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Create a blob

POST
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/blobs

API method documentation

Parameters

Section titled “ Parameters ”

Path Parameters

Section titled “ Path Parameters ”
owner
required
string

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo
required
string

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Request Body required

Section titled “ Request Body required ”
Media type application/json
object
content
required

The new blob’s content.

string
encoding

The encoding used for content. Currently, "utf-8" and "base64" are supported.

string
default: utf-8
Examples
Example default 
{
  "content": "Content of the blob",
  "encoding": "utf-8"
}

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

201

Section titled “ 201 ”

Response

Media type application/json
Short Blob

Short Blob

object
url
required
string
sha
required
string
Examples
Example default 
{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/git/blobs/3a0f86fb8db8eea7ccbb9a95f325ddbedfb25e15",
  "sha": "3a0f86fb8db8eea7ccbb9a95f325ddbedfb25e15"
}

Headers

Section titled “ Headers ”
Location
string
Example 
https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/git/blobs/3a0f86fb8db8eea7ccbb9a95f325ddbedfb25e15

403

Section titled “ 403 ”

Forbidden

Media type application/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

object
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}

404

Section titled “ 404 ”

Resource not found

Media type application/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

object
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}

409

Section titled “ 409 ”

Conflict

Media type application/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

object
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}

422

Section titled “ 422 ”

Validation failed

Media type application/json
One of:
Validation Error

Validation Error

object
message
required
string
documentation_url
required
string
errors
Array<object>
object
resource
string
field
string
message
string
code
required
string
index
integer
value
One of:
string
nullable
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "errors": [
    {
      "resource": "example",
      "field": "example",
      "message": "example",
      "code": "example",
      "index": 1,
      "value": [
        "example"
      ]
    }
  ]
}