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authorTimothy Andrew <mail@timothyandrew.net>2016-12-21 20:09:44 +0530
committerTimothy Andrew <mail@timothyandrew.net>2016-12-22 14:45:03 +0530
commit6b8c0b88aeaeb537303344b3a988811a1f403588 (patch)
treecc44ba5081e150a8eb8609a6724b54384d57385b
parent7e88b242ce194958c6a59755eb434c17625c4395 (diff)
downloadgitlab-ce-25851-document-token-scopes.tar.gz
Add documentation around OAuth/Personal Access Token scopes.25851-document-token-scopes
-rw-r--r--doc/api/README.md8
-rw-r--r--doc/integration/oauth_provider.md8
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/api/README.md b/doc/api/README.md
index f65b934b9db..d93d7899238 100644
--- a/doc/api/README.md
+++ b/doc/api/README.md
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ that needs access to the GitLab API.
Once you have your token, pass it to the API using either the `private_token`
parameter or the `PRIVATE-TOKEN` header.
+> [Introduced][ce-5951] in GitLab 8.15.
+
+Personal Access Tokens can be created with one or more scopes that restrict the actions
+that a given token can perform. Although there are only two scopes available at the
+moment – `read_user` and `api` – the groundwork has been laid to add more scopes easily.
+
+At any time you can revoke any personal access token by just clicking **Revoke**.
### Session Cookie
@@ -380,3 +387,4 @@ programming languages. Visit the [GitLab website] for a complete list.
[GitLab website]: https://about.gitlab.com/applications/#api-clients "Clients using the GitLab API"
[lib-api-url]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/tree/master/lib/api/api.rb
[ce-3749]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/3749
+[ce-5951]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/5951
diff --git a/doc/integration/oauth_provider.md b/doc/integration/oauth_provider.md
index 0c53584d201..d28cf3284f6 100644
--- a/doc/integration/oauth_provider.md
+++ b/doc/integration/oauth_provider.md
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ in the **Authorized applications** section under **Profile Settings > Applicatio
---
-As you can see, the default scope `api` is used, which is the only scope that
-GitLab supports so far. At any time you can revoke any access by just clicking
-**Revoke**.
+GitLab's OAuth applications support scopes, which restrict the actions that any given
+application can perform. Although there are only two scopes available at the
+moment – `read_user` and `api` – the groundwork has been laid to add more scopes easily.
+
+At any time you can revoke any access by just clicking **Revoke**.
[oauth]: http://oauth.net/2/ "OAuth website"