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

Config Endpoints

Get Version

'GET /config/server/version'

Returns the version of the Gerrit server.

Request
  GET /config/server/version HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  "2.7"

Get Server Info

'GET /config/server/info'

Returns the information about the Gerrit server configuration.

Request
  GET /config/server/info HTTP/1.0

As result a ServerInfo entity is returned.

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

  )]}'
  {
    "accounts": {
      "visibility": "ALL"
    },
    "auth": {
      "auth_type": "LDAP",
      "use_contributor_agreements": true,
      "contributor_agreements": [
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "editable_account_fields": [
        "FULL_NAME",
        "REGISTER_NEW_EMAIL"
      ]
    },
    "download": {
      "schemes": {
        "anonymous http": {
          "url": "http://gerrithost:8080/${project}",
          "commands": {
            "Checkout": "git fetch http://gerrithost:8080/${project} ${ref} \u0026\u0026 git checkout FETCH_HEAD",
            "Format Patch": "git fetch http://gerrithost:8080/${project} ${ref} \u0026\u0026 git format-patch -1 --stdout FETCH_HEAD",
            "Pull": "git pull http://gerrithost:8080/${project} ${ref}",
            "Cherry Pick": "git fetch http://gerrithost:8080/${project} ${ref} \u0026\u0026 git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD"
          },
          "clone_commands": {
            "Clone": "git clone http://gerrithost:8080/${project}",
            "Clone with commit-msg hook": "git clone http://gerrithost:8080/${project} \u0026\u0026 scp -p -P 29418 jdoe@gerrithost:hooks/commit-msg ${project}/.git/hooks/"
          }
        },
        "http": {
          "url": "http://jdoe@gerrithost:8080/${project}",
          "is_auth_required": true,
          "is_auth_supported": true,
          "commands": {
            "Checkout": "git fetch http://jdoe@gerrithost:8080/${project} ${ref} \u0026\u0026 git checkout FETCH_HEAD",
            "Format Patch": "git fetch http://jdoe@gerrithost:8080/${project} ${ref} \u0026\u0026 git format-patch -1 --stdout FETCH_HEAD",
            "Pull": "git pull http://jdoe@gerrithost:8080/${project} ${ref}",
            "Cherry Pick": "git fetch http://jdoe@gerrithost:8080/${project} ${ref} \u0026\u0026 git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD"
          },
          "clone_commands": {
            "Clone": "git clone http://jdoe@gerrithost:8080/${project}",
            "Clone with commit-msg hook": "git clone http://jdoe@gerrithost:8080/${project} \u0026\u0026 scp -p -P 29418 jdoe@gerrithost:hooks/commit-msg ${project}/.git/hooks/"
          }
        },
        "ssh": {
          "url": "ssh://jdoe@gerrithost:29418/${project}",
          "is_auth_required": true,
          "is_auth_supported": true,
          "commands": {
            "Checkout": "git fetch ssh://jdoe@gerrithost:29418/${project} ${ref} \u0026\u0026 git checkout FETCH_HEAD",
            "Format Patch": "git fetch ssh://jdoe@gerrithost:29418/${project} ${ref} \u0026\u0026 git format-patch -1 --stdout FETCH_HEAD",
            "Pull": "git pull ssh://jdoe@gerrithost:29418/${project} ${ref}",
            "Cherry Pick": "git fetch ssh://jdoe@gerrithost:29418/${project} ${ref} \u0026\u0026 git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD"
          },
          "clone_commands": {
            "Clone": "git clone ssh://jdoe@gerrithost:29418/${project}",
            "Clone with commit-msg hook": "git clone ssh://jdoe@gerrithost:29418/${project} \u0026\u0026 scp -p -P 29418 jdoe@gerrithost:hooks/commit-msg ${project}/.git/hooks/"
          }
        }
      },
      "archives": [
        "tgz",
        "tar",
        "tbz2",
        "txz"
      ]
    },
    "gerrit": {
      "all_projects": "All-Projects",
      "all_users": "All-Users"
      "doc_search": true
    },
    "sshd": {},
    "suggest": {
      "from": 0
    },
    "user": {
      "anonymous_coward_name": "Name of user not set"
    }
  }

Check Consistency

'POST /config/server/check.consistency'

Runs consistency checks and returns detected problems.

Input for the consistency checks that should be run must be provided in the request body inside a ConsistencyCheckInput entity.

Request
  POST /config/server/check.consistency HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "check_accounts": {},
    "check_account_external_ids": {}
  }

As result a ConsistencyCheckInfo entity is returned that contains detected consistency problems.

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

  )]}'
  {
    "check_accounts_result": {
      "problems": [
        {
          "status": "ERROR",
          "message": "Account \u00271000024\u0027 has no external ID for its preferred email \u0027foo.bar@example.com\u0027"
        }
      ]
    }
    "check_account_external_ids_result": {
      "problems": [
        {
          "status": "ERROR",
          "message": "External ID \u0027uuid:ccb8d323-1361-45aa-8874-41987a660c46\u0027 belongs to account that doesn\u0027t exist: 1000012"
        }
      ]
    }
  }

Reload Config

'POST /config/server/reload'

Reloads the gerrit.config configuration.

