is trusted.

can_delete

not set if false

Whether the external id can be deleted by the calling user.

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.
See option DETAILED_ACCOUNTS for change queries
and option DETAILS for account queries.

display_name

optional

The display name of the user.
Only set if detailed account information is requested.
See option DETAILED_ACCOUNTS for change queries
and option DETAILS for account queries.

email

optional

The email address the user prefers to be contacted through.
Only set if detailed account information is requested.
See option DETAILED_ACCOUNTS for change queries
and options DETAILS and ALL_EMAILS for account queries.

secondary_emails

optional

A list of the secondary email addresses of the user.
Only set for account queries when the ALL_EMAILS option or the suggest parameter is set.
Secondary emails are only included if the calling user has the Modify Account, and hence is allowed to see secondary emails of other users.

username

optional

The username of the user.
Only set if detailed account information is requested.
See option DETAILED_ACCOUNTS for change queries
and option DETAILS for account queries.

avatars

optional

List of AvatarInfo
entities that provide information about avatar images of the account.

_more_accounts

optional, not set if false

Whether the query would deliver more results if not limited.
Only set on the last account that is returned.

status

optional

Status message of the account.

inactive

not set if false

Whether the account is inactive.

tags

optional, not set if empty

List of additional tags that this account has. The only
current tag an account can have is SERVICE_USER.
Only set if detailed account information is requested.
See option DETAILED_ACCOUNTS

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.

display_name

optional

The display 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.

AccountStatusInput

The AccountStatusInput entity contains information for setting a status for an account.

Field Name Description

status

optional

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

AvatarInfo

The AccountInfo entity contains information about an avatar image of an account.

Field Name Description

url

The URL to the avatar image.

height

The height of the avatar image in pixels.

width

The width of the avatar image in pixels.

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.

maintainServer

not set if false

Whether the user has the Maintain Server 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.

viewSecondaryEmails

not set if false

Whether the user has the View Secondary Emails capability.

ContributorAgreementInfo

The ContributorAgreementInfo entity contains information about a contributor agreement.

Field Name Description

name

The unique name of the contributor agreement.

description

The description of the contributor agreement.

url

The URL of the contributor agreement.

auto_verify_group

optional

The group to which a user that signs the contributor agreement online is added automatically as a GroupInfo entity. If not set, users cannot sign the contributor agreement online.

ContributorAgreementInput

The ContributorAgreementInput entity contains information about a new contributor agreement.

Field Name Description

name

The name of the agreement.

DeleteDraftCommentsInput

The DeleteDraftCommentsInput entity contains information specifying a set of draft comments that should be deleted.

Field Name Description

query

optional

A change query limiting results to changes matching this query; has:draft is implied and not necessary to list explicitly. If not set, matches all changes with drafts.

DeletedDraftCommentInfo

The DeletedDraftCommentInfo entity contains information about draft comments that were deleted.

Field Name Description

change

ChangeInfo entity describing the change on which one or more comments was deleted. Populated with no change list options.

deleted

List of CommentInfo entities for each comment that was deleted.

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.

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_TRAILING, IGNORE_LEADING_AND_TRAILING, IGNORE_ALL.

intraline_difference

not set if false

Whether intraline differences should be highlighted.

line_length

Number of characters that should be displayed in one line.

cursor_blink_rate

Half-period in milliseconds used for cursor blinking. Setting it to 0 disables cursor blinking.

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 are 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.

font_size

Default font size in pixels for change to be displayed in the diff view.

'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.

match_brackets

not set if false

Whether matching brackets should be highlighted.

line_wrapping

not set if false

Whether to enable line wrapping or not.

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_TRAILING, IGNORE_LEADING_AND_TRAILING, IGNORE_ALL.

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.

font_size

optional

Default font size in pixels for change to be displayed in the diff view.

line_wrapping

optional

Whether to enable line wrapping or not.

indent_with_tabs

optional

Whether to enable indent with tabs or not.

EditPreferencesInfo

The EditPreferencesInfo entity contains information about the edit preferences of a user.

Field Name Description

tab_size

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

line_length

Number of characters that should be displayed per line.

indent_unit

Number of spaces that should be used for auto-indent.

cursor_blink_rate

Half-period in milliseconds used for cursor blinking. Setting it to 0 disables cursor blinking.

hide_top_menu

not set if false

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

show_tabs

not set if false

Whether tabs should be shown.

show_whitespace_errors

not set if false

Whether whitespace errors should be shown.

syntax_highlighting

not set if false

Whether syntax highlighting should be enabled.

hide_line_numbers

not set if false

Whether line numbers should be hidden.

match_brackets

not set if false

Whether matching brackets should be highlighted.

line_wrapping

not set if false

Whether to enable line wrapping or not.

indent_with_tabs

not set if false

Whether to indent with tabs or not.

auto_close_brackets

not set if false

Whether brackets and quotes should be auto-closed during typing.

show_base

not set if false

Whether to show the inline edit base version or not.

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.

GpgKeyInfo

The GpgKeyInfo entity contains information about a GPG public key.

Field Name Description

id

Not set in map context

The 8-char hex GPG key ID.

fingerprint

Not set for deleted keys

The 40-char (plus spaces) hex GPG key fingerprint.

user_ids

Not set for deleted keys

OpenPGP User IDs associated with the public key.

key

Not set for deleted keys

ASCII armored public key material.

status

Not set for deleted keys

The result of server-side checks on the key; one of BAD, OK, or TRUSTED. BAD keys have serious problems and should not be used. If a key is OK, inspecting only that key found no problems, but the system does not fully trust the key’s origin. A `TRUSTED key is valid, and the system knows enough about the key and its origin to trust it.

problems

Not set for deleted keys

A list of human-readable problem strings found in the course of checking whether the key is valid and trusted.

