---
name: "Pithub::GitData::Blobs"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libpithub-perl"
version: "0.01043-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Pithub::GitData::Blobs"
---

# Pithub::GitData::Blobs(3pm)

Github v3 Git Data Blobs API

## NAME

Pithub::GitData::Blobs - Github v3 Git Data Blobs API

## VERSION

version 0.01043

## DESCRIPTION

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.

## METHODS

### create

- •

  Create a Blob

  ```
      POST /repos/:user/:repo/git/blobs
  ```

  Parameters:

  - •

    **user**: mandatory string

  - •

    **repo**: mandatory string

  - •

    **data**: mandatory hashref, having following keys:

    - •

      **content**: mandatory string

    - •

      **encoding**: mandatory string, `"utf-8"` or `"base64"`

  Examples:

  ```
      my $b = Pithub::GitData::Blobs->new;
      my $result = $b->create(
          user => 'plu',
          repo => 'Pithub',
          data => {
              content  => 'Content of the blob',
              encoding => 'utf-8',
          }
      );
  ```

  Response: **Status: 201 Created**

  ```
      {
          "sha": "3a0f86fb8db8eea7ccbb9a95f325ddbedfb25e15"
      }
  ```

### get

- •

  Get a Blob

  ```
      GET /repos/:user/:repo/git/blobs/:sha
  ```

  Parameters:

  - •

    **user**: mandatory string

  - •

    **repo**: mandatory string

  - •

    **sha**: mandatory string

  Examples:

  ```
      my $b = Pithub::GitData::Blobs->new;
      my $result = $b->get(
          user => 'plu',
          repo => 'Pithub',
          sha  => 'b7cdea6830e128bc16c2b75efd99842d971666e2',
      );
  ```

  Response: **Status: 200 OK**

  ```
      {
          "content": "Content of the blob",
          "encoding": "utf-8"
      }
  ```

## AUTHOR

Johannes Plunien \<plu@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Johannes Plunien.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.