SSH API

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Problem to solve

Need to interact with GitLab API from repository hooks. I already have SSH key and don't want to set another one that needs REST client, secure key location, etc.

Right now I need to setup my username and email on clone automatically.

Target audience

Devon, DevOps Engineer

Proposal

Use ssh to do API calls. Need only read-only for now:

$ ssh git@gitlab.com apiv4/user
{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "john_smith",
  "email": "john@example.com",
  "name": "John Smith",
  ...
  "public_email": "john@example.com",
...
}

What does success look like, and how can we measure that?

SSH API usage stats shown on SSH API documentation page. How many users used SSH API during last month.