Setting the default branch with REST API

Eyal Goren_bj3o6w

Hi,

I am trying to create a Jenkins Job that automate the creation of Repository in Bitbucket.

I am facing issues with switching default branch using the REST API-

When I call the API with GET- I am receiving the correct value, but when I try to use the POST for setting value, I don't get any errors, but the default branch is not set.

This is what I try to call-

curl --user <user>:<password> -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{ "id": "<New branch>" }' -X POST https://<host>/rest/api/1.0/projects/<Project key>/repos/<repo name>/branches/default

Dave Chevell

Hey Eyal_Goren,

 

The short answer is that you're using the wrong HTTP verb - you should be using PUT, not POST.

More generally, in REST API semantics POST is typically used for creating new resources (e.g. the API to create a branch uses POST), whereas PUT is used for updating existing resources (e.g. in this case, where we're changing the default branch but not creating anything new).

See also https://docs.atlassian.com/bitbucket-server/rest/7.1.1/bitbucket-rest.html#idp205