What is the API used to get file contents?

[Mohammed Muthahhar]

Hi,

Are there any APIs for getting the content of a file without giving the sha of the commit which is mentioned here..

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/bitbucket/rest/api-group-source/#api-repositories-workspace-repo-slug-src-commit-path-get 

I tried  https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/myorg/myrepo/src/master/filename url to read the file and it works fine.

But if it's a feature branch or bugfix etc, and if we try  https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/myorg/myrepo/src/feature/my-branch/filename

it gives error as

{

    "type": "error",

    "error": {

        "message": "Commit not found",

        "data": {

            "shas": [

                "bugfix"

            ]

        }

    },

    "data": {

        "shas": [

            "bugfix"

        ]

    }

}

what is the solution for this??

[Theodora Boudale · Accepted solution]

Hi @Mohammed Muthahhar,

This endpoint works with branch names that don't include the slash character ( / ) but it will not work for branches that have a slash in their name.

We have a bug report in our issue tracker here:

• https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BCLOUD-9969

The bug report mentions the commit endpoint, but this applies to the src endpoint as well.

For these branches that include a slash in their name, you will need to provide a commit hash instead. You can use the following endpoint to get the commit hash of a branch's last commit:

• https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/bitbucket/rest/api-group-refs/#api-repositories-workspace-repo-slug-refs-branches-name-get

You can filter the output to return only the commit hash with a url as follows:

https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/workspace-id/repo-slug/refs/branches/feature/mu-feature-branch?fields=target.hash

Kind regards,
Theodora