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diff --git a/doc/api/lint.md b/doc/api/lint.md index f4d8a0bc011..df7198ac5c6 100644 --- a/doc/api/lint.md +++ b/doc/api/lint.md @@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ group: Continuous Integration info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#designated-technical-writers --- -# Validate the `.gitlab-ci.yml` (API) +# CI Lint API + +## Validate the CI YAML config > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/5953) in GitLab 8.12. -Checks if your `.gitlab-ci.yml` file is valid. +Checks if CI/CD YAML configuration is valid. This endpoint validates basic CI/CD +configuration syntax. It doesn't have any namespace specific context. ```plaintext POST /ci/lint @@ -16,13 +19,15 @@ POST /ci/lint | Attribute | Type | Required | Description | | ---------- | ------- | -------- | -------- | -| `content` | string | yes | the `.gitlab-ci.yaml` content| +| `content` | string | yes | The CI/CD configuration content. | +| `include_merged_yaml` | boolean | no | If the [expanded CI/CD configuration](#yaml-expansion) should be included in the response. | ```shell curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/ci/lint" --data '{"content": "{ \"image\": \"ruby:2.6\", \"services\": [\"postgres\"], \"before_script\": [\"bundle install\", \"bundle exec rake db:create\"], \"variables\": {\"DB_NAME\": \"postgres\"}, \"types\": [\"test\", \"deploy\", \"notify\"], \"rspec\": { \"script\": \"rake spec\", \"tags\": [\"ruby\", \"postgres\"], \"only\": [\"branches\"]}}"}' ``` -Be sure to copy paste the exact contents of `.gitlab-ci.yml` as YAML is very picky about indentation and spaces. +Be sure to paste the exact contents of your GitLab CI/CD YAML config because YAML +is very sensitive about indentation and spacing. Example responses: @@ -53,3 +58,39 @@ Example responses: "error": "content is missing" } ``` + +### YAML expansion + +The expansion only works for CI configurations that don't have local [includes](../ci/yaml/README.md#include). + +Example contents of a `.gitlab-ci.yml` passed to the CI Lint API with +`include_merged_yaml` set as true: + +```yaml +include: + remote: 'https://example.com/remote.yaml' + +test: + stage: test + script: + - echo 1 +``` + +Example contents of `https://example.com/remote.yaml`: + +```yaml +another_test: + stage: test + script: + - echo 2 +``` + +Example response: + +```json +{ + "status": "valid", + "errors": [], + "merged_config": "---\n:another_test:\n :stage: test\n :script: echo 2\n:test:\n :stage: test\n :script: echo 1\n" +} +``` |