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---
stage: Create
group: Source Code
info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
---
# Project snippets
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## Snippet visibility level
[Snippets](../api/project_snippets.md) in GitLab can be either private, internal or public.
You can set it with the `visibility` field in the snippet.
Constants for snippet visibility levels are:
- **Private**: The snippet is visible only to project members.
- **Internal**: The snippet is visible for any authenticated user except [external users](../administration/external_users.md).
- **Public**: The snippet can be accessed without any authentication.
NOTE:
From July 2019, the `Internal` visibility setting is disabled for new projects, groups,
and snippets on GitLab.com. Existing projects, groups, and snippets using the `Internal`
visibility setting keep this setting. You can read more about the change in the
[relevant issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/12388).
## List snippets
Get a list of project snippets.
```plaintext
GET /projects/:id/snippets
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|----------------|----------|-------------|
| `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](rest/index.md#namespaced-paths). |
## Single snippet
Get a single project snippet.
```plaintext
GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|--------------|----------------|----------|-------------|
| `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](rest/index.md#namespaced-paths). |
| `snippet_id` | integer | yes | The ID of a project's snippet. |
```json
{
"id": 1,
"title": "test",
"file_name": "add.rb",
"description": "Ruby test snippet",
"author": {
"id": 1,
"username": "john_smith",
"email": "john@example.com",
"name": "John Smith",
"state": "active",
"created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z"
},
"updated_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
"created_at": "2012-06-28T10:52:04Z",
"imported": false,
"imported_from": "none",
"project_id": 1,
"web_url": "http://example.com/example/example/snippets/1",
"raw_url": "http://example.com/example/example/snippets/1/raw"
}
```
## Create new snippet
Creates a new project snippet. The user must have permission to create new snippets.
```plaintext
POST /projects/:id/snippets
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|:------------------|:----------------|:---------|:------------|
| `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](rest/index.md#namespaced-paths). |
| `files:content` | string | yes | Content of the snippet file. |
| `files:file_path` | string | yes | File path of the snippet file. |
| `title` | string | yes | Title of a snippet. |
| `content` | string | no | Deprecated: Use `files` instead. Content of a snippet. |
| `description` | string | no | Description of a snippet. |
| `file_name` | string | no | Deprecated: Use `files` instead. Name of a snippet file. |
| `files` | array of hashes | no | An array of snippet files. |
| `visibility` | string | no | Snippet's [visibility](#snippet-visibility-level). |
Example request:
```shell
curl --request POST "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/:id/snippets" \
--header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your access token>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d @snippet.json
```
`snippet.json` used in the above example request:
```json
{
"title" : "Example Snippet Title",
"description" : "More verbose snippet description",
"visibility" : "private",
"files": [
{
"file_path": "example.txt",
"content" : "source code \n with multiple lines\n"
}
]
}
```
## Update snippet
Updates an existing project snippet. The user must have permission to change an existing snippet.
Updates to snippets with multiple files must use the `files` attribute.
```plaintext
PUT /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|:----------------------|:----------------|:---------|:------------|
| `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](rest/index.md#namespaced-paths). |
| `files:action` | string | yes | Type of action to perform on the file. One of: `create`, `update`, `delete`, `move`. |
| `snippet_id` | integer | yes | The ID of a project's snippet. |
| `content` | string | no | Deprecated: Use `files` instead. Content of a snippet. |
| `description` | string | no | Description of a snippet. |
| `files` | array of hashes | no | An array of snippet files. |
| `files:content` | string | no | Content of the snippet file. |
| `files:file_path` | string | no | File path of the snippet file. |
| `file_name` | string | no | Deprecated: Use `files` instead. Name of a snippet file. |
| `files:previous_path` | string | no | Previous path of the snippet file. |
| `title` | string | no | Title of a snippet. |
| `visibility` | string | no | Snippet's [visibility](#snippet-visibility-level). |
Example request:
```shell
curl --request PUT "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id" \
--header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d @snippet.json
```
`snippet.json` used in the above example request:
```json
{
"title" : "Updated Snippet Title",
"description" : "More verbose snippet description",
"visibility" : "private",
"files": [
{
"action": "update",
"file_path": "example.txt",
"content" : "updated source code \n with multiple lines\n"
}
]
}
```
## Delete snippet
Deletes an existing project snippet. This returns a `204 No Content` status code if the operation was successfully or `404` if the resource was not found.
```plaintext
DELETE /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|:-------------|:---------------|:---------|:------------|
| `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](rest/index.md#namespaced-paths). |
| `snippet_id` | integer | yes | The ID of a project's snippet. |
Example request:
```shell
curl --request DELETE "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id" \
--header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>"
```
## Snippet content
Returns the raw project snippet as plain text.
```plaintext
GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/raw
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|:-------------|:---------------|:---------|:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](rest/index.md#namespaced-paths). |
| `snippet_id` | integer | yes | The ID of a project's snippet. |
Example request:
```shell
curl "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/raw" \
--header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>"
```
## Snippet repository file content
Returns the raw file content as plain text.
```plaintext
GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/files/:ref/:file_path/raw
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|:-------------|:---------------|:---------|:------------|
| `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](rest/index.md#namespaced-paths). |
| `file_path` | string | yes | The URL-encoded path to the file, for example, `snippet%2Erb`. |
| `ref` | string | yes | The name of a branch, tag or commit, for example, `main`. |
| `snippet_id` | integer | yes | The ID of a project's snippet. |
Example request:
```shell
curl "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/1/snippets/2/files/master/snippet%2Erb/raw" \
--header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>"
```
## Get user agent details
Available only for users with administrator access.
```plaintext
GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/user_agent_detail
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
|--------------|----------------|----------|-------------|
| `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](rest/index.md#namespaced-paths). |
| `snippet_id` | Integer | yes | The ID of a snippet. |
Example request:
```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/snippets/2/user_agent_detail"
```
Example response:
```json
{
"user_agent": "AppleWebKit/537.36",
"ip_address": "127.0.0.1",
"akismet_submitted": false
}
```
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