Bitbucket Data Center - Rest API for import fails with "null for uri" 404 error

Question

Issue:

Using the below command as per the documentation to import or migrate a repository to bitbucket: [Data Center and Server 7.12 version]

https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucketserver/importing-957497836.html

curl -s -n -u "XXXX:XXXXX" -X POST -H 'Content-type: application/json' -d '{"archivePath":"2021-04-25_15-20-656_mydevopsproject1_nodejs_export.tar"}' http://localhost:7990/rest/api/1.0/migration/import

Checks:

* The username and Password used is correct and has admin privilege
* Commands are run with elevated or admin access

Steps Followed:

* Created a local setup for the data center as per the below documentation https://hub.docker.com/r/atlassian/bitbucket-server
* Copied over the repository to the import folder using the docker cp source_path container:destination_path
* Tried running the curl command mentioned in the document to begin the import process but it fails with the "null for URI" 404 error. The only difference noticed is that the URL used is modified because the latter path "imports" structure was non-existent.

http://localhost:7990/rest/api/1.0/migration/import

http://localhost:7990/rest/api/1.0/migration/imports

Manoj.S.J_1rriez · Answer

Hi @Christian Glockner,

Could you please review the above case where the correct URL and params were used and still getting an error?

Thanks,

Manoj

Manoj.S.J_1rriez · Answer

Hi @Christian Glockner,

Got it, checked the API definition, and have updated it accordingly. However, getting the below error even if the archive is present in the shared/data/migration/import.

Could you please let me know if there are any issues in the followed steps:

* Copied over the repository to the import folder using the docker cp source_path container:destination_path
* Tried running the below command in the same path
* curl -s -n -u "usr:pwd" -X POST -H 'Content-type: application/json' -d '{"archivePath":"2021-04-25_15-20-656_mydevopsproject1_nodejs_export.tar"}' http://localhost:7990/rest/api/1.0/migration/imports

Thanks,

Manoj

Christian Glockner · Answer

Hi,

The correct URL is /imports - the error you're getting in the browser (and HTTP 405 error) means that the URL does not support the GET method (which a browser uses to retrieve the URL). This does not mean that the URL doesn't work or is invalid.

Cheers,

Christian

Premier Support Engineer

Atlassian