Bitbucket downloads | In-URL-Authentication for file download

[Robin]

To automate deployment, I need to provide a URL to a file on BitBucket Download.

As the receiving service has no functionality to add a header, the authentication must be included in the URL.

For the upload, I can include credentials in this schema (found here, Step 3b):

https://${BITBUCKET_USERNAME}:${BITBUCKET_APP_PASSWORD}@api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/${BITBUCKET_REPO_OWNER}/${BITBUCKET_REPO_SLUG}/downloads

However, this seems not possible for the download of a file. I tried this schema:

https://${BITBUCKET_USERNAME}:${BITBUCKET_APP_PASSWORD}@api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/${BITBUCKET_REPO_OWNER}/${BITBUCKET_REPO_SLUG}/downloads/build.zip

In this very old post, it sounds like there is a way to get a generated URL, with a 24h-token.

This would be the perfect fit for this use case.

Thank you for any hint!

[Ben]

Hey Robin,

Files cannot be downloaded by navigating directly to a URL for the Downloads section of a Bitbucket Repo.

This is because the default method for authentication over HTTPS is username/password which has been deprecated.

You will need to make use of a cURL command to handle this, for example:

curl -L -u username:AppPassword https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/{workspace_ID}/{repository_slug}/downloads/filename.ext --output filename.ext

Hope this helps.

Cheers!

- Ben (Bitbucket Cloud Support)

[Robin]

Hey Ben

Thank you for your response.

The only option i have is to send one URL where the service downloads the build. So this doesn't help in this case.

I don't understand why it is not implemented to authenticate this way for the download as it is already possible for the upload.

Thank you & best regards

Robin

[Ben]

Hi Robin,

The above that I have specified is to download particular files from the Downloads directory, so apologies for the confusion.

I have tested the below URL format to download builds (ie certain commit hashes) and this has worked from my end - if it does not I would suggest double checking the App Password and updating it if this is not correct:

https://{BITBUCKET_USERNAME}:{BITBUCKET_APP_PASSWORD}@bitbucket.org/{WORKSPACEID}/{REPOSLUG}/get/{COMMITHASH}.zip

Hope this helps.

Cheers!

- Ben (Bitbucket Cloud Support)

[Adrian]

Really helpful.

Thank you Ben!