Codeberg

Codeberg Git Content API

Read and write repository files, list commits, and read the Git tree.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 7

GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{filepath} Gets the metadata and contents (if a file) of an entry in a repository, or a list of entries if a dir #

POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{filepath} Create a file in a repository #

PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{filepath} Update a file in a repository #

DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{filepath} Delete a file in a repository #

GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/raw/{filepath} Get a file from a repository #

GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits Get a list of all commits from a repository #

GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/trees/{sha} Gets the tree of a repository #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Codeberg API (Forgejo) Git Content API
  description: 'Core subset of the Forgejo/Gitea-compatible REST API exposed by Codeberg, the community-run non-profit Git hosting platform, at https://codeberg.org/api/v1. Codeberg runs Forgejo (a community fork of Gitea); the reported application version at review time was 15.0.0-209+gitea-1.22.0. This document captures the core repository, issue, pull request, release, Git content, user, and organization paths. It is a representative subset - the full, authoritative machine-readable specification is served live by Codeberg at https://codeberg.org/swagger.v1.json (interactive UI at https://codeberg.org/api/swagger). Authenticate with a personal access token sent as `Authorization: token YOUR_TOKEN`, or via OAuth2.'
  version: 15.0.0
  contact:
    name: Codeberg
    url: https://codeberg.org
  license:
    name: MIT (Forgejo software)
    url: https://forgejo.org/
servers:
- url: https://codeberg.org/api/v1
  description: Codeberg production
security:
- AuthorizationHeaderToken: []
tags:
- name: Git Content
  description: Read and write repository files, list commits, and read the Git tree.
paths:
  /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{filepath}:
    get:
      operationId: repoGetContents
      tags:
      - Git Content
      summary: Gets the metadata and contents (if a file) of an entry in a repository, or a list of entries if a dir
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/owner'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/repo'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/filepath'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: File or directory contents.
    post:
      operationId: repoCreateFile
      tags:
      - Git Content
      summary: Create a file in a repository
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/owner'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/repo'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/filepath'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The created file.
    put:
      operationId: repoUpdateFile
      tags:
      - Git Content
      summary: Update a file in a repository
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/owner'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/repo'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/filepath'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated file.
    delete:
      operationId: repoDeleteFile
      tags:
      - Git Content
      summary: Delete a file in a repository
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/owner'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/repo'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/filepath'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The file was deleted.
  /repos/{owner}/{repo}/raw/{filepath}:
    get:
      operationId: repoGetRawFile
      tags:
      - Git Content
      summary: Get a file from a repository
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/owner'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/repo'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/filepath'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Raw file bytes.
  /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits:
    get:
      operationId: repoGetAllCommits
      tags:
      - Git Content
      summary: Get a list of all commits from a repository
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/owner'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/repo'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of commits.
  /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/trees/{sha}:
    get:
      operationId: getTree
      tags:
      - Git Content
      summary: Gets the tree of a repository
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/owner'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/repo'
      - name: sha
        in: path
        required: true
        description: SHA of the commit or tree.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The Git tree.
components:
  parameters:
    repo:
      name: repo
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Name of the repository.
      schema:
        type: string
    filepath:
      name: filepath
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Path of the file or directory within the repository.
      schema:
        type: string
    owner:
      name: owner
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Owner of the repository (user or organization).
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    AuthorizationHeaderToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'Personal access token. Must be prepended with the word "token" followed by a space, e.g. `Authorization: token YOUR_TOKEN`.'