API
Starting from Kallithea version 1.2 a simple API was implemented. There's a single schema for calling all api methods. API is implemented with JSON protocol both ways. An url to send API request to Kallithea is <your_server>/_admin/api
API ACCESS FOR WEB VIEWS
API access can also be turned on for each web view in Kallithea that is decorated with @LoginRequired decorator. To enable API access simple change the standard login decorator to @LoginRequired(api_access=True).
To make this operation easier, starting from version 1.7.0 there's a white list of views that will have API access enabled. Simply edit api_access_controllers_whitelist option in your .ini file, and define views that should have API access enabled. Following example shows how to enable API access to patch/diff raw file and archive in Kallithea:
api_access_controllers_whitelist =
ChangesetController:changeset_patch,
ChangesetController:changeset_raw,
FilesController:raw,
FilesController:archivefile
After this change, a Kallithea view can be accessed without login by adding a GET parameter ?api_key=<api_key> to url. By default this is only enabled on RSS/ATOM feed views. Exposing raw diffs is a good way to integrate with 3rd party services like code review, or build farms that could download archives.
API ACCESS
All clients are required to send JSON-RPC spec JSON data:
{
"id:"<id>",
"api_key":"<api_key>",
"method":"<method_name>",
"args":{"<arg_key>":"<arg_val>"}
}
- Example call for autopulling remotes repos using curl::
- curl https://server.com/_admin/api -X POST -H 'content-type:text/plain' --data-binary '{"id":1,"api_key":"xe7cdb2v278e4evbdf5vs04v832v0efvcbcve4a3","method":"pull","args":{"repo":"CPython"}}'
- Simply provide
- id A value of any type, which is used to match the response with the request that it is replying to.
- api_key for access and permission validation.
- method is name of method to call
- args is an key:value list of arguments to pass to method
Note
api_key can be found in your user account page
Kallithea API will return always a JSON-RPC response:
{
"id":<id>, # matching id sent by request
"result": "<result>"|null, # JSON formatted result, null if any errors
"error": "null"|<error_message> # JSON formatted error (if any)
}
All responses from API will be HTTP/1.0 200 OK, if there's an error while calling api error key from response will contain failure description and result will be null.
API CLIENT
From version 1.4 Kallithea adds a script that allows to easily communicate with API. After installing Kallithea a kallithea-api script will be available.
To get started quickly simply run:
kallithea-api _create_config --apikey=<youapikey> --apihost=<your.kallithea.server>
This will create a file named .config in the directory you executed it storing json config file with credentials. You can skip this step and always provide both of the arguments to be able to communicate with server
after that simply run any api command for example get_repo:
kallithea-api get_repo
calling {"api_key": "<apikey>", "id": 75, "args": {}, "method": "get_repo"} to http://127.0.0.1:5000
Kallithea said:
{'error': 'Missing non optional `repoid` arg in JSON DATA',
'id': 75,
'result': None}
Ups looks like we forgot to add an argument
Let's try again now giving the repoid as parameters:
kallithea-api get_repo repoid:myrepo
calling {"api_key": "<apikey>", "id": 39, "args": {"repoid": "myrepo"}, "method": "get_repo"} to http://127.0.0.1:5000
Kallithea said:
{'error': None,
'id': 39,
'result': <json data...>}
API METHODS
pull
Pulls given repo from remote location. Can be used to automatically keep remote repos up to date. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "pull"
args : {
"repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input> result : "Pulled from `<reponame>`" error : null
rescan_repos
Dispatch rescan repositories action. If remove_obsolete is set Kallithea will delete repos that are in database but not in the filesystem. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "rescan_repos"
args : {
"remove_obsolete" : "<boolean = Optional(False)>"
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result : "{'added': [<list of names of added repos>],
'removed': [<list of names of removed repos>]}"
error : null
invalidate_cache
Invalidate cache for repository. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights or regular user that have write or admin or write access to repository.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "invalidate_cache"
args : {
"repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input> result : "Caches of repository `<reponame>`" error : null
lock
Set locking state on given repository by given user. If userid param is skipped , then it is set to id of user whos calling this method. If locked param is skipped then function shows current lock state of given repo. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights or regular user that have admin or write access to repository.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "lock"
args : {
"repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
"userid" : "<user_id or username = Optional(=apiuser)>",
"locked" : "<bool true|false = Optional(=None)>"
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result : {
"repo": "<reponame>",
"locked": "<bool true|false>",
"locked_since": "<float lock_time>",
"locked_by": "<username>",
"msg": "User `<username>` set lock state for repo `<reponame>` to `<false|true>`"
}
error : null
get_ip
Shows IP address as seen from Kallithea server, together with all defined IP addresses for given user. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "get_ip"
args : {
"userid" : "<user_id or username>",
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result : {
"ip_addr_server": <ip_from_clien>",
"user_ips": [
{
"ip_addr": "<ip_with_mask>",
"ip_range": ["<start_ip>", "<end_ip>"],
},
...
