Error when importing project

[spencergilbert]

Post https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/import: http: ContentLength=141 with Body length 0

I'm receiving the above error when trying to import a project to gitlab.com

git := gitlab.NewClient(nil, "<token>")

	file := "/path/to/exported/project.tar.gz"
	importPath := "imported-project"
	namespace := "my-namepsace"

	opt := gitlab.ImportFileOptions{
		Namespace: &namespace,
		File:      &file,
		Path:      &importPath,
	}

	status, resp, err := (*git.ProjectImportExport).ImportProject(&opt)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println(status)
		fmt.Println(resp)
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

This returns <nil>, <nil>, and the above error. Any pointers?

[svanharmelen]

When having a closer look at the API it looks like uploading a file from your local filesystem is indeed not supported by the current implementation.

I think PR #621 was not been fully tested before it was created as the import file API requires the file to be uploaded using a multipart message which is currently not something that is supported by this package.

[spencergilbert]

Awesome, wasn't sure if I had been misusing the API there or not. I ended up just using the standard library there for a workaround

[nvanheuverzwijn]

@svanharmelen If I open a PR to fix this issue, will you do the review ? I have a semi working solution for me but I'd prefer to see that in the upstream lib instead of my hack.

[svanharmelen]

Of course! PR's are always welcome 👍🏻

[dheitman42]

Just wanted to check if there has been any progress on this, and to give my +1. I spent a day trying to figure out why my imports were failing. Maybe there should be a comment or something in the docs to indicate that this doesn't work in the meantime, since anyone reading the docs would assume it works as advertised.

[dheitman42]

Put up a PR here: #1215

Did some quick and dirty testing, but I'll test it more thoroughly after the weekend.

[svanharmelen]

This issue should be solved by PR #1318 which fixes a couple of upload issues.