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API endpoint base: @https://{{ site.arvados_api_host }}/arvados/v1/repositories@

Object type: @s0uqq@

Example UUID: @zzzzz-s0uqq-0123456789abcde@

h2. Resource

The repositories resource lists git repositories managed by Arvados.

Each Repository has, in addition to the "Common resource fields":{{site.baseurl}}/api/resources.html:

table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
|_. Attribute|_. Type|_. Description|_. Example|
|name|string|The name of the repository on disk.  Repository names must begin with a letter and contain only alphanumerics.  Unless the repository is owned by the system user, the name must begin with the owner's username, then be separated from the base repository name with @/@.  You may not create a repository that is owned by a user without a username.|@username/project1@|
|clone_urls|array|URLs from which the repository can be cloned. Read-only.|@["git@git.zzzzz.arvadosapi.com:foo/bar.git",
 "https://git.zzzzz.arvadosapi.com/foo/bar.git"]@|
|fetch_url|string|URL suggested as a fetch-url in git config. Deprecated. Read-only.||
|push_url|string|URL suggested as a push-url in git config. Deprecated. Read-only.||

h2. Methods

See "Common resource methods":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods.html for more information about @create@, @delete@, @get@, @list@, and @update@.

Required arguments are displayed in %{background:#ccffcc}green%.

h3. create

Create a new Repository.

Arguments:

table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
|_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
|repository|object||query||

h3. delete

Delete an existing Repository.

Arguments:

table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
|_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
{background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The UUID of the Repository in question.|path||

h3. get

Gets a Repository's metadata by UUID.

Arguments:

table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
|_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
{background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The UUID of the Repository in question.|path||

h3. get_all_permissions

get_all_permissions repositories

Arguments:

table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
|_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |

h3. list

List repositories.

See "common resource list method.":{{site.baseurl}}/api/methods.html#index

h3. update

Update attributes of an existing Repository.

Arguments:

table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
|_. Argument |_. Type |_. Description |_. Location |_. Example |
{background:#ccffcc}.|uuid|string|The UUID of the Repository in question.|path||
|repository|object||query||