API and doc for protected variables

doc/api/build_variables.md

@@ -62,10 +62,11 @@ POST /projects/:id/variables
 ```
 
 | Attribute   | Type    | required | Description           |
-|-----------|---------|----------|-----------------------|
+|-------------|---------|----------|-----------------------|
 | `id`        | integer/string | yes      | The ID of a project or [urlencoded NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user   |
 | `key`       | string  | yes      | The `key` of a variable; must have no more than 255 characters; only `A-Z`, `a-z`, `0-9`, and `_` are allowed |
 | `value`     | string  | yes      | The `value` of a variable |
+| `protected` | boolean | no       | Whether the variable is protected |
 
 ```
 curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/variables" --form "key=NEW_VARIABLE" --form "value=new value"
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitl
 ```json
 {
     "key": "NEW_VARIABLE",
-    "value": "new value"
+    "value": "new value",
+    "protected": false
 }
 ```
 
@@ -87,10 +89,11 @@ PUT /projects/:id/variables/:key
 ```
 
 | Attribute   | Type    | required | Description             |
-|-----------|---------|----------|-------------------------|
+|-------------|---------|----------|-------------------------|
 | `id`        | integer/string | yes      | The ID of a project or [urlencoded NAMESPACE/PROJECT_NAME of the project](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user     |
 | `key`       | string  | yes      | The `key` of a variable   |
 | `value`     | string  | yes      | The `value` of a variable |
+| `protected` | boolean | no       | Whether the variable is protected |
 
 ```
 curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/variables/NEW_VARIABLE" --form "value=updated value"
@@ -99,7 +102,8 @@ curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitla
 ```json
 {
     "key": "NEW_VARIABLE",
-    "value": "updated value"
+    "value": "updated value",
+    "protected": true
 }
 ```
 

lib/api/entities.rb

@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ module API
 
     class Variable < Grape::Entity
       expose :key, :value
+      expose :protected?, as: :protected
     end
 
     class Pipeline < PipelineBasic

lib/api/variables.rb

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ module API
       params do
         requires :key, type: String, desc: 'The key of the variable'
         requires :value, type: String, desc: 'The value of the variable'
+        optional :protected, type: String, desc: 'Whether the variable is protected'
       end
       post ':id/variables' do
         variable = user_project.variables.create(declared(params, include_parent_namespaces: false).to_h)
@@ -59,13 +60,14 @@ module API
       params do
         optional :key, type: String, desc: 'The key of the variable'
         optional :value, type: String, desc: 'The value of the variable'
+        optional :protected, type: String, desc: 'Whether the variable is protected'
       end
       put ':id/variables/:key' do
         variable = user_project.variables.find_by(key: params[:key])
 
         return not_found!('Variable') unless variable
 
-        if variable.update(value: params[:value])
+        if variable.update(declared_params(include_missing: false).except(:key))
           present variable, with: Entities::Variable
         else
           render_validation_error!(variable)

spec/requests/api/variables_spec.rb

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ describe API::Variables do
 
         expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
         expect(json_response['value']).to eq(variable.value)
+        expect(json_response['protected']).to eq(variable.protected?)
       end
 
       it 'responds with 404 Not Found if requesting non-existing variable' do
@@ -72,12 +73,13 @@ describe API::Variables do
     context 'authorized user with proper permissions' do
       it 'creates variable' do
         expect do
-          post api("/projects/#{project.id}/variables", user), key: 'TEST_VARIABLE_2', value: 'VALUE_2'
+          post api("/projects/#{project.id}/variables", user), key: 'TEST_VARIABLE_2', value: 'VALUE_2', protected: true
         end.to change{project.variables.count}.by(1)
 
         expect(response).to have_http_status(201)
         expect(json_response['key']).to eq('TEST_VARIABLE_2')
         expect(json_response['value']).to eq('VALUE_2')
+        expect(json_response['protected']).to eq(true)
       end
 
       it 'does not allow to duplicate variable key' do
@@ -112,13 +114,14 @@ describe API::Variables do
         initial_variable = project.variables.first
         value_before = initial_variable.value
 
-        put api("/projects/#{project.id}/variables/#{variable.key}", user), value: 'VALUE_1_UP'
+        put api("/projects/#{project.id}/variables/#{variable.key}", user), value: 'VALUE_1_UP', protected: true
 
         updated_variable = project.variables.first
 
         expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
         expect(value_before).to eq(variable.value)
         expect(updated_variable.value).to eq('VALUE_1_UP')
+        expect(updated_variable).to be_protected
       end
 
       it 'responds with 404 Not Found if requesting non-existing variable' do