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Creating a File

Function

This API is used to create a file.

Debugging

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

Authorization Information

Each account root user has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the following required identity policy-based permissions. For details about the required permissions, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions.

Action

Access Level

Resource Type (*: required)

Condition Key

Alias

Dependencies

codeartsrepo:repository:pushCode

Write

-

-

-

-

URI

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

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

Default Value

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 one by calling the IAM API Obtaining a User Token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is a token.

Constraints

N/A

Range

1–100,000 characters.

Default Value

N/A
Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

No

String

Username

file_path

Yes

String

File path

branch

Yes

String

Branch name

commit_message

Yes

String

Commit message

author_email

No

String

Author email

author_name

No

String

Author name

content

Yes

String

File content

encoding

No

String

Encoding format

Response Parameters

Status code: 201

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

file_path

String

File path

branch

String

Branch name

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.

Status code: 404

Table 7 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/100001/repository/files

{
  "branch" : "***",
  "commit_message" : "****",
  "content" : "***",
  "file_path" : "****"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 201

OK

{
  "file_path" : "11123s4",
  "branch" : "master"
}

Status code: 401

Unauthorized

{
  "error_code" : "CH.00000001",
  "error_msg" : "User authentication info not found."
}

Status code: 403

Bad Request

{
  "error_code" : "CH.00401008",
  "error_msg" : "Insufficient permissions. Apply for the required permissions and try again."
}

Status code: 404

Not Found

{
  "error_code" : "CH.00402000",
  "error_msg" : "The repository does not exist. Check and try again."
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

201

OK

401

Unauthorized

403

Bad Request

404

Not Found

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: File