Subversion · Example Payload

Svn Commit Example

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Svn Commit Example is an example object payload from Subversion, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

operationsteps

Example Payload

{
  "operation": "Commit Transaction Lifecycle",
  "steps": [
    {
      "step": 1,
      "name": "Create Transaction (MKACTIVITY)",
      "request": {
        "method": "MKACTIVITY",
        "url": "https://svn.example.com/repos/myproject/$svn/act/",
        "headers": {
          "Authorization": "Basic dXNlcjpwYXNz"
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "status": 201,
        "headers": {
          "Location": "https://svn.example.com/repos/myproject/$svn/act/abc123"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "step": 2,
      "name": "Checkout Working Resource (CHECKOUT)",
      "request": {
        "method": "CHECKOUT",
        "url": "https://svn.example.com/repos/myproject/!svn/ver/1234/trunk/README.txt",
        "headers": {
          "Authorization": "Basic dXNlcjpwYXNz",
          "Activity-Collection-Set": "https://svn.example.com/repos/myproject/$svn/act/abc123"
        }
      },
      "response": {
        "status": 201,
        "headers": {
          "Location": "https://svn.example.com/repos/myproject/$svn/wrk/abc123/trunk/README.txt"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "step": 3,
      "name": "Upload File Content (PUT)",
      "request": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "url": "https://svn.example.com/repos/myproject/$svn/wrk/abc123/trunk/README.txt",
        "headers": {
          "Authorization": "Basic dXNlcjpwYXNz",
          "Content-Type": "application/octet-stream"
        },
        "body": "# My Project\n\nUpdated README content.\n"
      },
      "response": {
        "status": 204
      }
    },
    {
      "step": 4,
      "name": "Finalize Commit (MERGE)",
      "request": {
        "method": "MERGE",
        "url": "https://svn.example.com/repos/myproject/",
        "headers": {
          "Authorization": "Basic dXNlcjpwYXNz",
          "Content-Type": "text/xml"
        },
        "body": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?><D:merge xmlns:D=\"DAV:\"><D:source><D:href>https://svn.example.com/repos/myproject/$svn/act/abc123</D:href></D:source><D:no-auto-merge/><D:no-checkout/></D:merge>"
      },
      "response": {
        "status": 200,
        "body": {
          "revision": 1235,
          "author": "jsmith",
          "date": "2026-05-02T10:00:00Z"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}