Gitlab API to upload whole project from local file system - gitlab

Question

I need to upload using API whole project folder which contains multiple text files, image files, source files, etc.
I had gone through Gitlab Commits and upload API's but none of them matches requirement.
Is there any API to upload full project folder form API?
I used below API to create a project
POST : https://repo.**.com/api/v4/projects
{
"name": "test",
"default_branch": "master"
}

Answer 1

You can use repository files API to create files.
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/repository_files.html#create-new-file-in-repository
POST /projects/:id/repository/files/:file_path
curl --request POST --header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>' --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data '{"branch": "master", "author_email": "author#example.com", "author_name": "Firstname Lastname", \
"content": "some content", "commit_message": "create a new file"}' \
'https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/13083/repository/files/app%2Fproject%2Erb'

Answer 2

After creating new project with gitlab api, e.g.:
curl --fail -d '{"name":"test","default_branch": "master"}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST https://repo.**.com/api/v4/projects?access_token=<your access token> --output project_details.json
You could assume your new project url based on post data name -> https://repo.**.com/<gitlab user or gitlab group>/test.git or you could parse response json with some tool, e.g. python:
http_url_to_repo=$(python -c "import json; print(json.load(open('project_details.json'))['http_url_to_repo'])")
Then you could follow new project instruction for existing folder:
#Push an existing folder
cd existing_folder
git init
git remote add origin $http_url_to_repo
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git push -u origin master
Where existing_folder is folder with your source files which you want to upload as a commit to new gitlab project.

Answer 3

Had the same problem and ended up walking the folder like this:
import os
for (dirpath, dirnames, files) in os.walk(my_folder):
for file in files:
# do the api call to commit for dirpath, file
It works nicely...