Generic Packages Repository

Publish generic files, like release binaries or other output, for your user or organization.

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Authenticate to the package registry

To authenticate to the Package Registry, you need to provide custom HTTP headers or use HTTP Basic authentication.

Publish a package

To publish a generic package perform a HTTP PUT operation with the package content in the request body. You cannot publish a file with the same name twice to a package. You must delete the existing package version first.

PUT https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/{owner}/generic/{package_name}/{package_version}/{file_name}

Example request using HTTP Basic authentication:

curl --user your_username:your_password_or_token \
     --upload-file path/to/file.bin \
     https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/testuser/generic/test_package/1.0.0/file.bin

If you are using 2FA or OAuth use a personal access token instead of the password.

The server reponds with the following HTTP Status codes.

Download a package

To download a generic package perform a HTTP GET operation.

GET https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/{owner}/generic/{package_name}/{package_version}/{file_name}

The file content is served in the response body. The response content type is application/octet-stream.

Example request using HTTP Basic authentication:

curl --user your_username:your_token_or_password \
     https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/testuser/generic/test_package/1.0.0/file.bin

The server reponds with the following HTTP Status codes.

Delete a package

To delete a generic package perform a HTTP DELETE operation. This will delete all files of this version.

DELETE https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/{owner}/generic/{package_name}/{package_version}

Example request using HTTP Basic authentication:

curl --user your_username:your_token_or_password -X DELETE \
     https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/testuser/generic/test_package/1.0.0

The server reponds with the following HTTP Status codes.

Delete a package file

To delete a file of a generic package perform a HTTP DELETE operation. This will delete the package version too if there is no file left.

DELETE https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/{owner}/generic/{package_name}/{package_version}/{filename}

Example request using HTTP Basic authentication:

curl --user your_username:your_token_or_password -X DELETE \
     https://gitea.example.com/api/packages/testuser/generic/test_package/1.0.0/file.bin

The server reponds with the following HTTP Status codes.