API support for the 'since' and 'until' operators on commit requests

- Parameter validation as ISO8601 format

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/api/commits.rb b/lib/api/commits.rb
index 4544a41b1e3..93a3a5ce089 100644
--- a/lib/api/commits.rb
+++ b/lib/api/commits.rb
@@ -12,14 +12,20 @@ module API
       # Parameters:
       #   id (required) - The ID of a project
       #   ref_name (optional) - The name of a repository branch or tag, if not given the default branch is used
+      #   since (optional) - Only commits after or in this date will be returned
+      #   until (optional) - Only commits before or in this date will be returned
       # Example Request:
       #   GET /projects/:id/repository/commits
       get ":id/repository/commits" do
+        datetime_attributes! :since, :until
+
         page = (params[:page] || 0).to_i
         per_page = (params[:per_page] || 20).to_i
         ref = params[:ref_name] || user_project.try(:default_branch) || 'master'
+        after = params[:since]
+        before = params[:until]
 
-        commits = user_project.repository.commits(ref, nil, per_page, page * per_page)
+        commits = user_project.repository.commits(ref, limit: per_page, offset: page * per_page, after: after, before: before)
         present commits, with: Entities::RepoCommit
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/api/helpers.rb b/lib/api/helpers.rb
index 5bbf721321d..40c967453fb 100644
--- a/lib/api/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/api/helpers.rb
@@ -183,6 +183,22 @@ module API
       Gitlab::Access.options_with_owner.values.include? level.to_i
     end
 
+    # Checks the occurrences of datetime attributes, each attribute if present in the params hash must be in ISO 8601
+    # format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ) or a Bad Request error is invoked.
+    #
+    # Parameters:
+    #   keys (required) - An array consisting of elements that must be parseable as dates from the params hash
+    def datetime_attributes!(*keys)
+      keys.each do |key|
+        begin
+          params[key] = Time.xmlschema(params[key]) if params[key].present?
+        rescue ArgumentError
+          message = "\"" + key.to_s + "\" must be a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ"
+          render_api_error!(message, 400)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     def issuable_order_by
       if params["order_by"] == 'updated_at'
         'updated_at'