GitLab Secret Scanning

    2. Select the **GitLab** option.
    ![Select GitLab](/images/platform/secret-scanning/gitlab/step-2.png)

    3. Configure which workspace and repositories you would like to scan. Then click **Next**.
    ![Data Source Configuration](/images/platform/secret-scanning/gitlab/step-3.png)

        - **GitLab Connection** - the connection that has access to the repositories you want to scan.
        - **Scope** - the GitLab scope to scan secrets in.
            - **Project** - scan an individual GitLab project.
            - **Group** - scan one or more projects belonging to a GitLab group.
        - **Scan Repositories** - when using **Group Scope**, select which repositories you would like to scan.
            - **All Repositories** - Infisical will scan all repositories associated with your connection.
            - **Select Repositories** - Infisical will scan the selected repositories.
        - **Auto-Scan Enabled** - whether Infisical should automatically perform a scan when a push is made to configured repositories.

    4. Give your data source a name and description (optional). Then click **Next**.
    ![Data Source Details](/images/platform/secret-scanning/gitlab/step-4.png)

        - **Name** - the name of the data source. Must be slug-friendly.
        - **Description** (optional) - a description of this data source.

    5. Review your data source, then click **Create Data Source**.
    ![Data Source Review](/images/platform/secret-scanning/gitlab/step-5.png)

    6. Your **GitLab Data Source** is now available and will begin a full scan if **Auto-Scan** is enabled.
    ![Data Source Created](/images/platform/secret-scanning/gitlab/step-6.png)

    7. You can view repositories and scan results by clicking on your data source.
    ![Data Source Page](/images/platform/secret-scanning/gitlab/step-7.png)

    8. In addition, you can review any findings from the **Findings Page**.
    ![Findings Page](/images/platform/secret-scanning/gitlab/step-8.png)
</Tab>
<Tab title="API">
    To create a GitLab Data Source, make an API request to the [Create GitLab Data Source](/api-reference/endpoints/secret-scanning/data-sources/gitlab/create) API endpoint.

    ### Sample request

    ```bash Request
    curl --request POST \
    --url https://us.infisical.com/api/v2/secret-scanning/data-sources/gitlab \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data '{
        "name": "my-gitlab-source",
        "projectId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
        "description": "my gitlab data source",
        "connectionId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
        "isAutoScanEnabled": true,
        "config": {
            "scope": "project",
            "projectId": 123456789,
            "projectName": "my-group/my-project"
        }
    }'
    ```

    ### Sample response

    ```bash Response
    {
        "dataSource": {
            "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
            "externalId": "1234567890",
            "name": "my-gitlab-source",
            "description": "my gitlab data source",
            "isAutoScanEnabled": true,
            "projectId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
            "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
            "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
            "type": "gitlab",
            "connectionId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
            "connection": {
                "app": "gitlab",
                "name": "my-gitlab-app",
                "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
            },
            "config": {
                "scope": "project",
                "projectId": 123456789,
                "projectName": "my-group/my-project"
            }
        }
    }
    ```
</Tab>