GitLab: Transferring project to Group shows 403 Forbidden error

Question

$ curl -k -X --request POST -H "Private-Token:Gybr7vzbGHuKDv9PM62z" https://gitlab_host/api/v3/groups/2257/projects/2884

{"message":"403 Forbidden"}

I get the above error. The private token I am using is of my userid and I own both the group (groupid=2257) and the project(projectid=2884). I can also transfer the project from the GUI. The above problem is only with the API. What might be the problem?

Answer 1

Looks like only the gitlab administrator is allowed to move a project to a group using the API (see here ).

Transfer a project to the Group namespace. Available only for admin

Answer 2

I found a solution here - to create the project by specifying the namespace_id (groupid). It seems to be adding into the group.

curl -k -X POST -H "Private-Token: XXXXXXXXXXX" " https://gitlab_host/api/v3/projects?name=Team9&namespace_id=2257 "

where 2257 is the groupid.

Answer 3

See GitLab 15.4 (September 2022) can help with:

API endpoint to get group transfer locations

We added a new Groups API endpoint that returns a list of groups to which you can transfer the current group.

See Documentation and Issue .

That way, you can list first the groups to which you can transfer the current group of your current project.
Meaning you will transfer your project to a group you know you can transfer to (no 403)