How to create Github Pull Request using curl?

Question

I am trying to create a Github Pull Request using curl (in a bash script) and authenticating using token.

I am getting response for curl -u my-user:token https://api.github.com/user. I am getting response for curl https://api.github.com/repos/repo-owner/repo-name/pulls

But when I try to create a pull request using the following curl command, I am getting errors:

curl -d '{"title":"testPR","base":"master", "head":"user-repo:master"}' https://api.github.com/repos/repo-owner/repo-name/pulls

{
  "message": "Not Found",
  "documentation_url": "https://developer.github.com/v3/pulls/#create-a-pull-request"
}

How to fix? What I am doing wrong?

I am not interested in creating pull request using hub its working fine with hub. I want to know how to use curl and do that. Thank you in advance!

thislooksfun · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-11 04:04:17Z

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If you're still struggling with this, make sure the token you're using has the "public_repos" permission.

answered Dec 11, 2017 at 4:04

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Gaurav N Over a year ago

Thank you @thislooksfun, apparently it was a permissions issue.

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-30 16:35:04Z

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This (create a Pull Request) is supposed to be a POST.

POST /repos/:owner/:repo/pulls

See this curl tutorial for GitHub API:

curl --user "..." -X POST

edited Nov 30, 2023 at 16:35

answered Nov 24, 2017 at 5:51

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Gaurav N Over a year ago

Yes, I checked it. It also says -d implies that that request is POST. Even with that its not working.

curl -u "user-name" -X POST -d '{"title":"testPR","base":"master", "head":"user-repo:master"}' https://api.github.com/repos/repo-owner/repo-name/pulls

VonC Over a year ago

@GauravN Your curl command does not include -u: are you unsing your token?

Randall Becker Over a year ago

FYI: The GitHub API link does not work any longer. While this one might not be correct, it seems close: gist.github.com/btoone/2288960

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