Is there any way to update the contents of a file in a project on your visual studio team services account using HTTP verbs, similar to how it is done here with github https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/contents/#update-a-file.
var json={
"comment": "Update scripts.json",
"changes": [{
"changeType": 2,
"item": {
"path": "$/ExtensionsTest/scripts.json",
"contentMetadata": { "encoding": 65001 },
"version": 47
},
"newContent": {
"content": "[ {\"hello\" : \"Test\"} ]",
"contentType":"RawText"
}
}]
};
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: 'https://xxxxx.visualstudio.com/_apis/tfvc/changesets?api-version=3.0-preview.2',
contentType: 'application/json',
data: JSON.stringify(json),
cache: false,
dataType: "json",
beforeSend: function (xhr) {
xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + btoa("my UserName" + ":" + "my PW"));
}
}).done(function (data) {
console.log(data);
});
};
The code above is what I am using and I get a 400 error with it. Any suggestions on what I am doing wrong.
Try these ways:
If you are using GIT:
- Get commit ID value: Request method: GET; URL [collection url]/[team project name]/_apis/git/repositories/[repository name]/commits?api-version=1.0&branch=master&$top=1
- Update file content: Request method: Post; URL: [collection url]/[team project name]/_apis/git/repositories/[repository name]/pushes?api-version=3.0-preview.2; Content Type: application/json;
JSON data:
{
"refUpdates": [{
"name": "refs/heads/master",
"oldObjectId": "[step 1 commit ID]"
}],
"commits": [{
"comment": "Updated BuildLog.cs",
"changes": [{
"changeType": 2,
"item": {"path": "/BuildLog.cs"},
"newContent": {
"content": "using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
public class BuildLog
{
public int count;
public string[] value6;
}
}
",
"contentType": 0
}
}]
}]
}
If you are using TFVC:
- Get changeset ID: Request method: GET; URL: [collection url]/_apis/tfvc/changesets?api-version=1.0&$top=1
- Update file content: Request method: Post; URL: [collection url]/_apis/tfvc/changesets?api-version=3.0-preview.2; Content Type: application/json;
Json data:
{
"comment": "Updated Class1.cs",
"changes": [{
"changeType": 2,
"item": {
"path": "$/Scrum2015/ClassLibraryB/ClassLibraryB/Class1.cs",
"contentMetadata": {"encoding": 65001},
"version": [step changeset id]
},
"newContent": {
"content": "using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace ClassLibraryB
{
public class Class1
{
string sgs = \"\";
public void T()
{
ClassLibraryA.Class1 c = new ClassLibraryA.Class1();
c.TestOther2();
}
}
}
",
"contentType": 0
}
}]
}
Note: You need to parse quotes if file content contains quotes (\”test\”), the same as other special charters.
On the other hand, you can achieve that through vso-node-api, more information, you can refer to this thread: TFS Rest API check-in to Version Control
Update1:
Refer to this code to modify your code:
var json={
"comment": "Updated tt.json",
"changes": [{
"changeType": 2,
"item": {
"path": "$/Scrum2015/Buildtest/CoreSolutionDemo/WebApplication1/tt.json",
"contentMetadata": { "encoding": 65001 },
"version": 754
},
"newContent": {
"content": "[ {\"hello\" : \"Test2\"} ]",
"contentType": "RawText"
}
}]
};
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: 'https://XXX.visualstudio.com/_apis/tfvc/changesets?api-version=3.0-preview.2',
contentType: 'application/json',
data: JSON.stringify(json),
cache: false,
dataType: 'json',
beforeSend: function (xhr) {
xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + btoa("name" + ":" + "password or PAT"));
},
}).done(function (data) {
var s1 = "ss";
}).error(function (e) {
var s = "ss";
});
})