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title Git Blobs | GitHub API

Blobs

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Since blobs can be any arbitrary binary data, the input and responses for the blob API takes an encoding parameter that can be either utf-8 or base64. If your data cannot be losslessly sent as a UTF-8 string, you can base64 encode it.

Blobs leverage these custom media types. You can read more about the use of media types in the API here.

Get a Blob

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/git/blobs/:sha

Note: This API supports blobs up to 100 megabytes in size.

Response

<%= headers 200 %> <%= json(:blob) %>

Create a Blob

POST /repos/:owner/:repo/git/blobs

Input

<%= json :content => "Content of the blob", :encoding => "utf-8" %>

Response

<%= headers 201, :Location => get_resource(:blob_after_create)['url'] %> <%= json :blob_after_create %>

Custom media types

These are the supported media types for blobs. You can read more about the use of media types in the API here.

application/json
application/vnd.github.VERSION.raw