_gitlab-api-ansible.md

Ansible playbook - Gitlab API

Delete pipeline per project

$ ansible-playbook \
  --extra-vars "project_id=** private_token=** updated_before=$(date -d '30 days ago' -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')" \
  delete-pipeline.yml

Run script with cron

$ sudo apt install cron
$ crontab -e

## every 3rd minute ##
*/3 * * * *  ansible-playbook --extra-vars "project_id=** private_token=** updated_before=2022-07-19T00:00:00Z" /workspaces/gitlab-cleanup/delete-pipeline.yml >> /workspaces/gitlab-cleanup/output.txt

$ sudo service cron start

Reference

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/user_guide/playbooks_delegation.html#local-playbooks
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/index.html#gitlabcom-specific-rate-limits
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/pipelines.html#list-project-pipelines
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/index.html#pagination
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/pipelines.html#delete-a-pipeline

delete-pipeline.yml

---
- hosts: 127.0.0.1
  connection: local
  gather_facts: False

  tasks:
  - name: debuging
    debug:
      msg: "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/{{ project_id }}/pipelines?per_page=100&sort=asc&updated_before={{ updated_before }}"

  - name: get pipeline list
    uri: 
      url: https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/{{ project_id }}/pipelines?per_page=100&sort=asc&updated_before={{ updated_before }}
      method: GET
      headers:
        PRIVATE-TOKEN: "{{ private_token }}"
    register: _result

  # - name: debug _result
  #   debug: var=_result

  # - name: loop _result
  #   debug: 
  #     msg: "pipelineID >> {{ item.id }}"
  #   loop: "{{ _result.json }}"

  - name: delete pipeline by id
    uri:
      url: https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/{{ project_id }}/pipelines/{{ item.id }}
      method: DELETE
      headers:
        PRIVATE-TOKEN: "{{ private_token }}"
      status_code: 204
    loop: "{{ _result.json }}"