Create a repository using REST in Java

Question

I am trying to create a Bitbucket repository using their REST-API. Everything seems to work except setting the "parent" project, where the repository needs to be created in. On this link a cURL example is provided. In the body, the parameter "scm" is set as either "git" or "hg", both being Strings, the parameter "project" seems to be a json object containing a key-value pair. Everything I tried so far did not work (json object, string, etc.) Question: How can I create a repository IN a specific project? My code looks the following: RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate(); String url = "https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/" + tName + "/" + rName; HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();headers.set("Authorization", "Basic 1234567890qwert");headers.setAccept(Collections.singletonList(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)); MultiValueMap<String, String> project = new LinkedMultiValueMap();project.add("key", "aaaaaaaa"); //the repo should be created in the project aaaaaaaa MultiValueMap<String, Object> body = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();postParameters.add("scm", "hg"); //hg or git, does not matterpostParameters.add("project", project); //<-- the api ignores the declared project HttpEntity<MultiValueMap<String, Object>> requestEntity = new HttpEntity<MultiValueMap<String, Object>>(body, headers); ResponseEntity<BitbucketRepository> response = restTemplate.exchange(url, HttpMethod.POST, requestEntity, BitbucketRepository.class); System.out.println("createRepository: " + response); return response;

evzijst · Answer

You seem to be sending a multipart/form-data request document here, not a JSON document. As per the curl example, make sure you properly format a json document and send the "Content-Type: application/json" request header.

The JSON document you should be sending as the body of your request should like this:

{
  "scm": "hg",
  "project": {
    "key": "aaaaaaaaa"
  }
}