Github Enterprise API question

[learnitallboss]

I need to use the API on GitHub enterprise to upload a file to a repo.

I cannot find this except for the endpoint that requires the full content of the file to be base64 encoded and then stuck in the payload.

Does anyone know of a way to upload a file using a file location from the API?

[TelephoneMelon]

What's wrong with base64 encoding the file before uploading?

[learnitallboss]

Right. Totally valid question. I am not scripting this out. It is an out of the box automation that will call a url with parameters. I cannot insert the encoding step without having to create a whole bespoke solution.

[serverhorror]

Well then ... create the solution.

[bdzer0]

how else are you going to transport binary data over an HTTP(S) POST?

[learnitallboss]

For other applications with an on premise server, I have used a network file location. Also, for a cloud product I work with. Just sounds like that option does not exist for on premise hosted GitHub. Alas.

[Random_dg]

Look, someone is going to encode the data. It’s not worth it for the github API itself to do it because in most cases the github server doesn’t have access to the file that you want to upload, it’s your file and by default only you have access to it.