How do I change a project from public to private via the Bit Bucket REST API?

[John Lawlor]

I am trying to change visibility of a project in Bit Bucket from 'Public' to 'Private'. I can't see how to do this using the Bit Bucket REST API.

[Caterina Curti · Accepted solution]

Hi @John Lawlor,

To change the visibility of a project in Bitbucket Server, you can use the PUT method of the /rest/api/1.0/projects/{projectKey} end point.

Here is an example using a curl command:

curl --user <username>:<password> -k -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"public":false}'  -X PUT <Bitbucket URL>/rest/api/1.0/projects/<project key>

The data is what is changing the visibility of the repository from the current setting to false.

curl --user <username>:<password> -k -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"public":true}'  -X PUT <Bitbucket URL>/rest/api/1.0/projects/<project key>

By replacing false with true, you can set the visibility to public.

In both examples, you will need to provide a valid username and password and the URL for Bitbucket Server.

Cheers,

Caterina - Atlassian

[John Lawlor]

Thanks Caterina!