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Can't access projects by NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME in API

Created by: ghost

The API docs for the /projects/:id endpoint mention:

Get a specific project, identified by project ID or NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME, which is owned by the authenticated user. If using namespaced projects call make sure that the NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME is URL-encoded, eg. /api/v3/projects/diaspora%2Fdiaspora (where / is represented by %2F).

This seems to be incorrect;

  • /projects/24 works (where 24 is the numeric ID of not_my_namespace/some_project, which is accessible by the API user, but not owned by them).
  • /projects/42 works (where 42 is the numeric ID of personal_space/some_project, of which the API user is the owner).
  • /projects/not_my_namespace%2Fsome_project gives a 404.
  • /projects/personal_space%2Fsome_project gives a 404.
  • The above URLs give a 404 no matter how many characters I percent-encode (so this is not a duplicate of #6954 (closed)).

In conclusion: it appears you can't identify projects by name.

This bug was identified in GitLab 7.1.1. I'd expect this feature to be available in that version, since #6954 (closed) predates that release.