Projects API
Create a Project
POST /organizations/:organization_name/projects
Parameter | Description |
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: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 | 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 3 characters long and no more than 36 characters long. | |
data.attributes.description | string | (nothing) | Optional. The description of the project. It must be no more than 256 characters long. |
Sample Payload
{ "data": { "attributes": { "name": "Test Project" "description": "An example project for documentation." }, "type": "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
PATCH /projects/:project_id
Parameter | Description |
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: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 | Must be "projects" . | |
data.attributes.name | string | (previous 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 36 characters long. |
data.attributes.description | string | (previous value) | The new description for the project. It must be no more than 256 characters long. |
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 |
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: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 |
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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 |
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: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 } }, "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 |
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:project_id | The ID of the project to delete |
Status | Response | Reason(s) |
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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 |
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: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" } ]}