Add project avatar in gitlab using API

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During a migration from gitswarm to gitlab we lost all of the projects avatar. I'm trying to restore them via a python script, but while it is clear how to set the path of the avatar via the project settings API, I do not understand how to upload the avatar. I searched the GitLab API documentation, but I was not able to find anything. Can someone help me please?

PS: GitLab API: upload projects avatar is of no help, since nobody explained the upload command

I don't think there is such a thing, what I do is upload an avatar and then set the avatar_url. You can take a look at this — Kedarnag Mukanahallipatna
– Kedarnag Mukanahallipatna, Commented Sep 19, 2018 at 9:07
@KedarnagMukanahallipatna Ok, but how do you upload an avatar? And how do you set avatar_url, via the avatar property? — ErniBrown
– ErniBrown, Commented Sep 19, 2018 at 9:20

ErniBrown · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-19 12:54:20Z

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Finally I was able to upload the avatar of a project via api and python request. There is no need to upload the file first and then set the url, one can simply use the "Edit project" api:

import requests

filename = 'avatar.png'
baseUrl = 'https://gitlabrepositoryaddress.com'
url = baseUrl + '/api/v4/projects/' + str(id)
up = {'avatar':(filename, open(filename, 'rb'), 'multipart/form-data')}
authHeader = {'PRIVATE-TOKEN': 'XXXXXXXXXX'}
request = requests.put(url, files=up, headers=authHeader)

Reference for the api is here: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/projects.html#edit-project

I hope this may help someone else

edited Sep 19, 2018 at 12:54

answered Sep 19, 2018 at 12:14

ErniBrown

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