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Getting Error Message (message: "kind must be specified") while adding branch restrictions

Niharika Pvs

Hey Everybody,

I am working on to add a branch restriction to an existing bitbucket repo using the below script but we are facing few errors as mentioned below.

We are using the below CURL Command to add a branch restriction.

curl --request POST \
--url 'https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/workspace-name/repo-name/branch-restrictions' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--user 'app-user-name:app-password' \
--data '{
"kind": "require_approvals_to_merge",
"pattern": "*",
"value": 2,
"branch_match_kind": "glob"
}'

Error Message:

{"type": "error", "error": {"message": "kind must be specified"}}

Any suggestions on what might be the issue/fix for this ?

Thanks in advance

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Theodora Boudale

Hi @Niharika Pvs and welcome to the community!

I believe that the issue is that the header --header 'Content-Type: application/json' is missing. I get the same error when I use a call similar to yours.

The issue is fixed if I use the following call instead (note the extra header):

curl --request POST \
--url 'https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/workspace-name/repo-name/branch-restrictions' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--user 'app-user-name:app-password' \
--data '{
"kind": "require_approvals_to_merge",
"pattern": "*",
"value": 2,
"branch_match_kind": "glob"
}'

Please feel free to let me know if this works for you and if you need further assistance!

Kind regards,
Theodora

Niharika Pvs

Hey @Theodora Boudale

Thanks for your reply.

I don't see any errors when I execute the curl command as per your suggestion to add --header 'Content-Type: application/json'

But as per the below condition it should add a branch restriction of min two approvals to merge but it is not added. Could you please suggest here .

--data '{
"kind": "require_approvals_to_merge",
"pattern": "*",
"value": 2,
"branch_match_kind": "glob"
}'

Theodora Boudale

Hi @Niharika Pvs,

1) Can you please confirm if the repo is hosted in Bitbucket Cloud or in your Bitbucket Server instance?

The API you are using is for Bitbucket Cloud. However, I just noticed that there is no Bitbucket Cloud account with the email you used to post here. Do you perhaps have a Bitbucket Cloud account with a different email?

If you are unsure what you are using, the URL of a Bitbucket Cloud repo on your browser starts with https://bitbucket.org/. If the URL of your repo starts with something other than that, it's most likely a Bitbucket Server repo.

2) If you are indeed using Bitbucket Cloud, could you please add the argument -v in the curl command, execute the curl command directly on a terminal, and copy-paste the full output here?

Please make sure to sanitize the following info in the output prior to posting it here:

The line that starts with > authorization: in the output, includes credentials info. Please make sure to replace that with a dummy value prior to sharing.
The workspace-id and repo slug also show in the output, make sure to replace these values as well.

Kind regards,
Theodora

Niharika Pvs

@Theodora Boudale Thanks for waiting.

Yes the repo URL is starting with https://bitbucket.org/ .

I'm using the repo with some other email ID and not with the one I posted here

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