Terraform Registry API (FREE)

This is the API documentation for Terraform Modules.

WARNING: This API is used by the terraform cli and is generally not meant for manual consumption.

For instructions on how to upload and install Terraform modules from the GitLab infrastructure registry, see the Terraform modules registry documentation.

List available versions for a specific module

Get a list of available versions for a specific module.

GET packages/terraform/modules/v1/:module_namespace/:module_name/:module_system/versions

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`module_namespace`	string	yes	The group to which Terraform module's project belongs.
`module_name`	string	yes	The module name.
`module_system`	string	yes	The name of the module system or provider.

curl --header "Private-Token: <personal_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/packages/terraform/modules/v1/group/hello-world/local/versions"

Example response:

{
  "modules": [
    {
      "versions": [
        {
          "version": "1.0.0",
          "submodules": [],
          "root": {
            "dependencies": [],
            "providers": [
              {
                "name": "local",
                "version":""
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "version": "0.9.3",
          "submodules": [],
          "root": {
            "dependencies": [],
            "providers": [
              {
                "name": "local",
                "version":""
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "source": "https://gitlab.example.com/group/hello-world"
    }
  ]
}

Latest version for a specific module

Get information about the latest version for a given module.

GET packages/terraform/modules/v1/:module_namespace/:module_name/:module_system

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`module_namespace`	string	yes	The group to which Terraform module's project belongs.
`module_name`	string	yes	The module name.
`module_system`	string	yes	The name of the module system or provider.

curl --header "Private-Token: <personal_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/packages/terraform/modules/v1/group/hello-world/local"

Example response:

{
  "name": "hellow-world/local",
  "provider": "local",
  "providers": [
    "local"
  ],
  "root": {
    "dependencies": []
  },
  "source": "https://gitlab.example.com/group/hello-world",
  "submodules": [],
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "versions": [
    "1.0.0"
  ]
}

Get specific version for a specific module

Get information about a specific version for a given module.

GET packages/terraform/modules/v1/:module_namespace/:module_name/:module_system/1.0.0

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`module_namespace`	string	yes	The group to which Terraform module's project belongs.
`module_name`	string	yes	The module name.
`module_system`	string	yes	The name of the module system or provider.

curl --header "Private-Token: <personal_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/packages/terraform/modules/v1/group/hello-world/local/1.0.0"

Example response:

{
  "name": "hellow-world/local",
  "provider": "local",
  "providers": [
    "local"
  ],
  "root": {
    "dependencies": []
  },
  "source": "https://gitlab.example.com/group/hello-world",
  "submodules": [],
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "versions": [
    "1.0.0"
  ]
}

Get URL for downloading latest module version

Get the download URL for latest module version in X-Terraform-Get header

GET packages/terraform/modules/v1/:module_namespace/:module_name/:module_system/download

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`module_namespace`	string	yes	The group to which Terraform module's project belongs.
`module_name`	string	yes	The module name.
`module_system`	string	yes	The name of the module system or provider.

curl --header "Private-Token: <personal_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/packages/terraform/modules/v1/group/hello-world/local/download"

Example response:

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Content-Length: 0
X-Terraform-Get: /api/v4/packages/terraform/modules/v1/group/hello-world/local/1.0.0/file?token=&archive=tgz

Under the hood, this API endpoint redirects to packages/terraform/modules/v1/:module_namespace/:module_name/:module_system/:module_version/download

Get URL for downloading specific module version

Get the download URL for a specific module version in X-Terraform-Get header

GET packages/terraform/modules/v1/:module_namespace/:module_name/:module_system/:module_version/download

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`module_namespace`	string	yes	The group to which Terraform module's project belongs.
`module_name`	string	yes	The module name.
`module_system`	string	yes	The name of the module system or provider.
`module_version`	string	yes	Specific module version to download.

curl --header "Private-Token: <personal_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/packages/terraform/modules/v1/group/hello-world/local/1.0.0/download"

Example response:

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Content-Length: 0
X-Terraform-Get: /api/v4/packages/terraform/modules/v1/group/hello-world/local/1.0.0/file?token=&archive=tgz

Download module

GET packages/terraform/modules/v1/:module_namespace/:module_name/:module_system/:module_version/file

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`module_namespace`	string	yes	The group to which Terraform module's project belongs.
`module_name`	string	yes	The module name.
`module_system`	string	yes	The name of the module system or provider.
`module_version`	string	yes	Specific module version to download.

curl --header "Private-Token: <personal_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/packages/terraform/modules/v1/group/hello-world/local/1.0.0/file"

To write the output to file:

curl --header "Private-Token: <personal_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/packages/terraform/modules/v1/group/hello-world/local/1.0.0/file" --output hello-world-local.tgz