{"id":1330,"date":"2025-07-22T16:19:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T16:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gosearch.ai\/help\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2025-09-04T19:18:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T19:18:33","slug":"gitlab-workspace-connector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gosearch.ai\/help\/gitlab-workspace-connector\/","title":{"rendered":"GitLab Workspace Connector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How it works<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The GoSearch GitLab workspace connector allows your team to search across your company\u2019s GitLab resources directly within GoSearch, surfacing relevant content, documents, or conversations to improve visibility and efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Data objects supported<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What appears in search results:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Issues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Merge requests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is available with GoAI:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Issues<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Merge requests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can view our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gosearch.ai\/integrations\/gitlab\">Integrations page<\/a> for more details on available data, features, and benefits of the GitLab connector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">API usage<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gitlab.com\/api\/rest\/\"><strong>GitLab REST API<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong>Retrieve GitLab resources including issues and merge requests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Rate limits, pagination, and token refresh are handled automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sync &amp; freshness model<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Initial Sync<\/strong>: Runs once when the connector is added.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Incremental Updates<\/strong>: Every 5\u202fminutes by default.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Real-Time Fetch<\/strong>: On\u2011demand GitLab REST API calls for the latest data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Setting up the connector<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From your GoSearch dashboard, navigate to Manage connectors in the left-hand menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the tab that says Workspace connectors, click Add connector, and find the GitLab workspace connector.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click Connect, review the necessary permissions, and click Connect to GItlab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click Authorize GoSearch to grant permission for GoSearch to access GitLab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optionally, name your connection.\n<ol style=\"list-style-type:lower-alpha\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Remember, you can create multiple connections for the same application to be used with different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gosearch.ai\/help\/create-user-groups\/\">User Groups<\/a> if desired, so be descriptive when naming your connection.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then select whether to include all historical data or start from a specific date.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click Next: Select groups and select the user groups that you want to have access to that Connection and click Done<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lastly, once synced, run a test query in GoSearch to ensure that the data in the GitLab workspace connector is available for you and your team members.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Access permissions&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>GoSearch connectors follow the Principle of Least Privilege (PoLP), ensuring that only data all users have access to in the source application is pulled in via workspace connectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Private or restricted data is inaccessible through the GitLab workspace connector. 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