how to set secret in bitbucket webhook api call ?

[Sagar Sukdev Navale]

i created bitbucket webhook api call supplied it with secret the secret token not generate.how to set secret ?. i have use requests methods

def create_hook(workspace_id):
    # Build the URL for the workspace webhooks endpoint
    url = f'https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/workspaces/{workspace_id}/hooks'

    auth = ("user_name", "password")
    data = {
        'url': 'https://demourl.com',
        "name": "wehhook test secret",
        "description": " new webhook test ",
        'active': True,
        'events': [
            "pullrequest:approved", "repo:commit_comment_created",
        ],
        "configuration": {
            "secret": "abcdef",

        }

    }
     # end the HTTP request to create the webhook
    response = requests.post(url, json=data, auth=auth)
    if response.status_code == 201:
        return response.json()
    else:
        print("failed to create webhook", response.text)
        return {}```

i want to secret token will generated ,how add secret in bitbucket webhook

[Aron Gombas _Midori_ · Accepted solution]

There are multiple ways to authenticate to the Bitbucket Cloud REST API, but I think the easiest for you is using BASIC auth with an app password.

As a best practice, you should not encode the app password to your script, but store that in a Bitbucket repository secret.

[Patrik S]

Hello @Sagar Sukdev Navale ,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

My understanding is that you are trying to create a webhook using the API endpoint Create a workspace webhook , and you would like to set a secret to this webhook. I'm afraid that currently, secrets are not available in Bitbucket Cloud webhooks, and this is the reason you are not being able to create a webhook with secrets using the API.

We do have an open feature request to implement secrets functionality to webhook, which you can check in the following link: 

• https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BCLOUD-14683

I would suggest you to add your vote there, since this helps both developers and product managers to understand the interest. Also, make sure you add yourself as a watcher in case you want to receive first-hand updates from that ticket. Please note that all features are implemented with this policy in mind.

You're also welcome to take a look at Bitbucket Cloud API reference to check the options available for the create webhook endpoint : 

• https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/bitbucket/rest/api-group-workspaces/#api-workspaces-workspace-hooks-post

Thank you, @Sagar Sukdev Navale !

Patrik S