Bitbucket REST API to get all project admins in all projects

Thembela Kwenene

I want to return all users in our bitbucket projects which are project administrators using a rest API as I couldn't find an option on audit logs

Vitalii Rybka

Hey Thembela — great question. Bitbucket’s REST API doesn’t provide a single direct endpoint to list all project admins across all projects, but here’s a workaround approach that works well:

Step-by-step with Bitbucket Data Center/Server API:

1. Get all projects
   Use this to list your projects:

   bash

   <span>GET /rest/api/1.0/projects </span>

   This returns a list of project keys.

2. Get project permissions
   For each project key, run:

   bash

   <span>GET /rest/api/1.0/projects/{projectKey}/permissions/users </span>

   This will return all users with any level of access. You'll need to filter by PROJECT_ADMIN permission from the response.

3. (Optional) Also check group permissions
   If you’re assigning admin rights via groups, also run:

   bash

   <span>GET /rest/api/1.0/projects/{projectKey}/permissions/groups </span>

   Then map users from those groups separately.

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This process can be scripted using Python or any HTTP client to loop through all projects and compile a full list of admins.

Let me know if you’d like a script template happy to send one over or walk through it in DM if that helps