Change Repository description via REST api

[Nils Janßen]

Dear Sir or Madam,

is it possible to alter the description of a given repository via REST api? I tried something like this but it did not change the description:

curl PUT -v -u <user>:<password> https://<server>/rest/api/1.0/projects/UIAP/repos/gkvuipaacau -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"description\":\"Test\"}"

Reason: I have to create a lot of repositories and change their respecitve descriptions.

Best Regards

Nils

[Charlie Misonne]

Hi Nils,

I assume you already to a look at the REST API documentation on this page?

I do not see the description in the PUT example so if it doesn't work there's a chance it is not supported.
What do you get as a response?

You could also inspect the http request your browser is perfoming when you update the description via the user interface and reuse that call.
I would try it myself but I do not have access to a Bitbucket server environment myself immediately.

[Nils Janßen]

Hi Charlie,

you assumed correctly but apparently my limited knowledge of cURL was the problem.

The property "description" is not mentioned in the examples but I have been able to change the property with this command:

curl -X PUT -u <user>:<password> https://<system>/rest/api/1.0/projects/UIAP/repos/gkvuipaacau -H "Content-Type:application/json" -d "{\"description\":\"Test_mit_put\"}"