Updated on 2026-04-28 GMT+08:00

Creating a Submodule

Function

This API is used to create a submodule.

Debugging

You can debug this API through automatic authentication in API Explorer or use the SDK sample code generated by API Explorer.

URI

POST https://{hostURL}/v4/repositories/{repository_id}/repository/submodules

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

repository_id

Yes

Integer

Definition

You can query the project list to obtain the repository ID by calling the API used to query user's all repositories.

Constraints

N/A.

Value range:

1~2147483647

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token. Obtain a token by calling the IAM API for obtaining a user token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

Constraints

Mandatory.

Range

1–100,000 characters.

Default Value

N/A.

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

branch_name

Yes

String

Definition

Branch name.

Range

1 to 200 bytes

Constraints

Existing branch under the repository.

file_path

Yes

String

File path of the submodule under the repository.

subrepo_id

Yes

String

ID of the repository where the submodule locates

commit_message

Yes

String

Commit message.

subrepo_branch

Yes

String

Definition

Submodule branch name.

Range

1 to 200 bytes

Constraints

Existing branch under the target repository.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

result

String

Definition

Successful creation commit ID.

status

String

Definition

Creation return status.

Status code: 401

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition

Error code.

error_msg

String

Definition

Error message.

Example Requests

POST https://{endpoint}/v4/repositories/2112031271/repository/submodules

Example Responses

Status code: 200

OK

{
  "result" : "e7a2c9c8a3672ee82b8eb5f771f468e1f6d50282",
  "status" : "success"
}

Status code: 401

Unauthorized

{
  "error_code" : "DEV.00000003",
  "error_msg" : "Authentication information expired."
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

OK

401

Unauthorized

Error Codes

See Error Codes.