Unable to getAuditEvents using getGroupsApi

[DougWatsonAdaptive]

Hello. I am able to pull group audit events using a cURL command directly from the command line, but I am not able to use the gitLabAPIs. Following is the code that is not working as expected. I tried using pager.all and the for loop. The issue is that the pager object is always empty. Since the group id is correct, I am guessing it must be something with the date formatting. Please let me know how to correct this issue.

String startString = "2025-06-15 00:00:00";
String endString = "2025-07-02 23:25:59";
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
LocalDateTime startLocalDate = LocalDateTime.parse(startString, formatter);
LocalDateTime endLocalDate = LocalDateTime.parse(endString, formatter);
  	
Instant startInstant = startLocalDate.atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).toInstant();
Instant endInstant = endLocalDate.atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).toInstant();
  	
Date startDate = Date.from(startInstant);
Date endDate = Date.from(endInstant);

// Substituted the real group number with this bogus one for the example...
List<AuditEvent> events = gitLabApi.getGroupApi().getAuditEvents(12345678, startDate, endDate);

//List <AuditEvent> events = pager.all();
        	
logger.info("Total Audit Events: " + events.size());
        	
for (AuditEvent event : events) {
   System.out.println(event.getAuthorId() + " -: " + event.getEntityType());
}

[jmini]

If it works for you with curl, it would be interesting to understand what is different between curl and the gitlab4j client.

The best way to do this is to log the HTTP traffic when using the gitlab4j client: #1109 (comment)

[jmini]

The problem is here:

gitlab4j-api/gitlab4j-api/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/GroupApi.java

Lines 1796 to 1798 in 955e5a4

	Form form = new GitLabApiForm()
	.withParam("created_before", ISO8601.toString(created_after, false))
	.withParam("created_after", ISO8601.toString(created_before, false));

The parameters before and after are inverted.

[jmini]

Reproducer with jbang:

GroupScript2.java file

///usr/bin/env jbang "$0" "$@" ; exit $?

//DEPS info.picocli:picocli:4.6.3
//DEPS org.gitlab4j:gitlab4j-api:6.0.0
//JAVA 17

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;

import org.gitlab4j.api.GitLabApi;
import org.gitlab4j.api.models.AuditEvent;

import picocli.CommandLine;
import picocli.CommandLine.Command;
import picocli.CommandLine.Option;

@Command(name = "GroupScript", mixinStandardHelpOptions = true, version = "GroupScript 0.1", description = "Tests for GitLab4J")
public class GroupScript2 implements Callable<Integer> {

    private static final String CONFIG_FILE_INITIAL_CONTENT = """
            GITLAB_URL=https://gitlab.com
            GITLAB_AUTH_VALUE=
            """;

    @Option(names = { "-g", "--group" }, description = "group id")
    private String group;

    @Option(names = { "-a", "--after" }, description = "after date")
    private Date after;

    @Option(names = { "-b", "--before" }, description = "before date")
    private Date before;

    @Option(names = { "-c", "--config" }, description = "configuration file location")
    String configFile;

    @Option(names = { "-v", "--verbose" }, description = "log http trafic")
    Boolean logHttp;

    @Override
    public Integer call() throws Exception {
        Path file;
        if (configFile != null) {
            file = Paths.get(configFile);
        } else {
            file = configFile(Paths.get(""));
        }
        System.out.println("Reading config: " + file.toAbsolutePath());
        final Properties prop = configProperties(file);
        final String gitLabUrl = readProperty(prop, "GITLAB_URL", "https://gitlab.com");
        final String gitLabAuthValue = readProperty(prop, "GITLAB_AUTH_VALUE");

        try (GitLabApi gitLabApi = createGitLabApi(gitLabUrl, gitLabAuthValue)) {
            if (logHttp != null && logHttp) {
                gitLabApi.enableRequestResponseLogging(java.util.logging.Level.INFO, 2000000000);
            }

            ensureExists(group, "group");
            System.out.println("After date: " + after);
            System.out.println("Before date: " + before);
            List<AuditEvent> events = gitLabApi.getGroupApi()
                    .getAuditEvents(group, after, before);

            System.out.println(events.size());

            for (AuditEvent event : events) {
                System.out.println(event.getAuthorId() + " -: " + event.getEntityType());
            }
        }
        return 0;
    }

    private GitLabApi createGitLabApi(String gitLabUrl, String gitLabAuthValue) {
        return new GitLabApi(gitLabUrl, gitLabAuthValue);
    }

    private void ensureExists(Object value, String optionName) {
        if (value == null) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("--" + optionName + " must be set");
        }
    }

    private Object idOrPath(String value) {
        if (value.matches("[0-9]+")) {
            return Long.valueOf(value);
        }
        return value;
    }

    public static Properties configProperties(final Path configFile) {
        try (InputStream is = new FileInputStream(configFile.toFile())) {
            final Properties properties = new Properties();
            properties.load(is);
            return properties;
        } catch (final IOException e) {
            throw new IllegalStateException("Can not read config file", e);
        }
    }

    public static Path configFile(final Path root) {
        final Path configFile = root.toAbsolutePath()
                .resolve("gitlab-config.properties");
        if (!Files.isRegularFile(configFile)) {
            try {
                Files.writeString(configFile, CONFIG_FILE_INITIAL_CONTENT);
                throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("Configuration file '%s' does not exist. An empty configuration file was created", configFile.toAbsolutePath()));
            } catch (final IOException e) {
                throw new IllegalStateException("Can not write initial config file", e);
            }
        }
        return configFile;
    }

    public static String readProperty(final Properties p, final String key) {
        if (!p.containsKey(key)) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("Configuration file does not contains key '%s'", key));
        }
        final String value = p.getProperty(key);
        if (value == null || value.isBlank()) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(String.format("Key '%s' is not defined in configuration file", key));
        }
        return value;
    }

    public static String readProperty(final Properties p, final String key, final String defaultValue) {
        return p.getProperty(key, defaultValue);
    }

    public static void main(final String... args) {
        final int exitCode = new CommandLine(new GroupScript2()).execute(args);
        System.exit(exitCode);
    }
}

Usage:

jbang GroupScript2.java --group 12345678 --after 2025-01-01

[DougWatsonAdaptive]

Thank you! I even looked at the API docs and totally missed that. Thanks again. Doug On Jul 8, 2025, at 5:31 AM, Jérémie Bresson ***@***.***> wrote: [https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1222165?s=20&v=4]jmini left a comment (gitlab4j/gitlab4j-api#1262)<#1262 (comment)> The problem is here: https://github.com/gitlab4j/gitlab4j-api/blob/955e5a4ee666bb84fbfe72d3d2677bf13008930b/gitlab4j-api/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/GroupApi.java#L1796-L1798 The parameters before and after are inverted. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#1262 (comment)>, or unsubscribe<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BH4XZBM22EWRQNVGNMTIAWD3HOFXPAVCNFSM6AAAAACA6VE3UCVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZTANBYGEYDAMZYHA>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***> This message (and any attachments) is intended only for the designated recipient(s). It may contain confidential or proprietary information, or have other limitations on use as indicated by the sender. If you are not a designated recipient, you may not review, use, copy or distribute this message. If you received this in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete this message.