Not all configuration value can be picked up by this command. Which config sections and values that are supported is documented here: Configuration

The output shows only modified config values that are picked up by Gerrit and applied.

If a config entry is added or removed from gerrit.config, but still brings no effect due to a matching default value, no output for this entry is shown.

Request
  POST /config/server/reload HTTP/1.0

As result a ConfigUpdateInfo entity is returned that contains information about how the updated config entries were handled.

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

  )]}'
  {
    "rejected": [],
    "applied": [
      {
        "config_key": "addreviewer.maxAllowed",
        "old_value": "20",
        "new_value": "15"
      }
    ]
  }

Confirm Email

'PUT /config/server/email.confirm'

Confirms that the user owns an email address.

The email token must be provided in the request body inside an EmailConfirmationInput entity.

Request
  PUT /config/server/email.confirm HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "token": "Enim+QNbAo6TV8Hur8WwoUypI6apG7qBPvF+bw==$MTAwMDAwNDp0ZXN0QHRlc3QuZGU="
  }

The response is “204 No Content”.

If the token is invalid or if it’s the token of another user the request fails and the response is “422 Unprocessable Entity”.

List Caches

'GET /config/server/caches/'

Lists the caches of the server. Caches defined by plugins are included.

The caller must be a member of a group that is granted one of the following capabilities:

As result a map of CacheInfo entities is returned.

The entries in the map are sorted by cache name.

Request
  GET /config/server/caches/ HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "accounts": {
      "type": "MEM",
      "entries": {
        "mem": 4
      },
      "average_get": "2.5ms",
      "hit_ratio": {
        "mem": 94
      }
    },
    "adv_bases": {
      "type": "MEM",
      "entries": {},
      "hit_ratio": {}
    },
    "change_kind": {
      "type": "DISK",
      "entries": {
        "space": "0.00k"
      },
      "hit_ratio": {}
    },
    "changes": {
      "type": "MEM",
      "entries": {},
      "hit_ratio": {}
    },
    "conflicts": {
      "type": "DISK",
      "entries": {
        "mem": 2,
        "disk": 3,
        "space": "2.75k"
      },
      "hit_ratio": {
        "mem": 0,
        "disk": 100
      }
    },
    "diff": {
      "type": "DISK",
      "entries": {
        "mem": 177,
        "disk": 253,
        "space": "170.97k"
      },
      "average_get": "1.1ms",
      "hit_ratio": {
        "mem": 67,
        "disk": 100
      }
    },
    "diff_intraline": {
      "type": "DISK",
      "entries": {
        "mem": 1,
        "disk": 1,
        "space": "0.37k"
      },
      "average_get": "6.8ms",
      "hit_ratio": {
        "mem": 0
      }
    },
    "git_tags": {
      "type": "DISK",
      "entries": {
        "space": "0.00k"
      },
      "hit_ratio": {}
    },
    groups": {
      "type": "MEM",
      "entries": {
        "mem": 27
      },
      "average_get": "183.2us",
      "hit_ratio": {
        "mem": 12
      }
    },
    "groups_bymember": {
      "type": "MEM",
      "entries": {},
      "hit_ratio": {}
    },
    "groups_byname": {
      "type": "MEM",
      "entries": {},
      "hit_ratio": {}
    },
    "groups_bysubgroup": {
      "type": "MEM",
      "entries": {},
      "hit_ratio": {}
    },
    "groups_byuuid": {
      "type": "MEM",
      "entries": {
        "mem": 25
      },
      "average_get": "173.4us",
      "hit_ratio": {
        "mem": 13
      }
    },
    "groups_external": {
      "type": "MEM",
      "entries": {},
      "hit_ratio": {}
    },
    "permission_sort": {
      "type": "MEM",
      "entries": {
        "mem": 16
      },
      "hit_ratio": {
        "mem": 96
      }
    },
    "plugin_resources": {
      "type": "MEM",
      "entries": {
        "mem": 2
      },
      "hit_ratio": {
        "mem": 83
      }
    },
    "project_list": {
      "type": "MEM",
      "entries": {
        "mem": 1
      },
      "average_get": "18.6ms",
      "hit_ratio": {
        "mem": 0
      }
    },
    "projects": {
      "type": "MEM",
      "entries": {
        "mem": 35
      },
      "average_get": "8.6ms",
      "hit_ratio": {
        "mem": 99
      }
    },
    "prolog_rules": {
      "type": "MEM",
      "entries": {
        "mem": 35
      },
      "average_get": "103.0ms",
      "hit_ratio": {
        "mem": 99
      }
    },
    "quota-repo_size": {
      "type": "DISK",
      "entries": {
        "space": "0.00k"
      },
      "hit_ratio": {}
    },
    "sshkeys": {
      "type": "MEM",
      "entries": {
        "mem": 1
      },
      "average_get": "3.2ms",
      "hit_ratio": {
        "mem": 50
      }
    },
    "web_sessions": {
      "type": "DISK",
      "entries": {
        "mem": 1,
        "disk": 2,
        "space": "0.78k"
      },
      "hit_ratio": {
        "mem": 82
      }
    }
  }

It is possible to get different output formats by specifying the format option:

  • LIST:

    Returns the cache names as JSON list.

