Access the gitlab badges API with CI_JOB_TOKEN

GitLab CI/CD
1

Problem to solve

I am trying to create a badge as part of a CI pipeline. My .gitlab-ci.yml file looks like this.

# .gitlab-ci.yml

stages:
  - build
  - deploy

job1:
  stage: build
  script:
    - # Your build commands here

job2:
  stage: deploy
  script:
    - # Your deploy commands here

    # Requesting a badge via API
    - curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $CI_JOB_TOKEN" -o badge.svg "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/badges/build?ref=master"

This works if I provide a personal access token, while I get 401 Unauthorized if I use the CI_JOB_TOKEN.
Is there a way to authenticate to the gitlab badges API via the CI_JOB_TOKEN, or is access to that API limited to private access tokens?
Thanks
Giulio

2

Hi,

According to the docs, I believe this endpoint is limited to Personal Tokens only. However, you could give it one last shot by using JOB-TOKEN instead of PRIVATE-TOKEN in the curl header.