.. note::

    api_key can be found or set on the user account page.

The response to the JSON-RPC API call will always be a JSON structure::

    {

        "id": <id>,  # the id that was used in the request

        "result": <result>|null,  # JSON formatted result (null on error)

        "error": null|<error_message>  # JSON formatted error (null on success)

    }

All responses from the API will be ``HTTP/1.0 200 OK``. If an error occurs,

the reponse will have a failure description in *error* and

*result* will be null.

API client

----------

Kallithea comes with a ``kallithea-api`` command line tool, providing a convenient

way to call the JSON-RPC API.

For example, to call ``get_repo``::

    kallithea-api --apihost=<Kallithea URL> --apikey=<API key> get_repo

    Calling method get_repo => <Kallithea URL>

    Server response

    ERROR:"Missing non optional `repoid` arg in JSON DATA"

Oops, looks like we forgot to add an argument. Let's try again, now

providing the ``repoid`` as a parameter::

    kallithea-api --apihost=<Kallithea URL> --apikey=<API key> get_repo repoid:myrepo

    Calling method get_repo => <Kallithea URL>

    Server response

    {

        "clone_uri": null,

        "created_on": "2015-08-31T14:55:19.042",

    ...

To avoid specifying ``apihost`` and ``apikey`` every time, run::

    kallithea-api --save-config --apihost=<Kallithea URL> --apikey=<API key>

This will create a ``~/.config/kallithea`` with the specified URL and API key

so you don't have to specify them every time.

API methods

-----------

pull

^^^^

Pull the given repo from remote location. Can be used to automatically keep

remote repos up to date.

This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.

INPUT::

    id : <id_for_response>

    api_key : "<api_key>"

    method :  "pull"

    args :    {

                "repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"

              }

OUTPUT::

    id : <id_given_in_input>

    result : "Pulled from `<reponame>`"

    error :  null

rescan_repos

^^^^^^^^^^^^

Rescan repositories. If ``remove_obsolete`` is set,

Kallithea will delete repos that are in the database but not in the filesystem.

This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.

INPUT::

    id : <id_for_response>

    api_key : "<api_key>"

    method :  "rescan_repos"

    args :    {

                "remove_obsolete" : "<boolean = Optional(False)>"

              }

OUTPUT::

    id : <id_given_in_input>

    result : "{'added': [<list of names of added repos>],

               'removed': [<list of names of removed repos>]}"

    error :  null

invalidate_cache

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Invalidate the cache for a repository.

This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights,

or that of a regular user with admin or write access to the repository.

INPUT::

    id : <id_for_response>

    api_key : "<api_key>"

    method :  "invalidate_cache"

    args :    {

                "repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"

              }

OUTPUT::

    id : <id_given_in_input>

    result : "Caches of repository `<reponame>`"

    error :  null

lock

^^^^

Set the locking state on the given repository by the given user.

If the param ``userid`` is skipped, it is set to the ID of the user who is calling this method.

If param ``locked`` is skipped, the current lock state of the repository is returned.

This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights, or that of a regular user with admin or write access to the repository.

INPUT::

    id : <id_for_response>

    api_key : "<api_key>"

    method :  "lock"

    args :    {

                "repoid" : "<reponame or repo_id>"

                "userid" : "<user_id or username = Optional(=apiuser)>",

                "locked" : "<bool true|false = Optional(=None)>"

              }

OUTPUT::

    id : <id_given_in_input>

    result : {

                 "repo": "<reponame>",

                 "locked": "<bool true|false>",

                 "locked_since": "<float lock_time>",

                 "locked_by": "<username>",

                 "msg": "User `<username>` set lock state for repo `<reponame>` to `<false|true>`"

             }

    error :  null

get_ip

^^^^^^

Return IP address as seen from Kallithea server, together with all

defined IP addresses for given user.

This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.

INPUT::

    id : <id_for_response>

    api_key : "<api_key>"

    method :  "get_ip"

    args :    {

                "userid" : "<user_id or username>",

              }

OUTPUT::

    id : <id_given_in_input>

    result : {

                 "ip_addr_server": <ip_from_clien>",

                 "user_ips": [

                                {

                                   "ip_addr": "<ip_with_mask>",

                                   "ip_range": ["<start_ip>", "<end_ip>"],

                                },

                                ...

                             ]

             }

    error :  null

get_user

^^^^^^^^

Get a user by username or userid. The result is empty if user can't be found.

If userid param is skipped, it is set to id of user who is calling this method.

Any userid can be specified when the command is executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.