    The cache names are lexicographically sorted.

    Request
      GET /config/server/caches/?format=LIST HTTP/1.0
    Response
      HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    "accounts",
    "adv_bases",
    "change_kind",
    "changes",
    "conflicts",
    "diff",
    "diff_intraline",
    "git_tags",
    "groups",
    "groups_bymember",
    "groups_byname",
    "groups_bysubgroup",
    "groups_byuuid",
    "groups_external",
    "permission_sort",
    "plugin_resources",
    "project_list",
    "projects",
    "prolog_rules",
    "quota-repo_size",
    "sshkeys",
    "web_sessions"
  ]

  • TEXT_LIST:

    Returns the cache names as a UTF-8 list that is base64 encoded. The cache names are delimited by '\n'.

    The cache names are lexicographically sorted.

    Request
      GET /config/server/caches/?format=TEXT_LIST HTTP/1.0
    Response
      HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

  YWNjb3VudHMKYW...ViX3Nlc3Npb25z

    E.g. this could be used to flush all caches:

      for c in $(curl --user jdoe:TNAuLkXsIV7w http://gerrit/a/config/server/caches/?format=TEXT_LIST | base64 -D)
  do
    curl --user jdoe:TNAuLkXsIV7w -X POST http://gerrit/a/config/server/caches/$c/flush
  done

Cache Operations

'POST /config/server/caches/'

Executes a cache operation that is specified in the request body in a CacheOperationInput entity.

Flush All Caches

Request
  POST /config/server/caches/ HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "operation": "FLUSH_ALL"
  }
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Flush Several Caches At Once

Request
  POST /config/server/caches/ HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "operation": "FLUSH",
    "caches": [
      "projects",
      "project_list"
    ]
  }
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Get Cache

'GET /config/server/caches/{cache-name}'

Retrieves information about a cache.

The caller must be a member of a group that is granted one of the following capabilities:

As result a CacheInfo entity is returned.

Request
  GET /config/server/caches/projects HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "name": "projects",
    "type": "MEM",
    "entries": {
      "mem": 35
    },
    "average_get": " 8.6ms",
    "hit_ratio": {
      "mem": 99
    }
  }

Flush Cache

'POST /config/server/caches/{cache-name}/flush'

Flushes a cache.

The caller must be a member of a group that is granted one of the following capabilities:

Request
  POST /config/server/caches/projects/flush HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Get Summary

'GET /config/server/summary'

Retrieves a summary of the current server state.

The caller must be a member of a group that is granted the Administrate Server capability.

The following options are supported:

  • jvm:

    Includes a JVM summary.

  • gc:

    Requests a Java garbage collection before computing the information about the Java memory heap.

Request
  GET /config/server/summary?jvm HTTP/1.0

As result a SummaryInfo entity is returned.

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

  )]}'
  {
    "task_summary": {
      "total": 2,
      "sleeping": 2
    },
    "mem_summary": {
      "total": "341.06m",
      "used": "57.16m",
      "free": "283.90m",
      "buffers": "0.00k",
      "max": "1.67g",
    }
    "thread_summary": {
      "cpus": 8,
      "threads": 44,
      "counts": {
        "HTTP": {
          "RUNNABLE": 3,
          "TIMED_WAITING": 2
        },
        "SSH-Interactive-Worker": {
          "WAITING": 1
        },
        "Other": {
          "WAITING": 10,
          "RUNNABLE": 2,
          "TIMED_WAITING": 25
        },
        "SshCommandStart": {
          "WAITING": 1
        }
      }
    },
    "jvm_summary": {
      "vm_vendor": "Oracle Corporation",
      "vm_name": "Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM",
      "vm_version": "23.25-b01",
      "os_name": "Mac OS X",
      "os_version": "10.8.5",
      "os_arch": "x86_64",
      "user": "gerrit",
      "host": "GERRIT",
      "current_working_directory": "/Users/gerrit/site",
      "site": "/Users/gerrit/site"
    }
  }

List Capabilities

'GET /config/server/capabilities'

Lists the capabilities that are available in the system. There are two kinds of capabilities: core and plugin-owned capabilities.

As result a map of CapabilityInfo entities is returned.

The entries in the map are sorted by capability ID.

