---
title: "Approve or reject a deployment"
method: POST
path: "/api/v4/projects/{id}/deployments/{deployment_id}/approval"
tags: ["deploy_resources"]
---

# Approve or reject a deployment

`POST /api/v4/projects/{id}/deployments/{deployment_id}/approval`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://gitlab.com`
- URL: `https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/{id}/deployments/{deployment_id}/approval`
- Auth: none declared

Approves or rejects a deployment.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required
- `deployment_id` integer, required

## Request body

- PostApiV4ProjectsIdDeploymentsDeploymentIdApproval: Approve or reject a deployment
  - `status` 'approved' | 'rejected', required: The status of the approval (either `approved` or `rejected`)
  - `comment` string: A comment to go with the approval
  - `represented_as` string: The name of the User/Group/Role to use for the approval, when the user belongs to multiple approval rules

## Response `201`

Approve or reject a deployment

- APIEntitiesDeploymentsApproval: API_Entities_Deployments_Approval model
  - `user` APIEntitiesUserBasic, required: API_Entities_UserBasic model
    - `id` integer, required
    - `username` string, required
    - `public_email` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `state` string, required
    - `locked` boolean, required
    - `avatar_url` string, required
    - `avatar_path` string
    - `custom_attributes` APIEntitiesCustomAttribute[]
      - `key` string, required
      - `value` string, required
    - `web_url` string, required
  - `status` string, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `comment` string, required

---

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