[SOLVED] download directory from a branch using Gitlab API v4

download directory from a branch using Gitlab API v4

I am trying to download a directory inside of a 'release' branch of a repository from Gitlab. I am using API v4.

The branch includes is of the below structure:

- archive
  - outputs
    - history-2020-01-01T142535 
    - history-2020-01-15T142559
    - history-2020-02-01T142540

I want to get the "history-2020-02-01T142540" directory.

I can get a ZIP archive of the entire branch...

https://<GITLAB_URL>/api/v4/projects/<PROJECT_ID>/repository/archive.zip?sha=<BRANCH_ID>

How do I get a ZIP archive of only a specific folder within that branch?

Solution

This is possible now with this endpoint

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/<project_id>/repository/archive?sha=<commit_sha>&path=<path>"

The path parameter allows you to specify the subfolder path.

Link to gitlab documentation: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/repositories.html#get-file-archive