Request
  GET /config/server/capabilities/ HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "accessDatabase": {
      "id": "accessDatabase",
      "name": "Access Database"
    },
    "administrateServer": {
      "id": "administrateServer",
      "name": "Administrate Server"
    },
    "createAccount": {
      "id": "createAccount",
      "name": "Create Account"
    },
    "createGroup": {
      "id": "createGroup",
      "name": "Create Group"
    },
    "createProject": {
      "id": "createProject",
      "name": "Create Project"
    },
    "emailReviewers": {
      "id": "emailReviewers",
      "name": "Email Reviewers"
    },
    "flushCaches": {
      "id": "flushCaches",
      "name": "Flush Caches"
    },
    "killTask": {
      "id": "killTask",
      "name": "Kill Task"
    },
    "priority": {
      "id": "priority",
      "name": "Priority"
    },
    "queryLimit": {
      "id": "queryLimit",
      "name": "Query Limit"
    },
    "runGC": {
      "id": "runGC",
      "name": "Run Garbage Collection"
    },
    "streamEvents": {
      "id": "streamEvents",
      "name": "Stream Events"
    },
    "viewCaches": {
      "id": "viewCaches",
      "name": "View Caches"
    },
    "viewConnections": {
      "id": "viewConnections",
      "name": "View Connections"
    },
    "viewPlugins": {
      "id": "viewPlugins",
      "name": "View Plugins"
    },
    "viewQueue": {
      "id": "viewQueue",
      "name": "View Queue"
    }
  }

List Tasks

'GET /config/server/tasks/'

Lists the tasks from the background work queues that the Gerrit daemon is currently performing, or will perform in the near future.

Gerrit contains an internal scheduler, similar to cron, that it uses to queue and dispatch both short and long term tasks.

Tasks that are completed or canceled exit the queue very quickly once they enter this state, but it can be possible to observe tasks in these states.

End-users may see a task only if they can also see the project the task is associated with. Tasks operating on other projects, or that do not have a specific project, are hidden.

The caller must be a member of a group that is granted one of the following capabilities:

As result a list of TaskInfo entities is returned.

The entries in the list are sorted by task state, remaining delay and command.

Request
  GET /config/server/tasks/ HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "id": "1e688bea",
      "state": "SLEEPING",
      "start_time": "2014-06-11 12:58:51.991000000",
      "delay": 3453,
      "command": "Reload Submit Queue"
    },
    {
      "id": "3e6d4ffa",
      "state": "SLEEPING",
      "start_time": "2014-06-11 12:58:51.508000000",
      "delay": 3287966,
      "command": "Log File Compressor"
    }
  ]

Get Task

'GET /config/server/tasks/{task-id}'

Retrieves a task from the background work queue that the Gerrit daemon is currently performing, or will perform in the near future.

End-users may see a task only if they can also see the project the task is associated with. Tasks operating on other projects, or that do not have a specific project, are hidden.

The caller must be a member of a group that is granted one of the following capabilities:

As result a TaskInfo entity is returned.

Request
  GET /config/server/tasks/1e688bea HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  )]}'
  {
    "id": "1e688bea",
    "state": "SLEEPING",
    "start_time": "2014-06-11 12:58:51.991000000",
    "delay": 3453,
    "command": "Reload Submit Queue"
  }

Delete Task

'DELETE /config/server/tasks/{task-id}'

Kills a task from the background work queue that the Gerrit daemon is currently performing, or will perform in the near future.

The caller must be a member of a group that is granted one of the following capabilities:

End-users may see a task only if they can also see the project the task is associated with. Tasks operating on other projects, or that do not have a specific project, are hidden.

Members of a group granted one of the following capabilities may view all tasks:

Request
  DELETE /config/server/tasks/1e688bea HTTP/1.0
Response
  HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Get Top Menus

'GET /config/server/top-menus'

Returns the list of additional top menu entries.

Request
  GET /config/server/top-menus HTTP/1.0

As response a list of the additional top menu entries as TopMenuEntryInfo entities is returned.

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

  )]}'
  [
    {
      "name": "Top Menu Entry",
      "items": [
        {
          "url": "http://gerrit.googlecode.com/",
          "name": "Gerrit",
          "target": "_blank"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]

Get Default User Preferences

'GET /config/server/preferences'

Returns the default user preferences for the server.

Request
  GET /a/config/server/preferences HTTP/1.0

As response a PreferencesInfo is returned.

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

  )]}'
  {
    "changes_per_page": 25,
    "download_command": "CHECKOUT",
    "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,
    "my": [
      {
        "url": "#/dashboard/self",
        "name": "Changes"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/has:draft",
        "name": "Draft Comments"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/has:edit",
        "name": "Edits"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/is:watched+is:open",
        "name": "Watched Changes"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/is:starred",
        "name": "Starred Changes"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/groups/self",
        "name": "Groups"
      }
    ],
    "email_strategy": "ENABLED"
  }

Set Default User Preferences

'PUT /config/server/preferences'

Sets the default user preferences for the server.

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

To be allowed to set default preferences, a user must be a member of a group that is granted the Administrate Server capability.

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

  {
    "changes_per_page": 50
  }

As response a PreferencesInfo is returned.

