Trying to create Pull Request on BitBucket through Rest API - "401 Unauthorized"

Al Pizano

I'm using this API documentation to create a Pull request on bitbucket but its not working, I keep getting a 401 - Unauthorized, even though I created a personal access token with Admin access and I "believe" I am using the correct username and access token (as my password) for the curl POST request:
https://developer.atlassian.com/bitbucket/api/2/reference/resource/repositories/%7Bworkspace%7D/%7Brepo_slug%7D/pullrequests#post

This is sample JSON:

curl https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/my-username/my-repository/pullrequests \
    -u my-username:my-password \
    --request POST \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data '{
        "title": "My Title",
        "source": {
            "branch": {
                "name": "staging"
            }
        }
    }'

What is my repository is listed under a "project name"? where the heck does the Project name go in the URL? and the "my-username" is just under the Bitbucket website "Manage accounts" -> "Name" , correct? If so, then my JSON should be correct.

Can anyone help me? If I go to the repository on the Bitbucket GUI in web browser, I can definitely log in and create Pull Request manually - why cannot I do this through REST API? What is the most common cause for 401 - Unauthorized? Do I need to request special access from the repository owners, even though I have my Admin access token, and I can view & make Pull requests on Bitbucket to this repo through web browser???

Joao Sgreccia

Hi @Al Pizano,

Sorry for the late response.

curl https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/my-username/my-repository/pullrequests \
    -u my-username:my-password \
    --request POST \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data '{
        "title": "My Title",
        "source": {
            "branch": {
                "name": "staging"
            }
        }
    }'

where

my-username -> https://bitbucket.org/account/settings/ , get your username, below bitbucket profile settings

my-password -> an app password with pullrequest -> write permission
https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/app-passwords/


Dont hesitate to get in touch if you have any further questions.
Cheers