]
}
error : null
get_user
Gets an user by username or user_id, Returns empty result if user is not found. If userid param is skipped it is set to id of user who is calling this method. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights, or regular users that cannot specify different userid than theirs
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "get_user"
args : {
"userid" : "<username or user_id Optional(=apiuser)>"
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: None if user does not exist or
{
"user_id" : "<user_id>",
"api_key" : "<api_key>",
"username" : "<username>",
"firstname": "<firstname>",
"lastname" : "<lastname>",
"email" : "<email>",
"emails": "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",
"ip_addresses": "<list_of_ip_addresses_for_user>",
"active" : "<bool>",
"admin" : "<bool>",
"ldap_dn" : "<ldap_dn>",
"last_login": "<last_login>",
"permissions": {
"global": ["hg.create.repository",
"repository.read",
"hg.register.manual_activate"],
"repositories": {"repo1": "repository.none"},
"repositories_groups": {"Group1": "group.read"}
},
}
error: null
get_users
Lists all existing users. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "get_users"
args : { }
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: [
{
"user_id" : "<user_id>",
"api_key" : "<api_key>",
"username" : "<username>",
"firstname": "<firstname>",
"lastname" : "<lastname>",
"email" : "<email>",
"emails": "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",
"ip_addresses": "<list_of_ip_addresses_for_user>",
"active" : "<bool>",
"admin" : "<bool>",
"ldap_dn" : "<ldap_dn>",
"last_login": "<last_login>",
},
…
]
error: null
create_user
Creates new user. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "create_user"
args : {
"username" : "<username>",
"email" : "<useremail>",
"password" : "<password = Optional(None)>",
"firstname" : "<firstname> = Optional(None)",
"lastname" : "<lastname> = Optional(None)",
"active" : "<bool> = Optional(True)",
"admin" : "<bool> = Optional(False)",
"ldap_dn" : "<ldap_dn> = Optional(None)"
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: {
"msg" : "created new user `<username>`",
"user": {
"user_id" : "<user_id>",
"username" : "<username>",
"firstname": "<firstname>",
"lastname" : "<lastname>",
"email" : "<email>",
"emails": "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",
"active" : "<bool>",
"admin" : "<bool>",
"ldap_dn" : "<ldap_dn>",
"last_login": "<last_login>",
},
}
error: null
update_user
updates given user if such user exists. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "update_user"
args : {
"userid" : "<user_id or username>",
"username" : "<username> = Optional(None)",
"email" : "<useremail> = Optional(None)",
"password" : "<password> = Optional(None)",
"firstname" : "<firstname> = Optional(None)",
"lastname" : "<lastname> = Optional(None)",
"active" : "<bool> = Optional(None)",
"admin" : "<bool> = Optional(None)",
"ldap_dn" : "<ldap_dn> = Optional(None)"
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: {
"msg" : "updated user ID:<userid> <username>",
"user": {
"user_id" : "<user_id>",
"api_key" : "<api_key>",
"username" : "<username>",
"firstname": "<firstname>",
"lastname" : "<lastname>",
"email" : "<email>",
"emails": "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",
"active" : "<bool>",
"admin" : "<bool>",
"ldap_dn" : "<ldap_dn>",
"last_login": "<last_login>",
},
}
error: null
delete_user
deletes givenuser if such user exists. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "delete_user"
args : {
"userid" : "<user_id or username>",
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: {
"msg" : "deleted user ID:<userid> <username>",
"user": null
}
error: null
get_user_group
Gets an existing user group. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "get_user_group"
args : {
"usergroupid" : "<user group id or name>"
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result : None if group not exist
{
"users_group_id" : "<id>",
"group_name" : "<groupname>",
"active": "<bool>",
"members" : [
{
"user_id" : "<user_id>",
"api_key" : "<api_key>",
"username" : "<username>",
"firstname": "<firstname>",
"lastname" : "<lastname>",
"email" : "<email>",
"emails": "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",
"active" : "<bool>",
"admin" : "<bool>",
"ldap_dn" : "<ldap_dn>",
"last_login": "<last_login>",
},
…
]
}
error : null
get_user_groups
Lists all existing user groups. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "get_user_groups"
args : { }
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result : [
{
"users_group_id" : "<id>",
"group_name" : "<groupname>",
"active": "<bool>",
},
…
]
error : null
