gitea_repo_creator

python .\create_repo.py -h

TODO

• create package from script

notes on gitea api usage for creating repos

POST @ endpoint api/v1/user/repos

general notes

required headers

• accept: application/json
• Content-Type: application/json
• Authorization: token your_token_here

request body fields -d '{...}'

Gitea API Documentation

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field name	description	data type	possible values	uniqueItems	required
name	Name of the repository to create	string		true	true
auto_init	Whether the repository should be auto-initialized?	boolean		false	false
default_branch	DefaultBranch of the repository (used when initializes and in template)	string		false	false
description	Description of the repository to create	string		false	false
gitignores	Gitignores to use 1	string		false	false
issue_labels	Label-Set to use 1	string		false	false
license	License to use 1	string		false	false
object_format_name	ObjectFormatName of the underlying git repository	string	sha1 sha256	false	false
private	Whether the repository is private	boolean		false	false
readme	Readme of the repository to create 1	string		false	false
template	Whether the repository is a template	boolean		false	false
trust_model	TrustModel of the repository	string	default collaborator committer collaboratorcommiter	false	false

examples

*sh

repo_name="repo_name"
token="your_token_here"
address="gitea.domain.tld"

response="$(\
  curl -X "POST" \
    "https://$address/api/v1/user/repos" \
    -H "accept: application/json" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "Authorization: token $token" \
    -d "{\"name\": \"$repo_name\"}" \
2>/dev/null)"

echo $response | jq
# pretty print the returned json object with color highlighting

# alternative, if jq is not installed
# echo $response | python3 -m json.tool

PowerShell

$repo_name = "repo_name"
$token = "your_token_here"
$address = "gitea.domain.tld"

$headers = @{
    "accept" = "application/json"
    "Authorization" = "token $token"
}
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://$address/api/v1/user/repos" `
    -Method Post `
    -Headers $headers `
    -ContentType "application/json" `
    -Body "{`"name`": `"`$repo_name`", `"auto_init`": false}"

echo $response

Python

pip install requests

import requests

repo_name = 'repo_name'
token = 'your_token_here'
address = 'gitea.domain.tld'

headers = {
    'accept': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': f'token {token}',
    # 'Content-Type': 'application/json', # Already added when you pass json=
}

json_data = {
    'name': f'{repo_name}', #required
    'auto_init': False,
}

response = requests.post(f'https://{address}/api/v1/user/repos', headers=headers, json=json_data)

print(response.content.decode())

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1. name of template to use, returns error when name not found ↩︎