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Create a blob

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

API method documentation

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.

Media typeapplication/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
Exampledefault
{
"content": "Content of the blob",
"encoding": "utf-8"
}

Response

Media typeapplication/json
Short Blob

Short Blob

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

Forbidden

Media typeapplication/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

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

Resource not found

Media typeapplication/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

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

Conflict

Media typeapplication/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

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

Validation failed

Media typeapplication/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
Examplegenerated
{
"message": "example",
"documentation_url": "example",
"errors": [
{
"resource": "example",
"field": "example",
"message": "example",
"code": "example",
"index": 1,
"value": [
"example"
]
}
]
}