RESTful Commit to Github file

Question

I've been looking for quite some time if it is even possible to do this.

I'd like to make a RESTful POST call with a javascript without the use of a server (node) to send a json object in the request body to update a json file in a github repo triggering a commit/push.

I don't really know where to begin, im using postman to get data back from the repo just fine, but i dont see any way to send a post and an object — geschwe1, Jan 19 '15 at 21:29
https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/contents/#create-a-file - when i try to do this i get `{ "message": "Not Found", "documentation_url": "https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/contents/" }` as the response. — geschwe1, Jan 19 '15 at 21:42
You're pointing at a repository that already exists? You have properly authenticated? — ChrisGPT was on strike, Jan 19 '15 at 22:21

Thierry Templier · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-16T16:43:24.583

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Yes, it's possible to do this using the Github API.

The URL must be something like that: https://api.github.com/repos/{repositoryName}/contents/{path}

repositoryName is the repository where you want to put your file and path its path within this repository.

Regarding the authentication, you need to follow this link https://developer.github.com/v3/#authentication. I successfully tested with basic auth.

You need then to use an HTTP method PUT with content with the following structure:

{
  "message": "a commit message",
  "content": "bXkgbmV3IGZpbGUgY29udGVudHM="
}

The field content corresponds to the content of your file encoded with base 64.

Hope it helps. Thierry

edited Sep 16 '15 at 16:43

answered Jan 20 '15 at 15:10

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Is there a way to encode data with native javascript? – geschwe1 Jan 20 '15 at 17:22
I think that this answer can help you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/246801/how-can-you-encode-a-string-to-base64-in-javascript... – Thierry Templier Jan 21 '15 at 08:07

RESTful Commit to Github file

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