Get the commit messages from bit bucket using the Bit bucket API

Naga Priyanka Chilamkurthi

Hi Folks, We have a requirement to get the list of commit messages of a particular release branch  from the EDP-Bitbucket using the API and put it in a word document as a part of the Release Notes automation. Is there a way that i can generate the API key or suggest me how can i get these details. We are using powershell.  Please excuse me i am very new to automation and also the IT. 

Michael Walker_g4gy1z

Hi Naga,

I'm happy to report that there is an API endpoint for exactly that. It will retrieve the commit details for you between 2 commit IDs allowing you to specify the start and end commits of a branch, thus retrieving only the commits from that branch. For example:

curl -u <admin_user> -v -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" "https://bitbucket.mycompany.com/rest/api/1.0/projects/{PROJECT_KEY}/repos/{REPOSITORY_SLUG}/commits?followRenames=false&ignoreMissing=false&since={START_COMMIT}&until={END_COMMIT}&merges=include&withCounts=true&limit=1000" | python -m json.tool

 As you stated that you are using PowerShell, ensuring that you install Git with Unix tools will allow you to utilize commands like curl used in the example above.

I hope this helps!

Best Regards,

Michael