Using CURL to list github repository tree (github API)

Question

Using the github API, you can get a repository tree using (example done with CURL):

curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/trees/{tree_sha}

Assuming I have a repo called dev by owner NewCo, and I want to list the repo tree called XXXX, I would:

curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/NewCo/dev/git/trees/{tree_sha}

How can I find out the {tree_sha} value for tree XXXX? Any idea where can I find out this value?

user5774952 · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-12 00:03:29Z

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You can use a commit sha from the commits endpoint for that: /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits. For example:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e

owner=zacanger
repo=fetchyeah

sha=$(curl -s -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/$owner/$repo/commits?per_page=1 \
  | jq -r '.[0].sha')

curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/$owner/$repo/git/trees/$sha

You could also use the pull requests API, or any other endpoint that returns commit info (meaning, most of them except for user and org APIs).

answered Jan 12, 2021 at 0:03

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Dan Donaldson Over a year ago

Getting a commit sha only seems to get the files for that commit at the top level. is there a way to make this recursive?

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