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Suggest Changes API (FREE)

This page describes the API for suggesting changes.

Every API call to suggestions must be authenticated.

Applying suggestions

Applies a suggested patch in a merge request. Users must have at least the Developer role to perform such action.

PUT /suggestions/:id/apply
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID of a suggestion
commit_message string no A custom commit message to use instead of the default generated message or the project's default message 
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/suggestions/5/apply"

Example response:

  {
    "id": 36,
    "from_line": 10,
    "to_line": 10,
    "applicable": false,
    "applied": true,
    "from_content": "        \"--talk-name=org.freedesktop.\",\n",
    "to_content": "        \"--talk-name=org.free.\",\n        \"--talk-name=org.desktop.\",\n"
  }