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

  )]}'
  {
    "changes_per_page": 50,
    "download_command": "CHECKOUT",
    "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,
    "my": [
      {
        "url": "#/dashboard/self",
        "name": "Changes"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/has:draft",
        "name": "Draft Comments"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/has:edit",
        "name": "Edits"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/is:watched+is:open",
        "name": "Watched Changes"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/q/is:starred",
        "name": "Starred Changes"
      },
      {
        "url": "#/groups/self",
        "name": "Groups"
      }
    ],
    "email_strategy": "ENABLED"
  }

Get Default Diff Preferences

'GET /config/server/preferences.diff'

Returns the default diff preferences for the server.

Request
  GET /a/config/server/preferences.diff HTTP/1.0

As response a DiffPreferencesInfo is returned.

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

  )]}'
  {
    "context": 10,
    "tab_size": 8,
    "line_length": 100,
    "cursor_blink_rate": 0,
    "intraline_difference": true,
    "show_line_endings": true,
    "show_tabs": true,
    "show_whitespace_errors": true,
    "syntax_highlighting": true,
    "auto_hide_diff_table_header": true,
    "theme": "DEFAULT",
    "ignore_whitespace": "IGNORE_NONE"
  }

Set Default Diff Preferences

'PUT /config/server/preferences.diff'

Sets the default diff preferences for the server.

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

To be allowed to set default diff preferences, a user must be a member of a group that is granted the Administrate Server capability.

Request
  PUT /a/config/server/preferences.diff HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {
    "context": 10,
    "tab_size": 8,
    "line_length": 80,
    "cursor_blink_rate": 0,
    "intraline_difference": true,
    "show_line_endings": true,
    "show_tabs": true,
    "show_whitespace_errors": true,
    "syntax_highlighting": true,
    "auto_hide_diff_table_header": true,
    "theme": "DEFAULT",
    "ignore_whitespace": "IGNORE_NONE"
  }

As response a DiffPreferencesInfo is returned.

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

  )]}'
  {
    "context": 10,
    "tab_size": 8,
    "line_length": 80,
    "cursor_blink_rate": 0,
    "intraline_difference": true,
    "show_line_endings": true,
    "show_tabs": true,
    "show_whitespace_errors": true,
    "syntax_highlighting": true,
    "auto_hide_diff_table_header": true,
    "theme": "DEFAULT",
    "ignore_whitespace": "IGNORE_NONE"
  }

Get Default Edit Preferences

'GET /config/server/preferences.edit'

Returns the default edit preferences for the server.

Request
  GET /a/config/server/preferences.edit HTTP/1.0

As response a EditPreferencesInfo is returned.

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

  )]}'
  {
    "tab_size": 8,
    "line_length": 100,
    "indent_unit": 2,
    "cursor_blink_rate": 0,
    "show_tabs": true,
    "syntax_highlighting": true,
    "match_brackets": true,
    "auto_close_brackets": true,
    "theme": "DEFAULT",
    "key_map_type": "DEFAULT"
  }

Set Default Edit Preferences

'PUT /config/server/preferences.edit'

Sets the default edit preferences for the server.

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

To be allowed to set default edit preferences, a user must be a member of a group that is granted the Administrate Server capability.

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

  {
    "tab_size": 8,
    "line_length": 80,
    "indent_unit": 2,
    "cursor_blink_rate": 0,
    "show_tabs": true,
    "syntax_highlighting": true,
    "match_brackets": true,
    "auto_close_brackets": true,
    "theme": "DEFAULT",
    "key_map_type": "DEFAULT"
  }

As response a EditPreferencesInfo is returned.

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

  )]}'
  {
    "tab_size": 8,
    "line_length": 80,
    "indent_unit": 2,
    "cursor_blink_rate": 0,
    "show_tabs": true,
    "syntax_highlighting": true,
    "match_brackets": true,
    "auto_close_brackets": true,
    "theme": "DEFAULT",
    "key_map_type": "DEFAULT"
  }

Index a set of changes

This endpoint allows Gerrit admins to index a set of changes with one request by providing a IndexChangesInput entity.

Using this endpoint Gerrit admins can also index change(s) which are not visible to them.

Request
  POST /config/server/index.changes HTTP/1.0
  Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

  {changes: ["foo~101", "bar~202"]}
Response
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Content-Disposition: attachment

IDs

{cache-name}

The name of the cache.

If the cache is defined by a plugin the cache name must include the plugin name: "<plugin-name>-<cache-name>".

Gerrit core caches can optionally be prefixed with "gerrit": "gerrit-<cache-name>".

{task-id}

The ID of the task (hex string).

JSON Entities

AccountsConfigInfo

The AccountsConfigInfo entity contains information about Gerrit configuration from the accounts section.

Field Name Description

visibility

Visibility setting for accounts.

default_display_name

The default strategy for choosing the display name in the UI, see also gerrit.config.

AuthInfo

The AuthInfo entity contains information about the authentication configuration of the Gerrit server.

