Backend for a gitignores dropdown

3 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/api/api.rb b/lib/api/api.rb
index 360fb41a721..6cd909f6115 100644
--- a/lib/api/api.rb
+++ b/lib/api/api.rb
@@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ module API
     mount ::API::Runners
     mount ::API::Licenses
     mount ::API::Subscriptions
+    mount ::API::Gitignores
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/api/entities.rb b/lib/api/entities.rb
index 8298e3ad34c..31491cf31dd 100644
--- a/lib/api/entities.rb
+++ b/lib/api/entities.rb
@@ -457,5 +457,13 @@ module API
       expose(:limitations) { |license| license.meta['limitations'] }
       expose :content
     end
+
+    class GitignoresList < Grape::Entity
+      expose :name
+    end
+
+    class Gitignore < Grape::Entity
+      expose :name, :content
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/api/gitignores.rb b/lib/api/gitignores.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1af9ba6b316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/api/gitignores.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+module API
+  class Gitignores < Grape::API
+
+    # Get the list of the available gitignore templates
+    #
+    # Example Request:
+    #   GET /gitignores
+    get 'gitignores' do
+      present Gitlab::Gitignore.all, with: Entities::GitignoresList
+    end
+
+    # Get the text for a specific gitignore
+    #
+    # Parameters:
+    #   key (required) - The key of a license
+    #
+    # Example Request:
+    #   GET /gitignores/elixir
+    #
+    get 'gitignores/:key' do
+      required_attributes! [:key]
+
+      gitignore = Gitlab::Gitignore.find(params[:key])
+      not_found!('.gitignore') unless gitignore
+
+      present gitignore, with: Entities::Gitignore
+    end
+  end
+end