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Creating a Directory in a Specified Branch

Function

This API is used to create a directory in a specified branch.

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/dir

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

file_path

Yes

String

Definition:

Directory path.

Constraints:

The directory path level can contain a maximum of 29 levels.

Value range:

N/A.

Default value:

N/A.

branch_name

Yes

String

Definition:

Branch name.

Value range:

1 to 200 bytes.

Constraints:

Existing branch in the repository.

commit_message

Yes

String

Definition:

Commit message.

Value range:

N/A.

Response Parameters

Status code: 201

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

-

String

Commit ID.

Status code: 401

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition

Error code.

error_msg

String

Definition

Error message.

Status code: 403

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition

Error code.

error_msg

String

Definition

Error message.

Example Requests

None

Example Responses

Status code: 201

OK

[ "adadadadada213a45ad52dyr545ry" ]

Status code: 401

Unauthorized

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

Status code: 403

Bad Request

{
  "error_code" : "CH.004403",
  "error_msg" : "Insufficient permissions. Apply for the required permissions and try again."
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

201

OK

401

Unauthorized

403

Bad Request

Error Codes

See Error Codes.