Field Name Description

type

The authentication type that is configured on the server. Can be OPENID, OPENID_SSO, OAUTH, HTTP, HTTP_LDAP, CLIENT_SSL_CERT_LDAP, LDAP, LDAP_BIND, CUSTOM_EXTENSION or DEVELOPMENT_BECOME_ANY_ACCOUNT.

use_contributor_agreements

not set if false

Whether contributor agreements are required.

contributor_agreements

not set if use_contributor_agreements is false

List of contributor agreements as ContributorAgreementInfo entities.

editable_account_fields

List of account fields that are editable. Possible values are FULL_NAME, USER_NAME and REGISTER_NEW_EMAIL.

login_url

optional

The login URL. Only set if authentication type is HTTP or HTTP_LDAP.

login_text

optional

The login text. Only set if authentication type is HTTP or HTTP_LDAP.

switch_account_url

optional

The URL to switch accounts.

register_url

optional

The register URL. Only set if authentication type is LDAP, LDAP_BIND or CUSTOM_EXTENSION.

register_text

optional

The register text. Only set if authentication type is LDAP, LDAP_BIND or CUSTOM_EXTENSION.

edit_full_name_url

optional

The URL to edit the full name. Only set if authentication type is LDAP, LDAP_BIND or CUSTOM_EXTENSION.

http_password_url

optional

The URL to obtain an HTTP password. Only set if authentication type is CUSTOM_EXTENSION.

git_basic_auth_policy

optional

The policy to authenticate Git over HTTP and REST API requests when authentication type is LDAP, LDAP_BIND or OAUTH. Can be HTTP, LDAP, HTTP_LDAP or OAUTH.

CacheInfo

The CacheInfo entity contains information about a cache.

Field Name Description

name

not set if returned in a map where the cache name is used as map key

The cache name. If the cache is defined by a plugin the cache name includes the plugin name: "<plugin-name>-<cache-name>".

type

The type of the cache (MEM: in memory cache, DISK: disk cache).

entries

Information about the entries in the cache as a EntriesInfo entity.

average_get

optional

The average duration of getting one entry from the cache. The value is returned with a standard time unit abbreviation (ns: nanoseconds, us: microseconds, ms: milliseconds, s: seconds).

hit_ratio

Information about the hit ratio as a HitRatioInfo entity.

CacheOperationInput

The CacheOperationInput entity contains information about an operation that should be executed on caches.

Field Name Description

operation

The cache operation that should be executed:

FLUSH_ALL: Flushes all caches, except the web_sessions cache.

FLUSH: Flushes the specified caches.

caches

optional

A list of cache names. This list defines the caches on which the specified operation should be executed. Whether this list must be specified depends on the operation being executed.

CapabilityInfo

The CapabilityInfo entity contains information about a capability.

Field Name Description

id

capability ID

name

capability name

ChangeConfigInfo

The ChangeConfigInfo entity contains information about Gerrit configuration from the change section.

Field Name Description

allow_blame

not set if false

Whether blame on side by side diff is allowed.

update_delay

How often in seconds the web interface should poll for updates to the currently open change.

submit_whole_topic

not set if false

A configuration if the whole topic is submitted.

disable_private_changes

not set if false

Returns true if private changes are disabled.

mergeability_computation_behavior

Value of the configuration parameter that controls whether the mergeability bit in ChangeInfo will never be set and if the bit is indexed.

enable_attention_set

defaults to false

Returns true if attention set UI features are enabled.

enable_assignee

defaults to true

Returns true if assignee related UI features are enabled.

ChangeIndexConfigInfo

The ChangeIndexConfigInfo entity contains information about Gerrit configuration from the index.change section.

Field Name Description

index_mergeable

not set if false

Value of the configuration parameter that controls whether the mergeability bit is indexed (hence queryable using is:mergeable).

CheckAccountExternalIdsInput

The CheckAccountExternalIdsInput entity contains input for the account external ID consistency check.

Currently this entity contains no fields.

CheckAccountExternalIdsResultInfo

The CheckAccountExternalIdsResultInfo entity contains the result of running the account external ID consistency check.

Field Name Description

problems

A list of ConsistencyProblemInfo entities.

CheckAccountsInput

The CheckAccountsInput entity contains input for the account consistency check.

Currently this entity contains no fields.

CheckAccountsResultInfo

The CheckAccountsResultInfo entity contains the result of running the account consistency check.

Field Name Description

problems

A list of ConsistencyProblemInfo entities.

CheckGroupsInput

The CheckGroupsInput entity contains input for the group consistency check.

Currently this entity contains no fields.

CheckGroupsResultInfo

The CheckGroupsResultInfo entity contains the result of running the group consistency check.

Field Name Description

problems

A list of ConsistencyProblemInfo entities.

ConsistencyCheckInfo

The ConsistencyCheckInfo entity contains the results of running consistency checks.

Field Name Description

check_accounts_result

optional

The result of running the account consistency check as a CheckAccountsResultInfo entity.

check_account_external_ids_result

optional

The result of running the account external ID consistency check as a CheckAccountExternalIdsResultInfo entity.

check_groups_result

optional

The result of running the group consistency check as a CheckGroupsResultInfo entity.

ConsistencyCheckInput

The ConsistencyCheckInput entity contains information about which consistency checks should be run.

