Projects API
This topic provides reference information about the projects API.
The scope of the API includes the following endpoints:
Method | Path | Action |
---|---|---|
POST | /organizations/:organization_name/projects | Call this endpoint to create a project. |
PATCH | /projects/:project_id | Call this endpoint to update an existing project. |
GET | /organizations/:organization_name/projects | Call this endpoint to list existing projects. |
GET | /projects/:project_id | Call this endpoint to show project details. |
DELETE | /projects/:project_id | Call this endpoint to delete a project. |
Requirements
You must be on a team with one of the Owners or Manage projects permissions settings enabled to create and manage projects. Refer to Permissions for additional information.
You can also provide an organization API token to call project API endpoints. Refer to Organization API Tokens for additional information.
Create a Project
POST /organizations/:organization_name/projects
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:organization_name | The name of the organization to create the project in. The organization must already exist in the system, and the user must have permissions to create new projects. |
Note: Project creation is restricted to the owners team, teams with the "Manage Projects" permission, and the organization API token.
Request Body
This POST endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
Properties without a default value are required.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
data.type | string | none | Must be "projects" . |
data.attributes.name | string | The name of the project. The name can contain letters, numbers, spaces, - , and _ , but cannot start or end with spaces. It must be at least three characters long and no more than 40 characters long. | |
data.attributes.description | string | none | Optional. The description of the project. It must be no more than 256 characters long. |
data.attributes.auto-destroy-activity-duration | string | none | Specifies the default for how long each workspace in the project should wait before automatically destroying its infrastructure. You can specify a duration up to four digits that is greater than 0 followed by either a d for days or h hours. For example, to queue destroy runs after fourteen days of inactivity set auto-destroy-activity-duration: "14d" . All future workspaces in this project inherit this default value. Refer to Automatically destroy inactive workspaces for additional information. |
Sample Payload
{ "data": { "attributes": { "name": "Test Project", "description": "An example project for documentation.", }, "type": "projects" } }
Sample Request
$ curl \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \ --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \ --request POST \ --data @payload.json \ https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/organizations/my-organization/projects
Sample Response
{ "data": { "id": "prj-WsVcWRr7SfxRci1v", "type": "projects", "attributes": { "name": "Test Project", "description": "An example project for documentation.", "permissions": { "can-update": true } }, "relationships": { "organization": { "data": { "id": "my-organization", "type": "organizations" }, "links": { "related": "/api/v2/organizations/my-organization" } }, "links": { "self": "/api/v2/projects/prj-WsVcWRr7SfxRci1v" } } }}
Update a Project
Call the following endpoint to update a project:
PATCH /projects/:project_id
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:project_id | The ID of the project to update |
Request Body
These PATCH endpoints require a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
Properties without a default value are required.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
data.type | string | none | Must be "projects" . |
data.attributes.name | string | existing value | A new name for the project. The name can contain letters, numbers, spaces, - , and _ , but cannot start or end with spaces. It must be at least 3 characters long and no more than 40 characters long. |
data.attributes.description | string | existing value | The new description for the project. It must be no more than 256 characters long. |
data.attributes.auto-destroy-activity-duration | string | none | Specifies how long each workspace in the project should wait before automatically destroying its infrastructure by default. You can specify a duration up to four digits that is greater than 0 followed by either a d for days or h hours. For example, to queue destroy runs after fourteen days of inactivity set auto-destroy-activity-duration: "14d" . When you update this value, all workspaces in the project receive the new value unless you previously configured an override. Refer to Automatically destroy inactive workspaces for additional information. |
Sample Payload
{ "data": { "attributes": { "name": "Infrastructure Project" }, "type": "projects" }}
Sample Request
$ curl \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \ --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \ --request PATCH \ --data @payload.json \ https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/projects/prj-WsVcWRr7SfxRci1v
Sample Response
{ "data": { "id": "prj-WsVcWRr7SfxRci1v", "type": "projects", "attributes": { "name": "Infrastructure Project", "description": null, "workspace-count": 4, "team-count": 2, "permissions": { "can-update": true, "can-destroy": true, "can-create-workspace": true } }, "relationships": { "organization": { "data": { "id": "my-organization", "type": "organizations" }, "links": { "related": "/api/v2/organizations/my-organization" } } }, "links": { "self": "/api/v2/projects/prj-WsVcWRr7SfxRci1v" } }}
List projects
This endpoint lists projects in the organization.
GET /organizations/:organization_name/projects
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:organization_name | The name of the organization to list the projects of. |
Query Parameters
This endpoint supports pagination with standard URL query parameters. Remember to percent-encode [
as %5B
and ]
as %5D
if your tooling doesn't automatically encode URLs.
