gitlab-foss/doc/api/freeze_periods.md

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Use this API to interact with deployment freeze periods.

Permissions and security

Users with Reporter permissions or greater can read Freeze Period API endpoints. Only users with the Maintainer role can modify Freeze Periods.

List freeze periods

Paginated list of freeze periods, sorted by created_at in ascending order.

GET /projects/:id/freeze_periods

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/19/freeze_periods"

Example response:

[
   {
      "id":1,
      "freeze_start":"0 23 * * 5",
      "freeze_end":"0 8 * * 1",
      "cron_timezone":"UTC",
      "created_at":"2020-05-15T17:03:35.702Z",
      "updated_at":"2020-05-15T17:06:41.566Z"
   }
]

Get a freeze period

Get a freeze period for a specified freeze_period_id.

GET /projects/:id/freeze_periods/:freeze_period_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
freeze_period_id	integer	yes	The ID of the freeze period.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/19/freeze_periods/1"

Example response:

{
   "id":1,
   "freeze_start":"0 23 * * 5",
   "freeze_end":"0 8 * * 1",
   "cron_timezone":"UTC",
   "created_at":"2020-05-15T17:03:35.702Z",
   "updated_at":"2020-05-15T17:06:41.566Z"
}

Create a freeze period

Create a freeze period.

POST /projects/:id/freeze_periods

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
freeze_start	string	yes	Start of the freeze period in cron format.
freeze_end	string	yes	End of the freeze period in cron format.
cron_timezone	string	no	The time zone for the cron fields, defaults to UTC if not provided.

Example request:

curl --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     --data '{ "freeze_start": "0 23 * * 5", "freeze_end": "0 7 * * 1", "cron_timezone": "UTC" }' \
     --request POST "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/19/freeze_periods"

Example response:

{
   "id":1,
   "freeze_start":"0 23 * * 5",
   "freeze_end":"0 7 * * 1",
   "cron_timezone":"UTC",
   "created_at":"2020-05-15T17:03:35.702Z",
   "updated_at":"2020-05-15T17:03:35.702Z"
}

Update a freeze period

Update a freeze period for the given freeze_period_id.

PUT /projects/:id/freeze_periods/:freeze_period_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
freeze_period_id	integer	yes	The ID of the freeze period.
freeze_start	string	no	Start of the freeze period in cron format.
freeze_end	string	no	End of the freeze period in cron format.
cron_timezone	string	no	The time zone for the cron fields.

Example request:

curl --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     --data '{ "freeze_end": "0 8 * * 1" }' \
     --request PUT "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/19/freeze_periods/1"

Example response:

{
   "id":1,
   "freeze_start":"0 23 * * 5",
   "freeze_end":"0 8 * * 1",
   "cron_timezone":"UTC",
   "created_at":"2020-05-15T17:03:35.702Z",
   "updated_at":"2020-05-15T17:06:41.566Z"
}

Delete a freeze period

Delete a freeze period for the given freeze_period_id.

DELETE /projects/:id/freeze_periods/:freeze_period_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer or string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
freeze_period_id	integer	yes	The ID of the freeze period.

Example request:

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/19/freeze_periods/1"