Field Name Description

check_accounts

optional

Input for the account consistency check as CheckAccountsInput entity.

check_account_external_ids

optional

Input for the account external ID consistency check as CheckAccountExternalIdsInput entity.

check_groups

optional

Input for the group consistency check as CheckGroupsInput entity.

ConsistencyProblemInfo

The ConsistencyProblemInfo entity contains information about a consistency problem.

Field Name Description

status

The status of the consistency problem.
Possible values are FATAL, ERROR and WARNING.

message

Message describing the consistency problem.

ConfigUpdateInfo

The entity describes the result of a reload of gerrit.config.

If a changed config value is missing from the applied and the rejected lists there are no guarantees to whether they have or have not taken effect.

Field Name Description

applied

A list of ConfigUpdateEntryInfos describing the applied configuration changes.
Every config value change representation present in this list is guaranteed to have taken effect.

rejected

A list of ConfigUpdateEntryInfos describing the rejected configuration changes.
Every config value change representation present in this list is guaranteed not to have taken effect.

ConfigUpdateEntryInfo

The entity describes an updated config value.

Field Name Description

config_key

The config key that contains the value.

old_value

The old config value.
Missing if value was not previously configured.

new_value

The new config value, picked up after reload.

DownloadInfo

The DownloadInfo entity contains information about supported download options.

Field Name Description

schemes

The supported download schemes as a map which maps the scheme name to a of DownloadSchemeInfo entity.

archives

List of supported archive formats. Possible values are tgz, tar, tbz2 and txz.

DownloadSchemeInfo

The DownloadSchemeInfo entity contains information about a supported download scheme and its commands.

Field Name Description

url

The URL of the download scheme, where '${project}' is used as placeholder for the project name.

is_auth_required

not set if false

Whether this download scheme requires authentication.

is_auth_supported

not set if false

Whether this download scheme supports authentication.

commands

Download commands as a map which maps the command name to the download command. In the download command '${project}' is used as placeholder for the project name, and '${ref}' is used as placeholder for the (change) ref.

Empty, if accessed anonymously and the download scheme requires authentication.

clone_commands

Clone commands as a map which maps the command name to the clone command. In the clone command '${project}' is used as placeholder for the project name and '${project-base-name}' as name for the project base name (e.g. for a project 'foo/bar' '${project}' is a placeholder for 'foo/bar' and '${project-base-name}' is a placeholder for 'bar').

Empty, if accessed anonymously and the download scheme requires authentication.

EmailConfirmationInput

The EmailConfirmationInput entity contains information for confirming an email address.

Field Name Description

token

The token that was sent by mail to a newly registered email address.

EntriesInfo

The EntriesInfo entity contains information about the entries in a cache.

Field Name Description

mem

optional

Number of cache entries that are held in memory.

disk

optional

Number of cache entries on the disk. For non-disk caches this value is not set; for disk caches it is only set if there are entries in the cache.

space

optional

The space that is consumed by the cache on disk. The value is returned with a unit abbreviation (k: kilobytes, m: megabytes, g: gigabytes). Only set for disk caches.

GerritInfo

The GerritInfo entity contains information about Gerrit configuration from the gerrit section.

Field Name Description

all_projects_name

Name of the root project.

all_users_name

Name of the project in which meta data of all users is stored.

doc_search

Whether documentation search is available.

doc_url

optional

Custom base URL where Gerrit server documentation is located. (Documentation may still be available at /Documentation relative to the Gerrit base path even if this value is unset.)

edit_gpg_keys

not set if false

Whether to enable the web UI for editing GPG keys.

report_bug_url

optional

URL to report bugs.

instance_id

optional

Short identifier for this Gerrit installation.

IndexConfigInfo

The IndexConfigInfo entity contains information about Gerrit configuration from the index section.

Field Name Description

change

Information about the configuration from the index.change section as ChangeIndexConfigInfo entity.

HitRatioInfo

The HitRatioInfo entity contains information about the hit ratio of a cache.

Field Name Description

mem

Hit ratio for cache entries that are held in memory (0 <= value <= 100).

disk

optional

Hit ratio for cache entries that are held on disk (0 <= value <= 100). Only set for disk caches.

IndexChangesInput

The IndexChangesInput contains a list of numerical changes IDs to index.

Field Name Description

changes

List of change-ids

JvmSummaryInfo

The JvmSummaryInfo entity contains information about the JVM.

Field Name Description

vm_vendor

The vendor of the virtual machine.

vm_name

The name of the virtual machine.

vm_version

The version of the virtual machine.

os_name

The name of the operating system.

os_version

The version of the operating system.

os_arch

The architecture of the operating system.

user

The user that is running Gerrit.

host

optional

The host on which Gerrit is running.

current_working_directory

The current working directory.

site

The path to the review site.

MemSummaryInfo

The MemSummaryInfo entity contains information about the current memory usage.