GpgKeysInput

The GpgKeysInput entity contains information for adding/deleting GPG keys.

Field Name Description

add

List of ASCII armored public key strings to add.

delete

List of {gpg-key-id}s to delete.

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.

OAuthTokenInfo

The OAuthTokenInfo entity contains information about an OAuth access token.

Field Name Description

username

The owner of the OAuth access token.

resource_host

The host of the Gerrit instance.

access_token

The actual token value.

provider_id

optional

The identifier of the OAuth provider in the form plugin-name:provider-name.

expires_at

optional

Time of expiration of this token in milliseconds.

type

The type of the OAuth access token, always bearer.

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.

theme

Which theme to use. Allowed values are AUTO or DARK or LIGHT.

expand_inline_diffs

not set if false

Whether to expand diffs inline instead of opening as separate page (Gerrit web app UI only).

download_scheme

optional

The type of download URL the user prefers to use. May be any key from the schemes map in DownloadInfo.

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.

diff_view

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

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.

signed_off_by

not set if false

Whether to insert Signed-off-by footer in changes created with the inline edit feature.

allow_browser_notifications

not set if false

Whether to prompt user to enable browser notification in browser.

allow_suggest_code_while_commenting

not set if false

Whether to receive suggested code while writing comments. This feature needs a plugin implementation.

diff_page_sidebar

optional

String indicating which sidebar should be open on the diff page. Set to "NONE" if no sidebars should be open. Plugin-supplied sidebars will be prefixed with "plugin-".

my

The menu items of the MY top menu as a list of TopMenuItemInfo entities.

change_table

The columns to display in the change table (Gerrit web app UI only). The default is empty, which will default columns as determined by the frontend.

email_strategy

The type of email strategy to use. On ENABLED, the user will receive emails from Gerrit. On CC_ON_OWN_COMMENTS the user will also receive emails for their own comments. On ATTENTION_SET_ONLY, on emails about changes, the user will receive emails only if they are in the attention set of that change. On DISABLED the user will not receive any email notifications from Gerrit. Allowed values are ENABLED, CC_ON_OWN_COMMENTS, ATTENTION_SET_ONLY, DISABLED.

default_base_for_merges

The base which should be pre-selected in the 'Diff Against' drop-down list when the change screen is opened for a merge commit. Allowed values are AUTO_MERGE and FIRST_PARENT.

disable_keyboard_shortcuts

not set if false

Whether to disable all keyboard shortcuts.

disable_token_highlighting [not set if false] Whether to disable token highlighting on hover.

publish_comments_on_push

not set if false

Whether to publish draft comments on push by default.

work_in_progress_by_default

not set if false

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.

theme

optional

Which theme to use. Allowed values are AUTO or DARK or LIGHT.

expand_inline_diffs

not set if false

Whether to expand diffs inline instead of opening as separate page (Gerrit web app UI only).

download_scheme

optional

The type of download URL the user prefers to use.

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.

diff_view

optional

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

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.

signed_off_by

optional

Whether to insert Signed-off-by footer in changes created with the inline edit feature.

allow_browser_notifications

not set if false

Whether to prompt user to enable browser notification in browser.

allow_suggest_code_while_commenting

not set if false

Whether to receive suggested code while writing comments. This feature needs a plugin implementation.

diff_page_sidebar

optional

String indicating which sidebar should be open on the diff page. Set to "NONE" if no sidebars should be open. Plugin-supplied sidebars will be prefixed with "plugin-".

my

optional

The menu items of the MY top menu as a list of TopMenuItemInfo entities.

change_table

The columns to display in the change table (Gerrit web app UI only). The default is empty, which will default columns as determined by the frontend.

email_strategy

optional

The type of email strategy to use. On ENABLED, the user will receive emails from Gerrit. On CC_ON_OWN_COMMENTS the user will also receive emails for their own comments. On ATTENTION_SET_ONLY, on emails about changes, the user will receive emails only if they are in the attention set of that change. On DISABLED the user will not receive any email notifications from Gerrit. Allowed values are ENABLED, CC_ON_OWN_COMMENTS, ATTENTION_SET_ONLY, DISABLED.

default_base_for_merges

optional

The base which should be pre-selected in the 'Diff Against' drop-down list when the change screen is opened for a merge commit. Allowed values are AUTO_MERGE and FIRST_PARENT.

disable_keyboard_shortcuts

not set if false

Whether to disable all keyboard shortcuts.

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.

UsernameInput

The UsernameInput entity contains information for setting the username for an account.

Field Name Description

username

The new username of the account.

DisplayNameInput

The DisplayNameInput entity contains information for setting the display name for an account.

Field Name Description

display_name

The new display name of the account.

ProjectWatchInfo

The WatchedProjectsInfo entity contains information about a project watch for a user.

Field Name Description

project

The name of the project.

filter

optional

A filter string to be applied to the project.

notify_new_changes

optional

Notify on new changes.

notify_new_patch_sets

optional

Notify on new patch sets.

notify_all_comments

optional

Notify on comments.

notify_submitted_changes

optional

Notify on submitted changes.

notify_abandoned_changes

optional

Notify on abandoned changes.

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