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
page[number] | Optional. If omitted, the endpoint will return the first page. |
page[size] | Optional. If omitted, the endpoint will return 20 projects per page. |
q | Optional. A search query string. This query searches projects by name. This search is case-insensitive. If both q and filter[names] are specified, filter[names] will be used. |
filter[names] | Optional. If specified, returns the project with the matching name. This filter is case-insensitive. If multiple comma separated values are specified, projects matching any of the names are returned. |
filter[permissions][create-workspace] | Optional. If present, returns a list of projects that the authenticated user can create workspaces in. |
filter[permissions][update] | Optional. If present, returns a list of projects that the authenticated user can update. |
sort | Optional. Allows sorting the organization's projects by "name" . Prepending a hyphen to the sort parameter reverses the order. For example, "-name" sorts by name in reverse alphabetical order. If omitted, the default sort order is arbitrary but stable. |
Sample Request
$ curl \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \ --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \ https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/organizations/my-organization/projects
Sample Response
{ "data": [ { "id": "prj-W6k9K23oSXRHGpj3", "type": "projects", "attributes": { "name": "Default Project", "description": null, "workspace-count": 2, "team-count": 1, "permissions": { "can-update": true, "can-destroy": true, "can-create-workspace": true } }, "relationships": { "organization": { "data": { "id": "my-organization", "type": "organizations" }, "links": { "related": "/api/v2/organizations/my-organization" } } }, "links": { "self": "/api/v2/projects/prj-W6k9K23oSXRHGpj3" } }, { "id": "prj-YoriCxAawTMDLswn", "type": "projects", "attributes": { "name": "Infrastructure Project", "description": null, "workspace-count": 4, "team-count": 2, "permissions": { "can-update": true, "can-destroy": true, "can-create-workspace": true } }, "relationships": { "organization": { "data": { "id": "my-organization", "type": "organizations" }, "links": { "related": "/api/v2/organizations/my-organization" } } }, "links": { "self": "/api/v2/projects/prj-YoriCxAawTMDLswn" } } ], "links": { "self": "https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/organizations/my-organization/projects?page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Bsize%5D=20", "first": "https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/organizations/my-organization/projects?page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Bsize%5D=20", "prev": null, "next": null, "last": "https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/organizations/my-organization/projects?page%5Bnumber%5D=1&page%5Bsize%5D=20" }, "meta": { "status-counts": { "total": 2, "matching": 2 }, "pagination": { "current-page": 1, "page-size": 20, "prev-page": null, "next-page": null, "total-pages": 1, "total-count": 2 } }}
Show project
GET /projects/:project_id
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:project_id | The project ID |
Sample Request
$ curl \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \ --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \ https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/projects/prj-WsVcWRr7SfxRci1v
Sample Response
{ "data": { "id": "prj-WsVcWRr7SfxRci1v", "type": "projects", "attributes": { "name": "Infrastructure Project", "description": null, "workspace-count": 4, "team-count": 2, "permissions": { "can-update": true, "can-destroy": true, "can-create-workspace": true }, "auto-destroy-activity-duration": "2d" }, "relationships": { "organization": { "data": { "id": "my-organization", "type": "organizations" }, "links": { "related": "/api/v2/organizations/my-organization" } } }, "links": { "self": "/api/v2/projects/prj-WsVcWRr7SfxRci1v" } }}
Delete a project
A project cannot be deleted if it contains workspaces.
DELETE /projects/:project_id
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:project_id | The ID of the project to delete |
Status | Response | Reason(s) |
---|---|---|
204 | No Content | Successfully deleted the project |
403 | JSON API error object | Not authorized to perform a force delete on the project |
404 | JSON API error object | Project not found, or user unauthorized to perform project delete |
Sample Request
$ curl \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \ --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \ --request DELETE \ https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/projects/prj-WsVcWRr7SfxRci1v
Move workspaces into a project
This endpoint allows you to move one or more workspaces into a project. You must have permission to move workspaces on the destination project as well as any source project(s). If you are not authorized to move any of the workspaces in the request, or if any workspaces in the request are not found, then no workspaces will be moved.
POST /projects/:project_id/relationships/workspaces
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:project_id | The ID of the destination project |
This POST endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
data[].type | string | Must be "workspaces" | |
data[].id | string | The ids of workspaces to move into the destination project |
Status | Response | Reason(s) |
---|---|---|
204 | No Content | Successfully moved workspace(s) |
403 | JSON API error object | Workspace(s) not found, or user is not authorized to move all workspaces out of their current project(s) |
404 | JSON API error object | Project not found, or user unauthorized to move workspaces into project |
Sample Payload
{ "data": [ { "type": "workspaces", "id": "ws-AQEct2XFuH4HBsmS" } ]}
Sample Request
$ curl \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \ --header "Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json" \ --request POST \ --data @payload.json \ https://app.terraform.io/api/v2/projects/prj-zXm4y2BjeGPgHtkp/relationships/workspaces
Sample Error Response
{ "errors": [ { "status": "403", "title": "forbidden", "detail": "Workspace(s) not found, or you are not authorized to move them: ws-AQEct2XFuH4HBmS" } ]}