Covert mirrored repo to regular repo using API #14770

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GiteaMirror · 2025-11-02T11:22:35-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 11:22:35 -06:00

Originally created by @simonjpickering on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025).

Feature Description

Currently mirrored repositories can be setup using the API. However, if you want to convert the repository to a standard one this can only be achieved via the Web UI. When looking at the web UI it makes a post request as follows:

URL: https://giteaurl.com/repository_owner/repository_name/settings

The body of the request is as follows:
{
_csrf: "dPHwrmh0SKDK6HFN2FVTmTy6Wpo6MTc1Mjc0MTgzOTEwNzA5MTg3Ng",
action: "convert",
repo_name: "repository_name"
}

If you attempt to send this using curl then you always get a message 'Invalid CSRF token'. There is no way to obtain this token through the API, so while it would appear that an existing API method is available to convert repositories you are restricted to doing this through the Web UI.

Can this be added as public API call please.

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Originally created by @simonjpickering on GitHub (Jul 17, 2025). ### Feature Description Currently mirrored repositories can be setup using the API. However, if you want to convert the repository to a standard one this can only be achieved via the Web UI. When looking at the web UI it makes a post request as follows: URL: https://giteaurl.com/repository_owner/repository_name/settings The body of the request is as follows: { _csrf: "dPHwrmh0SKDK6HFN2FVTmTy6Wpo6MTc1Mjc0MTgzOTEwNzA5MTg3Ng", action: "convert", repo_name: "repository_name" } If you attempt to send this using curl then you always get a message 'Invalid CSRF token'. There is no way to obtain this token through the API, so while it would appear that an existing API method is available to convert repositories you are restricted to doing this through the Web UI. Can this be added as public API call please. ### Screenshots _No response_

GiteaMirror added the topic/api type/proposal labels 2025-11-02 11:22:35 -06:00

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Reference: github-starred/gitea#14770