create_user_group
Creates new user group. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "create_user_group"
args: {
"group_name": "<groupname>",
"owner" : "<onwer_name_or_id = Optional(=apiuser)>",
"active": "<bool> = Optional(True)"
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: {
"msg": "created new user group `<groupname>`",
"users_group": {
"users_group_id" : "<id>",
"group_name" : "<groupname>",
"active": "<bool>",
},
}
error: null
add_user_to_user_group
Adds a user to a user group. If user exists in that group success will be false. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "add_user_user_group"
args: {
"usersgroupid" : "<user group id or name>",
"userid" : "<user_id or username>",
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: {
"success": True|False # depends on if member is in group
"msg": "added member `<username>` to user group `<groupname>` |
User is already in that group"
}
error: null
remove_user_from_user_group
Removes a user from a user group. If user is not in given group success will be false. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "remove_user_from_user_group"
args: {
"usersgroupid" : "<user group id or name>",
"userid" : "<user_id or username>",
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: {
"success": True|False, # depends on if member is in group
"msg": "removed member <username> from user group <groupname> |
User wasn't in group"
}
error: null
get_repo
Gets an existing repository by it's name or repository_id. Members will return either users_group or user associated to that repository. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights or regular user that have at least read access to repository.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "get_repo"
args: {
"repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: None if repository does not exist or
{
"repo_id" : "<repo_id>",
"repo_name" : "<reponame>"
"repo_type" : "<repo_type>",
"clone_uri" : "<clone_uri>",
"enable_downloads": "<bool>",
"enable_locking": "<bool>",
"enable_statistics": "<bool>",
"private": "<bool>",
"created_on" : "<date_time_created>",
"description" : "<description>",
"landing_rev": "<landing_rev>",
"last_changeset": {
"author": "<full_author>",
"date": "<date_time_of_commit>",
"message": "<commit_message>",
"raw_id": "<raw_id>",
"revision": "<numeric_revision>",
"short_id": "<short_id>"
}
"owner": "<repo_owner>",
"fork_of": "<name_of_fork_parent>",
"members" : [
{
"type": "user",
"user_id" : "<user_id>",
"api_key" : "<api_key>",
"username" : "<username>",
"firstname": "<firstname>",
"lastname" : "<lastname>",
"email" : "<email>",
"emails": "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",
"active" : "<bool>",
"admin" : "<bool>",
"ldap_dn" : "<ldap_dn>",
"last_login": "<last_login>",
"permission" : "repository.(read|write|admin)"
},
…
{
"type": "users_group",
"id" : "<usersgroupid>",
"name" : "<usersgroupname>",
"active": "<bool>",
"permission" : "repository.(read|write|admin)"
},
…
]
"followers": [
{
"user_id" : "<user_id>",
"username" : "<username>",
"api_key" : "<api_key>",
"firstname": "<firstname>",
"lastname" : "<lastname>",
"email" : "<email>",
"emails": "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",
"ip_addresses": "<list_of_ip_addresses_for_user>",
"active" : "<bool>",
"admin" : "<bool>",
"ldap_dn" : "<ldap_dn>",
"last_login": "<last_login>",
},
…
]
}
error: null
get_repos
Lists all existing repositories. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights or regular user that have admin, write or read access to repository.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "get_repos"
args: { }
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: [
{
"repo_id" : "<repo_id>",
"repo_name" : "<reponame>"
"repo_type" : "<repo_type>",
"clone_uri" : "<clone_uri>",
"private": : "<bool>",
"created_on" : "<datetimecreated>",
"description" : "<description>",
"landing_rev": "<landing_rev>",
"owner": "<repo_owner>",
"fork_of": "<name_of_fork_parent>",
"enable_downloads": "<bool>",
"enable_locking": "<bool>",
"enable_statistics": "<bool>",
},
…
]
error: null
get_repo_nodes
returns a list of nodes and it's children in a flat list for a given path at given revision. It's possible to specify ret_type to show only files or dirs. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "get_repo_nodes"
args: {
"repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
"revision" : "<revision>",
"root_path" : "<root_path>",
"ret_type" : "<ret_type> = Optional('all')"
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: [
{
"name" : "<name>"
"type" : "<type>",
},
…
]
error: null
create_repo
