Open a file directly from a GitLab private repository

Question

I have a private repository on a GitLab server and using the SSH I can pull a project using git clone.

But I want to run a script on linux command line directly from

Answer 1

Update 2018-12-25:

as long as you're not downloading huge files, this should work:

curl -s -H "Private-Token: " "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects//repository/files//raw?ref="

, a real example, downloading the file /README.md from the private repository https://gitlab.com/divinity76/Yur17, where the web download url is https://gitlab.com/divinity76/Yur17/raw/master/README.md?inline=false, is:

curl -s -H "Private-Token: afF2s1xgk6xcwXHy3J4C" "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/divinity76%2Fyur17/repository/files/README%2Emd/raw?ref=master"

take special note of how the gitlab_username/repo_name was url-encoded, eg / became %2F (you can check how your username & repo name is as url-encoded by opening your browser javascript terminal and write encodeURIComponent("your_username/repo_name"); in the terminal and press enter.)

thanks to Jonathan Hall @ gitlab at mg.gitlab.com, and https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/repository_files.html , and tvl for helping reach a solution.

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Update 2018-12-11: this method no longer works, now it just serves the login page, with a message saying need to log in to continue, even using HTTP 200 OK (shame on them), will update if i find out why ( @XavierStuvw claims it's security concerns related)

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i found a much easier way to do it than @tvl 's answer,

first create an access token with API access here: https://gitlab.com/profile/personal_access_tokens , then do:

wget --header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: ' 'https://gitlab.com///raw/master/path/to/file.ext'

i found the solution here.