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

If you would like to access a file from private GitLab, you could use the below approach which worked for me:)

Construct the URL:

https://url/api/v4/projects/projectId/repository/files/fileName/raw?ref=master&private_token=Generated_private_token

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• url is your Gitlab url ex: git.lab.com.
• /api/v4/projects is a constant.
• projectId is the projectId of your project, which you can find below the name of your project in gitlab.
• /repository/files is again a constant.
• fileName is the name of the file ex: sagar.txt
• /raw?ref= is a constant and the value of ref can be master or any branch which you would like to take the file from. I am retrieving the file from Master.
• Generated_private_token should be generated from gitlab, please follow the steps in mentioned in the link : Generate Private Token