Create repository via REST-API

[Dan Steffen]

Hello,

at the moment I try to create a new Repository via the REST API of nexus but it didn't work and I have no idea why. I found this Thread[1] and so I create a file named new_repo.xml in the home-dir of my user. The File has the content:

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
<repository>
  <data>
    <id>my</id>
    <name>MyReleasesXml</name>
    <exposed>true</exposed>
    <repoType>hosted</repoType>
    <repoPolicy>RELEASE</repoPolicy>
    <providerRole>org.sonatype.nexus.proxy.repository.Repository</providerRole>
    <provider>maven2</provider>
    <format>maven2</format>
  </data>
</repository>

and I try to create the repository with the curl command:

curl -v -i -H "Accept: application/xml" -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -f -X POST -v -d "/home/steffen/new_repo.xml" -u admin:admin123 http://localhost:8081/nexus/service/local/repositories

but everytime I get the HTTP-Error 400 and I have no idea why. Maybe here someone can help me? Because the xml code looks good and the output of curl is not very helpful.
I would very thankful for every hint why this don't work.
best regards
Dan


[1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26365371/how-to-get-results-from-sonatype-nexus-rest-api-in-json-format

[Rich Seddon]

Have a look here, I just answered this one recently:

https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/NEXUS-9962

Main think is, use JSON, it's what the UI uses in Nexus 2, so it's really easy to figure out the correct calls.

http://www.sonatype.org/nexus/2015/01/26/learn-the-nexus-rest-api-automating-sonatype-nexus/

Rich

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[Dan Steffen]

Hello,

thanks for the quick response. Now I try in the input-file the content:

{
    "data": {
        "repoType": "hosted",
        "id": "somerepo",
        "name": "Some Repo Name",
        "browseable": true,
        "indexable": true,
        "notFoundCacheTTL": 1440,
        "artifactMaxAge": -1,
        "metadataMaxAge": 1440,
        "itemMaxAge": 1440,
        "repoPolicy": "RELEASE",
        "provider": "maven2",
        "providerRole": "org.sonatype.nexus.proxy.repository.Repository",
        "downloadRemoteIndexes": true,
        "autoBlockActive": true,
        "fileTypeValidation": true,
        "exposed": true,
        "checksumPolicy": "WARN",
    }
}

with the curl-command:
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d /home/steffen/new_repo.json -u admin:admin123 http://localhost:8081/nexus/service/local/repositories

but now I get the error:

    <h1>400 - Bad Request</h1>
    <p>Invalid XML, unable to parse using XStream</p>

and this leads me to a little bit confussion, because I already read that nexus understand json too....

[Rich Seddon]

The "@" in front of the file argument is missing in your call.  That is needed, it tells curl to treat the string as a file path where it should read the content.

-d @/home/steffen/new_repo.json 

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[Dan Steffen]

nexus still try to parsed as xml. I use Nexus 2.12, maybe there is a different to Nexus 3?

[Dan Steffen]

My call at the moment:

curl -H "Content-Type:application/json" -d @/home/steffen/new_repo.json -X POST -u admin:admin123 http://localhost:8081/nexus/service/local/repositories

[Manfred Moser]

Attached is an example project from the Nexus Best Practice class that does exactly that. One using json and another using xml file. And a script to call them. As well as another one to delete the repos again. 

hth

Manfred

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[Rich Seddon]

That command looks right now (btw, I had accidentally left "-X POST" off my sample in the Jira ticket, but I see you corrected that).

What is the error in the nexus.log now?

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[Dan Steffen]

Hello Manfred,

thanks for your post that what the solution of all my questions about the creation of a new repository via REST API.
best regards
Dan

[rashmi nair]

Hi ,

Is anyone aware of the api to add a hosted repo to group repo (public repo) in nexus? 

Regards,

Rashmi

On Friday, 1 April 2016 11:33:20 UTC-4, Rich Seddon wrote:

That command looks right now (btw, I had accidentally left "-X POST" off my sample in the Jira ticket, but I see you corrected that).

What is the error in the nexus.log now?

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 10:01 AM, 'Dan Steffen' via Nexus Users <nexus...@glists.sonatype.com> wrote:

My call at the moment:

curl -H "Content-Type:application/json" -d @/home/steffen/new_repo.json -X POST -u admin:admin123 http://localhost:8081/nexus/service/local/repositories

Am Freitag, 1. April 2016 17:01:00 UTC+2 schrieb Dan Steffen:

nexus still try to parsed as xml. I use Nexus 2.12, maybe there is a different to Nexus 3?

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