Field Name Description

total

The total size of the memory. The value is returned with a unit abbreviation (k: kilobytes, m: megabytes, g: gigabytes).

used

The size of used memory. The value is returned with a unit abbreviation (k: kilobytes, m: megabytes, g: gigabytes).

free

The size of free memory. The value is returned with a unit abbreviation (k: kilobytes, m: megabytes, g: gigabytes).

buffers

The size of memory used for JGit buffers. The value is returned with a unit abbreviation (k: kilobytes, m: megabytes, g: gigabytes).

max

The maximal memory size. The value is returned with a unit abbreviation (k: kilobytes, m: megabytes, g: gigabytes).

open_files

optional

The number of open files.

PluginConfigInfo

The PluginConfigInfo entity contains information about Gerrit extensions by plugins.

Field Name Description

has_avatars

not set if false

Whether an avatar provider is registered.

js_resource_paths

A list of relative paths (strings). Each path points to a frontend plugin that should be loaded, e.g. plugins/codemirror_editor/static/codemirror_editor.js.

ReceiveInfo

The ReceiveInfo entity contains information about the configuration of git-receive-pack behavior on the server.

Field Name Description

enableSignedPush

optional

Whether signed push validation support is enabled on the server; see the global configuration for details.

ServerInfo

The ServerInfo entity contains information about the configuration of the Gerrit server.

Field Name Description

accounts

Information about the configuration from the accounts section as AccountsConfigInfo entity.

auth

Information about the authentication configuration as AuthInfo entity.

change

Information about the configuration from the change section as ChangeConfigInfo entity.

download

Information about the configured download options as DownloadInfo entity. information about Gerrit

gerrit

Information about the configuration from the gerrit section as GerritInfo entity.

index

Information about the configuration from the index section as IndexConfigInfo entity.

note_db_enabled

not set if false

Whether the NoteDb storage backend is fully enabled.

plugin

Information about Gerrit extensions by plugins as PluginConfigInfo entity.

receive

optional

Information about the receive-pack configuration as a ReceiveInfo entity.

sshd

optional

Information about the configuration from the sshd section as SshdInfo entity. Not set if SSHD is disabled.

suggest

Information about the configuration from the suggest section as SuggestInfo entity.

user

Information about the configuration from the user section as UserConfigInfo entity.

default_theme

optional

URL to a default Gerrit UI theme plugin, if available. Located in /static/gerrit-theme.js by default.

SshdInfo

The SshdInfo entity contains information about Gerrit configuration from the sshd section.

This entity doesn’t contain any data, but the presence of this (empty) entity in the ServerInfo entity means that SSHD is enabled on the server.

SuggestInfo

The SuggestInfo entity contains information about Gerrit configuration from the suggest section.

Field Name Description

from

The number of characters that a user must have typed before suggestions are provided.

SummaryInfo

The SummaryInfo entity contains information about the current state of the server.

Field Name Description

task_summary

Summary about current tasks as a TaskSummaryInfo entity.

mem_summary

Summary about current memory usage as a MemSummaryInfo entity.

thread_summary

Summary about current threads as a ThreadSummaryInfo entity.

jvm_summary

optional

Summary about the JVM JvmSummaryInfo entity. Only set if the jvm option was set.

TaskInfo

The TaskInfo entity contains information about a task in a background work queue.

Field Name Description

id

The ID of the task.

state

The state of the task, can be DONE, CANCELLED, RUNNING, READY, SLEEPING and OTHER.

start_time

The start time of the task.

delay

The remaining delay of the task.

command

The command of the task.

remote_name

optional

The remote name. May only be set for tasks that are associated with a project.

project

optional

The project the task is associated with.

TaskSummaryInfo

The TaskSummaryInfo entity contains information about the current tasks.

Field Name Description

total

optional

Total number of current tasks.

running

optional

Number of currently running tasks.

ready

optional

Number of currently ready tasks.

sleeping

optional

Number of currently sleeping tasks.

ThreadSummaryInfo

The ThreadSummaryInfo entity contains information about the current threads.

Field Name Description

cpus

The number of available processors.

threads

The total number of current threads.

counts

Detailed thread counts as a map that maps a thread kind to a map that maps a thread state to the thread count. The thread kinds group the counts by threads that have the same name prefix (H2, HTTP, IntraLineDiff, ReceiveCommits, SSH git-receive-pack, SSH git-upload-pack, SSH-Interactive-Worker, SSH-Stream-Worker, SshCommandStart, sshd-SshServer). The counts for other threads are available under the thread kind Other. Counts for the following thread states can be included: NEW, RUNNABLE, BLOCKED, WAITING, TIMED_WAITING and TERMINATED.

TopMenuEntryInfo

The TopMenuEntryInfo entity contains information about a top menu entry.

Field Name Description

name

Name of the top menu entry.

items

List of menu items.

TopMenuItemInfo

The TopMenuItemInfo entity contains information about a menu item in a top menu entry.

Field Name Description

url

The URL of the menu item link.

name

The name of the menu item.

target

Target attribute of the menu item link.

id

optional

The id attribute of the menu item link.

UserConfigInfo

The UserConfigInfo entity contains information about Gerrit configuration from the user section.

Field Name Description

anonymous_coward_name

Username that is displayed in the Gerrit Web UI and in e-mail notifications if the full name of the user is not set.

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