Delete a pull request attachment in Bitbucket Data Center
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Summary
This knowledge base article outlines the steps for removing a pull request attachment uploaded via the Bitbucket user interface.
Solution
Delete pull request attachment via API
Find the internal ID for the attachment using this query against the Bitbucket database:
select p.project_key AS project_key, r.slug as repo_slug, a.id as attachment_id, a.filename as attachment_filename from bb_attachment a inner join repository r on r.id = a.repository_id inner join project p on p.id = r.project_id where p.project_key='<PROJECT_KEY>' and r.slug='<REPO_SLUG>' and a.filename='<ATTACHMENT_FILENAME>';Replace the
<PROJECT_KEY>, <REPO_SLUG> and <ATTACHMENT_FILENAME>placeholders.Delete the attachment using the Delete attachment API. Pass the attachment ID retrieved from the first step. Note that the API requires at least
REPO_ADMINpermissions. Sample call usingcurl:curl -k -u <USER> -X DELETE '<BITBUCKET_BASE_URL>/rest/api/1.0/projects/<PROJECT_KEY>/repos/<REPO_SLUG>/attachments/<ATTACHMENT_ID>'Replace the
<PROJECT_KEY>, <REPO_SLUG> and <ATTACHMENT_FILENAME>placeholders.Confirm that the attachment has been deleted by calling the Get an attachment API. The API requires at least
REPO_READpermissions: Sample call usingcurl:curl -k -u <USER> '<BITBUCKET_BASE_URL>/rest/api/1.0/projects/<PROJECT_KEY>/repos/<REPO_SLUG>/attachments/<ATTACHMENT_ID>'The expected response is a 404 with the following exception that indicates the attachment has been removed successfully:
{ "errors": [ { "context": null, "message": "Attachment '1' does not exist.", "exceptionName": "com.atlassian.bitbucket.NoSuchObjectException" } ] }The image may still be cached on client browsers. Clear the browser's cache, try a different browser, or switch to incognito mode to verify that the image can no longer be loaded.
Delete the pull request comment referencing the deleted attachment from the UI.
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