INPUT::

    id : <id_for_response>

    api_key : "<api_key>"

    method :  "get_user"

    args :    {

                "userid" : "<username or user_id Optional(=apiuser)>"

              }

OUTPUT::

    id : <id_given_in_input>

    result: None if user does not exist or

            {

                "user_id" :     "<user_id>",

                "api_key" :     "<api_key>",

                "username" :    "<username>",

                "firstname":    "<firstname>",

                "lastname" :    "<lastname>",

                "email" :       "<email>",

                "emails":       "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",

                "ip_addresses": "<list_of_ip_addresses_for_user>",

                "active" :      "<bool>",

                "admin" :       "<bool>",

                "ldap_dn" :     "<ldap_dn>",

                "last_login":   "<last_login>",

                "permissions": {

                    "global": ["hg.create.repository",

                               "repository.read",

                               "hg.register.manual_activate"],

                    "repositories": {"repo1": "repository.none"},

                    "repositories_groups": {"Group1": "group.read"}

                 },

            }

    error:  null

get_users

^^^^^^^^^

List all existing users.

This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.

INPUT::

    id : <id_for_response>

    api_key : "<api_key>"

    method :  "get_users"

    args :    { }

OUTPUT::

    id : <id_given_in_input>

    result: [

              {

                "user_id" :     "<user_id>",

                "api_key" :     "<api_key>",

                "username" :    "<username>",

                "firstname":    "<firstname>",

                "lastname" :    "<lastname>",

                "email" :       "<email>",

                "emails":       "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",

                "ip_addresses": "<list_of_ip_addresses_for_user>",

                "active" :      "<bool>",

                "admin" :       "<bool>",

                "ldap_dn" :     "<ldap_dn>",

                "last_login":   "<last_login>",

              },

              …

            ]

    error:  null

.. _create-user:

create_user

^^^^^^^^^^^

Create new user.

This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.

INPUT::

    id : <id_for_response>

    api_key : "<api_key>"

    method :  "create_user"

    args :    {

                "username" :  "<username>",

                "email" :     "<useremail>",

                "password" :  "<password = Optional(None)>",

                "firstname" : "<firstname> = Optional(None)",

                "lastname" :  "<lastname> = Optional(None)",

                "active" :    "<bool> = Optional(True)",

                "admin" :     "<bool> = Optional(False)",

                "ldap_dn" :   "<ldap_dn> = Optional(None)"

              }

OUTPUT::

    id : <id_given_in_input>

    result: {

              "msg" : "created new user `<username>`",

              "user": {

                "user_id" :  "<user_id>",

                "username" : "<username>",

                "firstname": "<firstname>",

                "lastname" : "<lastname>",

                "email" :    "<email>",

                "emails":    "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",

                "active" :   "<bool>",

                "admin" :    "<bool>",

                "ldap_dn" :  "<ldap_dn>",

                "last_login": "<last_login>",

              },

            }

    error:  null

Example::

    kallithea-api create_user username:bent email:bent@example.com firstname:Bent lastname:Bentsen extern_type:ldap extern_name:uid=bent,dc=example,dc=com

update_user

^^^^^^^^^^^

Update the given user if such user exists.

This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.

INPUT::

    id : <id_for_response>

    api_key : "<api_key>"

    method :  "update_user"

    args :    {

                "userid" : "<user_id or username>",

                "username" :  "<username> = Optional(None)",

                "email" :     "<useremail> = Optional(None)",

                "password" :  "<password> = Optional(None)",

                "firstname" : "<firstname> = Optional(None)",

                "lastname" :  "<lastname> = Optional(None)",

                "active" :    "<bool> = Optional(None)",

                "admin" :     "<bool> = Optional(None)",

                "ldap_dn" :   "<ldap_dn> = Optional(None)"

              }

OUTPUT::

    id : <id_given_in_input>

    result: {

              "msg" : "updated user ID:<userid> <username>",

              "user": {

                "user_id" :  "<user_id>",

                "api_key" :  "<api_key>",

                "username" : "<username>",

                "firstname": "<firstname>",

                "lastname" : "<lastname>",

                "email" :    "<email>",

                "emails":    "<list_of_all_additional_emails>",

                "active" :   "<bool>",

                "admin" :    "<bool>",

                "ldap_dn" :  "<ldap_dn>",

                "last_login": "<last_login>",

              },

            }

    error:  null

delete_user

^^^^^^^^^^^

Delete the given user if such a user exists.

This command can only be executed using the api_key of a user with admin rights.

INPUT::

    id : <id_for_response>

    api_key : "<api_key>"

    method :  "delete_user"

    args :    {

                "userid" : "<user_id or username>",

              }

OUTPUT::

    id : <id_given_in_input>

    result: {

              "msg" : "deleted user ID:<userid> <username>",

              "user": null

            }

    error:  null

get_user_group

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Get an existing user group.