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2stage: Ecosystem
3group: Integrations
4info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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6
7# Version API **(FREE)**
8
9Retrieve version information for this GitLab instance. Responds `200 OK` for
10authenticated users.
11
12```plaintext
13GET /version
14```
15
16```shell
17curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/version"
18```
19
20Example response:
21
22```json
23{
24  "version": "8.13.0-pre",
25  "revision": "4e963fe"
26}
27```
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