Bitbucket error: Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <. Path '', line 0, position

Mark Mindlin October 19, 2021

We use Atlassian.Stash - C# API wrapper for Atlassian Stash, version v4.0.30319

C# .Net 4.8, Windows 10/1909

We migrated from Bitbucket Server to Bitbucket org, and have the error: Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <. Path '', line 0, position 0

 try
{
var client = new StashClient(ConfigParametres.GitBaseURL, username, password);
ResponseWrapper<Atlassian.Stash.Entities.Commit> allCommits = await client.Commits.Get("PROJECT_KEY", "REPOSITORY_NAME", null, null);
if (allCommits.Values == null)
{
return false;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return false;
}

2 answers

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cleverstarfish March 23, 2022

I solve this issue by removing # and $ characters from my password. 

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Ulrich Kuhnhardt _IzymesCo_
Marketplace Partner
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October 20, 2021

Hi Mark,

Bitbucket Server aka Stash and Bitbucket cloud are 2 different products with 2 completely different REST APIs. Any client written to work with Bitbucket Server will not work as the URL paths will be completely different.

I would expect you will get a 404 not found HTML page as a response which cannot be parsed.

Here is the BBCloud REST API https://developer.atlassian.com/bitbucket/api/2/reference/

I'm not aware of a ready-to use client, but it may be out there.

Mark Mindlin October 20, 2021

Hi Ulrich,

 

We used https://github.com/jlouros/StashApiCSharp

Do you know about BBCloud analogue? I mean C# library.

Ulrich Kuhnhardt _IzymesCo_
Marketplace Partner
Marketplace Partners provide apps and integrations available on the Atlassian Marketplace that extend the power of Atlassian products.
October 20, 2021

Unfortunately not, Mark.

Mark Mindlin October 28, 2021

We switched to another library

https://github.com/lvermeulen/Bitbucket.Cloud.Net

But there is an error when calling GetRepositoryCommitsAsync()

Source "Flurl.Http"

Message "Response could not be deserialized to JSON: GET https://bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/bxbts/smscore/commits"

InnerException

Source "Newtonsoft.Json"

StackTrace

at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonTextReader.ParseValue()
at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonTextReader.Read()
at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReader.ReadForType(JsonContract contract, Boolean hasConverter)
at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalReader.Deserialize(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, Boolean checkAdditionalContent)
at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer.DeserializeInternal(JsonReader reader, Type objectType)
at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer.Deserialize[T](JsonReader reader)
at Flurl.Http.Configuration.NewtonsoftJsonSerializer.Deserialize[T](Stream stream)
at Flurl.Http.HttpResponseMessageExtensions.<ReceiveJson>d__0`1.MoveNext()

Message "Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: <. Path '', line 0, position 0." 

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