Creates a repository. If repository name contains "/", all needed repository groups will be created. For example "foo/bar/baz" will create groups "foo", "bar" (with "foo" as parent), and create "baz" repository with "bar" as group. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights or regular user that have create repository permission. Regular users cannot specify owner parameter
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "create_repo"
args: {
"repo_name" : "<reponame>",
"owner" : "<onwer_name_or_id = Optional(=apiuser)>",
"repo_type" : "<repo_type> = Optional('hg')",
"description" : "<description> = Optional('')",
"private" : "<bool> = Optional(False)",
"clone_uri" : "<clone_uri> = Optional(None)",
"landing_rev" : "<landing_rev> = Optional('tip')",
"enable_downloads": "<bool> = Optional(False)",
"enable_locking": "<bool> = Optional(False)",
"enable_statistics": "<bool> = Optional(False)",
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: {
"msg": "Created new repository `<reponame>`",
"repo": {
"repo_id" : "<repo_id>",
"repo_name" : "<reponame>"
"repo_type" : "<repo_type>",
"clone_uri" : "<clone_uri>",
"private": : "<bool>",
"created_on" : "<datetimecreated>",
"description" : "<description>",
"landing_rev": "<landing_rev>",
"owner": "<username or user_id>",
"fork_of": "<name_of_fork_parent>",
"enable_downloads": "<bool>",
"enable_locking": "<bool>",
"enable_statistics": "<bool>",
},
}
error: null
fork_repo
Creates a fork of given repo. In case of using celery this will immidiatelly return success message, while fork is going to be created asynchronous. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights or regular user that have fork permission, and at least read access to forking repository. Regular users cannot specify owner parameter.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "fork_repo"
args: {
"repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>",
"fork_name": "<forkname>",
"owner": "<username or user_id = Optional(=apiuser)>",
"description": "<description>",
"copy_permissions": "<bool>",
"private": "<bool>",
"landing_rev": "<landing_rev>"
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: {
"msg": "Created fork of `<reponame>` as `<forkname>`",
"success": true
}
error: null
delete_repo
Deletes a repository. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights or regular user that have admin access to repository. When forks param is set it's possible to detach or delete forks of deleting repository
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "delete_repo"
args: {
"repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>",
"forks" : "`delete` or `detach` = Optional(None)"
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: {
"msg": "Deleted repository `<reponame>`",
"success": true
}
error: null
grant_user_permission
Grant permission for user on given repository, or update existing one if found. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "grant_user_permission"
args: {
"repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
"userid" : "<username or user_id>"
"perm" : "(repository.(none|read|write|admin))",
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: {
"msg" : "Granted perm: `<perm>` for user: `<username>` in repo: `<reponame>`",
"success": true
}
error: null
revoke_user_permission
Revoke permission for user on given repository. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "revoke_user_permission"
args: {
"repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
"userid" : "<username or user_id>"
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: {
"msg" : "Revoked perm for user: `<username>` in repo: `<reponame>`",
"success": true
}
error: null
grant_user_group_permission
Grant permission for user group on given repository, or update existing one if found. This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "grant_user_group_permission"
args: {
"repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
"usersgroupid" : "<user group id or name>"
"perm" : "(repository.(none|read|write|admin))",
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: {
"msg" : "Granted perm: `<perm>` for group: `<usersgroupname>` in repo: `<reponame>`",
"success": true
}
error: null
revoke_user_group_permission
Revoke permission for user group on given repository.This command can be executed only using api_key belonging to user with admin rights.
INPUT:
id : <id_for_response>
api_key : "<api_key>"
method : "revoke_user_group_permission"
args: {
"repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"
"usersgroupid" : "<user group id or name>"
}
OUTPUT:
id : <id_given_in_input>
result: {
"msg" : "Revoked perm for group: `<usersgroupname>` in repo: `<reponame>`",
"success": true
}
error: null