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Go Proxy API

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This is the API documentation for Go Packages. This API is behind a feature flag that is disabled by default. GitLab administrators with access to the GitLab Rails console can enable this API for your GitLab instance.

WARNING: This API is used by the Go client and is generally not meant for manual consumption.

For instructions on how to work with the Go Proxy, see the Go Proxy package documentation.

NOTE: These endpoints do not adhere to the standard API authentication methods. See the Go Proxy package documentation for details on which headers and token types are supported. Undocumented authentication methods might be removed in the future.

List

Get all tagged versions for a given Go module:

GET projects/:id/packages/go/:module_name/@v/list
Attribute Type Required Description
id string yes The project ID or full path of a project.
module_name string yes The name of the Go module.
curl --header "Private-Token: <personal_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/packages/go/my-go-module/@v/list"

Example output:

"v1.0.0\nv1.0.1\nv1.3.8\n2.0.0\n2.1.0\n3.0.0"

Version metadata

Get all tagged versions for a given Go module:

GET projects/:id/packages/go/:module_name/@v/:module_version.info
Attribute Type Required Description
id string yes The project ID or full path of a project.
module_name string yes The name of the Go module.
module_version string yes The version of the Go module.
curl --header "Private-Token: <personal_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/packages/go/my-go-module/@v/1.0.0.info"

Example output:

{
  "Version": "v1.0.0",
  "Time": "1617822312 -0600"
}

Download module file

Fetch the .mod module file:

GET projects/:id/packages/go/:module_name/@v/:module_version.mod
Attribute Type Required Description
id string yes The project ID or full path of a project.
module_name string yes The name of the Go module.
module_version string yes The version of the Go module.
curl --header "Private-Token: <personal_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/packages/go/my-go-module/@v/1.0.0.mod"

Write to a file:

curl --header "Private-Token: <personal_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/packages/go/my-go-module/@v/1.0.0.mod" >> foo.mod

This writes to foo.mod in the current directory.

Download module source

Fetch the .zip of the module source:

GET projects/:id/packages/go/:module_name/@v/:module_version.zip
Attribute Type Required Description
id string yes The project ID or full path of a project.
module_name string yes The name of the Go module.
module_version string yes The version of the Go module.
curl --header "Private-Token: <personal_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/packages/go/my-go-module/@v/1.0.0.zip"

Write to a file:

curl --header "Private-Token: <personal_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/packages/go/my-go-module/@v/1.0.0.zip" >> foo.zip

This writes to foo.zip in the current directory.