- I cannot edit the merge request / issue I've just retrieved
It is likely that you used a
MergeRequest,GroupMergeRequest,IssueorGroupIssueobject. These objects cannot be edited. But you can create a newProjectMergeRequestorProjectIssueobject to apply changes. For example:issue = gl.issues.list()[0] project = gl.projects.get(issue.project_id, lazy=True) editable_issue = project.issues.get(issue.iid, lazy=True) # you can now edit the object
See the :ref:`merge requests example <merge_requests_examples>` and the :ref:`issues examples <issues_examples>`.
- I get an
AttributeErrorwhen accessing attributes of an object retrieved via alist()call. Fetching a list of objects, doesn’t always include all attributes in the objects. To retrieve an object with all attributes use a
get()call.Example with projects:
for projects in gl.projects.list(): # Retrieve project object with all attributes project = gl.projects.get(project.id)- How can I clone the repository of a project?
python-gitlab doesn't provide an API to clone a project. You have to use a git library or call the
gitcommand.The git URI is exposed in the
ssh_url_to_repoattribute ofProjectobjects.Example:
import subprocess project = gl.projects.create(data) # or gl.projects.get(project_id) print(project.attributes) # displays all the attributes git_url = project.ssh_url_to_repo subprocess.call(['git', 'clone', git_url])
- I get an
AttributeErrorwhen accessing attributes aftersave()orrefresh(). - You are most likely trying to access an attribute that was not returned by the server on the second request. Please look at the documentation in :ref:`object_attributes` to see how to avoid this.