A REST API request to manually trigger pull request rescoping is failing, resulting in an HTTP Status 400 – Bad Request error on Bitbucket Server
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Summary
A REST API request to manually trigger pull request rescoping is failing, resulting in an HTTP Status 400 – Bad Request error on the Bitbucket Server.
Sample Curl Command or REST API call:
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curl -v -u username -X POST -d '{"branches":[]}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" "http://example.com/projects/<PROJECT_KEY>/repos/<REPOSITORY_SLUG>/jobs/rescope-pull-requests"Error Message after running the above command:
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<!doctype html><html lang="en"><head><title>HTTP Status 400 – Bad Request</title><style type="text/css">body {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;} h1, h2, h3, b {color:white;background-color:#525D76;} h1 {font-size:22px;} h2 {font-size:16px;} h3 {font-size:14px;} p {font-size:12px;} a {color:black;} .line {height:1px;background-color:#525D76;border:none;}</style></head><body><h1>HTTP Status 400 – Bad Request</h1><hr class="line" /><p><b>Type</b> Status Report</p><p><b>Description</b> The server cannot or will not process the request due to something that is perceived to be a client error (e.g., malformed request syntax, invalid request message framing, or deceptive request routing).</p><hr class="line" /></body></html>* Closing connection 0
* schannel: shutting down SSL/TLS connection with bitbucket.hostname.com port 443Environment
Tested on Bitbucket Server 7.21.7
Applied to Bitbucket Server 7.x
Cause
This issue generally occurs on Windows platform where ' (single quote) is not advised to use and it should be replaced with " (double quotes).
Solution
Issue should be resolved after using " (double quote) in place of ' (single quote) and if there are inner quotes also present then use """ (3x double-quotes).
So the command should be in the following format:
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curl -v -u <admin_username>:<admin_password> -X POST -d "{"""branches""":[]}" -H "Content-Type:application/json" "<Bitbucket_BASE_URL>/projects/<Project_Key>/repos/<Repo_Sloug>/jobs/rescope-pull-requests"Was this helpful?