GitLab is a web-based DevOps platform that provides Git repository management, CI/CD pipelines, issue tracking, and more. It enables teams to collaborate on code, automate software delivery, and enforce security and compliance policies. Using the GitLab API, you can programmatically manage projects, users, groups, pipelines, and repository data for governance and auditing.
To create the GitlabHandler object, initialize it with your GitLab private token and instance URL. The handler authenticates with GitLab and provides methods to fetch projects, issues, merge requests, and more.