Is this Branch Restriction - Merge Settings API available?

Question

Hi Team,

I used branch restriction API and created the branch restrictions and then for merge settings I couldn't find the API. Is this available ?

Ben · Answer

Hi Karthikraj,

To be honest - I am not very well versed in Python to give you a definitive answer as to how to format the JSON correctly.

I have found the following article on StackOverflow that addresses the 400 HTTP response error by using the json parameter in requests.post for json data that may be useful for you:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45206380/converting-curl-to-python-requests-error

Cheers!

- Ben (Bitbucket Cloud Support)

Karthikraj · Answer

Hello @Ben ,

for cURL its working for me too. But, I try to use it in python its shows bad request error. How to define the "groups" in python code ?

the same JSON format should work right?

requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 400 Client Error: Bad Request for url: https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/******/******/branch-restrictions

Thanks & Regards,

Karthikraj M

Ben · Answer

Hey Karthikraj,

Just letting you know firstly that I have edited your comment to censor out your workspaceID/reposlug as this is a public forum.

May I ask if you are using AppPassword to authenticate? If you are not already doing so, please follow our guide below for configuring an AppPassword:
https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/app-passwords/

I have been able to successfully execute the cURL command with JSON that you have listed above on my own repository, please ensure the format is correct and then attempt to execute:

curl -X POST \
  --url 'https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/{workspaceID}/{reposlug}/branch-restrictions?=' \
  --user {username}:{AppPassword} \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
"kind": "restrict_merges",
"branch_match_kind": "glob",
"pattern":"develop",
   "groups":[
      {
        "slug":"administrators",
"full_slug": "{workspaceID}:administrators",
        "name": "Administrators",
"default_permission": "admin",
        "account_privilege": "admin"
      }
   ]
}
'

NOTE: You will need to replace {workspaceID}, {reposlug}, {username}, {AppPassword} with actual values without the curly braces

Please try this and let me know how it goes.

Cheers!

- Ben (Bitbucket Cloud Support)