Enable/disable branch protection on GitHub through their API

disable-branch-protection.sh

#!/bin/bash

OAUTH2_TOKEN=<fill in your own OAUTH2 token>

OWNER=tiesmaster
REPO=Coolkit.Converters # retrieve this with: basename $(git config --get remote.origin.url) .git

curl https://api.github.com/repos/${OWNER}/${REPO}/branches/master \
    -H "Authorization: token $OAUTH2_TOKEN" \
    -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.loki-preview+json" \
    -X PATCH \
    -d '{
      "protection": {
        "enabled": false
      }
    }' \
    -s | json protection

enable-branch-protection.sh

#!/bin/bash

OAUTH2_TOKEN=<fill in your own OAUTH2 token>

OWNER=tiesmaster
REPO=Coolkit.Converters # retrieve this with: basename $(git config --get remote.origin.url) .git

curl https://api.github.com/repos/${OWNER}/${REPO}/branches/master \
    -H "Authorization: token $OAUTH2_TOKEN" \
    -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.loki-preview+json" \
    -X PATCH \
    -d '{
      "protection": {
        "enabled": true,
        "required_status_checks": {
          "enforcement_level": "everyone",
          "contexts": [
            "default"
          ]
        }
      }
    }' \
    -s | json protection

This is not working, the rule continues enabled any idea why?
what is -s | json protection

@jajabu33 Oh boy, this is a really, really old script. I would be surprised if it still worked 😅 This hits the GitHub API, and that might have changed (and probably has). Checkout the GitHub API docs to see how to update the branch protection rules with the API for details.

-s | json protection: This is composed of the following parts:

• -s: This is the shorthand for the --silent option. I usually use this on Windows to prevent the "progress" bar from appearing
• | json protection: This "pipes" the output of the PATCH operation of curl into the json command selecting the protection key in the output of the GitHub API call, which appearently outputs the resulting status of the branch protection.

Good luck!!