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Obtaining the Changes of an MR

Function

Obtain the changes of an MR.

URI

GET /v2/repositories/{repository_id}/merge-requests/{merge_request_iid}/changes

**Table 1** Path parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
repository_id	Yes	String	Repository short ID.
merge_request_iid	Yes	Integer	Repository IID of the MR.

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	User token. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API used to obtain a user token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

**Table 3** Query parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
file_path	No	String	File path.
ignore_whitespace_change	No	Boolean	Whether to ignore spaces.
force_encode	No	Boolean	Whether to require transcoding.
view	No	String	View (optional value: simple)
commit_id	No	String	Commit ID.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

**Table 4** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
result	Result object	Response result.
status	String	Response status.

Status code: 400

**Table 5** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error	Error object	Response error.
status	String	Response status.

**Table 6** Error
Parameter	Type	Description
code	String	Error code.
message	String	Error message.

**Table 7** Result
Parameter	Type	Description
id	Integer	MR ID.
iid	Integer	MR IID.
project_id	Integer	Repository ID.
title	String	Title.
description	String	Description
state	String	MR status.
created_at	String	Creation time.
updated_at	String	Update time.
target_branch	String	Target branch.
source_branch	String	Source branch.
user_notes_count	Integer	Number of reviews.
upvotes	Integer	Added scores.
downvotes	Integer	Reduced scores.
author	UserDto object	Author.
source_project_id	Integer	Source repository ID.
target_project_id	Integer	Target repository ID.
labels	Array of strings	Tag.
work_in_progress	Boolean	WIP or not.
merge_when_pipeline_succeeds	Boolean	Whether to automatically merge the request when the pipeline is successful.
merge_status	String	Merge status.
sha	String	sha
should_remove_source_branch	Boolean	Whether to delete the source branch.
force_remove_source_branch	Boolean	Whether to delete the source branch.
web_url	String	Web page links.
time_stats	TimeStats object	Time required.
squash	Boolean	Whether it is a squash.
merge_request_type	String	MR type.
subscribed	Boolean	Whether to subscribe to the data.
changes_count	String	Changed quantity.
diff_refs	DiffRefs object	SHA value.
user	User object	Users.
added_lines	Integer	Added lines.
removed_lines	Integer	Reduced lines.
changes	Array of Changes	Changed files.

**Table 8** UserDto
Parameter	Type	Description
id	Double	User ID.
name	String	Username.
state	String	User status.
username	String	User IamId.
name_cn	String	Name in Chinese.

**Table 9** TimeStats
Parameter	Type	Description
total_time_spent	Integer	Total required time.

**Table 10** DiffRefs
Parameter	Type	Description
base_sha	String	Basic SHA.
head_sha	String	Target SHA.
start_sha	String	Source SHA.

**Table 11** User
Parameter	Type	Description
can_merge	Boolean	Whether it can be merged.

**Table 12** Change
Parameter	Type	Description
new_path	String	New path.
old_path	String	Original path.
a_mode	String	Mode a.
b_mode	String	Mode b.
file_path	String	File path.
new_file	Boolean	Whether to add a file.
renamed_file	Boolean	Whether to rename a file.
deleted_file	Boolean	Whether to delete a file.
diff	String	Difference.
binary	Boolean	Whether a file is binary.
too_large	Boolean	Whether the file is oversized.
collapsed	Boolean	Whether to compress.
added_lines	Integer	Added lines.
removed_lines	Integer	Reduced lines.
content_sha	String	SHA value of the content.
submodule	Boolean	Sub-module or not.
expanded	Boolean	Expand or not.
diff_refs	DiffRefs object	SHA value.
mode_changed	Boolean	Whether to change the mode.
file_type	String	File type.

Example Requests

GET https://{endpoint}/v2/repositories/456156/merge-requests/1/changes?view=simple

Example Responses

Status code: 200

{
    "result": {
        "id": 42466,
        "iid": 2,
        "project_id": 892155,
        "title": "Create a file 111",
        "description": "merge \"1\" into \"master\"\nCreate a file 111",
        "state": "opened",
        "created_at": "2024-03-24T11:29:56.000+08:00",
        "updated_at": "2024-04-10T17:34:06.000+08:00",
        "target_branch": "master",
        "source_branch": "1",
        "user_notes_count": 2,
        "upvotes": 0,
        "downvotes": 0,
        "author": {
            "id": 6916,
            "name": "Online_L0_CodeHub",
            "username": "5cb39fe67a2b465283c1463a87274980",
            "state": "active",
            "name_cn": "Online_L0_CodeHub"
        },
        "source_project_id": 892155,
        "target_project_id": 892155,
        "labels": [],
        "work_in_progress": false,
        "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds": false,
        "merge_status": "can_be_merged",
        "sha": "43b573473948e13934379993943ac5deea7cd391",
        "should_remove_source_branch": false,
        "force_remove_source_branch": false,
        "web_url": "https://test.com/dcf7e8cde4474a4e8219921f564c32d6/test_no_readme/merge_requests/2",
        "time_stats": {
            "total_time_spent": 0
        },
        "squash": false,
        "merge_request_type": "MergeRequest",
        "subscribed": true,
        "changes_count": "1",
        "diff_refs": {
            "base_sha": "ca4cf1a049e286032b25e1604f44f2969818b3f5",
            "head_sha": "43b573473948e13934379993943ac5deea7cd391",
            "start_sha": "ca4cf1a049e286032b25e1604f44f2969818b3f5"
        },
        "user": {
            "can_merge": true
        },
        "added_lines": 5,
        "removed_lines": 0,
        "changes": [
            {
                "old_path": "111",
                "new_path": "111",
                "a_mode": "0",
                "b_mode": "100644",
                "file_path": "111",
                "new_file": true,
                "renamed_file": false,
                "deleted_file": false,
                "diff": "@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@\n+1\r\n+2\r\n+3\r\n+4\r\n+5\n\\ No newline at end of file\n",
                "binary": false,
                "too_large": false,
                "collapsed": false,
                "added_lines": 5,
                "removed_lines": 0,
                "content_sha": "43b573473948e13934379993943ac5deea7cd391",
                "submodule": false,
                "expanded": true,
                "diff_refs": {
                    "base_sha": "ca4cf1a049e286032b25e1604f44f2969818b3f5",
                    "head_sha": "43b573473948e13934379993943ac5deea7cd391",
                    "start_sha": "ca4cf1a049e286032b25e1604f44f2969818b3f5"
                },
                "mode_changed": true,
                "file_type": "text_type"
            }
        ]
    },
    "status": "success"
}

Status code: 400

Bad Request

{
    "error": {
        "code": "CH.010001",
        "message": "Invalid parameter"
    },
    "status": "failed"
}

Status Code

Status Code	Description
200	OK
400	Bad Request

Error code.

See Error Codes.

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