POST /snippets

Creates a new snippet under the authenticated user's account.

Snippets can contain multiple files. Both text and binary files are supported.

The simplest way to create a new snippet from a local file:

$ curl -u username:password -X POST https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/snippets               -F file=@image.png

Creating snippets through curl has a few limitations and so let's look at a more complicated scenario.

Snippets are created with a multipart POST. Both multipart/form-data and multipart/related are supported. Both allow the creation of snippets with both meta data (title, etc), as well as multiple text and binary files.

The main difference is that multipart/related can use rich encoding for the meta data (currently JSON).

multipart/related (RFC-2387)

This is the most advanced and efficient way to create a paste.

POST /2.0/snippets/evzijst HTTP/1.1
Content-Length: 1188
Content-Type: multipart/related; start="snippet"; boundary="===============1438169132528273974=="
MIME-Version: 1.0

--===============1438169132528273974==
Content-Type: application/json; charset="utf-8"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-ID: snippet

{
  "title": "My snippet",
  "is_private": true,
  "scm": "git",
  "files": {
      "foo.txt": {},
      "image.png": {}
    }
}

--===============1438169132528273974==
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-ID: "foo.txt"
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="foo.txt"

foo

--===============1438169132528273974==
Content-Type: image/png
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-ID: "image.png"
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="image.png"

iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAoCAYAAAD+MdrbAAABD0lEQVR4Ae3VMUoDQRTG8ccUaW2m
TKONFxArJYJamCvkCnZTaa+VnQdJSBFl2SMsLFrEWNjZBZs0JgiL/+KrhhVmJRbCLPx4O+/DT2TB
cbblJxf+UWFVVRNsEGAtgvJxnLm2H+A5RQ93uIl+3632PZyl/skjfOn9Gvdwmlcw5aPUwimG+NT5
EnNN036IaZePUuIcK533NVfal7/5yjWeot2z9ta1cAczHEf7I+3J0ws9Cgx0fsOFpmlfwKcWPuBQ
73Oc4FHzBaZ8llq4q1mr5B2mOUCt815qYR8eB1hG2VJ7j35q4RofaH7IG+Xrf/PfJhfmwtfFYoIN
AqxFUD6OMxcvkO+UfKfkOyXfKdsv/AYCHMLVkHAFWgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==
--===============1438169132528273974==--

The request contains multiple parts and is structured as follows.

The first part is the JSON document that describes the snippet's properties or meta data. It either has to be the first part, or the request's Content-Type header must contain the start parameter to point to it.

The remaining parts are the files of which there can be zero or more. Each file part should contain the Content-ID MIME header through which the JSON meta data's files element addresses it. The value should be the name of the file.

Content-Disposition is an optional MIME header. The header's optional filename parameter can be used to specify the file name that Bitbucket should use when writing the file to disk. When present, filename takes precedence over the value of Content-ID.

When the JSON body omits the files element, the remaining parts are not ignored. Instead, each file is added to the new snippet as if its name was explicitly linked (the use of the files elements is mandatory for some operations like deleting or renaming files).

multipart/form-data

The use of JSON for the snippet's meta data is optional. Meta data can also be supplied as regular form fields in a more conventional multipart/form-data request:

$ curl -X POST -u credentials https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/snippets               -F title="My snippet"               -F file=@foo.txt -F file=@image.png

POST /2.0/snippets HTTP/1.1
Content-Length: 951
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----------------------------63a4b224c59f

------------------------------63a4b224c59f
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="foo.txt"
Content-Type: text/plain

foo

------------------------------63a4b224c59f
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="image.png"
Content-Type: application/octet-stream

?PNG

IHDR?1??I.....
------------------------------63a4b224c59f
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="title"

My snippet
------------------------------63a4b224c59f--

Here the meta data properties are included as flat, top-level form fields. The file attachments use the file field name. To attach multiple files, simply repeat the field.

The advantage of multipart/form-data over multipart/related is that it can be easier to build clients.

Essentially all properties are optional, title and files included.

Sharing and Visibility

Snippets can be either public (visible to anyone on Bitbucket, as well as anonymous users), or private (visible only to members of the workspace). This is controlled through the snippet's is_private element:

• is_private=false -- everyone, including anonymous users can view the snippet
• is_private=true -- only workspace members can view the snippet

To create the snippet under a workspace, just append the workspace ID to the URL. See /2.0/snippets/{workspace}.

Servers

• https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0

Request headers

Request body fields

How to start integrating

1. Add HTTP Task to your workflow definition.
2. Search for the API you want to integrate with and click on the name.
   • This loads the API reference documentation and prepares the Http request settings.
3. Click Test request to test run your request to the API and see the API's response.