Using BitBucket's API to fork a repository

Question

There's any way to fork a repository using BB's API?

From what I've read on the API's docs, there isn't any explicit one: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BITBUCKET/Repositories

My idea is to create a new repo and point that it's a fork of another one, so I can create pull requests later.

Answer 1

You can use the API to fork a repository, either using Basic authorization or OAuth.

The method to fork a repository:

Using a authorized POST-request with required post data "name". https://bitbucket.org/api/1.0/repositories/{accountname}/{repo_slug}/fork/

Full documentation with optional parameters here: http://restbrowser.bitbucket.org/

Answer 2

So..

Tried to contact support via twitter and comments on the API page. Didn't get an answer...

And it seems that they really don't have a method to create forks.

My solution:

• Created a cURL interface to interact with BitBucket's website, and from there I could fork and create pull requests

If you have a better solution for that, or if they actually have the method on the API, please fell free to drop your answer here.

Follow up: https://bitbucket.org/site/master/issue/4376/api-method-to-fork-a-repository