Download a GitLab private repository

Question

I want to use curl to download my private repo in GitLab. I know I can use the Gitlab API, but for some reason, It doesn\'t work.

Is this possible? When

Answer 1

You can, but you need to authenticate yourself (as in "Gitlab API: How to generate the private token")

curl http://gitlab.server/api/v3/session --data 'login=myUser&password=myPass'

Then with the private token:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: QVy1PB7sTxfy4pqfZM1U" "http://example.com/api/v3/projects"

Or, in your case, get the repository files:

GET /projects/:id/repository/files

Or, download directly one file.