Salutations - I'm trying to use the Github API to update a file which I'm generating in Google Apps Script. I'm displaying the file (an image) on a Github page. Unfortunately my knowledge of the Github API and of HTTP requests are poor.
How would I configure UrlFetchApp to commit a file to my Github repo? I think a similar idea is expressed in this question but I don't know how to translate it accurately to Apps Script and I'm finding it hard to debug against the API. Very grateful for help!
If you want to convert the following curl command of this thread to Google Apps Script,
curl -i -X PUT \
-H 'Authorization: token <token_string>' \
-d '{"path": "<filename.extension>", "message": "<Commit Message>", "committer": {"name": "<Name>", "email": "<E-Mail>"}, "content": "<Base64 Encoded>", "branch": "master"}' \
https://api.github.com/repos/<owner>/<repository>/contents/<filename.extension>
it becomes as follows.
function myFunction() {
const fileId = "###"; // Please set the file ID you want to upload here.
const content = Utilities.base64Encode(DriveApp.getFileById(fileId).getBlob().getBytes());
const url = "https://api.github.com/repos/<owner>/<repository>/contents/<filename.extension>";
const data = {"path": "<filename.extension>", "message": "<Commit Message>", "committer": {"name": "<Name>", "email": "<E-Mail>"}, "content": content, "branch": "master"};
const params = {
method: "put",
payload: JSON.stringify(data),
headers: {
authorization: `token <token_string>`,
// Accept: "application/vnd.github.v3+json" // Even when this is not used, the request works.
}
};
const res = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, params);
console.log(res.getContentText())
}
<filename.extension>, for example, when you want to put sample.txt to the under the directory of ./sample, please use the URL like https://api.github.com/repos/<owner>/<repository>/contents/sample/sample.txt.