Add a file in Gitlab project repository by Python

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I have a python script where I have created an output file as an excel table. Now I would like to add/upload this file to my Gitlab project repository directly by using python-gitlab library. I have found some solution where file was added local repository and then pushed to remote repository. How can I push/upload directly to remote repository?

Asked By: OliAK

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You can use the files API to create a file. If you’re using the python-gitlab wrapper, you use it like so as described in the documentation:

import base64
# ... generated your excel file 

project = gl.projects.get(123) # use your project ID

with open('myfile.xlsx', 'rb') as my_file:
    contents = base64.b64encode(my_file.read()).decode('utf-8')


# create new file in the repo
f = project.files.create({'file_path': 'testfile.xlsx',
                          'branch': 'main',
                          'content': contents,
                          'encoding': 'base64',
                          'author_email': '[email protected]',
                          'author_name': 'yourname',
                          'commit_message': 'Create testfile'})

Or to modify an existing file:

project = gl.projects.get(123)

# get the file object
f = projects.files.get(file_path='testfile.xlsx', ref='main')
# modify its contents
f.content = base64.b64encode(b'new content').decode('utf-8')

# save (commit) the new contents
f.save(branch='main', commit_message='update file', encoding='base64')

Answered By: sytech

Add a file in Gitlab project repository by Python

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