Heroku app-setups api not working with private git repository

Question

I'm creating a dashboard to manage my heroku apps and more particularly to deploy new apps on heroku.

I am encountering a problem when trying to create a new app with private git repository.

heroku.post('/app-setups', {body: 
  source_blob: {
    url: 'https://github.com/my_account/my_private_repos/tarball/master/'
  }
})

This works fine when the url is of a public git repos but when it is of a private git repos I get the following error from heroku:

failure_message: "could not find the source blob"

Any idea how can I use their API with private git repos urls ?

EDIT: I found the solution

For this to work with git private repos, the url should be as follow:

{
  url: "https://api.github.com/repos/<username>/<repo>/tarball/<branch>?access_token=<github-token>"
}

Thank you for updating your question with your solution! – Cody L. Jun 26 '19 at 06:34 — Cody L., Jun 26 '19 at 06:34
@Alexis add your edit as an answer. – dd619 Oct 22 '19 at 12:21 — dd619, Oct 22 '19 at 12:21
Thank you for asking, I just did it. Hope it helped you :) – Alexis Santini Oct 23 '19 at 14:45 — Alexis Santini, Oct 23 '19 at 14:45
this method has deprecated any other work around for this? – Junaid Farooq Jun 06 '20 at 12:34 — Junaid Farooq, Jun 06 '20 at 12:34

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 23 '19 at 14:45

3

I am posting here the SOLUTION.

For this to work with git private repos, the url should be as follow:

{
  url: "https://api.github.com/repos/<username>/<repo>/tarball/<branch>?access_token=<github-token>"
}

answered Oct 23 '19 at 14:45

Alexis Santini

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