Check if branch exists (Stash) via Rest API

[Nafets Kellerm]

final String stash_destination = "http://.../repos/dummyTest/branches?filterText=" + ticket;
		
		WebAuthentication wAuth_Stash = new WebAuthentication_Stash(stash_destination);
	
		WebResource webResource_Stash = wAuth_Stash.response();
		ClientResponse response_Stash = webResource_Stash.accept("application/json").type("application/json").get(ClientResponse.class);
		JSONObject jsonOutput_Stash = (JSONObject) JSONSerializer.toJSON(response_Stash.getEntity(String.class));
		JSONArray jsonValues = jsonOutput_Stash.getJSONArray("values");
		
		if (jsonValues.size() > 0) {
			return jsonValues.getJSONObject(0).containsValue(ticket);
		} else {
			return false;
		}

Hi,

I want to check if a branch with a certain Name already exist, what is already working. But it is so slow that it doesn't make me happy.

Does anyone know a faster method in Java?

(Sorry for the code on top of my post, but I wasn't able to get it below)

[TimP · Accepted solution]

Hi Nafets,

You could specify the fully qualified branch name as the until parameter on the commits REST resource. If it returns a 404 you know the branch doesn't exist in the repo.

The URL you'd need to request would look something like this: https://stash.atlassian.com/rest/api/1.0/projects/PROJECT/repos/my-repo/commits?until=refs/heads/branch

cheers,

Tim

[Nafets Kellerm]

Thank's for the answer, it's working 3 seconds faster than my solution